CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 565 km round trip from Udënisht - roughly 11 h 40 in the saddle. On the way it passes The Historic Center of Berat, Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra and back through The Historic Center of Berat. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,100 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It crosses from North Macedonia into Albania - carry ID and check the toll rules. History sets the stops.
Lake Ohrid is one of the oldest lakes in Europe, perhaps a million years old or more, a deep, clear basin shared between Albania and North Macedonia, and this point lies on the Albanian side, close to Pogradec. The lake is so old and so isolated that it has developed its own species, with dozens of fish, snails and crustaceans found nowhere else. The most famous is the Ohrid trout, locally known as koran, which is protected and appears on menus with some controversy. UNESCO listed the lake and the town of Ohrid together for their natural and cultural heritage, and the Albanian shore is a part of the same landscape.
Read the complete Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid write-up.
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Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid is where the day begins. Next is The Historic Center of Berat.
Berat is called the town of a thousand windows, and one look across the Osum river explains why. The Ottoman-era houses of the Mangalem quarter stack up the slope in white tiers, their upper floors set back so that each window seems to look over the next roof. On the opposite bank the Gorica quarter faces them, linked by a graceful stone bridge, and above them both the castle walls crown a rock, with the long, bare ridge of Mount Tomorr beyond.
Read the complete The Historic Center of Berat write-up.
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The Historic Center of Berat comes up 97 km in. Next is Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra.
Gjirokastër is built of stone, and it means that literally. The old houses climbing the slopes below the castle are made of grey limestone, roofed with heavy slabs of the same stone, and tall and narrow like small fortresses, with the lower floors used for storage and cisterns and the living quarters above. The town grew under Ottoman rule, and its architecture, preserved as a museum town in the communist era, earned it a place on the UNESCO list in 2005, with Berat added in 2008. The castle, one of the largest in the Balkans, holds a collection of artillery, a captured American aircraft from the Cold War, and a prison with a grim history.
Read the complete Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra write-up.
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193 km in you reach Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra. Next is back through The Historic Center of Berat.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Historic Center of Berat write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through The Historic Center of Berat, late in the day. Next is Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid. That is the ride.
Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid → The Historic Center of Berat is 96 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
The Historic Center of Berat → Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra is 97 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra → back through The Historic Center of Berat is 97 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through The Historic Center of Berat → Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid is 96 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.