Riveting Albania Travel Blog

October 21, 2009
Converting bunkers into hostel rooms

What should Albania do with the 750,000 concrete bunkers scattered throughout its wild landscape? One graduate project by two students in an italian university says that the bunkers should converted into cheap hostel rooms.

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August 31, 2009
Paradise, Albania

A Canadian blogger currently living in Albania has written a short piece about a surprise adventure in the south of the country.

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August 04, 2009
Australian newspaper features Dhërmi

The Sydney Morning Herald had a short piece on Dhërmi in its Traveller section of August 2nd. The newspaper calls this Albanian gem "one of Europe's hidden coastal getaways". 

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July 13, 2009
Bicycle touring in Albania

Darren Alff, of the Bicycle Touring Pro website, recently visited Albania. With just a bike, Darren covered the northern part of the country, including the cities of Shkodra and Pukë. He crossed the border from Montenegro, near Shkodra, and on the way out, he went to Kosovo, in the northeast. 
Darren has posted several photos from his trip on his Facebook group devoted to bicycle touring. Check them out. 

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July 10, 2009
Albania's Bunkers

The bunker is one of the few remaining symbols of communism in Albania today. Despite the long rein of communism in the country, from 1945 to 1990, today's Albania is a country that looks less and less like the drab Albania of the late 1980s. New buildings, renovations and renewed activity throughout the country has done away with much of the communist asethetic, at least as far as architecture is concerned.

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July 08, 2009
Albania, the backpacker's secret

With empty beaches and low prices, Albania is quickly becoming a popular attraction for backpackers and budget travellers, writes Matt Carroll in the Guardian.

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July 03, 2009
Avoid the Crowds, Vacation in Albania
A small blog run by an Australian living in Paris recommends Albania as a vacation spot, especially to those who are seeking to venture off the beaten path.
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July 01, 2009
In lieu of an introduction

In the summer of 2008, while on a short trip back to Albania to see family and friends, I got hit by an idea: to build a website that would make it easier for travellers to discover Albania. Almost a year later, that idea is reality.

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