Introduction
PART ONE GENERAL INFORMATION
Chapter 1 Background Information
Geography, Climate, Natural history and conservation areas,
History, Government and politics, Economy, People, Language,
Religion, Education, Culture
Chapter 2 Practical Information
When to visit, Highlights and suggested itineraries, Tour
operators, Red tape, Getting there and
away, Health, Safety, What to take, Money and budgeting, Getting
around, Accommodation, Eating and drinking, Public holidays and
festivals, Shopping, Sports and activities, Media and
communications, Business, Cultural etiquette, Living in Kosovo,
Time, Travelling positively
PART TWO THE GUIDE
Chapter 3 Prishtina/Pristina
History, Getting there and away, Getting around, Where to stay,
Where to eat and drink,
Entertainment and nightlife, Shopping, Sports and activities, Other
practicalities, What to see and do
Chapter 4 Central Kosovo
Gracanica and around, Janjevo/Janjeve, Lipjan/Lipljan and around,
Drenas/Glogovac and around, Monuments to the Battle of Kosovo,
Batllava Lake
Chapter 5 Western Kosovo
Peja/Pec, Around Peja, Rugova Valley, Istog (Burim)/Istok,
Kline/Klina, Decan/Decani and around, Gjakova/Djakovica
Chapter 6 Southern Kosovo
Prizren, Around Prizen, Rahovec/Orahovac, Dragash/Dragas
municipality, Zhupa Valley, Brezovica, Strpce/Shterpce
Chapter 7 Southeast Kosovo
History, Geography, Gjilan/Gnjilane and around, Novo Brdo/Novoberde
(Artane), Kamenice/
Kamenica, Ferizaj/Urosevac and around, Viti/Vitina,
Letnica/Letnice, Kacanik/Kacanik
Chapter 8 Northern Kosovo
Vushtrri/Vucitrn, Skenderaj/Srbica, Mitrovica/Kosovska Mitrovica,
Around Mitrovica,
Leposavic/Leposaviq, Zubin Potok
Appendix 1 Language
Appendix 2 Albanian and Serbian place Names
Appendix 3 Further Information
Index
Verena Knaus is a founding member of the European Stability
Initiative (ESI), a non-profit think tank with offices in Pristina,
Istanbul, Brussels and Berlin. Before joining ESI, she studied
modern history at Oxford and international relations and economics
at The Johns Hopkins University. She first came to Kosovo in summer
2001 to set up a Lessons Learned and Analysis Unit, a joint project
of ESI and the UN administration in Kosovo.
Gail Warrander was a lawyer in the City of London and then
for Reuters. On a commuter train she was drawn by an advert in The
Economist and left 'the big smoke' to help with the EU-funded
economic reconstruction effort in Kosovo. After three years working
on infrastructure and privatisation projects she switched to
working directly for the business community of Kosovo, running her
own commercial law firm in Kosovo and working extensively with
foreign and local investors.
This edition has been updated by Bridget Nurre Jennions and
Larissa Olenicoff. Bridget Nurre Jennions is an Emmy
Award-winning former network news producer who worked as a
communications expert for international development projects in
Kosovo from 2013 to early 2017. Larissa Olenicoff is an established
travel blogger and consultant for destination marketing and tourism
development with a Master of Arts in European Studies from Lund
University in Sweden.
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