It is early morning in the MS Oosterdam's Vista Lounge. Passengers cluster. Curtains sway with the sea. I am awake, but thanks to the softness of the lounge's velour chair, I keep remembering sleep.

Albania’s fast-growing tourism sector risks being undermined by an influx of mass-market visitors driven by bargain prices and social media trends, unless the country pivots to higher-quality, ...

You might know little about Albania, the crown jewel of the Balkan Peninsula and rising darling of European tourism. Perhaps you haven’t read about the country’s dazzling 476km coastline straddling ...

In this week’s episode of Rerouted: The Balkans, vegetarian Eva lands in Tirana, capital city of Albania, to sample some of the country’s finest cuisine. After a false start with a boar’s head for ...