A Journey to Albania

Albania is situated in Southeastern Europe just north to Greece. Due to its long periods of isolation and the status of being the poorest country in Europe it is not well known and until recently just few travellers came to visit. This is changing in the last years. More and more backpackers come and discover the beauty of this hidden pearl in the Balkans. At the coastline more and more hotels are being built and the infrastructure is growing. There are even talks of reactivating the railway, which was put out of use in the last decades. Albania is a multireligious country, you will find beautiful old mosques in the Ottoman style (picture 1), as well as orthodox churches and catholic monasteries (pictures 4, 8). The people of different faiths live together in peace and no matter which cultural building you enter you will be received the Albanian way – warmly and with a smile.