One day in Lezhë, Albania
A day through Lezhë’s best-known sights that lie close together: Fort Mosque, Lezhë Castle, Saint Nicholas Church, Skanderbeg Memorial, Lissus and Cathedral of St. Nicholas, Lezhë. 6 stops, about 1.3 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Fort MosqueMosque · On the map

- Lezhë CastleCastle · Next to Fort Mosque · On the map

- Saint Nicholas ChurchMosque · 0.6 km on from Lezhë Castle · On the map

- Skanderbeg MemorialMonument · Next to Saint Nicholas Church · On the map

- LissusArchaeological site · Next to Skanderbeg Memorial · On the map

- Cathedral of St. Nicholas, LezhëCathedral · 0.6 km on from Lissus · On the map

6 stops, about 1.3 km between them in straight lines.
More for Lezhë
- Things to do in Lezhë, Albania · 9 places to see, led by Saint Nicholas Church and Fort Mosque
Day trips from Lezhë
- Berat123 km awayBerat6 stops in a day, starting at Hysen Pasha Mosque
- Pejë111 km awayMedieval Monuments in Kosovo11 places to see, led by Medieval Monuments in Kosovo and Patriarchate of Peć
- Durrës54 km awayRoman amphitheatre of Durrës6 stops in a day, starting at Epidamnos
- Tirana53 km awayEt'hem Bey Mosque6 stops in a day, starting at Pyramid of Tirana
Photo credits
- Fort Mosque: Gertjan R., CC BY-SA 3.0
- Lezhë Castle: Belgian man, Public domain
- Saint Nicholas Church: Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Skanderbeg Memorial: Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Lissus: Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cathedral of St. Nicholas, Lezhë: Xhevahir Bushpepa, CC BY-SA 3.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.
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