Country Info
- Tirana
- Capital
- Lek (ALL)
- Currency
- 3,510,484
- Population
- AL
- Country Code
Tirana Slideshow
Tirana
Travel Blogs from Tirana, Albania
Walkin cross the border!
... was a total of 6 people walking across so it was easy, quick and friendly! The journey from the border to Tirana was amazing!!!! The mountains of Albania are stunning, the 115 km journey took a few hours but the switchbacks were intense and with the ...
Depature
Soooooooo EXITED!!! I was finally going to se Spain :D:D:D. Waking up at four o'clock in the morning was really worth it. I was soooo exited (I know I said it before but I raly was!!!). After checking in and went through all the controls in the airport ...
Yikes, Watch out for Those Cars
... op but just at that place, it was hard to get a good shot. I was a little surprised that Albania seemed so prosperous. Then when we got to Tirana, Louise warned us that it would be different - lots more cars and people. It is pretty busy ...
No-where
... little time here on the bus. After driving through what best can be described as Greece's version of Hanna, we went to Albania, the poorest nation in Europe. It's very intresting, currently very windy roads, some gravel on what is their main ...
Ho Ho Kosovo (Part Two)
Sent on our way with a military smile...we were met at the monastery door by someone straight out of a Monty Python "Holy Grail" Movie--midevil and dressed in a black flowing robe (black hat too)...long long beard of gray...we were to meet a number of ...
Arrival in Tirana
... . The food was fairly good except for the vegetable snafu. I start learning how to say thank you in Albania which is Faleminderit (e’s pronounced like short 'a’ and accent on second and fourth syllables and all letters pronounced ...
Albania
... , Tirana, it finally showed life. We didn't see people for 5-6 hours, then finally saw some at the capital. Tirana, and all of Albania, is very ghetto and poor. Things are very cheap here though. We got to stay at a 5 star resort ...
Frustrated in Tirana
It was a two hour drive from Shkroda to Albania's capital city Tirana. The highways were in much better conditon and we could travel at speeds up to 90-100 km/hr The fellow sitting beside me on the mini-bus was an Albanian who spoke very good ...
Kosovo 2004/2005
Efter en backpacker tur med 2 gange Jacob hvor vi besøgte New Zealand, Australien (hvor jeg købte en bil i Sydney og kørte op ad øst kysten til Cairns), Bali, Singapore, Malaysia og Thailand -blev tiden til en anderledes tur i ...
Farewell Albania - Albania lamtumire
Well, what a wonderful yet challenging 6 months in Albania it was. I made wonderful friends and saw most of Albania that I probably would never have had the chance to do if I hadn't been with WHO. I still left with the project unfinished for what I ...
Party Time!
Monica was only 20 when we came to Albania, so the opportunity to drink and party with everyone was great, especially for creating stories! Moe definitely likes wine. She usually shared a bottle with dad before she went out. And she becomes a little ...
Grossstadt
Eigentlich ist Tirana eine Grosstadt, was sich auch im Verkehrschaos und den vielen Regierungs- und Diplomatenhauesern aeussert. Doch sobald man von den Hauptverkehrsachsen weg kommt, merkt man von dem internationalem Einfluss nicht mehr viel. Dort wird ...
tagasi
... vangutatakse pead. Teip ei ole ilmselt vabamüügis. Bensujaamades on müügil ainult bensiin ja õli, mida haldavad 3-4 meest. Tirana tipptund ei ole väga hirmus, sõidan eksimatult autorendifirmani ja loen avamiseni jäänud tunni vältel autos ...
In Albania
... off the ship yesterday and went for a tour around Athens and headed to Perveza in Northern Greece. Today we drove into Albania, which is very interesting, the toilets are just a hole in the ground and its still a developing country so its not very ...
The bumpiest ride EVER!
During Communist rule in Albania their prime minister built concrete bunkers all over the place in case of invasion - and he made them out of concrete - also to deter invasion he stopped repairing roads - therefore taking a massive 50 seater coach along ...
back in Albania
Olemme nyt oikeastaan Barissa, mutta kirjoitan vain etta olen edelleen hengissa ja kaikki hyvin, tana iltana lennetaan Lontooseen ja sielta bussilla Oxfordiin siskon kanssa :) siella sitten kirjoitan enempi. halipus, ...
Commnuist Buildings Painted Bright
... economic situation with decaying buildings, poor infrastructure … Despite all the poverty, Mercedes and BMW are everywhere. Apparently Albania has been (still is?) a major destination zone for Western Europe’s stolen cars. I try to take a ...
Our fly-by visit of Albania
... you can imagine Craig’s comfort factor, or air con on a 30+ degree day is not exactly breezing), I felt a bit sorry for Albania having this reputation. It is clearly a poor country - a lot of the regional areas are covered in waste and there were a ...
Last of Athens, Tirana, and beginning of Dubrovnik
... 20 for both of us. Soooo we headed back eventually and had our bbq and it rocked.. everyone wanted our salmon.. mwahahah. I just love albania.. it has the worst rep still and its so sad because its my favourite big citz by a long shot... Ive never met ...