A closer look
Imagine standing before a mountain, only to find it covered not in stone or trees, but windows — hundreds and hundreds of them, stacked like pages in a vertical book. That is Berat, Albania’s “City of a Thousand Windows.” Each frame is like an eye, peering onto centuries of Ottoman history, layered and luminous. And yet, this treasure remains lightly stepped, overlooked by travel guides in favor of louder neighbors. To wander its streets is to stumble upon a chapter you never knew existed, a hidden book half‑open, waiting for curious readers to breathe life into its quiet story.
