Country Info
- Tirana
- Capital
- Lek (ALL)
- Currency
- 3,510,484
- Population
- AL
- Country Code
Albania Slideshow
Top Hotels in Albania
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Hotel Pavarsia Vlore
7 reviews -
Hotel Royal Pogradec
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Ermiri Palace Complex Lezhe
2 reviews -
Hotel Arber Tirana
7 reviews
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Pike Loti Tirana
1 review
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Vila Belvedere Hotel Tirana
4 reviews
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Hotel Selvia Sarande
1 review
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Hotel Adriatik Shkoder
1 review
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Lyden Hotel Durres
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Hotel Smerald Korce
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Hotel Paradise Beach Vlore
6 reviews
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Hotel Perla Pogradec
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Puka Touristic Hotel Puke
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Hotel Brilant Antik Tirana
16 reviews
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Hotel Airport Tirana
23 reviews -
Hotel Joni Sarande
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Hotel Keti Durres
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Vila Belvedere Durres
4 reviews
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Dardha Touristic Village Korce
1 review
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Hotel Primavera Vlore
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Hotel Belvedere Pogradec
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Hotel Argena Lushnje
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Hotel California Tirana
5 reviews
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Adriatik Hotel Tirana
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Hotel Sejko Sarande
2 reviews -
Adriatik Hotel Durres
20 reviews
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Majestic Hotel Durres
3 reviews
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Hotel Kristal Korce
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Hotel Pashai Vlore
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Hotel 1 Maji Pogradec
2 reviews
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Drymades Hotel Dhermi
2 reviews
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Hotel Crystal Tirana
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Hotel Visad Sarande
1 review
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Villa Belvedere Durres
5 reviews
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Hotel Leonardo Durres
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Hotel Gold Korce
4 reviews
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Vlora International Hotel Vlore
16 reviews -
Hotel Permeti
3 reviews
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Hotel Grand Tirana
11 reviews
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Vila Park Hotel Tirana
2 reviews
Albania
Travel Blogs from Albania
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
... 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 in a ...
A spot of shopping
... of the old HMV gramaphones! As it was, I picked up a small rug. The area is supposedly famous for them, though probably only within Albania, but I had a few Leke left to burn, so why not? I even got to watch them making rugs. Every carpet shop had two or ...
Where the cars have no horns
Had to leave the capitol. The traffic in Tirana was insane and people used their car horns liberally at 4am. This was the city where I saw an 8 year-old boys smoking just outside their elementary ...
A pleasant surprise. If only I had more time!
... into the schedule, I owuld certainly have stayed overnight. Berat is a beautiful little town, and certainly my favourite place in Albania. Upon arrival, I had another cup of coffee and once again dumped my bag in the cafe, then set out to explore. ...
Vlora, half a day too long...
... beaches" we had read about, and we weren"t too encouraged by this place. There is a slight (major under statement) rubbish problem in Albania as you can see in the photo... er... virgin beaches, I think not. The system of clearing up is to rake all the ...
Llogoraja Pass
Leaving Saranda by the coastal, mountainous route there is only one bus a day. 5:30am. Getting up at 3:30 was not the high point of the day nor was staggering through dark and deserted streets to the bus station - the surrounding coffee shops a hive of ...
Exploring the steep slopes
... . 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, ...
Albania - a great experience
... There can“t be as many people as houses. Amazing. On a trip to Kosovo we saw big parts of the great north of Albania. Snow-covered mountains, rivers, lakes....beautiful. We also went to Lake Ohrid and to Durres and to Kruja. Visit the ethnological museum ...
Moving southwards
... 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 ...
Our new Albanian family
... as anything else)… The drive was the most spectacular drive so far. If there’s two things I’ve learnt in Albania they are: 1 – The people are truly amazing. Albania doesn’t have a Taj Mahal, a Great Barrier Reef or an ...
Albania
... a trip to an Albanian university and speak to students there about their views on Greeks, and the relationship between the 2 countries. Albania is not quite what I was expecting. I honestly didn't know a lot about the country, and thus didn't really ...
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 ...
Il pleut...
... J'en profite pour rester un jour dans cette ville ou je me sens pas si mal... Les gens sont cools et la vie est pas cher. En plus j'ai pas mal de montagne qui m'attends, pas trop envie d'etre mouille au sommet des ...
An early start
... with Gjirokastra. It was worth stopping here and looking around for a few hours, but nothing beyond that. Different to the rest of Albania that I had seen so far in that large portions of town weren't falling apart, the older parts of town (surrounded by ...
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
Hallo zusammen, von Berat ging es wieder zurueck in die Hauptstadt (erneut 45in Wartezeit und etwas ueber 2h Fahrt, wenigstens sind die Strassen in Albanien recht gut). Hatte dann nur ein paar Stunden Tageslicht, aber das reicht aus, um Tirana zu sehen. ...
Life in flip flops
I am now in Tirana the lovely bustling capital city of Albania, i think its Tuesday but its very difficult to tell as the streets are packed and the coffee shops full my kind of city. First however i wanted to mention something about ...
Alone in the woods
... as someone discussing in great detail why hollandaise is a better accompaniment for fish than tartare sauce… Great thing about Albania: People who don’t know each other talk to each other as if they had known each other for years. ...
Albania
hello canada, its good to be back in Greece i say. so ya for the last week we were in a small town of about 7000 called erseka. it was a wonderful experience. our time there consisted of living with a host family for night and for breakfast and ...
In Albania - Part Deux
... this Sunday morning after church and find an Internet cafe. So, we will now both share some additional experiences and thoughts about Albania. When we arrived in Tirana we were met by the Harmons and taken directly to the Fourth of July Fair at the ...
Nice area, if you ignore the town
Saranda itself is a dump. Take all the worst parts of a beach resort (crowded, high rises, that sort of thing), take away anything resembling a decent beach and you're left with something close to Saranda. Can you tell I didn't like it much? The best ...
Dhermi - this is what we came for!
... ) beaches and swimming in beautiful clear water. We ate seafood from our hotel"s balcony dirt cheap and had beers watching the sunset. The coast line here, and the Albanian people we met all along the way were definately worth the trip to Albania ...
Mireidita (hello) from Albania
... was USA vs Albania, East vs West!! The short story is that he demolished me at chess (found out later he is ranked 3rd in Albania), but I made a huge comeback in ping-pong to put him in his place. During the visit I realized that this was more than just ...
Tough Tirane
... souls, looking for an escape from the mundane week-long all-inclusive. He is currently researching for a motorcycle tour across Albania. From Vlore north to Tirane, the terrain has been much easier on us although not nearly as beautiful. ...
Trek to Albania
... and smoking cigarettes, but you can't have everything I guess! Most interesting border crossing: We really wanted to get straight to Albania today, but when we got to Ulcinj (in Montenegro, but near Albanian border) there were no more buses to Albania ...
Back to Tirana for goodbyes
... I can't believe how attached I've become to the people in Pascaqan after only knowing them a week. Clara (as they call her in Albania) was particularly distraught about having to leave again- she loves it here! I think we might be back next year ...
Gjirokastra
An old town with lovely buildings and a castle - In the museum here they have a US spy plane they shot down on display hmmmm. Again enjoyed the generous hospitality of the ...