We made a short stop in Gračanica Monastery (it’s not allowed to take photos inside). The monastery, which is set on large, grassy grounds, was built by the Serbian king Stefan Milutin in 1321 on the ruins of a 6th-century basilica. The medieval-era paintings here are impressive enough...
Again, don’t trust Google navigation, as usually, it’s totally wrong 😊. We walked around 200 meters to the Mirusha waterfalls from our parking location. It is a series of waterfalls found in the Mirusha Park, in central Kosovo, where the river has carved a 10 kilometers long canyon...
Beautiful Prizren, with its charming mosque- and the church-filled old town lies in the foothills of the Šar Mountains. As the capital of Serbia in the 14th century, Prizren was a large cultural and trading center and minted its own coinage. The town is very picturesque, with churches...
The old bridge was erected probably at the end of the 15th century by the Ottomans, and then modified in 1730 by the stonecutters’ Terzijski guild from Gjakova. The bridge, which was for a long time one of the longest in Kosovo, facilitated the passage of merchants on the road...
The city is centrally located in the Dukagjin Valley of western Kosovo, with equal distance between the cities of Prizren to the south and Peja to the north. It also has a historic link to the Gjakova Highlands, now across the border in northern Albania. It was established as a trading...
Leaving Peja was a nightmare, because Google navigation brought us deep into downtown, literally just in the main square, it was not easy to turn back and find the correct road, but we made it. After thirty minutes Google brought us again to the totally wrong location in Dečani, so if you...
Peja is a small city in Western Kosovo near the Rugova Canyon. The city is located in a strategic position on Peja’s Lumbardh, a tributary of the White Drin to the east of the Accursed Mountains. The medieval city was possibly built on the ruins of a Roman Siparant. The city became...
This church and nunnery complex on the outskirts of Peja is a raw slice of Serbian Orthodoxy. Outside on the landscaped grounds, all is bright and colorful, but once inside the church it feels more like you’re within a dark cave with magnificent faded frescoes covering the walls and...
We spent one rainy and cold day in Rugova Canyon. It is a 25 kilometers long river canyon in the western part of Kosovo near the town of Peja. It was created by the water erosion and the removal of the glacier of Peja. In some spots, it’s very narrow and up to 1000 meters deep. The...
The whole afternoon we drove slowly around Mokra Gora Mountain (part of Rogozna range) on a steep, narrow, and mostly unpaved, totally deserted R221 road in the direction of Rugova Canyon. The road offers scenic views and still unspoiled nature. It has two peaks higher than 2000 meters...