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Albania. Why wouldn’t you come?

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.

This is how it started

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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…

The Cultural Bridge, connecting the dots

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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.

Pelasgians and Illyrians

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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).

The Hikers’ Hidden Paradise on Earth

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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 ancient city of Butrint, where each stone has its own seal of history

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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 UNESCO city of stone slab roofs which never changes

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The UNESCO city of stone slab roofs which never changes… – The archaeology and early history of Gjirokastra as a settlement are mostly unknown. Pottery dating to the 5th–2nd centuries BC, 5th–7th centuries AD, 9th–10th centuries, and 12th–13th centuries has been found as a result of archaeological investigations inside the castle. The earliest of these phases also revealed traces of huge block-built walls, showing that there was a sizable fortress on this side of the Drino river in the pre-Roman era around 168 BC.

An UNESCO’s Heritage site, the museum city & its castle where more than 80 people still live in there…

One of the highlights of traveling to Albania is undoubtedly Berat, which has its own unique enchantment. It was given the nickname “town of a thousand windows” for its cluster of white Ottoman buildings that climbed the slope to its fortress. When the clouds break up to reveal Mt. Tomorri’s …