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A Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Venetian and Ottoman city layered on one wooded peninsula — Albania's first UNESCO site.
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Konispol is the town furthest south in Albania. A cave nearby holds some of the oldest signs of people living in the country.
Konispol is the town furthest south in Albania. A cave nearby holds some of the oldest signs of people living in the country.
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A Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Venetian and Ottoman city layered on one wooded peninsula — Albania's first UNESCO site.
The Ionian resort town facing Corfu, and the arrival point for most visitors to southern Albania.
Four small islands and very clear shallow water; the most photographed and most crowded stretch of the Albanian coast.
A municipality of villages near Sarandë, containing the Blue Eye and the ancient site of Phoenice.
Cave settlement at Konispol, and one of Europe's oldest lakeside pile villages under Lake Ohrid.
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