Hotel Mangalemi

Top choice in Berat


A true highlight of Berat is this gorgeous place inside two sprawling Ottoman houses where all the rooms are beautifully furnished in traditional Berati style, and balconies (superior rooms only) give memorable views. Its terrace restaurant is the best place to eat in town, with great Albanian food with bonus views of Mt Tomorri.

It's on the left side of the cobblestone road leading to the castle.


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1. Sultan's Mosque

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2. Mangalem Quarter

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3. Bachelors' Mosque

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4. Ethnographic Museum

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5. Lead Mosque

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The big mosque just off the town square is the 16th-century Lead Mosque, so named because of the lead coating its sphere-shaped dome.

6. Chapel of St Michael

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7. Red Mosque

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