Contact Admin. To say it is unique is not enough and is the place to go if you are looking for a real European adventure. The seven days that I spent there were full of all kinds of surprises ranging from pleasant to disappointing but combined were ultimately what made it such an exciting country to visit.
If you are doing some traveling through the Balkans, you will probably meet a few Albanians and see Albanian flags and qeleshes before you even arrive in Albania. Estimates of the number of Albanians residing abroad are anywhere from million, mostly in other Balkan countries Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Greece , but there are also a significant amount in Turkey, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and the United States.
The number of Albanians actually living inside Albania? An Albanian and his horse in Prizren, Kosovo. In keeping with the aforementioned information, Albania has a pretty interesting history and you would be doing yourself a disservice by not reading up on a bit of it before you go. Transportation in and around the country was my biggest complaint with Albania. Everything about it was difficult and is the main reason I ended up staying in Tirana the entire time.
First of all, there are no international rail connections to Albania and the national ones are incredibly limited to say the least. Does it even function? Patience is not a virtue in Albania, it is a necessity. I had originally planned on taking a bus from Ohrid, Macedonia to Gjirokastra then making my way up to Tirana but found out only after I had arrived that it would be impossible in November.
So it became Tirana or bust. Suspending a route between say Ohrid and Gjirokastra during the winter? Login Signup. Signup Login Contact Admin.
