Rodoni Castle in Puke

Landschaftlich reizvoll gelegene Festung. Wenn das Tor auf ist unbedingt hin wandern. Über den Strand kommt man nicht trockenen Fußes hin.

DO NOT GO.Road to castle is fenced and you cant go there. No offroad or normal road possible.

After 7 pm they do not let anyone in since it is treated as a national park. But luckily I had my pringles with me and the guard let me in to see the sunset from castle. I had to jump over closed fences, go when it is open an preferably before 6 pm

The entrance to the castle was closed. The beach was nice but really really dirty full of trash

Beautiful ruins but hard to get to. You need to wade through water to get there but it is worth it

Path to the castle ist closed. Not recommended ...

The path to the castle was closed, so we had to reach it following the coast for 20-30 minutes by feet. Needless to say that the whole coast was extremely dirty, full of plastic and garbage in general, both in the sea and on the beaches. In the last 5-10 minutes we had to literally walk on a bank made of rubbish. We reached the castle, beautiful but also full of garbage and plastic trash. In the end we managed to get back to the start of the path through the closed path (it was closed in the start of the path but not in the end, so we managed to get in and when reaching the start the guardian opened the gate for us). On the top of the closed path the view is actually very beautiful, it’s very clean and you can admire all the nature around. It’s pitiful that such a beautiful attraction is in this kind of state, abandoned and forgotten.

Disappointed, couldnt see the Rodoni castle. Surprised, Kepi Rodonit is private land and you have to pay to go to a closed gate. Wondering, if castle is sold too?!?!

If I could give 0 stars I would.The road is absolute disaster. Trash is everywhere inc beach, full of plastic bottles, old car parts. No sighs at all. The way thru bunkers is closed so you wont get to the castle.Definitely not recommended!!!Waste of your time !!

The best place worth to go and visit just amazing

Rodoni Castle is a beautiful place to walk to, but first you have to drive over a road with many holes and bad pavement. Than you come to entrance of the park where a very friendly guard will open the gate after payment. Than you drive to the parking place and walk for about 20 minutes through a beautiful area. It is not an easy walk because there are not easy stairs and different levels in the small road without stairs so if you are not so good in walking than it is very difficult to get there. The views of this walk are beautiful, especially the view on the castle. When you arrive at the castle you see the architecture of many years ago. I have to make one remark there is a lot of rubbish in the castle and surrounding. I really hope that this will be cleaned in the near future. It is shame that a beautiful place looks like this. On our way bad we took the road along the sea. It is a walk with a lot stones and sometimes you have to walk through the water. It would have been a beautiful walk but the trash on this road is so much that it is unbelievable. I just wonder why a beautiful place like this it not well maintained. It is a beautiful place to go if you can see through the trash.

Very nice view but unfortunately lots of plastic on the beach

Nice hike to the castle, see old war bunkers, and fun to look for shells on the beach. Just wish there wasnt so much trash.

Queda poco del castillo, pero el entorno es muy bonito, y la caminata desde el parking es corta y accesible para todo el mundo, encontrándote caballos y cabras. Pero hay una cara b y es la suciedad que expulsa el mar y que desborda la playa de plásticos. Una pena

This was a beautiful place to hike to, but you pretty much have to rent a car to get there. The trail was rustic and a bit overgrown in some places, not recommend for people with walking difficulties. Note, the good part of the trail ends where the photo is taken looking down on the castle.

Secluded ruins on the coast of the Adriatic... simply the best!

Great view!

Beautiful peninsula. A day trip if you stay close to Tiranë or Durrës. Get some snacks upfront as the bars sell only drinks and comfy shoes for the short hike on the trail to the barracks, the secret ex military defence facilities and the castle. It’s a shame people don’t care about the their own beautiful nature and environment and throw away rubbish and the authorities don’t seem to do a lot about pollution prevention, garbage collection or prosecution of violators.

Very nice place! Must see!

Am sure it is worth to go. A lot of garbagge on the beach next to the castle and apart from the nice view nothing else to see.

