Gračanica feels like a Serbian holdout in Kosovo, one that proudly flies its many Serbian flags, and one that has an exceptional Serbian Orthodox Monastery to visit. It is very easy to get to from Pristina, as all you have to do is to take a bus going towards Gjilan and hop off when you […]
Truth be told, Gjakova was not on my radar when I made my initial plans to visit Kosovo. I did hear of it, and I read some articles saying that it was a must visit. I was not impressed with what I heard or read. However, when I came across a pizzeria in Gjakova on
A difficult past, a complex present, and an uncertain future. This is what Kosovo is all about. While there are many cities in this beautiful region that demonstrate these hardships in their own ways, it is hard to find a place that shows it more starkly than Mitrovica. Divided by the Ibar river, two different
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Kosovo’s inter-city and urban public transportation left me impressed, and that is putting it lightly. Kosovo being so small was, to a certain degree, the reason for this. If you cannot travel at any direction for more than two hours, you will not necessarily find the time to be annoyed by the bus that you
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Pristina is home to a decent selection of affordable eateries that dish out anything from tasty pizzas to flaky bureks, and a bit more. While it is not a destination I would recommend travelling for food alone, it nevertheless delivers enough diversity for even a longer than usual stay for a city of its size.
Pristina, while certainly not being for everyone, is a highly underrated city in my humble opinion. It does not have the Ottoman-era charm of cities like Prizren, no Serbian Orthodox marvels like the patriarchate at Peja, and not that many brutalist pieces of architecture to gaze at like in Belgrade or Skopje. However, it has
Many are drawn to Safranbolu since it is a UNESCO heritage site. Turks go there, so do the Japanese, and the Germans, and the French. Tourists of all types and nationalities seem to mingle in this lovely little town that certainly did quite well for itself even before it became such a tourist hot spot
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Hercules, Argonauts, Amazons, so on and so forth… These are just a few of those that, supposedly, appeared around the Black Sea many millennia ago. Whether any one of them actually existed is irrelevant in the greater scheme of things, given how even these mere myths surrounding them are enough to give entire communities an
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I have always been fascinated by the Black Sea. Despite its relatively humble size, Pontic coasts provide a good amount of interesting tales to those that venture over there. This is certainly helped by the fact that many polities and peoples call the region their home, but the varying natural landscapes (and what these lands
If you enjoyed Büyükada and want a similar experience, or if you think that it is a bit too crowded for your taste, Istanbul’s Prince Islands offer you an alternative! Well, to be perfectly honest with you, technically, it offers at least three alternatives that can be reached with ease, and up to five or
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