Itinerary
Three Bases, One Week: a Route Through Kosovo
Kosovo is small enough to see in a week from three bases, none more than about two hours from another, with a day trip or two from each. The route starts in Pristina, where the flights land, runs south to Prizren and west to Peja past the monastery of Dečani, and returns to the airport from the mountains.
Updated 2026-10-09
Days 1–2: Pristina
Pristina fills a first day: the boulevards and the Newborn monument, the National Library, the Ottoman quarter and an evening in the cafés. The second goes to the sights around it — the monastery of Gračanica, the marble cave at Gadime and the bear sanctuary — each within half an hour of the city.
Days 3–4: Prizren
A bus of about an hour and a half brings the route to Prizren, whose old town and fortress fill the first day. The second is a day out: to the Mirusha falls and the vineyards of Rahovec, or over the Prevalla pass into the Šar mountains.
Day 5: Dečani on the Way to Peja
The road from Prizren to Peja runs north through Gjakova and Deçan, and the monastery of Visoki Dečani lies just off it, so the move between bases takes in its frescoes. Peja is reached by the afternoon, with the Patriarchate of Peć on the town's edge for the evening light.
Days 6–7: Peja and the Rugova Gorge
Two days go to the Rugova gorge: the via ferrata or the walk to Lake Liqenat, and a lunch of trout at a guesthouse in the upper valley. From Peja the drive back to Pristina's airport takes about an hour and a half.
Going On
From Peja the Peaks of the Balkans continues into Albania and Montenegro for walkers with ten days or more, and buses from Pristina reach Skopje and Tirana for a trip that goes on through the Balkans.