City · Durrës
Durrës
Albania's principal port and its oldest continuously inhabited city, founded as Epidamnos in 627 BC.
Historic site · Durrës
Durrës Amphitheatre
The largest Roman amphitheatre in the Balkans, found by accident in 1966 under the modern city.
Town · Durrës
Krujë
Skanderbeg's mountain stronghold, an old bazaar street, and the national museum of the resistance.
Historic site · Durrës
Krujë Castle
Skanderbeg's base, which held out against three Ottoman sieges and now houses the national museum of the resistance.
Historic site · Durrës
Skanderbeg Museum
The museum of the 15th-century resistance, built inside Krujë Castle by Enver Hoxha's daughter and son-in-law.
Beach · Durrës
Durrës Beach
A continuous sand strip running south from the city — the busiest beach in Albania by visitor numbers.
Historic site · Durrës
Durrës Castle
Byzantine sea walls raised under Anastasius I, later strengthened by Venice and the Ottomans.
Beach · Durrës
General Beach (Plazhi i Gjeneralit)
A sheltered arc on the Rodon cape, below Skanderbeg's coastal castle.
Town · Durrës
Fushë-Krujë
The industrial town on the plain below Krujë, and the site of Albania's largest cement works.
Town · Durrës
Shijak
A market town between Durrës and Tirana with a long-established Roma and Egyptian community.
Beach · Durrës
Lalzit Bay
A pine-backed sand bay north of Durrës that has become Albania's main resort-property zone.