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White Ottoman houses with rows of windows stacked on the hillside of the Mangalem quarter in Berat, Albania

Historic towns Updated 24 March 2026

Berat: The City of a Thousand Windows

Two Ottoman quarters facing each other across a river, a castle with people still living inside it, and a nickname that turns out to be literal.

The stone houses and castle of Gjirokaster on the hillside above the road, Albania

Historic towns Updated 18 March 2026

Gjirokaster: The Stone City on the Hillside

A UNESCO listed Ottoman town of slate roofed tower houses climbing a mountainside, with a castle on top and a bazaar street through the middle.