Travel to Albania

The best options for transportation in Albania and what a tourist should expect. Information about border requirements.

Albania has been named top country to visit for 2011

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Lonely Planet named Albania top country to visit in 2011:

"Picture a place where rulers have names like King Zog, Enver Hoxha and Bamir Topi. Set the scene with coastal cliffs, snow-capped mountains and jungle-wrapped ruins. Cast some female ‘sworn virgins’ to fill the roles of men who have been lost in ancient blood feuds. Let the spoken dialects be known as Tosk and Gheg. Make it that daily life is governed by a code of conduct with 1262 instructions including 38 on hospitality towards guests."

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Am I the type of tourist that visits Albania? Find Out!

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Did you ever wonder if you are the type of person who would visit Albania? Well now you can find out without traveling. United Nations have sponsored this informative research and you can get all the statistics from the PDF.

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The Indepent: The beaches are clean in Albania

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"My worries evaporated as soon as our boat sped into a magnificent bay. The town of Saranda sweeps in a grand arc around one of the great natural harbours of the Ionian Sea. No doubt the Communist regime of Enver Hoxha once pumped a good deal of sludge into these blue waters, but one side-effect of Albania's abrupt de-industrialisation in the early 1990s is a lack of pollution."

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Visa

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All the foreigners* from the following countries enter the Republic of Albania without a visa, with the passport and by paying 10 Euros.

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Transportation

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BY AIR - through “Mother Tereza” International Airport, situated 25 km northwest of Tirana. There is a shuttle bus but the most used way of communicating is through taxi services , a usual fare is approximately 20 USD.
Mother Tereza” airport    Tel. + 355 4 371 201, 362 137

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