Albania Travel Blogs

how to make 3 countries in 1 day
Jul 24, 2008 (16 photos)

... was truly excited about the fact that he passed the "third world" curtain and actually only because of this fact he found himself in Albania. He turned towards the nearest pub though; the guy was supposed to be back in Ohrid on the same day, in ...

Tirana, Durres and Korça
Aug 13, 2005 (6 photos)

... Kids were jumping from them into the sea and they were in random places in fields. Apparently the last president of Albania was reeeeeeally paranoid about invasion. Without our Lonely Planet we were travelling blind now. No map. We asked around and ...

Albania
Sep 8, 2007

... them our experiences may not have been the same, but even so we would like to suggest people seriously consider Albania as a summer holiday destination. The people are friendly, genuine, and love the English. The capital is a fascinating place, ...

Befriended
Sep 7, 2007 (7 photos)

... in 1985 his (not so sane) successor realised how ossified the country was and began a liberalisation programme that broadened Albania's ties with its neighbours and the international community. This led to the relative stability the country enjoys today, a ...

Bedridden
Sep 10, 2007 (6 photos)

... (Btw, these unfinished buildings are legion, lining every road in the country... see the pictures). · Cuts Another aspect of Albania that'll be sure to remind you of the developing and cash-strapped nature of the country's infrastructure is the almost ...

Scarecrows and Teddy Bears
Aug 18, 2007

... , not to mention knowing where your bus will leave from. Jane befriends four fellow Slovaks who have a guidebook to Albania, something we are lacking. They confidently stride off in the direction of the recommended hotel and we follow. Somewhere along ...

Albanian Roman Ruins
Aug 15, 2005 (5 photos)

... was passagiato Albanian style. Not as good as the Italians, but I did see some idiot dressed up like John Travolta !!!!! And that was Albania. Short and sweet. Don't think I would ever return as I can think of better places to go. But we had to leave as ...

Not really in albania but some ...
Apr 3, 2001 (9 photos)

Not really in Albania, but some miscellaneous ones from around the Middle East.

albania
Jul 13, 2008 (11 photos)

... has become the commercial hub of the manufacturing industry, producing leather, plastic and tobacco products along with being Albania's communications centre. Although many Albanians spend their summer vacations on its beaches, Durres didn't hold any ...

Albania
Sep 25, 2009 (1 photos)

Hallo zusammen und Gruesse aus Tirana, Albanien, Land Nummer 124:-) Bin um kurz vor 9 in Tirana eingetroffen, die Strasse im Kosovo war schrecklich, der Grenzuebergang ziemlich merkwuerdig, es gibt zwar Kontrollposten, aber niemand hat die Paesse der ...

North of Albania
Sep 27, 2009 (27 photos)

Hallo zusammen, bin am morgen mit einem Minibus nach Shkoder gefahren, in der Naehe der Grenze zu Montenegro gelegen. Shkoder hat eine nette Altstadt (wenn auch klein), die erstaunlich gut renoviert ist. Ausserdem gibt es in der Stadt eine Burg, von den ...

Never drive to Montenegro
Jun 13, 2009

Started the day pretty enthusiastically. We had carefully put ourselves in a position to get through Montenegro and Albania in a day.  The first hurdle came at the Montenegro border.  We left Croatia with now trouble and then we were accosted by ...

The capital of chaos (sounds rather dramatic eh)
Mar 28, 2007 (10 photos)

... everything he could to ensure that we had a great time! Thanks Deni! I will give you a little back ground: - Tirana and Albania have a very underdeveloped tourism industry, but i think that in a few years the country will boom... - It is a very cheap ...

The end of the letters?
Aug 27, 2003 (1 photos)

Number 6 (27th August 2003 - 21st September 2003) Thought you may have needed a little more time to absorb the last instalment. This is the last of the Europe theses! (European answers to the confusing letters will follow). A couple more days in ...

Tirana capital of Albania
Aug 20, 2006

31st day of travelling. Now are 3450km gone. Confusion on the border to Albania. No signs what to do, and what they want. Finally I managed to get a visa and enterd. Tirana is quite boring. Nothing realy to see. Countinue to Lake Ohrid on the border to ...

Journey throught the poorest European country
Jul 23, 2006 (6 photos)

... or worse. They told us to take a ferry around Albania, stopping in Italy, to get to Dubrovnik, Croatia... We had researched Albania on-line, spoke with family that lived there, and asked people about how it was traveling though. We heard really no ...

Albania
Sep 13, 2008 (1 photos)

Next stop, same day was Sarande, Albania. It was only to be a half day call. Just as well. We took no shore excursions but did go for a stroll about the town. From our anchorage we could see the steep hills filled with partly built apartments. No work ...

A Less Mysterious Country
Jul 12, 2006

... , another €18.5. As the boat got closer to the Albanian shore, I started to feel of visiting a complete new country. Albania is actually a quite intriguing and mysterious place. It is so close to Corfu yet feels so remote. Nobody I talked to in the ...

Exploring the steep slopes
Jun 29, 2007

... . Allegedly, the reality was that it was a NATO jet that ran out of fuel and had to pull an emergency landing in Albania; that obviously wouldn't sound as good for the nightly news though. I probably spent a good hour or more exploring the castle, ...

Rain, rain and a HUGE copy of Lord of the Rings
Aug 19, 2003

Lord of the Rings + rain = big. There were some very pleasant people here. See Issue 23 for more

Tough Tirane
Apr 23, 2008

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Durres
Jul 16, 2006 (8 photos)

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Long way through Albania
Sep 12, 2006 (27 photos)

... aussies or pomies, just people with beards. There was an outdoor kitchen. But it was cheaper to buy food. Everyone in Albania has a Mercedes. Apparently most have been stolen from the rest of europe. For such a poor country with broken pavement, no bus ...

Moving southwards
Jun 28, 2007

... unlike most other population centers, it managed to retain most of its religious buildings in the atheistic purges of Albania's Islamic and Christian heritage. It also has preserved a very significant number of Ottoman-period houses across its attractive ...

Shqiperia
Aug 10, 2008 (3 photos)

... and avoiding any nasty collisions with the other Mercedes........... because you see the Republic of Shqiperia - a.k.a. Albania - went throught the nineties in a lawless ride..... and part of the fun in those days was to go ...

Albania
Aug 14, 2008 (33 photos)

... camp and see what happened. Just as we were leaving we saw a tourist information centre, something we didn't think existed in Albania. The lady spoke perfect English and confirmed that no there was no camping, but if we had a car we could stop anywhere ...

Apollonia
Oct 31, 2007 (3 photos)

will update later

Llogaraja Pass
Nov 2, 2007 (1 photos)

finally got to go up the Ionian Coast of Albania. Not by choice however. Was at the bus station at 5:30am when found out unfortunately the bus to Korca did not exist. Had the choice of going to Elbasan for 5 hours or back up the coast to Tirana for 9 hours ...

Free park
Aug 15, 2008

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Kruje
Aug 16, 2008

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