The prestigious American guide “Lonely Planet”, which publishes the world’s most famous travel guides, has ranked Tirana among the ten countries to be visited by tourists this summer.

In its article, “Lonely Planet” writes that the Albanian capital is not just a “gateway” city but is a vigorous metropolis that has undergone into big transformation.

“One would be hard-pressed to imagine a better-placed travel hub than Tirana, which sits between the Adriatic Coast and the Albanian Alps. But this is no gateway town; rather, it’s a vigorous metropolis that has undergone a transformation thanks to its former mayor (now Albania’s prime minister), who had drab buildings painted in primary colours, encouraged commuters to eschew their cars for bikes, and placed greater emphasis on the city’s green spaces. The result is compelling.

A typical day might include catching a cable car from the centre to the city’s peak, Mount Dajti, for panoramic views, lingering over a slow-food experience at a local bistro, and then a night-time tour of the cocktail lounges and designer boutiques of the fashionable Blloku neighbourhood, once the territory of corrupt communist bosses”,

the article reads

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/tvklan.al