R-20180712 | Shkodër city walk (*(*); 32 IBP)
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 6.79 mi
- Elevation gain
- 295 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 295 ft
- Max elevation
- 241 ft
- TrailRank
-
48
4.2
- Min elevation
- -1 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 2 hours 25 minutes
- Time
- 3 hours 6 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1914
- Uploaded
- July 12, 2018
- Recorded
- July 2018
near Liri, Shkodër (Albania)
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Itinerary description
Fascinating, though not necessarilly beautiful (in the traditional sense) city walk (32p, 10,61km, 138m(+), 153m(-) & 3,2%/8%(+) according to IBP), starting from and ending at Rozafa castle. It is, in a way, a walk through both time and varying levels of wealth, the ranges being the past 50-100 years on the one side and genuine poverty (favela-type) to extreme wealth (we even saw a brand-new Bentley and countless expensive BMW's and Mercedeses) on the other side. Societally it reminded us of our years in Brazil and Mexico and specifically their larger cities, with the significant difference that in Shkodër we felt perfectly safe and at ease at all times. If you want to really experience Albanese city and street life, I can recommend this walk. If you're just looking for a "nice" walk, don't pick this one. Following the walk, you may want to pay a visit to Rozafa castle, which looks out over the city of Shkodër from the southwest.
* = regular hike; ** = nice hike; *** = beautiful hike;
**** = very beautiful hike; ***** = exceptionally beautiful hike (unique)
0-25 IBP = very easy hike; 26-50 IBP = easy hike;
51-75 IBP = moderately difficult hike; 76-100 IBP = difficult hike;
>100 IBP = very difficult hike (all for someone in average/good shape)
Source of the photos: M. Buter
* = regular hike; ** = nice hike; *** = beautiful hike;
**** = very beautiful hike; ***** = exceptionally beautiful hike (unique)
0-25 IBP = very easy hike; 26-50 IBP = easy hike;
51-75 IBP = moderately difficult hike; 76-100 IBP = difficult hike;
>100 IBP = very difficult hike (all for someone in average/good shape)
Source of the photos: M. Buter
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Sehr informative Runde. Ein perfekter Überblick von der Stadt
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Good road except suburbs seems a little bit dangerous bec of the dogs and pins about rozafa castle is not placed correctly
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