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Albania Gillian Gloyer

Albania By Gillian Gloyer

Albania by Gillian Gloyer


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Albania Travel Guide - Expert travel tips and information including Tirana hotels and entertainment, Byzantine history and culture, hiking routes, walks and beaches. This guide also covers art, suggested itineraries, archaeological sites such as Butrint and Byllis, excursions from Tirana, Erseka, Peshkopia, Albanian Alps and the Prespa Lakes.

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Albania by Gillian Gloyer

This new, thoroughly updated sixth edition of Bradt's Albania remains the only standalone guide to this dynamic and rapidly modernising eastern European country, from the capital, Tirana, a lively European city, with shopping malls, cycle paths, museums, galleries and historic buildings, to remote outposts where traditional ways of life prevail. Updated by expert author Gillian Gloyer, it includes all developments since the last edition, reflecting changes such as continued investment in the road network and construction of fast highways connecting main cities, improved hotel provision and new museums dedicated to Albania's communist history. Despite such modernisation, Albania is one of very few European countries where it is still possible to immerse yourself in traditional lifestyles and culture, and Bradt's Albania provides details of where to experience this for yourself. In highland villages, people tend their livestock and gather their crops with little or no mechanisation; they milk their cows and goats by hand, they make their own cheese and bread, they distil home-made spirits from local fruits and berries. In addition, many villagers have opened up their traditional homes as guest-houses, offering a wonderful opportunity to experience their culture first-hand. Bradt's Albania also includes details of watching the country's rare wildlife, such as wildcats, lynx, wolves and bears, and of visiting its three World Heritage Sites: the archaeological site and national park of Butrint and the Ottoman cities of Berati and Gjirokastra. Iso-polyphony, the traditional music of the south-west, is also listed as part of World Heritage by UNESCO. With rigorously researched historical and archaeological background information, detailed notes on popular and less well-known hiking routes and other outdoor activities, specialist contributors on wildlife, military history and other topics, and an unparalleled wealth of practical advice for the independent traveller, Bradt's Albania is the ideal companion for discovering this intriguing country.

Albania Reviews

The best all round guide yet to this fascinating country. The Sunday Times An indispensable companion for all visitors. Mail on Sunday [A] lucid and readable guide book... invaluable. The Observer

About Gillian Gloyer

Gillian Gloyer studied ancient languages at Wadham College, Oxford. After university and a couple of years back in Scotland, she began a professional career overseas, working in Spain, Chile, Belgium and Bosnia before finding herself, slightly by accident, in Albania. From 1998 to 2002, she directed a long-term training programme with young political activists from 12 parties. She is now based in Edinburgh, where she is a city councillor, but she visits Albania several times a year, for both work and pleasure. Since 2012, she has led tour-groups to Albania and other countries for UK-based tour operators.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS ntroduction PART ONE GENERAL INFORMAT ION Chapter 1 Background Information Geography and climate, Natural history and conservation, History 6, Government and politics, Economy, Ethnic groups, Language, Religion, Education, Culture Chapter 2 Practical Information When to visit, Highlights, Suggested itineraries, Tour operators, Red tape, Embassies, Getting there and away, Health, Safety, Women travellers, Black and minority ethnic travellers, LGBTI travellers, Travellers with a disability, Travelling with children, What to take, Money, Budgeting, Getting around, Accommodation, Eating and drinking, Public holidays, Shopping, Arts and entertainment, Photography, Media and communications, Albanian time and business, Cultural etiquette, Travelling positively PART TWO T HE GUIDE Chapter 3 T irana Getting there and away, Getting around, Tourist information, Where to stay, Where to eat and drink, Entertainment and nightlife, Shopping, Other practicalities, What to see and do Chapter 4 Excursions from Tirana Durresi, Kruja, Divjaka-Karavastaja National Park, Apollonia and Ardenica, Byllis, Elbasani, Berati Chapter 5 T he Southeast Korca, Voskopoja, Prehistoric sites, Pogradeci, The Prespa Lakes, The Gramoz Mountains, Permeti Chapter 6 the Northeast Mirdita, The Lura Lakes, Puka, Tropoja, Kukesi, Peshkopia, Mati Chapter 7 the Northwest Shkodra, Lezha, Th e Albanian Alps Chapter 8 the Southwest Saranda, Butrint, Gjirokastra, Libohova, Tepelena, The Riviera, Vlora appendix 1 language appendix 2 Further Information Index

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GOR009177492
9781784770785
1784770787
Albania by Gillian Gloyer
Used - Like New
Paperback
Bradt Travel Guides
20180319
304
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