Città · Berati
Berat
The 'city of a thousand windows': an Ottoman hill town under a still-inhabited castle, UNESCO-listed since 2008.
Costa e spiagge
Calette di ciottoli sullo Ionio, lunghe spiagge di sabbia sull'Adriatico.
Montagne e natura
Le Alpi albanesi, gole fluviali, laghi e parchi nazionali.
Storia e archeologia
Fortezze illiriche sulle alture, città greche e romane, centri ottomani.
Cucina e cultura
Byrek, tavë kosi, raki e le usanze intorno alla tavola.
Sfoglia per contea
L'Albania è divisa in dodici contee, ognuna con il nome della sua città principale. Scegline una sulla mappa o dall'elenco.
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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…
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Città · Gjirokastër
Gjirokastër
The 'stone city': slate-roofed tower houses on a steep slope beneath one of the Balkans' largest castles.
Città · Vlorë
Sarandë
The Ionian resort town facing Corfu, and the arrival point for most visitors to southern Albania.
Villaggio · 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.
Sito storico · Vlorë
Butrint
A Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Venetian and Ottoman city layered on one wooded peninsula — Albania's first UNESCO site.
Città di medie dimensioni · Vlorë
Ksamil
Four small islands and very clear shallow water; the most photographed and most crowded stretch of the Albanian coast.
Città · Tiranë
Tirana
The capital: a fast-changing city of painted blocks, Ottoman survivals and new towers, under Mount Dajti.
Città · Shkodër
Shkodër
The cultural capital of the north: a lake, a fortress, a bicycle city and a Catholic heartland.
Città di medie dimensioni · Vlorë
Himarë
The centre of the Riviera coast: a Greek-speaking historical community, an old hill village and a string of coves.
Pianificare un viaggio
Tutte le guide di viaggio →
Guida
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.
Guida
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…
Guida
Getting Around Albania
Furgons, intercity buses, a near-dormant railway, and why most visitors end up hiring a car.
Guida
The Albanian Riviera: A Practical Guide
One road, roughly 120 km, and about twenty places to stop. What each of them is actually like.
Trova la tua stagione
Il paese si fa verde e i siti archeologici sono tranquilli. I fiori selvatici coprono i passi di montagna, i fiumi del nord sono in piena e a maggio la costa apre con i prezzi migliori dell'anno.
- Massima diurna
- 19°C / 66°F
- Temperatura del mare
- 17°C / 63°F
- Sole al giorno
- 10.8 h
- Pioggia al mese
- 102 mm
Sarandë, sulla costa ionica
Leggi la guida su quando andare →Caldo, luminoso e affollato. Lo Ionio è al massimo del calore e la Riviera al massimo della vivacità. Giugno viene prima della ressa di luglio e agosto: prenota in anticipo e inizia presto le giornate.
- Massima diurna
- 30°C / 86°F
- Temperatura del mare
- 25°C / 77°F
- Sole al giorno
- 13.5 h
- Pioggia al mese
- 24 mm
Sarandë, sulla costa ionica
Leggi la guida su quando andare →Il mare conserva il calore estivo a lungo dopo la partenza della folla. Settembre offre la costa senza ressa, ottobre i prezzi migliori, e nell'entroterra si vendemmia.
- Massima diurna
- 22°C / 72°F
- Temperatura del mare
- 24°C / 75°F
- Sole al giorno
- 8.9 h
- Pioggia al mese
- 180 mm
Sarandë, sulla costa ionica
Leggi la guida su quando andare →Mite e piovoso sulla costa, davvero nevoso in montagna. Una stagione per i caffè e i musei di Tirana senza code e per le Alpi innevate.
- Massima diurna
- 13°C / 55°F
- Temperatura del mare
- 17°C / 63°F
- Sole al giorno
- 7.2 h
- Pioggia al mese
- 192 mm
Sarandë, sulla costa ionica
Leggi la guida su quando andare →
Vivere in Albania
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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…
Montagne, fiumi e parchi
Tutta la natura →
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.
Storia e archeologia
L'intera storia →
Sito storico · Vlorë
Butrint
A Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Venetian and Ottoman city layered on one wooded peninsula — Albania's first UNESCO site.
Sito storico · Berat
Berat Castle
A fortress people still live inside, holding some twenty churches and the Onufri icon museum.
Sito storico · Gjirokastër
Gjirokastër Castle
One of the largest castles in the Balkans, holding an artillery gallery and a captured US aircraft.
Sito storico · Fier
Apollonia
A Corinthian colony that became a Roman university town — Octavian was studying here when Caesar was killed.
Sito storico · Shkodër
Rozafa Castle
The rock fortress above the meeting of three rivers, and the setting of Albania's best-known legend.
Sito storico · Durrës
Krujë Castle
Skanderbeg's base, which held out against three Ottoman sieges and now houses the national museum of the resistance.
Gastronomia, vino e cultura
Tutta la cultura →
Cibo
Byrek
The everyday Albanian pie: hand-stretched pastry layered with cheese, spinach, leek, meat or tomato.
Cibo
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.
Cibo
Fërgesë
Peppers and tomato cooked down with white cheese, sometimes with liver — a Tirana staple.
Cibo
Flija
Concentric crepe layers built up one at a time under a hot metal lid — a northern highland dish that takes hours.
Bevanda
Raki
Home-distilled grape or plum spirit, offered to guests and made in most rural households.
L'economia in cifre
L'ultimo valore pubblicato di ogni serie, con l'anno e il produttore. Clicca per la serie completa.
Industria
Tourism in Albania
The fastest-growing part of the economy, concentrated on the southern coast and in a short summer season.
Industria
Energy in Albania
Electricity almost entirely from hydropower — which makes supply depend on rainfall.
Industria
Agriculture in Albania
A large share of employment on very small holdings — the legacy of the 1991 land redistribution.
Ultime notizie dall'Albania
Tutte le notizie →Inizia dalle basi
Tutti gli explainer →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.
Fare una scelta
Tutti i confronti →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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