Solo in Gjirokastër: A Practical Guide to Albania’s Stone City
Gjirokastër looks like it was stitched together from stone and sunlight. Perched on a steep hillside in southern Albania, this UNESCO-listed “Stone City” is all angles and slate roofs, Ottoman houses and cobbled lanes. It is small enough to feel intimate, layered enough to reward slow days, and welcoming enough that solo travellers routinely describe […]