Mount Dajt description and photos - Albania: Tirana (Topic)

Mount Dajt description and photos - Albania: Tirana. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Dajt.

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Mount Dait is a peak and national park in central Albania, east of Tirana. Its highest point is 1613 m above sea level. In winter, the mountain is covered with snow and is a popular pastime for Tirana residents.

Pine, oak and beech forests grow on the slopes of Mount Dayt, as well as canyons, waterfalls, caves, lakes and an ancient castle. The mountain was declared a National Park in 1966, the total area of the park is about 30 thousand hectares.

In addition to forests and beautiful mountain landscapes with lots of wild flowers, the protected area is home to many mammals. The park is home to a wild boar, a Eurasian wolf, a fox, a hare, a brown bear and a wild cat. In the lower part of the mountains, the vegetation consists of heather, myrtle and strawberries. Oak dominates at about 1000 m above sea level, followed by beech forests with coniferous trees. There is almost no vegetation at the top.

Mount Dait can be reached by a narrow asphalt mountain road to the Fusha-i-Daiti plateau. It was once a summer camp, but now it is occupied by restaurants, radio and TV towers. At the top there is a monument “Mother Albania”, traditional for the communist regimes, there is a memorial “Cemetery of Heroes”, as well as the grave of the most famous leader of the country - Enver Hoxha. This site offers an excellent view of Tirana and its surroundings, it is called the "balcony of Tirana". Since June 2005, a cable car has been operating from the eastern outskirts of Tirana to the plateau, transporting visitors to an altitude of 1050 meters.

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