Shupali Spring

An Illyrian city and the capital city of the Albans, an Illyrian tribe which used to live in the zone. It is thought to be the city from which Albania and the Albanians inherited this name.

This 15th-century church, also known as the Skanderbeg Church, rises above the ruin of an earlier church which preserves a fragment of its original fresco. It was brought to light by the excavations carried out in the late 20th century. After the restoration it was meant to be converted into a small exhibition displaying findings of the site

This museum was the home of the Toptani family, built in a style known as Çadak, characteristic of the Krujë area at the time and dates back to the year 1764. The Toptanis were noble rulers of the area up until their move to Tirana. The house was declared a museum in 1959 and was restored by professor Emin Riza. The home allows you to experience daily life in this time period and is complete with interactive cultural displays and original furnishings. Descriptions are available in English and Albanian, and unusually detailed.

This museum was opened November 1, 1982 and is centred on an epic man of the 15th century who held off the invasion by the Ottoman Empire for 25 years. The museum recognizes the lasting strength and subsequent loss of the army of Skanderbeg. The national museum engenders the character of a memorial and opens to a stunning sculptural fresco representing our hero Skanderbeg amongst his cohorts, before moving on to galleries explaining the history of Albania, and numerous murals depicting episodes in the life of Skanderbeg, and further sculptures depicting various historical figures. The museum holds artifacts, writings, and accounts of Skanderbeg’s life and death, while additional displays continue to be added as discoveries are made.

This cave is purported to be the resting place of Sari Salltëku, a 13th-century Alevi Dervish venerated as a saint by the Bektashi Order. The cave is considered sacred within the Bektashi faith. When it is open, it is manned by a Bektashi cleric. Do not expect to be catered to if you are not Bektashi. Whether or not you are able to enter if you are not Bektashi, or can get any information about the site, is likely dependent on the disposition of the staff that day, and your skills with the Albanian language.

at the top of a craggy mountain 680 m (2,230 feet) above sea level. From the castle there is a broad view that spans from Mount Tomori in the south to Ulcinj in the north with views of the Adriatic coast throughout.The castle features an arched tunnel as its entrance and once inside you can find castle remnants, the watch tower, two museums, restaurants, and homes that are still occupied. The Dollma Bektashi Tekke shrine is also found within the Krujë castle walls. The shrine was a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation for the Tekke faith. In front of the shrine’s doors, on the sacred grounds, is a large olive tree planted on the day of Skanderbeg’s wedding. The watch tower is one of the few remaining towers found within. It stretches an additional 16 m (53 feet) above the castle walls and once provided a complete view of the horizon allowing the monitoring of enemy movements in three directions while staying protected to the east by Mount Krujë. The bell found inside the tower announced the death of Skanderbeg, the Albanian national hero, and can now be seen in the Skanderbeg Museum.