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Krujë Castle
The hilltop fortress of Albania's national hero Skanderbeg, housing a museum dedicated to his legendary resistance against the Ottoman Empire.
27 km · about 30 min drive
Dibër County, Albania · Europe
Rukaj is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Macukull, 60km from Mavrovo National Park.
Rukaj is a town located in Dibër County, Albania. With a population of 0, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Rukaj sits in Albania, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Tirane time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Rukaj to your route.
Rukaj is a village and a former municipality in the Dibër County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Mat. The population at the 2011 census was 2,507.
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Rukaj is located in Dibër County, Albania, Europe. The coordinates are 41.6836 latitude, 20.0192 longitude.
Rukaj has a population of approximately 0 people, making it a town in Albania.
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castle
The hilltop fortress of Albania's national hero Skanderbeg, housing a museum dedicated to his legendary resistance against the Ottoman Empire.
27 km · about 30 min drive
restaurant
Chef Altin Prenga's slow-food agritourism farm at Fishtë near Lezhë: the restaurant that reinvented Albanian cooking, serving whatever the farm and surrounding villages produce that day. Worth routing any north-Albania trip around.
37 km · about 45 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A steep-sided reservoir on the Drin crossed by a car ferry to Fierzë, connecting the road network to the northern Albanian Alps.
49 km · about 55 min drive
cathedral
A hillside Orthodox monastery above the Radika valley known for its carved iconostasis, signposted from the Debar–Mavrovo road.
51 km · about 60 min drive
castle
A hilltop castle above Shkodër overlooking the confluence of three rivers and Lake Skadar, with a drivable access road to the gate.
59 km · about 70 min drive
national park
North Macedonia's largest national park wraps around Lake Mavrovo, where a lakeside road passes the half-submerged St Nicholas church and climbs into the wild Šar and Bistra mountains.
60 km · about 70 min drive
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