The real rising destination is Gjirokastra, a city whose historic center is a UNESCO World Heritage site, he added. ?It's this cobbled town with Ottoman-era mansions,? Reid said. ?It's a very atmospheric place that has a lot of history. ...
Now he is hoping people will travel to Albania to help him restore one of the distinctive Ottoman kullë houses that make up the World Heritage Site of Gjirokastra. He and Heritage Conservation Network are recruiting volunteers for a ...
Yesterday, I went from Gjirokastra to Berati. I caught the 7 o'clock (AM) bus. At 6:30 I'm at the bus station-- not the station, exactly, but the holding pen for the buses where they rest overnight. On the glass doors of one building ...