Piazza

Durrës


This standout restaurant serves playfully presented seafood with a modern Italian flourish. Think scallop compote served in the shell and slow-baked fish cooked with vegetables. People come from as far as Tirana to eat here, so it's worth booking a table.


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Nearby Durrës attractions

1. Amphitheatre of Durrës

0.23 MILES

The weathered Roman-era Amphitheatre of Durrës was built on the hillside inside the city walls in the early 2nd century AD. In its prime it had the…

2. Durrës Archaeological Museum

0.4 MILES

This ultra-modern, well lit and labelled museum just back from the seafront has a breathtaking collection of historical artefacts. Highlights include the…

3. House of Leaves

19.23 MILES

This grand old 1930s building started life as Albania's first maternity hospital, but within a few years the focus turned from creating new life to ending…

4. Former Residence of Enver Hoxha

19.27 MILES

This simple three-storey villa was the home of Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha for decades, and his wife continued to live here for years after his death in…

5. National History Museum

19.27 MILES

The largest museum in Albania holds many of the country's archaeological treasures and a replica of Skanderbeg's massive sword (how he held it, rode his…

6. Sheshi Skënderbej

19.34 MILES

Sheshi Skënderbej is the best place to start witnessing Tirana's daily goings-on. Until it was pulled down by an angry mob in 1991, a 10m-high bronze…

8. Et'hem Bey Mosque

19.38 MILES

To one side of Sheshi Skënderbej, the 1789–1823 Et'hem Bey Mosque was spared destruction during the atheism campaign of the late 1960s because of its…