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Shkodër

Albania's old cultural capital, a city of bicycles below the hilltop Rozafa Castle, beside a great lake and on the mountain road to Theth.

Photo: Ivan Koev · CC BY-SA 4.0
Best Time to Go
May–Oct
Our full guide to Shkodër is being written. It's on the Albania list as If You're Nearby.

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Mountains · Hiking

Theth

About 26 miles away

A remote mountain village in the Accursed Mountains, at the end of the famous hike from Valbona.

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Cities · Cold War

Tirana

About 53 miles away

A colorful capital with Cold War bunkers turned into museums.

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Heritage · UNESCO

Berat

About 97 miles away

Albania's city of a thousand windows, a white Ottoman town on a hillside.

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Albania

Europe's last undiscovered coast.

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