CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Berat it runs 429 km to Berat; allow about 9 h 45 of riding. It goes by way of Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid, Rrajca, back through Rrajca and back through Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,150 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It crosses from Albania into North Macedonia - carry ID and check the toll rules. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
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 is where the day begins. Next is Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid.
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 comes up 56 km in. Next is Rrajca.
Rrajca is a village in the hills on the western side of Lake Ohrid, in North Macedonia, a short way from the small town of Vevčani, and the point lies in a rolling country of orchards, beech woods and pastures just above the lake. The hills here belong to the Jablanica range, which forms a rugged wall between Macedonia and Albania, and the sound of cowbells and the smell of woodsmoke in the evenings are part of daily life. The village has a mixed population, and the local name in Albanian, Rrajcë, reminds you that this is a border region where Macedonian and Albanian cultures live side by side.
Read the complete Rrajca write-up.
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112 km in you reach Rrajca.
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Read the complete Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid write-up.
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Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid, about halfway. Next is back through Rrajca.
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Read the complete Rrajca write-up.
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back through Rrajca sits at 224 km, about halfway. Next is back through Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid.
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Read the complete Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid write-up.
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back through Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid comes up 280 km in. Next is The Historic Center of Berat.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Historic Center of Berat write-up.
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The Historic Center of Berat closes the day.
The Historic Center of Berat → Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid is 92 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid → Rrajca is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Rrajca → Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid → back through Rrajca is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Rrajca → back through Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid → The Historic Center of Berat is 92 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.