Lezhë County, Albania · Europe
Lezhë is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Balldreni i Ri, 34km from Lake Shkodër.
Lezhë is in Lezhë County, Albania, with about 19,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Balldreni i Ri, about 4 km away.
Lezhë (Albanian: [ˈlɛʒə], Albanian definite form: Lezha) is a city in the Republic of Albania and seat of Lezhë County and Lezhë Municipality. It is one of Albania's oldest continuously inhabited cities, with roughly 2,400 years of recorded history.
One of the main strongholds of the Labeatai, the earliest of theRead more
fortification walls of Lezhë are of typical Illyrian construction and are dated to the late 4th century BC. Lezhë was one of the main centres of the Illyrian kingdom. During the conflicts with Macedon, it was captured by Philip V becoming the Macedonian outlet to the Adriatic Sea. The city was later recovered by the Illyrians. It was subjected to Rome after the Roman-Illyrian wars and the fall of Gentius' realm. Lezhë was the site of the League of Lezhë where Skanderbeg united the Albanian lords in the fight against the Ottoman Empire.
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Within an hour or so of Lezhë: Mrizi i Zanave (13 km), Rozafa Castle (32 km), Krujë Castle (33 km), Lake Shkodër (34 km).
The nearest famous roads are P1 Kotor–Lovćen Serpentines (Ladder of Cattaro), Kotor Serpentine Road and Kotor Serpentine (Kotor-Njegusi old road).
Lezhë is in Lezhë County, Albania, about 4 km from Balldreni i Ri.
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7 notable places within an hour's drive.
restaurant
Chef Altin Prenga's slow-food agritourism farm at Fishtë near Lezhë: the restaurant that reinvented Albanian cooking, serving whatever the farm and surrounding villages produce that day. Worth routing any north-Albania trip around.
13 km · about 25 min drive
castle
A hilltop castle above Shkodër overlooking the confluence of three rivers and Lake Skadar, with a drivable access road to the gate.
32 km · about 35 min drive
castle
The hilltop fortress of Albania's national hero Skanderbeg, housing a museum dedicated to his legendary resistance against the Ottoman Empire.
33 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
The Balkan Peninsula's largest lake shared with Montenegro, surrounded by dramatic mountains and the imposing Rozafa Castle.
34 km · about 40 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A steep-sided reservoir on the Drin crossed by a car ferry to Fierzë, connecting the road network to the northern Albanian Alps.
39 km · about 45 min drive
national park
The largest lake in the Balkans straddling Montenegro and Albania, a serene national park with pelicans, water lilies, and island monasteries.
51 km · about 60 min drive
ancient ruins
A sprawling ruined town beneath Rumija mountain above modern Bar: 2,000 years of Illyrian, Byzantine, Venetian and Ottoman layers wrecked by an 1878 siege and 1979 earthquake. An aqueduct, citadel and olive groves with a 2,000-year-old tree nearby.
54 km · about 65 min drive
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
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