Attraction · Elbasan Municipality · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Elbasan Castle is an attraction in Elbasan Municipality, Elbasan County. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch. 2 of the 3 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km. Within 120 m you'll find a bench, a water point and a public toilet.
Audio tour · Elbasan Castle
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You're standing at Elbasan Castle, right in the heart of this Albanian city. Locals call it Kalaja e Elbasanit. Have a look at the walls around you. Most of what you see dates from the fifteenth century, from Ottoman Turkish times. But the story starts much earlier.
Read and hear the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.
The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies.
Yes: a water point at 100 m and a public toilet at 120 m.
When you stand at Elbasan Castle, the Outdoor Pitstop app tells the story of the place in about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch.
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