Excursions in Albania and Aler Travel
Excursions in Albania and Aler Travel

In this article I’ll tell you about excursions around Albania. Excursions in Albania are colourful and picturesque — more on them a little later; but first, a few words about the receiving agency, Aler Travel. (I apologise in advance for the long text, but I’ve simply blown a fuse.) After landing in Albania, we went... » read more

Primavera 3* Hotel, Albania
Primavera 3* Hotel, Albania

We’ve only just returned from Albania. In 2021 we chose a trip to Albania, specifically to the Primavera hotel. There were several reasons for choosing this trip to Albania: easy border crossing with no tests, vaccinations or anything else; the possibility of bringing in and flying a drone; mouth-watering descriptions of local dishes; beautiful nature... » read more

Where to eat well in Albania, Vlorë
Where to eat well in Albania, Vlorë

And it really is tasty in Albania! First, to make calculating prices easy: the dollar-to-lek rate is 1 to 100. That is, for 1 dollar you get 100 lek. We started our gastronomic tour of Albania at Tradicional zgara. I’d read about this small, inconspicuous restaurant in reviews of the hotel before we flew to... » read more

Spanish treats, or where to eat
Spanish treats, or where to eat

In this article we’ll look at Spanish treats and the places where we liked the food. You can read about breakfasts at the hotel in our article about the hotel. In short, the breakfasts impressed me: the hotel was 3-star, and having already been to other European countries, I found the breakfasts here really quite... » read more

Treats from Thailand, or where to eat well
Treats from Thailand, or where to eat well

So, let’s get down to the treats from Thailand, or how we got our first taste of Asian cuisine. Since we stayed at the Pattaya Park hotel, which is at the bottom of the “Russian street” in Pattaya, most of our culinary explorations took place there. But first things first. We won’t dwell on breakfasts:... » read more

Side Prenses Resort — Turkey
Side Prenses Resort — Turkey

So, the Side Prenses Resort. I won’t write about arrival and departure: the guides’ scare tactics are standard and have been described in previous articles, for example in the article about Club Hotel Belpinar. I’ll only say that we didn’t even plan to go to the meeting with the guide and waste our personal time... » read more