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Rozafa Castle
A hilltop castle above Shkodër overlooking the confluence of three rivers and Lake Skadar, with a drivable access road to the gate.
20 km · about 25 min drive
Shkodër County, Albania · Europe
Velipojë is worth a stop: 25 minutes from Dajç, 31km from Lake Shkodër.
Velipojë is a town located in Shkodër County, Albania. With a population of 0, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Velipojë 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 Velipojë to your route.
Velipojë (Albanian definite form: Velipoja) is a village and a former municipality in Shkodër County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform, it became a subdivision of the municipality of Shkodër. The population at the 2011 census was 5,031.
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Velipojë is located in Shkodër County, Albania, Europe. The coordinates are 41.8783 latitude, 19.4056 longitude.
Velipojë has a population of approximately 0 people, making it a town in Albania.
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8 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
A hilltop castle above Shkodër overlooking the confluence of three rivers and Lake Skadar, with a drivable access road to the gate.
20 km · about 25 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.
22 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
The Balkan Peninsula's largest lake shared with Montenegro, surrounded by dramatic mountains and the imposing Rozafa Castle.
31 km · about 35 min drive
national park
The largest lake in the Balkans straddling Montenegro and Albania, a serene national park with pelicans, water lilies, and island monasteries.
33 km · about 40 min drive
ancient ruins
A sprawling ruined town beneath Rumija mountain above modern Bar: 2,000 years of Illyrian, Byzantine, Venetian and Ottoman layers wrecked by an 1878 siege and 1979 earthquake. An aqueduct, citadel and olive groves with a 2,000-year-old tree nearby.
33 km · about 40 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.
43 km · about 50 min drive
national park
The largest lake in southern Europe, with the Pavlova Strana horseshoe viewpoint on the winding road above Rijeka Crnojevića.
47 km · about 55 min drive
castle
The hilltop fortress of Albania's national hero Skanderbeg, housing a museum dedicated to his legendary resistance against the Ottoman Empire.
52 km · about 60 min drive
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