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Berat (City of a Thousand Windows)
A UNESCO-listed Ottoman town famed for its rows of white houses with large windows climbing the hillside, crowned by a still-inhabited castle.
38 km · about 45 min drive
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Papër
Elbasan County, Albania · Europe
About Papër
Papër sits on the route: 10 minutes from Gjergjan, 57km from Vevčani Springs.
Papër is in Elbasan County, Albania, with about 6,300 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Gjergjan, about 6 km away.
Papër is a village and a former municipality in the Elbasan County, central Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Elbasan. The population at the 2011 census was 6,348. It is located along the Elbasan-Rrogozhinë-Durrës highway, 13 km (8 mi) west of Elbasan. It wasRead more
founded on July 26, 1992. Within its 52 kilometers of borders, the municipal unit of Papër consists of 13 villages: Papër, Vidhas, Broshke, Balldre, Murres, Valas, Lugaj, Pajun, Ullishtaj, Papër-Sollak, Vidhas-Asgjel, Bizhute, and Jatesh.
Since 2000, Shefqet Bullari has been the elected mayor of Papër.
The geography of Papër is 60% fields, 30% hills, and 10% mountains. The Shkumbin River flows through Papër.
Papër ranges from 60 to 722 meters above sea level.
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What is there to see near Papër?
Within an hour or so of Papër: Berat (City of a Thousand Windows) (38 km), Krujë Castle (53 km), Apollonia (55 km), Vevčani Springs (57 km).
Are there any good drives near Papër?
The nearest famous roads are Galičica Pass Road and Albanian Riviera Coastal Road.
Where is Papër?
Papër is in Elbasan County, Albania, about 6 km from Gjergjan.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 6,348
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Albania
- Region
- Elbasan County
- Timezone
- Europe/Tirane
- Coordinates
- 41.0517, 19.9608
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Worth the detour from Papër
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
Krujë Castle
The hilltop fortress of Albania's national hero Skanderbeg, housing a museum dedicated to his legendary resistance against the Ottoman Empire.
53 km · about 60 min drive
ancient ruins
Apollonia
A large Greek and Roman city site near Fier with a restored bouleuterion and an adjoining monastery museum, with on-site parking.
55 km · about 65 min drive
natural wonder
Vevčani Springs
A series of karst springs and waterfalls in a wooded gorge above the village of Vevčani, with walkways and parking at the village edge.
57 km · about 65 min drive
waterfall
Bogovë Waterfall
A waterfall in a wooded gorge above the village of Bogovë in the Osum valley, reached by a short walk from a village car park.
57 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
Lin
A fishing village on a peninsula jutting into Lake Ohrid on the Albanian shore, its lanes hung with drying fishnets and vines; a hilltop early-Christian basilica keeps 6th-century floor mosaics. Part of the lake's UNESCO listing.
57 km · about 65 min drive
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- 74 kmGaličica Pass RoadA serpentine road climbs over the Galičica massif between Lakes Ohrid and Prespa, topping out near 1,600 m with rare twin-lake panoramas inside Galičica National Park.
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