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Albania travel guide

Places to visit in Albania (Top 5 destinations in Albania)
I decided to make a top-list of places we visited in Albania. It was really hard to sort them, as I like all of the destinations from this list almost equally. Please keep in mind that this list is absolutely... read more →
10 interesting facts about Albania
We have been travelling in Albania for 8 days (not too much of course) and noticed some interesting facts about this country. Hope you will find them useful: Policemen There are many policemen... read more →
Traveling to Albania: Day 8 (Gjirokaster)
Surprisingly, there was sunny morning after heavy rains at night and after the breakfast we went to swim in the sea. Sea was warm, but water was not clear. Then we left camping and went on to Gjirokaster. We... read more →
Traveling to Albania: Day 7 (Porto Palermo castle-Ksamil beach)
After the short swimming in the sea and breakfast we left Kraneo campsite and moved further. Today we are going to stay at the camping near well-known Ksamil beach beside the city of Sarande. There... read more →
Traveling to Albania: Day 6 (Llogara pass-Albanian riviera-campsite Kraneo)
The day starts with a generous and very tasty breakfast served by owners of the villa Lili (really recommend this place to stay if you are planning to overnight in Berat). Hostess packed a plate of home-made... read more →
Traveling to Albania: Day 5 (Durres beache-Bashtova castle-Berat)
After breakfast we packed and moved in the direction to Durres. First we thought we will spend few hours in Tirana (visiting the capital of the country is usually a must for the most of travellers), but... read more →
Traveling to Albania: Day 4 (Lezhe castle-campsite Tirana)
After the breakfast we checked out and began the long ascend by gravel road from Theth valley. We were going to reach camping not far away from Tirane. On the way we were going to visit Lezhe castle. ... read more →
Traveling to Albania: Day 3 (Theth-Harapiti-Qafe e Pejes)
We had hiking the whole day around Harapiti mountains in Theth National Park. Albanian Alps are very picturesque and much more wild that ones in Europe. read more →
Trekking in Albania
Distance : 20.0 km Hours spent: 11h 20min Starting height: 792m Max height:  1966m Average speed: 1.9km/hour During our travel in Albania we wanted to visit picturesque Albanian Alps. There... read more →
Traveling to Albania: Day 2 (Albanian Alps-Theth)
We planned to visit Albanian Alps and choose between Valbona and Theth villages to make a day hike. Finally we choose Theth because driving to Valbona ends up with too many additional kilometers. I booked... read more →
Traveling to Albania: Day 1 (Rozafa castle-Shkoder-Lake Shkodra Resort)
We came to Albania from Montenegro.  We easily and quickly crossed the border between two countries (policeman took our passports and technical passport of the car in one window and gave it back in... read more →