Its capital, Tirana, is at the heart of this plan. The first ever low-cost flights between the UK and Albania started in April 2018, when Wizz Air opened its new London Luton-Tirana route.

TIRANA, ALBANIA – NOVEMBER 04: Souvenirs are displayed for sale including mugs with the face of former Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha as tourist attractions in a open market on November 4, ...

In central Tirana, Albania, a domed entrance leads to Bunk’Art 2, a museum of history and art inside an underground Communist-era nuclear fallout shelter.

After Albania shook off the shackles of its totalitarian regime in 1992, Tirana's new mayor set about sprucing up drab concrete buildings urging citizens to paint the city in multicolored hues.

Albania has yet to catch the tourist bug; and there are many people who think it's for good reason. Tell people you are going to Tirana and they think you are doing something that is either ...

Though born in the coastal town of Vlorë, Albania, Matilda Karçanaj has lived in Tirana on and off since 2010. Having returned to the Albanian capital after completing advanced studies abroad ...

After Albania shook off the shackles of its totalitarian regime in 1992, Tirana's new mayor set about sprucing up drab concrete buildings urging citizens to paint the city in multicolored hues.