15 Apr 2025
We were eager to learn more about the history of Enver Hoxha’s bunkers and to see the Albanian countryside. Albanian Trip created a custom-designed, day-long bunkers and agro tour for us, showing past and present uses of these curious and dreadful structures. Our fabulous guide, Erdion, was open, generous, well-informed and responsive, and we never felt rushed or that any of our myriad questions were unwelcome. He led us to a coastal bunker complex with spectacular views of the Adriatic, a site which also included the ruins of Skanderbeg’s castle and the Church of St. Anthony. In the afternoon, we enjoyed lunch in the home of a charming and skilled small farm owner, who had raised and prepared everything on the table, from the salad to the lamb to the honey to the wine. Afterward we took a leisurely stroll through the farm and saw how she had repurposed several bunkers to age wine, raki and house animals. We had a fabulous day!