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The first leg of our February trip to Albania saw us drive from the Black Sea coast in Bulgaria to the Macedonian town of Struga at the northern end of Lake Ohrid.

Having spent the night in Struga we rose nice and early and had a hearty Macedonian breakfast before making our way to the Albania border crossing point some 20km to the south west. Continue reading →

I had an interesting conversation earlier this week with a friend of ours who markets Albanian property and who like us had recently driven by car from Bulgaria to Albania.

As I was telling him how one of the Albanian border guards had insisted on charging us €5 for what can best be described as ‘Coffee Tax’ he casually slipped into the conversation that on his trip to Albania he had been detained at the border for 24 hours!

Now being detained for 24 hours does not strike me as being a whole lot of fun so here is how to avoid the same fate:

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Earlier this month members of the zone (the writer included) made a quick sortie to Albania to see for themselves what the country had to offer the International property investor.

Over the course of the next few weeks through a series of related blog posts we will retrace that journey and share the knowledge and experiences we gained from the trip . But just to wet your appetite here is a quick teaser of what is in store:

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