#UNESCO

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.

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.

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.