Peja

A mountain town in western Kosovo where the Serbian Orthodox Patriarchal Monastery of Peć — a UNESCO World Heritage Site — stands alongside Ottoman-era mosques and civil architecture, reflecting the city's layered history under Byzantine, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Ottoman rule. Set in the Rugova region along the Accursed Mountains, Peja has a walkable centre with a dense food-and-drink scene and access to mountain terrain, with further UNESCO-listed medieval monuments in the wider region.

• Population48,962
• Nearest water from center0.1 km
• Nearest mountain from center0.7 km
• UNESCO within 50 km3