A guide to Albania's historical sites and stunning seaside


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Ksamil is now a beach resort popular with local and foreign tourists. — Photos: ILIR TSOUKO/The New York Times

In southern Albania, swimming distance from the Greek island of Corfu, the city of Butrint has stood for thousands of years. Its crumbled remains are a history buff’s dream: an open-air theatre from when the city was a Greek colony, a Byzantine baptistery and a Roman aqueduct.

Foxes, peregrine falcons and golden eagles roam the 93sq km national park that encompasses Butrint’s archaeological treasures.

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