Stadt · Berati
Berat
The 'city of a thousand windows': an Ottoman hill town under a still-inhabited castle, UNESCO-listed since 2008.
Küste und Strände
Kieselbuchten am Ionischen Meer, lange Sandstrände an der Adria.
Berge und Natur
Die Albanischen Alpen, Flussschluchten, Seen und Nationalparks.
Geschichte und Archäologie
Illyrische Höhenfestungen, griechische und römische Städte, osmanische Ortschaften.
Essen und Kultur
Byrek, Tavë Kosi, Raki und die Bräuche rund um den Tisch.
Nach Landkreis durchsuchen
Albanien ist in zwölf Kreise gegliedert, die jeweils nach ihrem Hauptort benannt sind. Wählen Sie einen Kreis auf der Karte oder in der Liste.
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BeratAn inland county of vineyards, the Osum canyon and a UNESCO-listed hill…
DibërAlbania's mountain interior on the North Macedonian border, containing…
DurrësThe country's smallest county by area and its main gateway: the biggest…
ElbasanA central industrial and agricultural county on the Shkumbin river…
FierThe agricultural and oil-producing plain of the south-west, with the…
GjirokastërThe southern mountain county of the Drino and Vjosa valleys, with a…
KorçëA high south-eastern plateau of lakes and orchards, with a distinct café…
KukësThe north-eastern highlands on the Kosovo border, the gateway to the…
LezhëA short northern coast of lagoons and pine, backed by the copper country…
ShkodërThe north-west: the largest lake in southern Europe, the Albanian Alps…
TiranëThe capital county: roughly a third of the country's people, its jobs and…
VlorëThe long southern coast: the Albanian Riviera, the Karaburun peninsula…
Zuerst gesuchte Orte
Jeder Ort →
Stadt · Gjirokastër
Gjirokastër
The 'stone city': slate-roofed tower houses on a steep slope beneath one of the Balkans' largest castles.
Stadt · Vlorë
Sarandë
The Ionian resort town facing Corfu, and the arrival point for most visitors to southern Albania.
Dorf · Shkodër
Theth
A glacial valley village in the Albanian Alps: a lock-in tower, a waterfall, and one end of the country's best-known trek.
Historische Stätte · Vlorë
Butrint
A Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Venetian and Ottoman city layered on one wooded peninsula — Albania's first UNESCO site.
Kleinstadt · Vlorë
Ksamil
Four small islands and very clear shallow water; the most photographed and most crowded stretch of the Albanian coast.
Stadt · Tiranë
Tirana
The capital: a fast-changing city of painted blocks, Ottoman survivals and new towers, under Mount Dajti.
Stadt · Shkodër
Shkodër
The cultural capital of the north: a lake, a fortress, a bicycle city and a Catholic heartland.
Kleinstadt · Vlorë
Himarë
The centre of the Riviera coast: a Greek-speaking historical community, an old hill village and a string of coves.
Eine Reise planen
Alle Reiseführer →
Leitfaden
A First Trip to Albania
What to know before you book: how you get in, how you move around, what things cost, and what the country is not.
Leitfaden
When to Visit Albania
June and September give you the coast without the July–August crush; May and October are the best value; the mountains have a…
Leitfaden
Getting Around Albania
Furgons, intercity buses, a near-dormant railway, and why most visitors end up hiring a car.
Leitfaden
The Albanian Riviera: A Practical Guide
One road, roughly 120 km, and about twenty places to stop. What each of them is actually like.
Die passende Reisezeit
Das Land wird grün, und an den archäologischen Stätten ist es ruhig. Wildblumen bedecken die Bergpässe, die Flüsse im Norden führen viel Wasser, und im Mai öffnet die Küste zu den günstigsten Preisen des Jahres.
- Tageshöchstwert
- 19°C / 66°F
- Meerestemperatur
- 17°C / 63°F
- Sonne pro Tag
- 10.8 h
- Regen pro Monat
- 102 mm
Sarandë, an der Ionischen Küste
Zum Leitfaden über die beste Reisezeit →Heiß, hell und voll. Das Ionische Meer ist am wärmsten, die Riviera am lebhaftesten. Der Juni kommt vor dem Andrang im Juli und August, also früh buchen und früh in den Tag starten.
- Tageshöchstwert
- 30°C / 86°F
- Meerestemperatur
- 25°C / 77°F
- Sonne pro Tag
- 13.5 h
- Regen pro Monat
- 24 mm
Sarandë, an der Ionischen Küste
Zum Leitfaden über die beste Reisezeit →Das Meer bleibt noch lange nach den Besuchern sommerlich warm. Der September bietet die Küste ohne Gedränge, der Oktober die besten Preise, und im Landesinneren läuft die Weinlese.
