by Toplica | Aug 18, 2022 | English, Featured, News
Albania’s natural beauty, diverse cuisine, and captivating Ottoman heritage (the region was a firm fixture of the vast, Islamic empire for over 500 years) is being discovered by more and more UK travellers. Visitors are looking past the troubled history of the 20th...
by Toplica | Jul 20, 2018 | Culture, English, Featured, News, Videos
The first modern-day festival dedicated to re-telling the traditions and stories of the Albanian Alps will return on July 20 under the Accursed Mountains, along the riverside of the Shala River. During its second edition, expected to last for three days and two nights...
by Toplica | Oct 21, 2017 | English, Featured, News
In Theth there are no regular restaurants, hotels or shops. Nightlife is non-existent. Here comes the feeling of being as far away from civilization as possible. All accommodations are type of bed and breakfast. Since it is so far to the nearest store, almost all food...
by Toplica | Oct 17, 2017 | English, Featured, News
The final wish of the most renowned and active Albanologists of the past three decades, German-Canadian Robert Elsie who died on the 2nd of October, was to be buried in Albania. He will be buried tomorrow in Theth, a picturesque region in Albanian Alps. His coffin...
by Toplica | May 23, 2014 | English, Featured, News, Videos
In northern Albania, lay the Accursed Mountains. Nobody you know has been there, until now. Watch as the Land Rover Discovery brings you to a part of the world rarely visited by car. A region built on warm hospitality and community spirit. Elizabeth Gowing heads out...
