Berat County

City · Berat

Berat

The 'city of a thousand windows': an Ottoman hill town under a still-inhabited castle, UNESCO-listed since 2008.

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Historic site · Berat

Berat Castle

A fortress people still live inside, holding some twenty churches and the Onufri icon museum.

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Mountain · Berat

Mount Tomorr

A 2,416 m massif above Berat, and the site of an annual Bektashi pilgrimage each August.

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Town · Berat

Çorovodë

The seat of Skrapar municipality and the base for the Osum canyon.

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Canyon · Berat

Osum Canyon

A 26 km limestone gorge up to 80 m deep, run by raft in spring and walked in late summer.

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Town · Berat

Kuçovë

An oil town and air base, called Qyteti Stalin from 1950 to 1990.

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Town · Berat

Poliçan

A small town below Mount Tomorr built around a former arms factory.

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River · Berat

The Osum

The river that carved the Osum canyon and runs through the middle of Berat.

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Waterfall · Berat

Bogovë Waterfall

A cold spring-fed fall and pool in the Tomorr foothills near Berat.

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Town · Berat

Ura Vajgurore

A market town on the Osum in the Berat plain.

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