Overview
Travel warning
Travel to the northeastern border areas between Albania and Kosovo is currently strongly advised against. For further advice contact your local government travel advice department.
Albania is wild and mountainous, with extensive forests, sandy beaches and many beautiful lakes. It shares borders with Montenegro and Serbia, Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of)and Greece. The southern coastline remains unspoilt. Situated opposite Corfu, Saranda is now visited by day trippers who come to enjoy this previously inaccessible resort. Tirana, the capital, features many examples of early 19th-century architecture such as the Ethem-Bey Mosque (built 1789-1823) and the 35m-high (117ft) clocktower (built in 1830). Albanian food is typically Balkan and includes such specialities as frgese tiran, a hot fried dish of meat, liver, eggs and tomatoes, and tav kosi or tav elbanasi, a mutton and yoghurt dish. The most popular form of nightlife is the xhiro, the evening stroll along the main boulevards and squares of each town and village.
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