Half day tour to Gjin Aleksi Mosque and the abandoned village of Kamenica

You will leave at 9 am from Saranda, and you will reach the Delvina area in less than 30 minutes. Here the presence of the Ottomans has always been strong and, starting in the 1500s, many Christian churches have been razed to the ground (to make room for the new) or converted into mosques. This is the case of Gjin Aleksi, the mosque located on a hill that you will visit with in the morning. From the outside, the building is appreciated for its simplicity. Surrounded by centuries-old trees, the structure recalls that of a Romanesque-style basilica, with natural stone bricks, without paint. The same bricks with which the minaret is also built. The monumental complex includes a fountain for ritual ablutions and four hexagonal funeral monuments, topped with domes. Inside the mosque you enter a sacred dimension, where spirituality is conveyed by a particular environment in terms of acoustics. Through a special feature, natural sound boxes strategically placed in the walls, the acoustics make the experience of prayer in this environment truly unique.