Understand
[edit]Brezovica is the first destination for tourists who love skiing, hiking, or resting in a cold winter day. The ridge line spans 39,000 hectares of high alpine mountain terrain and forests, with a highly diverse and abundant flora and fauna.
Located within 90 minutes of two international airports, the Brezovica resort area represents one of the last remaining under-developed ski resort areas in Southeast Europe.
It has a lot of monuments like The parish church in Brezovica pri Ljubljani is dedicated to Saint Anthony the Great. A church at the site was first mentioned in written sources in 1526.
The municipality covers an area of 220 km² (85 sq mi), including the town of Kaçanik and 31 villages.
Get in
[edit]By bus
[edit]You can take the bus from Pristina, Prizren or Ferizaj.[1][2]
To go from airport to Brezovica you can take a taxi or you can take the bus to go to Pristina. Afterward, you can take the bus from Pristina to Brezovica.
See
[edit]Places to visit in Brezovica:
- Luboteni Mountain. Mountains.
- Leshok Monastery. Points of Interest & Landmarks.
- Monastery of the Holy Archangels. Historic Sites.
- Holy Archangels Monastery. Religious Sites.
- The Village - Shopping & Fun. Shopping Malls.
- Emin Pasa Camii (Emin Pasha Mosque).
Do
[edit]- 1 Brezovica Ski Centre. Old infrastructure but great slopes.
- Hiking (Kosovo Tourist Guides Association), ☏ +38349372639, [email protected]. Hiking can be done on your own. If you however wish to engage a local guide, GuideKS is the umbrella organization of tourist guides in Kosovo. They will put you in touch with a local guide suitable for your activity.
Eat
[edit]Local gastronomy includes:
- various lamb dishes
- yoghurt,
- flija and
- toplija pies, as well as different types of cheese.
Some ethnic restaurants serve succulent stuffed peppers, zucchini and tomatoes in summertime, which are best eaten with a steaming hot pogaqe that is traditional bread of Kosovo and a shot of rakija brandy.
Drink
[edit]Brezovica offers a lot of:
- freshly brewed coffees,
- regular or herbal teas,
- alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails,
- domestic and imported beers,
- hot chocolate, etc
Sleep
[edit]Accommodation on offer ranges from luxurious to basic with a good choice of hotels in between.
- Brezovica Hotel & Spa: E-mail:[email protected] ☏+383 (0) 49 301 030
- Brezovica Hotel & Spa, Rruga e Brezovicës, Shtërpcë, Kosovo. A five star hotel with fully completed conditions.
Pine Hotel & Spa: ☏ Tel: +383 45 564 656, Address: Rruga e Brezovicës, Shtërpcë 73000
- Restaurant Apollonia 1991. Accommodation, Traditional Food.
Go next
[edit]- Prizren, on the banks of the Bistrica river and on the slopes of the Šar Mountains (Albanian: Malet e Sharrit) in southern Kosovo. The municipality has a border with Albania and North Macedonia.
- Ferizaj, in the Ferizaj District of Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the city has 42,628 inhabitants, while the municipality has 108,610 inhabitants.
- Tetovo is a city in the northwestern part of North Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena River.
- Kacanik is a town and municipality located in the Ferizaj District of southern Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Kaçanik has 15,634 inhabitants, while the municipality has 33,409 inhabitants.