Valbona Valley National Park
A broad U-shaped glacial valley of white gravel and beech forest under the Alps' highest peaks.
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Bajram Curri is a small town in the far north-east mountains. Most people pass through it on the way to hike in the Valbona valley.
Bajram Curri is a small town in the far north-east mountains. Most people pass through it on the way to hike in the Valbona valley.
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A broad U-shaped glacial valley of white gravel and beech forest under the Alps' highest peaks.
A small northern airport that opened to commercial flights in 2021, mainly serving the diaspora.
The uppermost and largest of the Drin dams, creating a reservoir shared with Kosovo.
A town rebuilt above a reservoir in the 1970s, and the northern end of the Nation's Road.
A wide white riverbed under 2,500 m peaks; the eastern end of the Theth trek.
The seat of Has municipality in the north-eastern hills near Kosovo.
A working transport link through a gorge that has become one of Albania's best-known journeys.
Albania's best-known walk: roughly 17 km over a 1,795 m pass, six to eight hours, June to October.
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