Gjirokaster Castle
Gjirokaster Castle is one of the largest castles in the Balkans, crowning the hilltop above the old town. Entry is paid at a modest price.
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Gjirokaster Old Town
Gjirokaster is a UNESCO-listed stone city in southern Albania, known as the “City of Stone” for its Ottoman-era houses with distinctive stone roofs stacked up a steep hillside below a massive castle. Free to walk. The Skenduli House (paid, small) is a well-preserved Ottoman mansion showing how the houses worked inside. Budget travelers walk the cobblestone bazaar street and the residential alleys and see one of the most architecturally distinctive small towns in the Balkans.
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