Old Bazaar Exploration in Albania: Cultural Experience

Krujë's bazaar runs along a single cobblestone street below Skanderbeg's castle the same castle held against the Ottoman army for 25 years in the 15th century.

Krujë's bazaar runs along a single cobblestone street below Skanderbeg's castle the same castle held against the Ottoman army for 25 years in the 15th century. The craftspeople here still work copper by hand, still weave qilim rugs on looms their grandparents used, still silver-stamp jewellery using techniques unchanged for 400 years. Shkodër's Çarshia e Madhe adds painted facades and a coffee culture that predates Italian espresso bars by a century.