The Peaks of the Balkans Trail: Montenegro, Albania and Kosovo

A guidebook to walking the 182km (113 mile) Peaks of the Balkans Trail. Presented in 10 stages of 10-28km (6-17 miles), this circular long-distance trek through Montenegro, Albania and Bosnia is suitable for most able walkers and can be walked in 2 weeks.

The route passes Theth, Valbona, Çeremi and Dobërdol (Albania); Milishevc, Rekë e Allagës and Drelaj (Kosovo); Babino polje, Plav and Vusanje (Montenegro), and it is suitable to be walked May to October.

• Clear route description illustrated with 1:50,000 mapping
• GPX files available for download
• Suggestions for side trips are also given
• Highlights include the Prokletije mountains, Thethi and Valbona Valley, Rugova Valley
• Detailed practical information covering travel, permits, accommodation, language and safety

Rudolf Abraham is an award-winning travel writer, photographer and guidebook author specialising in Central and Southeast Europe. He is the author of 14 books, including the first comprehensive English-language hiking guidebooks to Montenegro and Croatia, and has contributed to many more. His work is published widely in magazines. He first visited the mountainous borderlands of Montenegro and Albania in 2004, having already lived and worked in neighbouring Croatia in the late 1990s - and has been a frequent visitor to this little-known corner of Europe ever since.