In 1971 when the first Regent group entered Albania, it discovered a closed
society, rather like a Stalinist theme park, whose paranoid government insisted
that visitors were closely controlled and monitored for any revisionist tendencies.
Despite this, the warmth and fun of the Albanians shone through and we were treated
like guests of the family. The wild beauty of the country, the raw archaeology
and the quirkiness of life there, with very little traffic and no religion, drew
hundreds of people over the years and many left with a deep affection for Albania.
On our tailor-made
individual itineraries or group tour, you can discover Albania’s wild natural
beauty, Ottoman castles and bridges, quiet beaches, remote mountain villages and
Byzantine churches, as well as Greek and Roman architectural sites including Appolonia,
Butrint and Durres.
