TIRANA, Dec. 24 – German giant Mercedes has picked the Shushica valley in southern Albania to promote a newly launched off-road model.
The giant car-maker describes Albania as one of Europe’s last-remaining off-road paradises with unpaved roads and breathtaking scenery.
“No internet, no asphalted roads – the Shushica valley in the south of Albania is an excellent place in which to take a break from the everyday grind,” the feature noted.
Reminiscent of Karl May films, the rugged landscape with its contrast between coastline with radiantly blue sea and up to 2,700-metre-high rocky mountains provides an impressive backdrop for the off-road tour, it added.
“The combination of the sea and up to 2,700-metre-high mountains, the pristine, tiny villages and the hospitality of the people – that’s what I like about this place,” said Bavarian guide Gunther Holzmann.
The tour in the Shushica valley began on the Ionian coast in the picturesque village of Borsh.
“But we carry on driving, down the other side of the pass into the valley. The surface of the well-worn track changes around every bend, with gravel giving way to large, stepped rocks and sometimes even ancient Roman cobblestones.”
