SHKODËR COUNTY, Albania — The clips usually start with water, ice-blue or aquamarine, always impossibly clear. They may show a rippled lake surrounded by high-drama mountains or an immaculate beach ...

Closed to the world until 1991, the promise of Albania is of an undiscovered Adriatic riviera. Just look where it is, opposite Italy, wedged between Greece and the Balkan states – it’s coastal and ...