Country Info
- Tirana
- Capital
- Lek (ALL)
- Currency
- 3,510,484
- Population
- AL
- Country Code
Tirana Slideshow
Top Hotels in Tirana
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Tirana Intl Hotel And Conf Centre
62 reviews -
Sheraton Tirana Hotel And Towers
70 reviews -
Hotel Rogner Europapark Tirana
38 reviews -
Hotel Nobel Tirana
37 reviews
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Chateau Linza Hotel Tirana
5 reviews -
Hotel President Tirana
5 reviews
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Hotel Mondial Tirana
26 reviews
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City Hotel Tirana
41 reviews
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Hotel Baron Tirana
43 reviews
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Hotel Doro City Tirana
20 reviews
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Hotel Luna Tirana
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VIlla Tafaj Tirana
19 reviews
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Ambasador Hotel Tirana
4 reviews
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Hotel Miniri Tirana
4 reviews
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Hotel Continental Tirana
5 reviews
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Broadway Hotel Tirana
5 reviews
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Hotel Doro City Tirana
20 reviews
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Diplomat Hotel Tirana
2 reviews
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Theranda Hotel Tirana
73 reviews
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Elysee Tirana
5 reviews
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Dajti Park Hotel Tirana
2 reviews
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Hotel Europa Tirana
7 reviews
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Bujtina e Gjelit Tirana
1 review
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Friend's Hotel Tirana
3 reviews
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Europark Artur Tirana
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Hotel Bristol Tirana
3 reviews
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Ferrari Hotel Tirana
4 reviews
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Hotel Victoria Tirana
1 review
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Diplomat Fashion Tirana
1 review
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Haxhiu Hotel Tirana
4 reviews
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Nirvana Hotel Tirana
4 reviews
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Castle Konti Hotel Tirana
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Hotel Arber Tirana
7 reviews
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Pike Loti Tirana
1 review
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Vila Belvedere Hotel Tirana
2 reviews
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Hotel Brilant Antik Tirana
13 reviews
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Hotel Airport Tirana
15 reviews
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Hotel California Tirana
5 reviews
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Adriatik Hotel Tirana
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Hotel Crystal Tirana
Tirana
Travel Blogs from Tirana, 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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
Tirana, Tirana
This is a top pick! Tirana, Albania - Landing in Tirana, I am greeted by the hot sun and zero cloud cover. The temperature on my keyring says 30C. My little keyring also has a miniature compass. Perfect for when I usually get lost. Here begins another adventure, but ...
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
... one building to pink and purple circles on another. Their origins stem from a guy who was either elected president of Albania or mayor of Tirana, I'm not sure which, when there was no money in the country and everybody was struggling. He was an artist ...
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 ...
Tirana Albania
... loveliest man. He tried to explain all the sites of Durres to us and then dropped us off at the bus going to Tirana, the capital of Albania. The bus was only a half an hour journey and after the night we’d had we just need to get to ...
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 ...
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 ...
Passport Problems
... covered in graffiti in a state of disrepair. After brief visits to the old city walls and a peek at the statue of Skanderbeg, Albania's national hero (more on him tomorrow) we headed to the Sky Bar for cocktails and views of the city from the revolving ...
Nothing to Balk(an) At!
... time, I actually felt like I was in Europe, whereas last time I was there, I felt like I was in another world. Albania has a really interesting history. Part of ancient Greece, then part of ancient Rome, then part of the Ottoman Empire, then ...
Going Where Even Fewer Venture
... hours in Ohrid were awesome. I met some really nice people at the hostel and enjoyed hanging out around a picnic table. Albania came up in conversation and I soon discovered two girls were heading that way and I kept a lookout for them so I ...
Mountains and Markets - Tirana
... of the mountains on the other side of Tirana is Kruja, a historic town famous as the castle of Skanderbeg. This guy is Albania's national hero, nicknamed the Dragon of Albania. Born in the 1400s when the Ottomans were ruling these parts, his family was ...
Long way through Albania
... 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 ...
Shqiperia
... flying 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 ...
Journey throught the poorest European country
... 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 ...
An interesting and rewarding country
... "interesting and rewarding" part. Despite all the discomfort and uncertainty of the journey that day especially, and throughout my time in Albania, getting from place to place has always been a bit more of an adventure than elsewhere in Europe. Yet every ...
Arriving in Albania
... . There were many beaches along the coast, all seemed to be packed with people. Then it was on through the border with Albania. What a difference in scenery. We moved away from the coast and it was so evident that this was a very undeveloped part of the ...
Poverty drives a mercedes
... anywhere. I think the only reason it took the better part of half a day was because of the state of Albania's roads. That's an experience in itself! Tirana is different. The second poorest country in Europe, and it's very obvious in the capital. Not so ...
Albania: borders opened to the world 1992
Finally made it to Albania after 3 days traveling via bus, taxi and furgon (a mini van with random people getting on and off along the way, very confusing) and its capital Tirana was a full on culture shock after the lovely seaside Croatia. The centre is ...
Eliza Dushku and the Mayor of Tirana!
... , come and talk to some Australians'. She came over and we had a nice chat to her about what she was doing (making a documentary about Albania for PBS), she told us she was Albanian and showed us her Albanian flag tattoo and then the man who was on TV put ...
Into the Balkans I go
... leg of my journey has begun. After a 13+ hour flight from Buenos Aires to Rome then a hour flight from Rome to Tirana, Albania, I am finally in the Balkans. Everyone I have met is incredibly kind, however it is incredibly daunting and overwhelming to be ...
Albania - a great experience
... soon. I really loved that trip. So ,many great impressions. There is no crime agains tourists, I really felt safe in Tirana and Albania. People are sooooooo friendly and helpful, that was such a great experience. There is so much to see. Tirana is quite ...
Concrete hodge-podge in technicolor
... , we got a swift hour and a half ride down a beautifully resurfaced road to the capital. Not at all what I expected! Albania's getting its act together, apparently. The same couple also happened to have reservations at the same hostel I had booked ...
Albania (the destination we are most proud of)
We intended on getting a bus to the capital of Albania, Tirana but were convinced by a taxi driver (who would naturally be making a few Euro's out of us) that the easiest way to get to the capital was to take his taxi to the Macedonian/Albanian border and ...
Capital of Albania
... , wenigstens sind die Strassen in Albanien recht gut). Hatte dann nur ein paar Stunden Tageslicht, aber das reicht aus, um Tirana zu sehen. Das Nationalmuseum ist ganz nett und etwas groeser als das Museum des Kosovo. Die Geschichte Albaniens hoert mit ...