Hillside town of Ottoman-era houses beneath a castle; UNESCO-listed together with Gjirokastër since 2005.
Stone-house town on a hillside dominated by a large castle; UNESCO-listed since 2005.
14th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery near Deçan, the largest medieval church in the Balkans with extensive frescoes; UNESCO World Heritage since
Ottoman-era town on the Lumbardhi river with mosques, a stone bridge and a hilltop fortress.
Bulgaria’s largest and best-known monastery, founded in the 10th century in the Rila mountains.
Old town on a rocky peninsula on the Black Sea with ancient and Byzantine ruins; UNESCO World Heritage since 1983.
Medieval walled town at the head of the Bay of Kotor, with narrow lanes, squares and fortifications climbing the hillside;
Glacial lake near Žabljak surrounded by pine forest and peaks, in Durmitor National Park, a UNESCO site since 1980.
Small fortified island village on the Adriatic coast near Budva, joined to the mainland by a narrow causeway.