a scenic view of the mountains of the Albanian Alps with a clear mountain river and a makeshift wooden bridge. Albania travel guide

Mountains, Cobbled Steets, and Fërgesë

Over the last few years, Albania’s natural beauty has shot to social media fame with people making comparisons like the ‘Maldives of Europe’ and the ‘Albanian Alps’.

But Albania has its own beauty.

It has UNESCO villages with unique architecture. It has lakes and rivers and rugged mountains. It has friendly and welcoming people. It has an amazing coffee culture.

Oh, and fërgesë is pretty damn tasty!

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What’s Your Travel Style?

Do you fancy walking cobbled streets of UNESCO cities, or hiking in mountains, or gorging on Albanian slow food?

a wooden board has a selection of Albanian vegetarian slow food

Food

a view down a cobbled street shows the red/orange roof tiles of Korca city in Albania

Cities

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Nature

How to Get Around

Public transport is very limited in Albania. You’ll have to get accustomed to the classic furgon (local minibus) or hire yourself a car.

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