There is a corner of Europe that most travellers are yet to discover – where ancient bazaars still hum with craftspeople plying centuries-old trades, Byzantine monasteries cling to clifftops above impossibly blue lakes, and the welcome extended to strangers is genuine in a way that feels increasingly rare. Albania's white-walled hilltop towns, North Macedonia's vineyard-fringed valleys and Kosovo's layered old cities are each worth the journey alone.