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The main city of the south-eastern Albania,Korca sits
on a 869m-high plateau
west of Florina city Greece,30km
south of lake Ohrid.In the medival times ,Korca was
a major trading post and carpet-making town-it´s still
Albania´s biggest carpet and rug-producing centre.
Korca´s population is about 100,000 .
Korca is an cultural centre and home of Fan Noli University.
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Things to See
The Muzeu Historik is in the old building on Bulevardy Themistokli Germenji behind Hotel Iliria.
Further up the boulevard on the left is the Muzeu i Arsimit Kombetar,or education Museum,housed in the
first school to teach in the Albanian language.
Nearby at the top of the boulevard is the statue of the National
Warrior (made by Odhise Pascali).
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Places to Stay & Eat
Among Korca´s hotels catering mostly Albanians is the friendly
Hotel Pallas,on Bulevardi Themistokli Germenji
just up from Hotel Iliria.
On the opposite side of the same building is the
Hotel Gramosi.The prices are not high.
The eight- storey Hotel Iliria costs US$20/30
for a single/double .Breakfast is included.
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The Alfa Restaurant
close to the above hotels is a good place
to eat,otherwise Hotel Iliria has a restaurant.
Dolce Vita on Bulevardi Republika offers fine Italian and surreal ambience.
It´s open until 11pm.
Getting There & Away
There are buses to/from Tirana (150km)
via Elbasan.Korca is a gateway to Albania
for anyone arriving from Florina,Greece,via the Kapshtica border crossing 28km east.
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Buses to Kapshtica leave when full throughout the day from near Skenderbeg
Stadium at the east end of Bulevardi Republika.
From Krystallopigi on the Greek side of the
border it´s 65km to Florina (three buses daily) a major Greek city with good connections to/from Thessaloniki.
There are also direct buses to Korca to/from Thessaloniki which leaves from the forecourt of the Thessaloniki train station
at 8 am every day.
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