Things to do
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Grunas Waterfall
Walk up by the trail on the east side, which is more scenic than the gravel road on the west.
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Church of Theth
Come at sunset to photograph it against the mountains behind.
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Grunas Canyon
Look into it on the way up to Grunas Waterfall, from the signed path the walk already follows.
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Lock-in Tower
Look for it in the village centre under its Albanian name, Kulla e Ngujimit.
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Theth-Valbona Pass
The pass between the Theth and Valbona valleys sits at about 1,800 m, the high point of a crossing that takes 6 to 8 hours on foot. Walkers starting from Theth face the longer climb, more than a thousand metres up from the village. Simple huts near the top sell drinks in season.
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Qafa e Thorës
A ten-minute pull-in on the way out of the valley; the last clear look at the mountains before the road drops toward Shkoder.
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Theth National Park
The protected area around Theth is a landscape of karst limestone and glacial landforms, and about a third of it is forest. Past the guesthouses the walking tracks turn to rocky dirt, so wear boots with grip.
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Mount Jezerca
Maja e Jezercës, at 2,694 m, is the highest summit of the Albanian Alps, rising above glacial cirques north of the village. The climb takes a full day from the shepherds' huts below. The route crosses scree and old snow, and the peak is also seen from the path to the Valbona pass.
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Waterfall
Blue Eye
The Blue Eye is a turquoise spring pool fed by a waterfall, with a café above it, up the valley from Ndërlysaj. On foot from Theth it takes half a day to a full day there and back. A lift to Ndërlysaj, 15 to 20 minutes by car, leaves three quarters of an hour to an hour's walk each way. The last stretch climbs steeply, then drops by stairs to water of about 7°C.
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Nderlysaj Pools
At Ndërlysaj, down the valley where the road ends, blue pools fill a canyon a few minutes' walk from the car park, with restaurants beside the water. The water runs at about 7 to 10°C. The pools get busier in the afternoon, when walkers come back from the Blue Eye. About 200 m past the gorge bridge, a path on the left drops to the quieter Rojana pools.
