Ivanka Trump Eyes Luxury Resort on Albania's 1,400-Acre Sazan Island
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 8
Ivanka Trump Eyes Luxury Resort on Albania's 1,400-Acre Sazan Island
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 8
Summary
Sazan Island has drawn Ivanka Trump’s interest for a luxury hotel and resort, with Trump saying on a podcast that she swam ashore from a friend’s boat and hiked to the top.
The 1,400-acre Albanian island sits in the Adriatic off Vlore and is prized for clear water, pine groves and relative seclusion from the mainland’s fast-growing tourist strip.
That appeal comes with major obstacles: Sazan is uninhabited except for about 12 Albanian soldiers and remains overgrown, rocky, snake-filled and seeded with mines from its military past.
The island once hosted Italian, Soviet and Albanian military bases, leaving ruins that underscore both the redevelopment challenge and the exclusivity sought for any future resort project.