Kosovo
An ideal base for the Shar mountains, the Hotel Arxhena has dark-wood-panelled rooms, completely over-the-top shower units, great mountain views and a restaurant with outdoor terrace. Walking guides can be arranged, plus there's a spa and an onsite ski lift.
The hotel is 3km south of the village of Brod.
Sveti Jovan Bigorski Monastery
24.4 MILES
This revered 1020 Byzantine monastery is located, fittingly, up in the gods along a track of switchbacks off the Debar road, close to Janče village…
13.46 MILES
Tetovo's beautiful Painted Mosque is like something out of the Arabian Tales and quite unique in the Balkans. First built in the 15th century, it was…
16.95 MILES
It's well worth making the steep 15-minute hike up from Prizren's old town (follow the road past the Orthodox Church on the hillside; it's well signed and…
26.42 MILES
Just a blip on the map, the small village of Janče is one of the few places in Mavrovo (besides the ski resort) where it's possible to get decent…
29.76 MILES
A team of scuba divers from Italy and Belgium have explored Matka's underwater caverns to a depth of 212m and still not found the bottom, making these…
25.73 MILES
Up a winding, tree-lined road ending in a rocky moonscape 17km southwest of Mavrovo, almost depopulated Galičnik features traditional houses along the…
17.07 MILES
In the late 19th century the Albanian League was established in Prizren to push for greater rights for the town's Albanian community. This calm and…
16.9 MILES
Dating from 1615, the Sinan Pasha Mosque is the most important in Prizren, and it sits right at the heart of the old town, overlooking the river and the…
13.46 MILES
Tetovo's beautiful Painted Mosque is like something out of the Arabian Tales and quite unique in the Balkans. First built in the 15th century, it was…
16.85 MILES
Dating from 1856, this Serbian Orthodox Cathedral was badly damaged during 1999 and the 2004 riots. Today it's been fully restored but access is generally…
16.9 MILES
Dating from 1615, the Sinan Pasha Mosque is the most important in Prizren, and it sits right at the heart of the old town, overlooking the river and the…
16.95 MILES
It's well worth making the steep 15-minute hike up from Prizren's old town (follow the road past the Orthodox Church on the hillside; it's well signed and…
17.07 MILES
In the late 19th century the Albanian League was established in Prizren to push for greater rights for the town's Albanian community. This calm and…
6. Prizren Ethnological Museum
17.08 MILES
This friendly little museum has an interesting exhibit of costumes, handicrafts and household implements. It's across the river from the old town. Opening…
7. Church of Our Lady of Ljeviš
17.09 MILES
Prizren's most important site is the Orthodox Church of Our Lady of Ljeviš, a 14th-century Serbian church that was used as a mosque by the local…
8. Sveti Jovan Bigorski Monastery
24.4 MILES
This revered 1020 Byzantine monastery is located, fittingly, up in the gods along a track of switchbacks off the Debar road, close to Janče village…