Information for tourists of Albania

Although it seems that you can’t find in Albania anything you can’t buy in other countries, but it far from it! Due to a great number of souvenirs one has a possibility to know this country from the inside. Any souvenir shop in Tirana shows the history...

Although it seems that you can’t find in Albania anything you can’t buy in other countries, but it far from it! Due to a great number of souvenirs one has a possibility to know this country from the inside. Any souvenir shop in Tirana shows the history...

Fertile climate, nearness to the sea and cooperation with the neighboring countries have had a huge impact on diversity and profusion of Albanian cuisine. Variety of dishes was adopted from the Byzantines, Venetians and Arabs. In Albania you can taste...

Albanian Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Banks are open Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stores are open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Some stores are open on weekends specifically for tourists....

Ambulance - 17. Fire brigade - 18. Police - 19.

There are no conventional rules of behavior in Albania as representatives of Islam, Eastern Orthodox Church and Catholicism Christianity live here, so their behavior varies in different towns....

The international Maria Theresa airport in Rinas is situated in seventeen km to the north-west from Tirana. The airport is has a good communication with the biggest European cities.....

The Albanian railways do not cover the whole territory of the country, that is why some towns of the country are not that easy to be reached. The Albanian Railways took over the carriages written off in Italy, so they renewed the rolling stock...

Bus is the only means of transportation in Albanis. A ticket costs 30 lek, all the tickets in country are absolutely the same. It is almost impossible to tell about where the bus-stations are situated, there are no stations and special ticket-offices...

There is ferry communication in Albania: this communication connects Albanian ports of Vlora and Durres with Italian ports Bari, Ancona, Triest, Brindisi. Besides there is a ferry between the Albanian port of Saranda with the island of Korfa in Greece...

Be aware that the Albanian roads are in a very bad condition! There is only one highway in the country that connects the Albanian capital and Durres. Albania is not that rich to afford more high class roads. The majority of the cars used here are old...

Fixed telephone communication in Albania is a very depreciated. There was no renovation during the last decade. If you look at statistics, you will find out that the average amount of the fixed-phone per a person is the lowest in Europe....

Roaming for the tourist is provided by Amc Mobil, Eagle Mobile, Plus,Vodafone It is worth of knowing that Amc Mobil and Vodafone provide more services than operators of neighbor countries with more developed economy. All the largest European providers.

Albania stays in the list of the countries with poor telecommunications. The telecom development has started here just a decade ago. That should not surprise you because it will be quite difficult for you to find a wi-fi access point...

All the tips (10% of the price) and other appreciating fees are better to be left after the service is done and you are sure of the quality of it. Nevertheless that doesn’t mean that you should not leave any tips at all: the most Albanians get such low..