Experience Albania like a Local
Tirana, Albania’s vibrant capital, should be the first stop on your journey in the country, offering a fascinating blend of history and modernity. Famed for its colorful architecture and cultural diversity, the city reflects a forward-thinking spirit while preserving its rich heritage. At its core lies Skanderbeg Square, the city’s …
Tirana, a city that never sleeps… Read More
In 2001, the canteen “Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu” Sha was privatized and since then they have started investing in the direction of improving technology as well as introducing new automatic lines for filling, packaging, labeling of alcoholic beverages with a completely new configuration. new, with 0.2 bottles; 0.5; 0.7; 0.75 liters. …
The second Albanian Hymn that stands still… Read More
The place where Subashi olive oil is produced is called Mal-Subash, the central and oldest neighborhood of Marikaj. The first residents settled in this neighborhood where the Subashi family has lived for years. Olive oil is an old tradition of this area, even according to the oldest member of Subashi’s family, who is also a historian of the area, there are historical documents that show that in the 17th-18th centuries from this area, (Marikaj-Preze-Ndroq- Tirana), the oil was exported to the Republic of Venice and Saint Mark. While during the Ottoman Empire, this area supplied olive oil to the Sultan’s family…
Subashi Olive Oil, the green gold on your table Read More
Albanica wine is the unique produce of a historic terroir: hit by the Mediterranean breeze every evening and abundantly exposed to sunlight during the day, the slopes have an ideal loamy soil composition, a perfect mix of 30% sand, 50% silt and 20% clay, full of organic matter. It keeps the moisture and is nutrient rich, makes them ideal for cultivation Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot for growing highest quality wine…
ALBANICA WINE, one of the best Albanian Wine brands in the Country Read More
Albania, a land of fabulous beaches and rugged mountains, huge caves and fast rivers, tall forests and wild eagles, modern smart cities and old stone villages, castles and treasures from antiquity. A land of hospitality and smiles, open arms and welcoming hearts declaring “come on in, make yourself at home”. A land of fabulous flavours with local foods and home-made dishes, the secrets of our delicious cuisine waiting to be discovered in our restaurants, homes, hotels and bars.
Albania. Why wouldn’t you come? Read More
The next day, on November 28, 1443, he announced the recovery of the free Albanian principality, raising the Kastriot flag, the two-headed black vulture on a red field, over the Kruja castle…
This is how it started Read More
The Koman culture represented a “cultural bridge, connecting the Illyrian culture of Late Antiquity (4th-6th centuries) with the later medieval period (10th-14th centuries). The form and manner of burial, family cemeteries (within a cemeteries also housed other members, characteristic of Illyrians), as well as the material found inside the graves, express a direct heritage of the Illyrian culture of late antiquity.
The Cultural Bridge, connecting the dots Read More
The Southern Illyrians differed to some extent from the Northern Illyrians, due to the different cultural elements they acquired from the previous inhabitants. This difference was also noticed by the ancient authors, because in contrast to the populations of Northern Illyria, they called the Southern Illyrians “properly called Illyrians” (illyrii proprie dicti).
Pelasgians and Illyrians Read More
The Albanian Alps, The Cursed Mountains, or The Peaks of the Balkans, which extend from Northern Albania into Southern Kosovo and Northeastern Montenegro, are better known by their regional names, Bjeshkt e Nmuna and Prokletije, both of which translate to “The Cursed Mountains.” But, it’s still unclear how these striated limestone slopes came to bear such a peculiar name…
The Hikers’ Hidden Paradise on Earth Read More
Butrint – The extensive remains of defensive walls, castles, towers, and religious and secular buildings that still dominate the ruined cityscape today can be used to trace the city’s rich history, which spans from its early years as a Hellenistic sanctuary to its heyday as a Roman colony and then a flourishing early Christian center, to its final incarnation as a fortified medieval market town…
The ancient city of Butrint, where each stone has its own seal of history Read More