Kukës is a small town in northern Albania, last one to the Kosovo border.

Get around

Walkable city. Taxis are available taking Albanian Lek and Euro, but agree the price before you get in.

See

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Do

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Buy

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Eat

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Drink

• Bar Amerika (off main street Dituria, near Albanian Post), office@baramerika.com. (updated Apr 2015)

Sleep

• Hotel Gjallica, Dituria Road, Kukes (on main boulevard), ☏ +355 24222527, info@hotelgjallica.al. (updated Apr 2015)

• Hotel Amerika, Lagjja Nr. 5, Kukes (off main street Dituria, near Albanian Post), ☏ +355 24 223278, office@baramerika.com. Check-in: 13:00, check-out: 10:00. (updated Apr 2015)

Go next

• Albanian Alps (main city of the area is Bajram Curri, the villages of Thethi, Valbonë and Kelmend are the main tourist destinations.). 
• Shkodra. Shkodra is the cultural center of northern Albania and Albanian Catholics. 
• Tirana. Capital of Albania. 
• Prizren (take the minibuses). Ottoman-era town in Kosovo with Albanian, Serbian and Byzantine heritage. 
• Gjakova (take the Bajram Curri bound minivans which pass by Gjakova). town in Kosovo with the largest Ottoman-era bazzar in the Balkans. 
• Pristina. capital of Kosovo.