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Travelling to Tirana, Albania?

What to Do, Where to Go and What to Eat Albania was our third country on the route, and probably one that we’d heard most about due to the increasing tourism. Albania is a beautiful country and the buses are incredibly cheap – around 40p within the city and about £2 for trips…

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Skopje: What to do and Why to Visit North Macedonia’s Capital

I hadn’t really heard of Skopje as a tourist destination before I visited and I was blown away the country – North Macedonia is one of the places I definitely want to go back to – for the food, the people and the scenery. It is also such a cheap destination – eating…

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A Balkan Backpacking Route

If you’ve decided to backpack around the Balkans, you’ve come to the right place. My friend and I had a month backpacking together – the first three weeks of which were spent in the Balkans. We both fell utterly in love with the Balkans: the food, the friendliness of the people and the…

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