Three Czech tourists rescued by helicopter in Albanian mountains

Three Czech tourists got stuck on Sunday morning in the mountainous area between the villages of Theth and Valbona in the Albanian Alps. According to the Czech News Agency, local police and rescuers immediately went to the scene. Due to the steep and difficult terrain, the area where the Czechs were could not be reached by car, so they had to be rescued by helicopter.

The mountain wilderness around Theth, where rock peaks reach a height of up to 2,400 meters, is a popular destination for tourists from Western and Central Europe, especially from Czechia. The fact that three Czech students disappeared in this area in 2001 and that two Czech tourists were murdered in the mountains in the north of Albania in 2015 has not deterred Czechs from travelling there.