Città · Shkodër
Shkodër
The cultural capital of the north: a lake, a fortress, a bicycle city and a Catholic heartland.
- From
- Koman, Albania
- To
- Fierzë, Albania
- Typical crossing
- About 2.5 hours through the Drin gorge
- Operators
- Small passenger and vehicle ferries run by local operators
In parole semplici
A small ferry sails along a narrow lake between very steep cliffs. It exists so that people in the mountains can travel, but visitors take it for the scenery on the way to Valbonë.
Spiegazione semplice
A small ferry sails along a narrow lake between very steep cliffs. It exists so that people in the mountains can travel, but visitors take it for the scenery on the way to Valbonë.
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A 34 km reservoir in a gorge so narrow the ferry crossing is treated as a scenic journey in its own right.
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Koman Hydropower Plant
The middle station of the Drin cascade, and the dam that created Lake Koman.
Guida
Northern Albania
The Alps, the Koman ferry and the Shkodër lake country: the part of Albania least like the coast.
Guida
The Theth–Valbona Trek
Albania's best-known walk: roughly 17 km over a 1,795 m pass, six to eight hours, June to October.
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The Drin
Albania's longest river and the backbone of its electricity system, dammed three times in the north.
Fonti
- Wikimedia Commons.
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