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    Go down the Historical Berat Lane
    Often we do not realize that the simplest of experiences give the best of memories. Make your travel experience special and memorable by visiting places that you would always cherish. Come to the land of Albania and see the difference. This place is a historical proof to the existence of the best kind of city ever. While in Albania visit Berat the Museum city. This city is thronged by tourists just to see its architectural elegance. Called the City of the thousand windows, Berat has been existing for more than 2,400 years. This fantastic city is a place which is rich with culture and tradition and is situated in the southern part of the Albanian region. This is situated near the Mountain Tomorri. The panoramic view of Berat from Mount Tomorri is one of the spectacular aspects here. The Byzantine churches here date back to the 13th  [...]
    Posted at May 15th, 2012 at 01:05 am
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    Albania Ship Wreck Tours in Sarande
    Albania has a whole lot of reasons to be visited and anyone who visits this lovely land is sure to come back with a lot of travel memories. Albania is the place where there are around 300 sunny days in one year, and where the water is absolutely crystal clear and warm. This is the place where you would have the most ancient historical monuments and also bunkers in every nook and corner. This is a land with the most beautiful mountains and the most fascinating seas, lakes and rivers, the place where you get to see the lovely almonds, palms, orchids, cypresses and of course the wild cactus. Albania is the land where the mountains are just separated from the sea by a small margin. The friendly locals and the explorations of the tourists wouldn’t go unnoticed here and this is one place where the kids will stop you in the road and start  [...]
    Posted at February 29th, 2012 at 10:02 am
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    Beach Wonders in Albania
    Come to the land of Albania and enjoy the beauty of the natural surroundings here. Amongst the many locales, Albanian beaches are certainly a place to reckon with. The Adriatic Sea dominating the borders of Albania, the beaches here have the advantage of being less crowded and less touched by the hordes of tourists travelling across the globe. Post the month of August, the beaches of Albania certainly see a lot of tourists pouring in these days as these pristine areas are becoming top priority of late. Visit the Mali Robit beach in Albania and enjoy the virgin ambience of this wondrous paradise. With a plethora of greenery and the best sandy beach, this place is quite an attraction as it is also near the Tirana city. Some low rise buildings lie around the beach but the lovely cover of pine forests enhances the ambience. This is the  [...]
    Posted at December 7th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
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    Thrilling Escapades – Albania
    Once you are in the land of Albania, obviously you know you have treated yourself to the best possible travel experience you would have had in this part of the world. With a plethora of villages, and interesting sights, Albanian adventure includes visiting some of the abandoned zones here. Take for example the region of Vau Dejes. This is one locale where you wouldn’t mind coming if you are in Albania. Come here and visit the abandoned village of Dush. The interesting hike to this place is a key attraction in Albanian adventure tours. You would cross the communist food distribution centers. There is an old school on the way which is quite intriguing. This municipality in the district of Shkoder and in the county of the Shkoder region lies in the northwestern part of Albania. It is located on the area of Zadrima. The rivers Gjadri  [...]
    Posted at November 30th, 2011 at 08:11 am
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    Vlore – The Taste of Albania
    While in Europe, tour and travel is very much a part of life. And in Europe Albania is a great place to visit. The thrill and adventure here is an experience that is seen to be believed. The entire travel experience is a great feeling. This is one of the biggest Albanian towns and is also the second largest Albanian ports. The first is the city of Durres. This is where the Declaration of Independence of Albania was proclaimed. This was also the capital of Albania for some time. This was a place which was discovered as a colony for Greeks sometime in the 6th century BC. It was then known as Aulon. It has been inhabited for more than 2600 years. At Vlore is the Port of Vlore, which is also universally famous. We also have the University of Vlore which is the greatest centre of economical activity and also a cultural hub in this part  [...]
    Posted at November 16th, 2011 at 09:11 am
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    Korce – The Albanian charm
    Come to Albania and visit the land of lot of interest and intrigue. Come to the southeastern part of the city and visit Korce or Korca which is a great place to visit in Albanian tourism. Located on a plateau which is around 850m above sea level this is the ideal spot to visit with a lot of beauty and scenic splendour to see. The Morava Montains surround the region and the place is a great tourist haven. With the region being at a height the sight of the beauty and the panoramic view around makes the place the ideal place to go to. It is said that Neolithic remains have been found here and this indicates that there has been a lot of occupation on this site since 4000 BC thus proving that the place has been in existence since then. The Copper Age lasted from 3000 BC to 2100 BC. It is in the land of Korce that the Mycenaean Pottery  [...]
    Posted at November 9th, 2011 at 12:11 pm
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    Fier – The Albanian beauty
    Come to Albania and enjoy the pleasures of travel here. Visit Fier in Albania and find the ruins of ancient Greece here. This is the place for any historian and any nature lover. History has it that the city of Fier in Albania is made up all the deposits of gas, oil and bitumen. There is lot of asphalt and the natural gas has also escaped nearby and these movements have been existent since the 1st century AD. There were lumps of bitumen found in the nearby River Seman and also on the River Vjose Strabo. Fier is also the place where a nymphaeum – a fire spitting rock was found. Here also there were hot water asphalt springs which have been here since long. The city gets its name from “fiera” which means trade fair. It is believed that this is the place where people used to have a lot of Venetian traders in the 14th and the  [...]
    Posted at November 2nd, 2011 at 11:11 am
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    The Beauty of Albania – Elbasan
    Come to Elbasan and see one of the popular tourist destinations in Albania. This is located in the central part of Albania. This lies on the banks of River Shkumbin in the Elbasan district and has an area of 1290 square kilometers. This is incidentally one of the largest Albanian cities. Situated on top at a height of 150 meters, this historic city exists since the 15th century. The beginning of the Second World War saw Elbasan was the most beautiful Albanian cities of the Ottoman category. The city had the best buildings of the medieval and eastern era. There were many mosques and Islam style buildings with magnificent architecture. The streets were narrow then and paved well. The city had a marketplace too. There was at that time a large Christian population here. There was a castle in the city and walls surrounded it. The district  [...]
    Posted at October 13th, 2011 at 06:10 am
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