Travelers seeking affordable European beach and mountain getaways have started flocking to Albania, an overlooked nation on the Balkan Peninsula. The country has the perfect blend of nature, culture, ...

When summer hits, visitors flood nearly every strip of sand from Portugal to Croatia. What, then, is a beach lover to do? Plan a trip to go beach hopping in Albania. I've thoroughly traveled this ...

RANA E HEDHUN, Albania (AP) — The Albanian beach site had everything in one place: pine trees, sand, sea, nearby mountains and days of nonstop music. “It’s very rare that you got all of those things ...

Most years, reservations at the iconic Adriatik Hotel in the Albanian port city of Durrës are at a premium. But 2020, the year of the coronavirus pandemic, is not “most years”. The hotel reopened its ...

The coast in parts of northern Albania is losing about 2-3 meters a year to the advancing sea – and both locals and scientists say time is running out to address the threat. The beach at Shengjin, in ...

Shqipëria or Albania is an incredible country to visit from the beaches to the city to the food to the people there are a lot of do's and a few don'ts that tourists should know before they visit ...

As the crow flies — and Google Maps authoritatively confirmed — the coast was just a matter of miles away. An easy drive and we’d be lolling in the Mediterranean. Instead the car lurched along dirt ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RANA E HEDHUN, Albania (AP) — The Albanian ...