Photo: Francesco Lastrucci for The Wall Street JournalGjirokastra, in southern Albania, may not be the most obvious destination for a late-summer European getaway. The weekend I spent in Gjirokastra, I stayed in the Babameto House, set just beneath the hulking Gothic citadel. The grandest project may be the Zekate House, an 1811 mansion, now a museum, where visitors can wander the ornate period interior. “We want to demonstrate to the owners that these houses can produce money and have a promising future,” Mr. Petrela said. The next day, Mr. Petrela invited me to join a tour of the Cold War Museum, which opened in 2014 after various bureaucratic struggles.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 31, 2017 16:18 UTC