Tourist Guide book of Albania

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Tourist Guidebook of Albania

TOURIST GUIDEBOOK OF ALBANIA
THE «NAIM FRASHËRI» PUBLISHING HOUSE ― TIRANA 1969

HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE-BOOK
This guide-book is written with the purpose of serving the foreign
tourists as well as all those that come to visit Albania; as such it
offers them all the information they would need, be it prior to their
arrival in the country, or during their trip and sojourn in Albania.
In Part One of the book the reader will find general data concerning
Albania. In case you want to know the geographic position of the country
in the Balkan Peninsula, its boundaries, the number of its inhabitants,
the density of its population, the main towns and cities as well as its
capital city ― all this information you will find in Part One of the
present Guide-Book. In this part you will get acquainted with the geo­
graphic relief of the country, with its climate, hydrography, with its
plant and animal life. This information is followed by a short historical
survey of Albania, beginning with the Illyrians, the most ancient in­
habitants of our country and forefathers of the present day Albanians,
and ending with the great National Liberation Struggle of the period
1941-1944. In Part One the reader will find data regarding the Albanian
language and literature, about Albanian's archaelogical, artistic, ethno­
graphic and folkloristic heritage and treasures. Part One ends with some
data concerning the great advances made in Socialist Albania within
no longer a period of time than a quarter of a century, advances to
be seen everywhere ― in industry, education and culture, communications
and health services.
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What are the most interesting itineraries that the foreign traveller may
follow during his sojourn in Albania? These itineraries are described
in Part Two of the present Guide-Book according to the highway of
access and those to be followed by the visitor while in Albania. In the
itineraries the tourist will find information which he say need while
travelling within the country, as for example, the state of the roads
and highways, the distances between the various towns and cities, va­
rious localities and villages along the route to be followed, information
about the archaeological, historical and artistic monuments to be found,
information about the ethnographic peculiarities of the various regions,
description of the landscape and scenic beauties, etc. Here he will
get an idea of the profound changes that have taken place throughout
the country: the great strides forward made in the sphere of agricul­
ture, the model farms and plantations set up in the years following
the liberation of the country in lands that once were barren wastes,
the new industrial and residential centers, the exploitation of the natural
resources and their employment to the service of the country and
the people, etc.
In Part Three of the Guide-Book you will find a summary of the most
important data of economic and practical nature. If you are interested
to know something about the Albanian currency and its value in compa­
rison with foreign monetary units, something about the banking system,
the post, telephone and telegraph service, about the hotel and transport
accomodations, etc., all these you will find in Part Three of the present
Guide-Book.
The present Guide-Book, as one may well see, is prepared for and
serves the foreign tourist by giving him all the necessary informations
that he way wish to have on Albania. In separate circulars and in
various publications handed to him during his visit to towns and regions,
as well as archaeological centers and museums, he will find more
information on Albania, a part of which will be imparted to him orally
by the wardens at these places.
We hope that the present Guide-Book will help the foreign tourist and
traveller to come to know Albania better, to know its ancient past and
its wonderful present built by her hard-working people, to know its
archaeological, artistic and ethnographic wealth, the rare natural beauty
of the land.
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First Part