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 ...

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, ...

Vlorë, Albania is a coastal city with a long and fascinating history. With a strategic location in a bay on the Balkan Peninsula — exactly where the Adriatic Sea meets the Ionian — Vlorë has had its ...

From afar, the bad-egg stench of sulphur tells us we’ve arrived at the remote hot springs (they are free to use, but changing ...

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 ...