#history

A History Route Through Albania: Greeks, Romans, Ottomans, Communists

A Greek and Roman city in a lagoon, two Ottoman towns, a Roman amphitheatre under a modern city, and a hundred and seventy thousand concrete bunkers.

Vlore: Where Albania Declared Independence and the Riviera Begins

A working port city with a long promenade, the square where the country was founded in 1912, and the road south that turns into the best drive in the Balkans.