18 Aug 2026
Shiroka and Zogaj: The Fishing Villages on Lake Shkodra
Ten minutes from Shkodra, two villages sit on the shore of the largest lake in southern Europe, and both are built around eating fish by the water.
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Albania's beaches, bays and coastal villages, from the Riviera to the northern lagoons.
21 Jul 2026
Grama Bay: The Ancient Graffiti Carved Into Albania's Cliffs
Sailors have been carving their names into this quarry wall for two thousand years. The only way in is still by sea.
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23 Jun 2026
Rana e Hedhun: The Dunes Above Shëngjin
North of Shëngjin, sand climbs the side of a hill instead of lying flat on a beach — a dune system with no equivalent in the country.
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9 Jun 2026
Velipoja and the Viluni Lagoon: The Sandy North
While the south has pebbles and cliffs, the north has fifteen kilometres of fine sand, a protected lagoon and a river delta full of birds.
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13 Aug 2025
The Karaburun Peninsula: Albania's Roadless Coast
Albania's only marine national park has no roads, no hotels and no villages — only cliffs, caves and beaches reached by boat from Vlora.
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29 Jul 2025
Kakome Bay: The Riviera's Last Empty Beach
A deep, clear bay between Saranda and Himarë that stayed empty while everything around it was built on.
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3 Jun 2025
Palasa Beach: The First Water After the Llogara Pass
Two kilometres of white pebble below the Llogara pass, with water so clear the drop-off is visible from the shore.
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8 Apr 2025
Porto Palermo: Ali Pasha's Castle on the Ionian Sea
A triangular fortress on its own peninsula, a cold-war submarine tunnel in the cliff opposite, and two small beaches either side.
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