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Berat
It’s known in Albania as “the city of a thousand windows” and it
won’t take you long to realise why; on the approach, this
Unesco-listed town looks like a tumbling mosaic of pane-spangled,
whitewashed streets. Hike up to Berat Castle, tick off as many
Byzantine churches as you can (good luck, there are quite a few)
and meander through the labyrinthine streets of Gorica before
calling it quits with a glass of Albania’s finest wine at one of
the many bars along the Bulevardi Republika.