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Stone village houses with slate roofs in a mountain valley in Albania

Historic towns Updated 23 September 2026

Five Albanian Towns Most Visitors Miss

Everyone does Berat, Gjirokaster and the riviera. These five towns are on nobody's standard route, with stone architecture, Ottoman streets and valleys.

Stone thermal pools beside a river under an old arched bridge in Albania

Day trips & sights Updated 20 September 2026

Permet and the Benja Thermal Springs

Stone pools of warm mineral water beside a river, under an Ottoman bridge, in a valley almost nobody routes through. What it is and how to get there.

#off the beaten track

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Five Albanian Towns Most Visitors Miss

Permet and the Benja Thermal Springs