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Backpacking in Shkodra | Albania

11/10/2019

 

Posted: October 11 2019

Rozafa Fortress Shkodra Albania
Backpacking in Shkodra, Albania visiting the Rozafa Fortress and Xhamia e Plumbit Mosque

​From Tirana, I headed north. Shkodra/Shkodër. 4th largest city in Albania.
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​* ​Tirana has a new bus terminal. See my 2020 Backpacking in Tirana post
Backpacking in Shkodra
The journey takes about 2 hours. Arrival point in Shkodra is the Sheshi Demokracia round-a-bout.

I stayed at the Home Hostel which is about 5 minutes walk from Sheshi Demokracia.

Highlight of the trip to Shkodra is the Rozafa Fortress which is about a 45 minute walk, South West from the center.

On the way, I went to the Xhamia e Plumbit mosque. In English it's known as the Lead Mosque as the dome roof was made of lead. It dates from 1773.
Rozafa fortress sign Shkodra
Xhamia e Plumbit Mosque Shkodra
Inscription above the door of the Xhamia e Plumbit Mosque in Shkodra
Xhamia e Plumbit Mosque Shkodra
Xhamia e Plumbit Mosque Shkodra
Xhamia e Plumbit Mosque Shkodra
Birdseye view of the Xhamia e Plumbit Mosque in Shkodra on the walk up to the Rozafa Fortress.
Rozafa Fortress Shkodra Albania
Entrance to the Rozafa Fortress is 200LEK. It wasn't 'til later that I discovered that I had been given a student ticket (60LEK a tidy sum pocketed no doubt by the badly paid guy manning the ticket office).
Backpacking in Shkodra
Rozafa Fortress Shkodra Albania
Rozafa Fortress Shkodra
Shkodra is also the jumping off point for the Valbona to Theth hike which I did in 2020.

I wrote about getting from Shkodra to Kotor on my Backpacking in Kotor | Montenegro post.
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Related posts from The Balkans:

  • Backpacking in Kotor | Montenegro
  • Backpacking in Tirana, Albania
  • Transportation to and from Tirana International Airport
  • Review of the Sombra Hostel, Tirana

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    Former racing cyclist, mountain runner, electronic technician, waiter, postman, now a perpetual global nomad, with a passion for long, overland journeys.

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