TIRANA – Tourists usually find Tirana a beautiful and charming city, whith a lively night life. There are many excellent, inexpensive restaurants in Tirana serving all kinds of food. Tirana also features many historical buildings, and a strange sensation of the meeting between Europe and Orient...

BERAT – Much of the city is built on terraces in the steep hills overlooking the Osum River. Its innumerable monuments and beautiful and characteristic architecture of its houses have proclaimed Berat a museum town.

KRUJA – The historic town of Kruja is located 32 km northwest of Tirana. It rises 560 m above sea level, on the slopes of Sari-Salltiku mountain. It provides to the visitors the great view of majestic landscape and a rich collection of historical and cultural objects...

GJIROKASTRA – this town was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 2005. The type of architecture found there is particular to that area – because of hundreds Ottoman style tower houses with distinctive stone roofs, wooden balconies and white washed stone walls. Gjirokastra is known by many as the „Stone City“...

SARANDA – Located on the shores of Ionian sea, in front of Greek island of Corfu, it is characterized by a Mediterranean climate and warm sea waters. Due to its location and warm weather it is one of the most attractive tourist town in Albanian Riviera, also known as „The city of Honeymooners“...

BUTRINT – This town is an ancient Greek city and an archeological site close to Saranda city. It’s belived that Butrint was founded by Greeks from Corfu in the 7th century BC. Remains of Butrint were included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1992.

 

ü Angjinare te mbushura – Stuffed Artichokes with ground meat

ü Koloface- Albanian Sausage

ü Moussaka - Grounded Beef with Potatoes in Custard Sauce

ü Tave peshku me Ikra - Baked Carp Fish with Roe

ü Raki Skrapari – national fruit alchocolic strong drink.

ü Skenderbeg Brandy – extraordinary and high quality brandy

ü Dance Songs with folkloric groups. You must see and hear The Dance of the Swords, Tropoja Dance, Shkupi Dance...

 

Traditional Albanian folk dance is very important in albanian culture, it features themes of honor, loyality, bravery and love. Albania has a rich folklore and every region has a characteristic dance. Every five years there is a National Folk Festival in Gjirokastra where dancers and musicians come together.

Albania’s small treasure & geological phenomen. Visit of the magical place of „Blue Eye“ spring, only 18 km northeast of Saranda. At this beautiful spot, shaded by centuries old oak trees, a twlve headed dragon, according to the legend, jeausly guarded and held back the spring waters from the villagers. Consequently, pagan rituals were carried out by sacrificing young voluptuous maidens to the gods of the same waters.

Almost all over Albania, particularly in Tirana and in the traditional bazaar of Kruja, tourists can buy carpets, figurines, silver and copper articles, woodcarvings, ceramics and an assortiment of needlework. Very typical articles are the pipes, musical instruments such as cifteli and sharki, and embroidery and tablecloths with traditional motifs.

There is a huge artificial Komani lake in northern part of Albania. The ferry trip along this lake is an outstanding experience. The emerald green lake is narrow and twisting, and it stretches along the bed of river Drini that turned into a lake after the construction of the dam in the 80-ies. The vertical cliffs on both sides create a spectacular landscape that might make many think about the Norwegian fjords.