British newspaper: Here are places you should visit in Pristina

You might not believe it if you saw Kosovo's images in 1999, but today its capital, Pristina, is known for good coffees and warm hospitality. At Rita Ora's hometown, the effects of the Ottoman era are still evident. It is one of the few places where you can travel for just three hours from London and feel that you have moved to a very distant land. Not surprising that “Lonely Planet” has placed Kosovo on top of the 10 European countries to be visited in 2018.

As a fully accessible city to walk on foot, Pristina is a suitable place for slow and relaxed travel, drinking the wonderful coffee “macato” or local wines and beer, with which you will have enough time to see beautiful things in the city. In the morning you can see families walking through the most famous square, “Mother Teresa”. In the evening you can hear pleas for prayers coming from the XV century's “Great Jimia”.

A place to visit is “Museu Ethnology”, built with X-century homes VIII and XIX, located in a rare garden where you can also find instructions to visit other lands. The entrance to this museum is free.

A few kilometers from Pristina, lies the garden of bears, a proper natural settlement which is home to 19 bears saved from holding them illegally in different Kosovo restaurants. A walk of family or friends around the park will give you images of bears resting or playing.

There are wonderful places in Pristina where you can enjoy traditional foods, but also specialties different from foreign cuisine.

Perhaps the most interesting building you will see in Pristina is the building of the Kosovo National Library. The style of this building is a Byzantine and Islamic blend.

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