“This (Albania) is Europe when it was fresh
and cheap.” - Thank you so much @nytimestravel and @tim_neville for praising
Albania with the 4th place in you 52 world places to visit in 2014
and the 1st place in European destinations. We cannot described our
country better than what you have done, and probably we need your eyes from
outside to see and value our country better. Thank you also for reminding the new
Albanian government for the responsibilities they have taken for keeping the
coast and Albanian tourism authentic. We do appreciate it !
4. Albanian Coast
On a rugged shore, Europe at its best.
What if you could combine the rugged beauty you’d find on
Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast with the ruins of an undiscovered Turkey or Greece,
all wrapped in the easygoing nature characteristic of rural Italy — at a
fraction of the cost? Turns out you can, on the coast of Albania. The roughly
Maryland-size country, between Greece and Montenegro, sits about 45 miles east
of Italy on the eastern shores of the Adriatic and has limestone-ringed
beaches, ancient ruins like Butrint and waterfront inns where you can stay for
less than $50 a night. Rampant development threatened to turn it all to
concrete in the years after Communism, but a new government took office in
September on promises of keeping the coast authentic. Head to villages like
Qeparo, within sight of Corfu, where you can kayak past Cold War submarine
tunnels, swim by abandoned forts and watch the tide rise during a dinner of
fresh fish at an inn called the Riviera. This is Europe when it was fresh and
cheap. — TIM NEVILLE
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