Day 1. Prishtina
Aster breakfast meet the group in the lobby and depar ture for a sightseeing tour of
Prishtina. Kosova National Library represent a modern architectural design.
Mother Teresa statue born Gonxhe Bojaxhiu ( Albanian born humanist and Nobel
Peace Prize 1979 ). George Kastrioti Skanderbeg statue (15th century Albanian
lord who defended country against the Ottoman Empire for more than two
decades). Open Air Archeological Park artifacts from Neolithic period, Kosova
Museum built by Austrians for the Turkish army in 1898, has an extensive collec
tion of archaeological and ethnological artifacts, including the Neolithic Goddess
on a Throne (4000 BC) terracotta, Çarshi Mosque a Pristina oldest building
constructed on 15th century by Turkish Sultan Bajazit. Academy Building a 19th
century Ottoman konak style private houses, Clock Tower 26 metre high built by
Jashar Pasha on 1764, Fatih Mosque or Imperial Mosque was built on 1461 under
the Turkish Sultan Mehmed II Fatih, The Great Hammam bath complex built in
1470 and is graced with 15 domes with small holles to let light stream in.
Ethnographic Museum Emin Gjiku complex is a extremely well preserved building
from 18th Century and it’s a the only original building let in old bazaar area. The
exhibition is built round four main themes that represent the circle of life: birth, life,
death and intangible heritage. You can witness some folk art, the way of living,
marriage, folk dressing, and death rituals and so on. Overnight.