Berat Backpackers

Top choice in Berat


This transformed traditional house in the Gorica quarter is home to one of Albania's friendliest hostels. The vine-clad establishment contains a basement bar and restaurant, an alfresco drinking area and a relaxed atmosphere that money can't buy. There are two airy dorms with original ceilings, and four gorgeous, excellent-value double rooms with antique furnishings. Shaded camping area and cheap laundry also available.

All rooms share bathrooms.


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Nearby Berat attractions

1. Chapel of St Michael

0.16 MILES

Perched on a cliff ledge below the castle is the artfully positioned 14th-century chapel of St Michael, best viewed from the Gorica quarter across the…

2. Bachelors' Mosque

0.26 MILES

The 19th-century Bachelors' Mosque is down by the Osumi River. It was built for unmarried shop assistants and junior craftsmen, and is perched between…

3. Mangalem Quarter

0.31 MILES

Down in the traditionally Muslim Mangalem quarter, there are three grand mosques: the Sultan's Mosque, the Lead Mosque and the Bachelors' Mosque. All are…

4. Red Mosque

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The Red Mosque, by the southern Kala walls, was the first mosque in Berat and dates back to the 15th century.

5. Sultan's Mosque

0.39 MILES

The 16th-century Sultan's Mosque is one of the oldest in Albania. The Helveti teqe (a place of worship for those practising the Bektashi branch of Islam)…

6. Ethnographic Museum

0.42 MILES

Just off the steep hillside that leads up to Berat's castle is this excellent museum, which is housed in a beautiful 18th-century Ottoman house that's as…

7. Kalaja

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8. Church of the Holy Trinity

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The substantial and picturesque Church of the Holy Trinity sits below the upper fortress. Of all the churches within the fortress walls, it's the best…