Lots of suggestions from folk who don't seem to have stopped in along the Albanian coast.
Coming from Montenegro, Durres is actually quite an interesting stop with a half decent roman amphitheater, lots of romam ruins and a nice little antiquities museum. Also quite a number of decent bistros with great food and wine at really great prices (we especially liked the one just outside the port with the roman wall running through it). The flip side is that clearing in can be expensive and the portfees are midnight to midnight (plus the area you moor up in is kind of run fown). Checking in at 6pm with 6am clear out , port fees and agents fees was Eur 80 for our 12mtrs (3 course dinner with 2 bottles of wine for 2 people was 27 Euro and worthy of a good restaurant in Auckland or Sydney, so was more attractivethan sailing on). All the port staff and agents are very friendly. No need to arrange an agent in advance as they will turn up pretty soon after you moor up. You could probably do the process yourself but not everyone speaks english and the forms are not in English anyway, so filling them out could be a bit of a punt.
You are actually checking in and out of every port, complete with passport control, so the stops you make along the way between official ports of entry are overlooked.
There's a great spot on the western side of Vlores bay on the way down to the Marina (which we wouldn't bother visiting again) and a few spots on the way to Sarande. Palermos has Ali Pasha's castle built for his Christian wife, a decrepit communist era wharf and an ok restaurant on the hill with good fare and great raki! Last trip we stopped in for the night and continued to Corfu but I would also recommend a stop at Sarande just to visit Butrint an ancient Roman city that lies opposite Corfu. Mussels are farmed here in huge numbers and the various eateries around the area know how to serve them whatever way you wish. The beer is not bad and as mentioned before, they do have some nice wines (and a lot of awful ones too).
So, it's not the prettiest of places to cruise but is far nicer than some of the other 'mainstream' spots that are on most people's bucket lists.
Just my thoughts of course.
Cheers, PT