A country · 28 places · 4 regions

Kosovo, all of it.

28 curated places across 4 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.

Decani Monastery, Kosovo
Decani Monastery · via Wikimedia Commons

Kosovo reads below in 4 chapters — Prishtina District, Peja District, Prizren District and Gjakova District — in any order you like.

Chapter I · Prishtina District · 4 places

Prishtina District

A Serbian Orthodox monastery near Pristina noted for its five-domed church and richly painted medieval interior. It stands as one of the finest examples of late Byzantine architecture in the region.

Patriarchate of Peć, Kosovovia Wikimedia Commons

Chapter II · Peja District · 2 places

Peja District

A medieval Serbian Orthodox monastery complex at the mouth of the Rugova gorge, its churches joined under a common narthex. Frescoed interiors span several centuries of painting.

✦ April to October · $

Chapter III · Prizren District · 2 places

Prizren District

A historic city below a hilltop fortress in southern Kosovo, layered with Ottoman mosques, Orthodox churches, and a stone bridge over the Bistrica river. Its old bazaar remains the heart of town.

Decani Monastery, Kosovovia Wikimedia Commons

Chapter IV · Gjakova District · 1 place

Gjakova District

A fourteenth-century Serbian Orthodox monastery known for its extensive medieval frescoes. Its marble church stands in a chestnut-shaded valley.

✦ May to September · $

Every place in Kosovo

28 places, one country.