Country Info
- Tirana
- Capital
- Lek (ALL)
- Currency
- 3,510,484
- Population
- AL
- Country Code
Albania Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Albania
how to make 3 countries in 1 day
This is a top pick! ... 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
This is a top pick! ... . 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 ...
Albania
This is a top pick! ... 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
This is a top pick! ... 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, ...
Bedridden
This is a top pick! ... (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 ...
Scarecrows and Teddy Bears
This is a top pick! ... , 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 ...
Turning Back The Clock Albanian Style.
This is a top pick! ... wave strings of cherries at us. Families work in the fields with hand hoes and chickens in small cages, line the road edge. Albania has had a troubled and difficult past that has left deep wounds. Up until 20 years ago there were no cars to drive down ...
Albanian Roman Ruins
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Tirana, Tirana
This is a top pick! ... is going to be very tight on the old pennies, so I'll mainly be eating from supermarkets, well, until I hit China. Durres, Albania - I took a short trip to the west of Tirana on the Adriatic coast, a town called Durres. I wanted to experience ...
Halloween Mayhem and Bunkers
This is a top pick! ... private transport and jumped the border into Albania. For the first time, it felt like we were leaving Western Europe. Albania is a quickly developing nation, and it shows everywhere. Water only runs four time a day, just long enough ...
Not really in albania but some ...
This is a top pick! Not really in Albania, but some miscellaneous ones from around the Middle ...
albania
... 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
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 ...
Skanderbeg
... and jumping on the bus to the Albanian town of Kruja en route to Budva and Montenegro. Kruja is the hometown of Albania's national hero Skanderbeg, who was originally called Kastrioti and was the son of an Albanian prince. He was handed over ...
Hospitality
... the evening xhiro, I caught Lorenc as he was also leaving, so we strolled together through Berat's centre. The topic of Albania's complicated history came up, something that can be a touchy subject for locals of any of the Balkan nations, and you ...
Kermit and Miss Piggy
... interesting one, with a five to ten minute walk through no man's land separating both countries, a likely by-product of Albania's former Communist leader Hoxha, and his infamous paranoia. Crossing the border was far less painful than I had ...
North of Albania
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 ...
Tirana Albania
... the smell could kill a small child. I suppose it’s like Bali though so nothing I haven’t ever experienced. Albania is really really cheap though. All the people staying at our hostel have just come here I think because ...
Serial Killer
... as a means of warding off the evil eye. But I know the sick, perverted truth - there's a Serial Killer loose in Albania, randomly murdering innocent teddy bears! Oh, the horror!!! Luckily for me, the ancient ruins of Butrint provided a ...
Never drive to Montenegro
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 ...
Ca devient moins cool...
Je prends encore le petit dej avec Dino et ses amis qui sont deja... a la biere.... :-) Une fine equipe... Puis en selle pour l'Albanie, j'ai une apprehension... Je sais que ca risque d'etre dur... Mais en meme temps je suis curieux de voir a quoi ca ...
The capital of chaos (sounds rather dramatic eh)
... did 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 ...
Bumper Cars, Berat, Albania
... the "bus stop" to wait for our bus to Berat, via Elbasan. There does not seem to be any such thing as a bus station in Albania, you just ask someone where the buses stop, he asks his mate, and they direct you to somewhere where the bus will pass by. ...
The end of the letters?
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
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 ...