{"id":1456,"date":"2015-04-24T18:57:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T18:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mircorp.com\/?p=1456"},"modified":"2024-12-03T13:43:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T13:43:45","slug":"travel-to-the-balkans-a-beginners-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/travel-to-the-balkans-a-beginners-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel to the Balkans: A Beginner\u2019s Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A remarkably complex region, the beautiful Balkan<\/a> Peninsula includes Albania<\/a>, Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/a>, Croatia<\/a>, Kosovo<\/a>, North Macedonia<\/a>, Montenegro<\/a>, Serbia<\/a>, and Slovenia<\/a>.<\/strong> It is a brilliant mosaic of competing cultures, ethnicities, languages and ideologies, and serves as a sampler of contrasting landscapes. Travel to the Balkans with MIR and explore this remarkable region firsthand.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The region is a collection of cultures for the connoisseur. For anyone traveling there, it\u2019s hard to know exactly where to go and what to see.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Here\u2019s our Beginner\u2019s Guide to the Balkans to help you sort out these contrasting little countries and get the most out of your travel there.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Albania: Ancient roots and a bright future<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Country cousin of Greece and Italy, Albania<\/a><\/strong> has miles of lovely Adriatic and Ionian Sea coastline, craggy mountains with isolated villages tucked into their steep valleys, and countless traces of ancient human civilization. Blessed with a climate that has preserved the Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman infrastructure, Albania encompasses the beginning of the Roman Via Egnatia road and has archaeological treasures dating from the Bronze Age through medieval Ottoman times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albania remains a beautiful country with a hospitable people whose isolation has enabled them to hold tight to their traditions. With its new highways, improved airport and a recent tip of the hat from Lonely Planet <\/em>(which declared Albania the top country to visit in 2011), Albania is breaking out of its long isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enjoy an in-depth exploration of this remarkable country on our brand new small group tour Albania: Beyond the Guidebook<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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