Only 15 minutes hike to the ruins of the castle from the parking area of St. Anthony church. The path is easy and in good conditions. 5 stars due to the Pirates of the caribbean feeling of the Rodoni Island. For future hikers, please dont leave your rubbish! ✌️

Wonderful place if there werent a lot of trash 😕

The road to go there is very bad but the experience is great. You can drive to a certain place than walk the view is amazing, also in summer is the best vacation place you can be, the only problem is very crowded.

Very attractive, but a lot of garbage

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Beautiful beaches... wild nature and remains of historical castle...

You must visit this place....mrekulli

Is beautiful castle end beautiful view!

The sunsets 😍

Dear Albanian brother, let’s be a little bit proud about your country,?history and cultural heritage. Keep at least such places free of garbage. It’s sad. A tourist attraction, no secure paths, tons of waste everywhere. Disgusting. And for that you even ask for an entrance. Simply sad!

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Beautiful place, unfortunately, very cluttered. There are turtles along the way.

Nice view.

Very interesting place from historical point of view, but the fortress is in bad conditions.

Amazing place

very beautiful landscape but not kept clean by tourists and visitors. the path to the castles needs to be improved as there is danger. should be visited.

Fantastic views of this ancient fortress on the beach. Not for the faint of heart as the cliff top walk is treacherous if you are not mobile and equipped with good footwear.

Historic place,green place,beautiful panorama,beach,etc.

A very attracting place now open for the public. A peninsula in the waters of Adriatic see very reach in species(aquatic and terrestrialas will as a very intersting middle age castle and various hidden beach once military areas.

Amazing day - fun and adventureNot that easy to drive and not that much indications - just my wife use to remember Bize & Draç village 20 y ago when she use to work with Caritas on those remote Catholic Comunity. Friendly and smiley people around. The land is back&private property to the Catholic comunity - 10 m way of clear Cristal water of a really salty unexplored beach is the Catholic Church dated 1559- beautiful architecture - the sister of Scanderberg got married in that church -We had wild Sea-bream in the little restaurant- very good wild taste and cold beer Peja - super enjoy it - was lovely atmosphere - dispute a very hot day 38 degree in that little beach was great a enjoyable breeze -marvellous turquoise colours of sea and fine sand. Following the sea side you could reach the Castle of Scanderbag or Fortes of Rodoni - is slippery narrow path - great Adventure to get there- unforgettable- unique - enjoyable- we love it despite holding our baby on those difficult paths. Is breathtaking all the views - I recommend to do it just before the Sunset - is memorable for life .

very beautiful place and every year improving. It has nons and with normal prices. Family atmosphere with gardens and grassy fields. The good thing would be to spend an entire day to enjoy the whole place and what it produces. This plece is cultural and beautiful the the see in ivining

Not the easiest to find this small hidden coastal castle is tucked away on the end of a peninsula. You need to hike to get there, but it’s a short hike around 15 minutes if you do it quickly. To find the parking lot where you start you may need to pay a small fee to pass through private land. There’s a beach there with a small basic restaurant and lots of bunkers and tunnels. Go past the security gate and past the beach and then you’ll make it to the parking lot where you can hike along the cliff side and eventually hike into the brush and towards the other side of the peninsula where the castle is at the bottom touching the water. We went during sunset 🌅 which was beautiful on the cliff side but darker by the castle as the sun sets on the other side of the cliffs. It’s a fun little adventure. Don’t give up!

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At the very end of the Cape of Rodon you can visit huge ruins of castle of which is believed to be built by Scanderbeg in 14th century. Since cape is hilly and castle is just by the sea it takes about 1 hour to get there. You can also enjoy the beach before the way back.

It takes a lot of time to get there from Tirana, but if you have a car or are prepared to hitchhike there, its definitely worth it. With hitchhiking it took three hours in total. There is also a short hike from the car parking down to the castle. I didnt find the restaurant described on the map though, so bring your own lunch.

Best place for visit

Love it!

You gonna love this place so much

I suggest to everyone to go there and visit that amazing place. I had a great time. I didnt thought that i will find such a beautiful landscape.

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