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Vlore is a lovely Albanian city. Unlike most of the cities and towns in Albania, Vlore is very well organised and a lot cleaner. I am sure that this is due to the increased number of tourists that...
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The Muradi Mosque is one of the main tourist attractions in Vlore. The mosque was built in the year 1542 by the famous architect Sinan. It was built at the request of Suliman Pacha. The mosque is...
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Vlore is the second most important harbor of Albania, the first one being Durres. Vlore is very interesting in terms of beaches, because this is where the Ionian Sea meets the Mditerranean Sea. I...
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Korce is a very small town in Albania, very close to the border with Greece. Our visit there only lasted for a few hourse, but we got to understand a lot more about how people in Albania live, as...
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The museum of Korce is a very important building not only for locals, but for the whole country of Albania. That is mainly because this building hosted the first school that offered classes in...
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Kruje is a must-visit destination in Albania. Even if there are very few things to visit there, a lot less than in Tirana, the small town of Kruje has a lot to offer in terms of tourism. The town...
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Another interesting place to visit in Kruje is a very old Ottoman house. The house can be found inside the castle of Kruje and is really worth visiting. It was rebuilt in the old Ottoman style. The...
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The museum of Kruje is found right inside the castle. The museum is called the Gjerji Kastriot Scanderberg Museum. In spite of its looks, the museum is rather new. It was built as to look like the...
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The town of Kruje hosts a beautiful bazar. It is built in a very old style, because is had to be rebuilt at the end of the 20th century. The bazar was first built around the 17th or the 18th...
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Kruje is a rather small town, but the visit there is really worth it, because it has a lovely castle. The castle is not difficult to reach, like other castles in Albanian small towns. You just walk...
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The city of Durres has impressive ruins, which make the city a little bit more touristy than Tirana, at least for people in search of ancient history. Visiting the ruins was what made my trip to...
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Some inhabitants of Tirana told me that on our trip tu Durres, my cousin and I shouldn’t miss the lighthouse. So right when we arrived to Durres, we started asking where was the lightshouse. I...
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Tirana is the capital of Albania. The city still bears the marks of comunism, by I think it’s on the right path to improvement. Obviously, a lot is still to be done, but I was really impressed...
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The Café Opera is a great choice if you don’t feel like wondering outside the central area of Tirana. It can be found right in the Skenderbeg square, the main plaza of Tirana. There are plenty...
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My cousin and I wanted to go to Durres, because we had heard it was a lovely city. Being a little bit disappointed because of the bus trip we had taken a day before, we decided to try the Albanian...
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I must say that I was pretty impressed about Tirana in what concerns “safety”. Maybe having unconsciously accepted the stereotype that Albania is a dangerous country, I had expected to feel...
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I bet that few people expect to see a pyramid in Albania and I was definitely one of them. Tirana does indeed have a pyramid, but don’t expect something like the ancient pyramids of Giza. Think...
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