Friday 8 October 2021

Albania: Gjirokastra & Greece: Ioannina - Tuesday & Wednesday, 10/4 & 10/5/2021

Old town Gjirokastra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, located between the Gjere Mountains and the Drino valley

Gjirokastër Fortress


Driving up to the fortress

Entrance to the fortress is now a museum of weapons from previous wars and a memorial to all the anticommunists martyrs who were arrested, punished & tortured at the prison in the fortress by the communist dictatorship.


Arriving in Kalabaka to see the Meteora monestary built on the top of a rocky precipice

View of Meteora (it means “suspended in air”) UNESCO site

Entrance to the Holy Monestary of the Transfiguration (Meteoron, about 294 steps) 14th century

View of Holy Trinity Monestary from Meteoron










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