Birthplace of both the renowned writer Ismail Kadare and the feared dictator Enver Hoxha, this UNESCO World Heritage listed city is well worth visiting for the sweeping views from its steep streets and for the well-preserved Ottoman architecture of the massive merchants' houses, clinging against th
At the foot of the impressive dam, Vau i Dejës with its 30,000 inhabitants is a modest, dispersed town, squeezed between the dam, mountains, rivers and canals. Mainly developed together with the dam construction, you'll certainly pass through on your way to the magnificent sights in the area, be it
A small, modern town of apartment blocks 20km east of Puka along the Fan i Madh river, Fushë-Arrëz is surrounded by forested hills, remote and pretty villages, alpine pastures and ore-bearing mountains. Working hard on improving its tourism development, the town and surrounding destinations are in
Starting off as an ancient Illyrian settlement, Puka was founded along an important trade route from Shkodra near the Adriatic across the mountains to Prizren and onwards to the Danube. The town’s name quite possibly comes from the Roman word for this route, Via Publica. In the Ottoman era, fortre
Albania’s Malësi e Madhe or ‘Great Highlands’ district at the northern tip of the country is an outstanding tourist destination. The landscapes vary from the placid shores of Lake Shkodra to the wild alpine scenery of the so-called Accursed Mountains raising well over 2000 metres near the Mon