Kosovo's hidden gems
Duration
5 Days
Physical rate
Moderate
Start city
Pristina
Available
April 2024 / March 2025
Cities to visit: Pristina; Decan; Peja; Gjakova; Prizren
Detailed day by day description
Introduction
Dear Traveler: thank you for choosing us to perform this Tour! We hope you enjoy your trip.
Here we give you a guidance on their tour with the information that we believe may be of your interest. The information is indicative, may exist variations on designated hours.
TRANSFER from the airport, if you have it included or purchasing. Our transfer will be waiting for you with a poster on behalf of Europamundo or its name to the output of the custom (after collecting your luggage)..
Remember to inform us by phone if you lost your connection flight or expected delay of their arrival, in your VOUCHER figure the phone of the transfer.
IMPORTANT: If you had additional nights upon arrival the hotel will have your reservation, but his travel guide normally will not be until the night before the start of the tour.
Day
(**Important note: Driver-guide for maximum 3 passengers. From Four to Seven the tour will go with a driver and guide**.) Welcome to your Europamundo Tryp Styles tour! Arrival at Pristina airport. Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation.
Breakfast at the hotel. We start the day with a walking tour of Pristina´s main square, Skanderbeg. Numerous types of monuments have been preserved, including four mosques, a restored Orthodox church, an Ottoman bath, a public fountain, a clock tower, several traditional houses and buildings of European-influenced architecture, such as the Kosovo Museum. After the city tour we will head to Decani to visit the Visoki Dečani Monastery. It was founded in the first half of the 14th century by Stefan Dečanski, king of Serbia. The church has five-nave naves, a three-part iconostasis and a three-nave atrium. The church still retains most of its original furniture (altar tables, iconostasis screens, two royal sarcophagi, the royal throne, etc.), something unique among Balkan churches of this period. From here we will head to Pec to visit the monastery of the Patriarchate of Peć. Outside in the gardens everything is bright and colourful, but once inside the church you feel more like you are inside a dark cave with magnificent faded frescoes covering the walls and ceiling. The entire complex dates back to between the years 1230 and 1330. The monastery complex includes the Church of the Holy Apostles, the Church of Saint Demetrius, the Church of the Holy Mother of God Hodegetria and the Church of Saint Nicholas. Drive to hotel and accommodation.
Breakfast at the hotel. Prepare your boots. We will take a colorful and exciting hike through the Prokletije canyon. The Prokletije National Park, better known in Spanish as the Cursed Mountains, is a mountain range belonging to the Dinaric Alps, the highest peak being Maja Jezercë with 2,694 m in Albania and Gjeravica with 2,656 m in Kosovo. It is said that the name of this mountain range comes from its sublime, impressive and gloomy appearance. Skeletons of fallen trees, dense fogs, howling winds, gray, almost silver rocks, giving the impression of a lunar landscape. You can admire sharp rocks, some of them used for railway tracks, and hear the thunderous sounds of the Bistrica River. The Rugova canyon is 1,000 meters deep. Next trekking to Lake Leqinat. Liqenat (also known as Leqinat) is a mountain lake and peak on the border between Kosovo and Montenegro located near the village of Kuqishte. Perfect activity for a day outdoors: moderate excursion combined with a picnic at the lake. This destination is one of the most popular outdoor destinations in Kosovo. Back to the hotel. Overnight.
Breakfast at the hotel. We leave Pec and head to Dakovica. Here we can visit the monuments for which the city is known. The Hadum Mosque was built in the last decade of the 16th century and was financed by Hadum Sylejman Efendia – Hadum Aga, which explains the name of the mosque. Around the mosque there are tombs with sculpted decorations and engraved epithets in the ancient Ottoman language. The Clock Tower (Sahat Kulla) was built in the year 1597, just after the Hadum Mosque in a place known as "Clock Field", which characterizes the rapid economic development of Gjakova at that time. Gjakova has many bridges that were built to connect the city with other developed areas, such as Prizren, Vushtrri and Shkodra, and at the same time facilitate the travel of caravans. The bridges were mostly built by the Gjakova esnaf, which played an important role in the economic development of that time. Many Tekkes are also notable in Gjakova: Shejh Emin Tekke, Shejh Ban Tekke, Shejh Danjoll Tekke Bektashi Tekke, Tekke of Baba Ali. Accommodation in Prizren.
Breakfast at the hotel. We leave Prizren and head to the Gračanica Monastery. Gračanica was built on the ruins of an ancient church of the Holy Virgin from the 13th century. Gračanica represents the culmination of Serbian medieval building art in the Serbian Byzantine tradition. The church has the shape of a double cross inscribed, one inside the other, the interior providing a vertical silhouette to raise the central dome upwards over a stepped elaboration of masses. After the visit transfer to Pristina airport and end of our services.
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USD 1,178.00