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• Purchasing power

  How far does your euro, pound or dollar go in Prizren?Espresso €0.50Glass of local beer (0.5 litre) ...

• Filigree art

  Filigree, known as filigrani in Kosovo, is an ancient craft that uses fine, mostly silver and gold thread to produce astonishingly intricate and beautiful, lace-like works of art, painstakingly assembled with thousands of tiny soldered joints....

• Public holidays

  1-2 January New Year7 January Orthodox Christmas17 February Independence Day24 April 2011 Easter ...

• What's in a name?

  Known as Theranda in antiquity, this city has since been documented as Prisren, Prisrenum, Presarin, Prisarano, Prisreno, Prisori, Pristren, Prisarini, Jorsaim, Prisdriana, Prezren, Prizorian, Tarzerin, Perserin, Prizerin, Zerin, Prezren, Prizrin, Prizdren, Prezdrin and Prizren....

• Bus routes to Albania

  The new highway leading from Prizren to the Albanian coast has dramatically cut travel times and makes several interesting travel routes possible....

• Prizren travel basics

  AlcoholAlcohol in Kosovo is relatively cheap and drunk in moderation. Beer is widely available, the most well known local brand being Peja, a light beer from the city of the same name in the western part of the country....

• Street smarts

  Street names generally start with rruga (Rr, street) or sheshi (square). In Prizren, street signs are written in all three official languages: Albanian, Serbian and Turkish....

• Prizren specialities

  Prizren's traditional food is characterised by its great taste and rich use of spices and oil. The famous sweets sold at the ëmbëltorjet (confectioneries) are often made using age-old family recipes....

• Prizren history

  Prizren's long history is as varied as the many names given to the city over the ages. Situated below a strategic hill on the border of a fertile plain along trade routes from the Adriatic into the Balkans, Prizren was always situated at the crossroads of great cultures....

• About Prizren In Your Pocket

  Prizren In Your Pocket is the first English-language city guide to Kosovo’s cultural capital, and is part of the acclaimed Europe-wide In Your Pocket city guide series....