Historic sites
Berat
Berat
The 'town of a thousand windows', with white Ottoman houses stacked up a hillside above the Osum River, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Travel tips in Albania
Historic sites
Butrint
Bashkia Konispol, Vlorë
An ancient city inhabited for 2,500 years, by Greeks, Romans, Byzantines and Venetians, set among woods and water on a peninsula near the Greek border.
Historic sites
Gjirokastër
Gjirokastër
A UNESCO-listed hill town of grey stone tower houses with slate roofs, built by Ottoman-era merchants, below a huge castle that holds a museum of wea…
Walks and treks
Valbona to Theth Hike
Bashkia Malësi e Madhe, Shkodër
A classic one-day hike over the Albanian Alps (the Accursed Mountains), between the remote villages of Valbona and Theth, crossing the Valbona Pass a…
Natural features
Albanian Riviera and Ksamil
Ksamil, Vlorë
A stretch of coast in southern Albania with turquoise water, white pebble beaches and villages backed by mountains.
Attractions
Bunk'Art, Tirana
Tirana
A huge Cold War nuclear bunker built for the dictator Enver Hoxha, with 106 rooms on five floors, now a museum of Albania's communist history and art.