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Kosovo In Your Pocket

Type Kosovo into Google, and all you get is megabytes of misery - but with the recent declaration of independence (illegal or not), a new air of optimism is wafting through the newly born country.

People have been fighting over Kosovo for millennia, each new wave of conquerors and settlers (from Illyrians, Albanians and Slavs to the United Nations and the EU) leaving their own proud heritage of monuments and history.

After the most recent war, a sense of peace and even hope has finally descended. This former province of Serbia unilaterally declared independence in February 2008, but remains under tight UN and EU administration.

Kosovo is generally a safe place to visit with some attractive towns with great Ottoman-era mosques and hamam complexes, medieval Christian Orthodox churches and monasteries, and beautiful countryside.

In Your Pocket was the first guidebook series to declare Kosovo independent on 17 February 2008, and brings you Pristina In Your Pocket, the first online and print guide to Kosovo's lively capital city. Peja In Your Pocket and Prizren In Your Pocket are our daytrip mini-guides to two other charming Kosovar towns.

Enjoy the new Kosovo.

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  • Sokoli e Mirusha
    Where exactly is the location?

    Editor: We mention the street address to the right of the review. It's in the street with the many cafés running west of the OSCE building.[...]
  • Odyssea Bistro Bar
    A lovely place and the service is also great. Highly recommend it! Wednesday, Friday and Sunday is jazz night.[...]
  • Minimax
    EDITOR: Kosovars! We appreciate your enthusiasm for the Minimax store. But our comments field below is ONLY for telling our readers about your opinion of the place, and not for placing large orders of fruit, porn DVDs or clothing every day. Contact Minimax via the phone number provided for that.[...]
  • Minimax
    It's cool, and it's fun to do shopping at this market.[...]
  • Guesthouse Velania
    Dreadful. If there is any way you can avoid this place - by all means do so. I paid 17 euros a night for a double room with a private bathroom in the second house, in January 2010. My bathroom was really dirty and the shower head can not be attached to anything. There was hair on my bed. The warm shower water lasted only 5 minutes. There is no ventilation of the rooms and the hotel is not smoke free; everyone smokes inside. There's no wi-fi; only one PC with internet was working. I was the only English speaking person staying there at the moment, and the staff did not speak English either. You have to walk for 15 minutes to the closest bus stop. I am happy that the previous comments are positive and I hope I was the only one who had such a bad experience.
    [...]
  • Mother Teresa statue
    She was originally Albanian, born in Prizren and moved to Macedonia before she went to India.

    EDITOR: ...born in Prizren? Eh? [...]
  • Tiffany's
    Great food, but like all Kosovo restaurants the evening was spoilt by the cigarette smoking.[...]
  • XIX
    Best pizza place; I have eaten there numerous times and the food has always been fantastic.
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  • Bamboo
    Loove this place, the best chillout spot, especially if you know the people :D[...]
  • Kulla guesthouses
    I've stayed in the Kulla e Mazrekajve in Dranoc a number of times and have had a magical experience every time. Once I was there with a group of 12 people, and we sat on the beautiful cushions drinking and playing silly games round the wood burner in the old wooden oda for hours. On other occasions we've gone as a couple and had a romantic break waking up to the mountains. I would recommend it to anyone.[...]
  • Tiffany's
    Great atmosphere and food. I warmly recommend a dish called Tave Elbasan - the best dish I have ever had. I am not sure how to explain what is that...beef meat in some sauce.[...]
  • Ninety-One
    This is a nice bar in a central location, and if you need to be an English speaking comfort zone this is the place to come, although I prefer trying more 'local' places to immerse yourself in the culture, otherwise what's the point of going abroad.[...]
  • Minimax
    It's a great store, great clothes, great everything.[...]
  • Sushi Bar
    Great sushi![...]
  • Route 66
    Last year we visited the Ferizaj Route 66 restaurant - the burger was so good I still dream about it. Thanks for the good time in Kosovo ;)[...]