MARCHÉ BYZANTIN
Archaeological site. Circular Byzantine macellum erected in the early 6th ...Read more
PROMENADE VOLGA
Seafront promenade starting from the port. Beaches, green spaces, marina, ...Read more
MOTHER-OF-GOD CHURCH IN ELBASAN
This old Orthodox church in the citadel has undergone many transformations. ...Read more
TOUR VÉNITIENNE
Built by the Venetians on the basis of a Byzantine tower, incorporating ...Read more
BYLLIS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
The ancient Illyrian town of Byllis, superbly positioned at the top of a ...Read more
ST. NICHOLAS OF SHELCAN CHURCH
The interior walls of this small Orthodox church are entirely covered with ...Read more
GORICA BRIDGE
Elegantly placed over the Osum River, this bridge dates back to 1927. But ...Read more
RUE ANASTAS-DURRSAKU
This pleasant street runs alongside an imposing section of the city's ...Read more
SAINT JOVAN-VLADIMIR MONASTERY
This 11th-century Orthodox monastery is dedicated to the Serbian prince and ...Read more
PONT SUSPENDU DE BERAT
This pedestrian bridge is a convenient way to cross the Osum between the ...Read more
VILLA D'AHMET ZOGU
Villa built by King Zog from 1937 to 1939 on a hill overlooking the town ...Read more
ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM OF DURRËS
In a beautiful house that once belonged to the family of actor Alexander ...Read more
OSUM GORGES
Long, deep gorges offering splendid scenery at an altitude of 300 to 450 m ...Read more
MOUNT TOMORR NATIONAL PARK
Covering an area of 261 km2, it is most famous for its Bektashi pilgrimage ...Read more
TEKKÉ HALVETI
Read moreThis former Sufi place of worship (Teqeja e Helvetive) is distinguished by its porch, whose antique columns come from the site of Apollonia in Illyria. It was built in 1780 and occupied in the 19th century by Halveti dervishes, a brotherhood now very rare in Albania. Today, it houses the regional offices of the Monuments Culturelles. The building was originally erected to house the supposed mausoleum of Sabbatai Tsevi (1626-1676), a mystical rabbi who converted to Islam and was considered the Messiah by many Jews in the Ottoman Empire. Born in Smyrna, according to the beliefs of the time, he died in Berat. Thus, for over two centuries, Dönme, Islamicized Jews who followed Tsevi, came here on pilgrimage from Thessalonica, then Europe's largest Jewish city. The shrine was built at the request of Berat's Jewish community (around 150 families at the end of the 18th century) and financed by the Ottoman governor of the Berat pashalik Ahmet Kurt Pasha (c. 1710-1787). However, it was partly destroyed by his former rival, the redoubtable Ali Pacha de Tepelena, when the city was taken in 1808, and rebuilt shortly afterwards. The so-called tomb may well have survived, as Dönme continued to gather here until the early 20th century. One thing is certain: it disappeared during the atheist campaign of 1967. As for the real mausoleum, it was identified in 1985 in Ulcinj, Montenegro, where Sabbatai Tsevi had been exiled by the Ottomans in 1673.
SALOMON MUSEUM
The only museum devoted to the history of Albania's Jews. Explanatory ...Read more
BOULEVARD EPIDAMN
The most beautiful street in Durrës, between the Venetian tower and the ...Read more
MUSEUM OF HISTORY OF PROUD
A museum designed by Léon Rey, now housing three exhibitions on ethnology, ...Read more
ELBASAN ARENA
Albania's third-largest stadium, renovated in 2014. It was here that the ...Read more
SHEBENIK-JABLLANICA NATIONAL PARK
A 339 km2 national park, two-thirds of which is a Unesco natural heritage ...Read more
FORMER UNIVERSITY OF BERAT
This enormous kitsch palace dominates the eastern part of the modern city. ...Read more
ZIPLINE ALBANIA
A 1,230 m-long zipline in Elbasan linking Petrela to the hamlet of Mullet, ...Read more
CASTLE OF PETRELA
Beautiful little Byzantine castle dominated by a large semicircular tower ...Read more
OFFICE DU TOURISME DE BERAT
If you find empty rooms here, most hotels in Berat will also be happy to ...Read more
MUSÉE ETHNOGRAPHIQUE D'ELBASAN
Ethnographic collections and a Roman stele bearing the town's first name in ...Read more
PONT DE KASABASHI
Stone bridge, 25 m long and 3 m wide, designed in 1640 by a chief architect ...Read more
MUSÉE ETHNOGRAPHIQUE DE KAVAJA
Beautiful 18th-century tchardak. Note the geometric, zoomorphic and ...Read more
MAISON-MUSÉE QAKO
In Gorica, this listed 18th-century house retains its interior decor ...Read more
MOSQUÉE DE PLOMB
This 16th-century mosque owes its name to its lead-covered dome. Classical ...Read more
MOSQUÉE DES CÉLIBATAIRES
One of the few frescoed mosques in the Balkans. Named after the young ...Read more