- Tageshöchstwert
- 22°C / 72°F
- Meerestemperatur
- 24°C / 75°F
- Sonne pro Tag
- 8.9 h
- Regen pro Monat
- 180 mm
Sarandë, an der Ionischen Küste
Zum Leitfaden über die beste Reisezeit →Mild und regnerisch an der Küste, richtig verschneit in den Bergen. Eine Zeit für die Cafés und Museen von Tirana ohne Warteschlangen und für die Alpen im Schnee.
- Tageshöchstwert
- 13°C / 55°F
- Meerestemperatur
- 17°C / 63°F
- Sonne pro Tag
- 7.2 h
- Regen pro Monat
- 192 mm
Sarandë, an der Ionischen Küste
Zum Leitfaden über die beste Reisezeit →
Leben in Albanien
Alle Ratgeber →
Moving to Albania
What the move actually involves: entry, residence, registration, banking, housing and the things people underestimate.
The Cost of Living in Albania
Among the lowest cost bases in Europe — with Tirana and the summer coast as the two big exceptions.
Retiring in Albania
Why retirees look at Albania, what the practical constraints are, and the questions to answer before deciding.
Healthcare in Albania
A public system funded through compulsory insurance, a growing private sector concentrated in Tirana, and the reality that complex care is often…
Berge, Flüsse und Parks
Die gesamte Natur →
The Albanian Alps
The limestone wall of the far north — locally the Accursed Mountains — shared with Montenegro and Kosovo.
Mount Korab
At 2,764 m the highest point in both Albania and North Macedonia, on the border ridge.
The Vjosa
One of the last large free-flowing rivers in Europe, declared a Wild River National Park in March 2023.
Valbona Valley National Park
A broad U-shaped glacial valley of white gravel and beech forest under the Alps' highest peaks.
Geschichte und Archäologie
Die ganze Geschichte →
Historische Stätte · Vlorë
Butrint
A Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Venetian and Ottoman city layered on one wooded peninsula — Albania's first UNESCO site.
Historische Stätte · Berat
Berat Castle
A fortress people still live inside, holding some twenty churches and the Onufri icon museum.
Historische Stätte · Gjirokastër
Gjirokastër Castle
One of the largest castles in the Balkans, holding an artillery gallery and a captured US aircraft.
Historische Stätte · Fier
Apollonia
A Corinthian colony that became a Roman university town — Octavian was studying here when Caesar was killed.
Historische Stätte · Shkodër
Rozafa Castle
The rock fortress above the meeting of three rivers, and the setting of Albania's best-known legend.
Historische Stätte · Durrës
Krujë Castle
Skanderbeg's base, which held out against three Ottoman sieges and now houses the national museum of the resistance.
Essen, Wein und Kultur
Die gesamte Kultur →
Essen
Byrek
The everyday Albanian pie: hand-stretched pastry layered with cheese, spinach, leek, meat or tomato.
Essen
Tavë Kosi
Lamb baked under a set custard of yoghurt, egg and a little flour — the dish most often named as Albania's national one.
Essen
Fërgesë
Peppers and tomato cooked down with white cheese, sometimes with liver — a Tirana staple.
Essen
Flija
Concentric crepe layers built up one at a time under a hot metal lid — a northern highland dish that takes hours.
Getränke
Raki
Home-distilled grape or plum spirit, offered to guests and made in most rural households.
Essen
Qofte
Flattened meatballs of beef or lamb with onion and mint, grilled over charcoal or fried.
Die Wirtschaft in Zahlen
Der zuletzt veröffentlichte Wert jeder Reihe, mit Jahr und Herausgeber. Ein Klick führt zur vollständigen Zeitreihe.
Industrie
Tourism in Albania
The fastest-growing part of the economy, concentrated on the southern coast and in a short summer season.
Industrie
Energy in Albania
Electricity almost entirely from hydropower — which makes supply depend on rainfall.
Industrie
Agriculture in Albania
A large share of employment on very small holdings — the legacy of the 1991 land redistribution.
Aktuelles aus Albanien
Alle Nachrichten →Mit den Grundlagen beginnen
Alle Erläuterungen →Albania in Five Minutes
Everything you need to hold the country in your head: where it is, who lives there, what happened, and what it runs on.
How Albania Is Divided Up
Twelve counties, sixty-one municipalities, and the 2014 reform that abolished nearly four hundred communes.
Reading Albanian Place Names
Why the same town appears as Vlorë and Vlora, and what the endings tell you.
Albania's UNESCO Sites
Four inscriptions: Butrint, the historic centres of Berat and Gjirokastra, the Ohrid region, and the primeval beech forests.
Eine Entscheidung treffen
Alle Vergleiche →Ksamil vs Himarë
The clearest water in Albania against the most liveable town on the Riviera.
Sarandë vs Vlorë
Two coastal cities 120 km apart that solve different problems: Sarandë is the base for the far south, Vlorë is a working city with a beach.
Korçë vs Pogradec
The highland city and the lake town, 40 km apart in Albania's south-east.
Northern vs Southern Albania
Mountains and a short season against coast, archaeology and a long one.
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