About the stingy family’s traditional house
[Apr. 2024] We arrived at Gjirokaster, our destination for the day on our Albania tour. Gjirokaster is a World Heritage Site and is known as the “Stone Town.” That is because its rows of traditional…
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Pleasant ruins
[Apr. 2024] I continue talking about the Italian tour in Albania. The next day we left Berat and headed for Gjirokaster. Our first destination was the ruins of Byllis. My husband and I are not…
Albania, Berat and Belsh
These are our photos taken in Berat and Belsh in Albania in 2024.
“1000 Windows” – There’s Probably Not 1000
[Apr. 2024] On an evening tour in Berat, Albania, we went to a spot where we could see the famous “1000 Windows.” The area is characterized by a row of traditional houses built on a…
Thinking about species preservation at the mosque
[Apr. 2024] Berat, Albania, which is included in the World Heritage Site, is divided into two levels, and the famous “1000 Windows” can be seen in Mangalem on the lower level. After dropping off our…
The strain of a sudden rise in popularity
[Apr. 2024] We stayed at the Grand White City Hotel in Berat, Albania. The name Berat apparently comes from the word meaning “white town”. I’m sure it was the same in Belgrade, Serbia, too. The…
Albanian food and the view
[Apr. 2024] On this day, I ate Albanian food for the first time. We had lunch after visiting churches in Berat, a town that is a World Heritage Site. Since almost all of meals are…
The secret vermilion colour that never fades
[Apr. 2024] We arrived at Berat, our destination for the day on the Albania tour. The town is a World Heritage Site because it retains the streetscape from the Ottoman Turkish era. There is a…
While listening to history of the country
[Apr. 2024] On our second day in Albania, we left Tirana for Berat in the south. Before that, we didn’t have any Albanian money, leks, so we asked where the money exchange was and went…
