New York Times: Albanian Riviera, a Frugal Paradise

“A Frugal Paradise, the Albanian Riviera”, this is the title of an interesting article published on the prestigious “New York Times” for the Albanian Riviera while the holiday season is starting.

“Monastiri?” I said in a hapless attempt at an Albanian accent in what I later discovered was a largely Greek-speaking region.

The material was written by Seth Kugel, who has personally visited the beautiful shores of our country, from Vlora to Saranda, an area known as the Albanian riviera.

First he talks about Ilias village where was faced with a stunning view. Across the street, the reporter looks the idyllic beach as he calls it, a small pebbly beach and somewhere he has heard of the "Monastery", as if seeking a building where monks or nuns stand.

But in fact he finds a gorgeous beach on the Ionian coast, in the deep-blue sea. Close to the beach, follows the article, there are seen many bunkers, placed there by the former dictator Enver Hoxha.

"No man is seen standing on this beach. Everything is mine"-writes the author referring to the environment. It is the Gjipesa Bay, a gorgeous bay, and as emerges from the water, the reporter sees two austrian tourists located near a cliff area while laughing.

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If you want to read the original article, go to this link: "On the Albanian Riviera, a Frugal Paradise"