Learn About the City

Kolonje

The city of Kolonja is located in the southeastern part of Albania, in Korça. Kolonja is part of the physical-geographical unit in the central mountainous province, the southern part and with an altitude of about 1100 m above sea level. The total surface area of the district is over 805 km², with a population of 26,535 inhabitants and the capital is Erseka. A total of 12,840 inhabitants live in the city, divided according to the cities: Erseke and Leskovik, and 13,695 inhabitants live in rural areas. Prof. Nor. Dr. Skënder Aliu claims that: The Kolonja Plateau, together with the Korça basin in Southeast Albania, represents one of the richest and most prominent regions of prehistoric civilization, within our country and beyond in the Balkan plain. The province of Kolonje was inhabited in ancient times by the Illyrian tribe of Desaret.

Places We Visit

Tour Itenerary:

01

08:00

Breakfast

02

9:00

Leaving for Kolonje

03

10:00

Visit to the city of Erseka with a coffee stop view of Gramoz mountain

04

13:00

Traditional lunch in the vicinity of one of the churches with the most powerful influence in the Balkans Shen Kolli Vodice, grill in nature with traditional village products of the Kolonje

05

15:30

Visit to the church of Saint Kolli

06

17:00

Visit and coffee stop in the characteristic house with architecture of the 1800s of the Jovanes, one of the first main families of the creation of the village and the construction of the church Shen Koll Vodice

07

20:00

Dinner at Sofren Kolonjare Erseke, a restaurant with mountain and traditional architecture

08

22:00

Return to the hotel

Tour to Kolonje