Holiday apartment in Yrshek: Farm, wine and culture

Yrshek offers a spectrum ranging from agricultural work, regional cuisine, winegrowing, archaeological traces and various leisure activities. At Bonum, farming, animal husbandry and cuisine come together.

Agriculture and cuisine

Bonum focuses on producing goat's milk and products made from it. The agrotourism offering includes leisure activities involving the farm's kids and goats. The visitor experience includes organic cuisine prepared with ingredients grown and produced on the farm. Bonum also offers a farm experience and traditional cuisine.

The Bujtina Fuçia restaurant is located in Yrshek, Kashar. It is dedicated to the traditional cuisine of central Albania and organic products from the region. The American Farm is located in the Kodra e Bakallëve neighborhood in Yrshek, Kashar, and is listed on Rruga Tafarim Bakalli in Yrshek. It breeds native sheep breeds as well as goats of the French Alpine breed; its main product is pure goat cheese.

Wine and landscape

Around Yrshek, Kantina Cassar is situated amid vineyards and offers views over the vines. Wines produced there can be tasted on site. Kantina Cassar also serves traditional and contemporary dishes.

Culture

In the wider area around Yrshek, Kashar is designated as an archaeological protected area. In the village of Kus, the ruins of a medieval church, among other things, were discovered on Qafë-Qishës Hill; in the wider area around Yrshek, a fragment of a wall up to 1 metre high has survived. The ruins measure 16 × 7.5 metres, and the walls are 65 centimetres wide.

Activities

In the wider area around Yrshek, some tour operators organise cycling tours through the villages of Kashar. A sport-fishing competition is held at Lake Kashar in the area around Yrshek, organised by the Association for Sport and Recreational Fishing.

The Te Stela Resort & Spa in Yrshek is also a leisure option. It has an indoor pool and offers a Turkish steam bath, a whirlpool, spa services and massage treatments.

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Other destinations

If you would like to consider other places in the same regional context as Yrshek: Dajt, Spille, Laknas, Durres-Golem, Lanabregas, Ibe, Bërxullë.

For the overarching travel overview: Qark Tirana.