Destination guide — Albania

Geographical description

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.                                     
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ALBANIA SHARES BORDERS WITH MONTENEGRO AND SERBIA TO     
THE NORTH, WITH THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
TO THE NORTHEAST, AND WITH GREECE TO THE SOUTH, TO THE   
WEST ARE THE ADRIATIC & IONIAN SEAS. MOST OF THE COUNTRY 
IS WILD AND MOUNTAINOUS, WITH EXTENSIVE FORESTS. THERE   
ARE FINE SANDY BEACHES AND, INLAND, MANY BEAUTIFUL LAKES.