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visiting tirana

Albania, City Breaks, Destinations, Europe, Off the Beaten Path, Travel · October 13, 2022

3 Day Tirana Itinerary – Discover the Edgy Capital of Albania

Tirana is not somewhere that usually features on the itineraries of people backpacking through Europe. It isn’t the glitziest of destinations, and Albania in general is not the easiest country to travel around as a novice backpacker. What’s more, the…

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tirana albania

Albania, City Breaks, Destinations, Europe, Off the Beaten Path, Travel · October 12, 2021

23 Best Things to Do in Tirana, Albania

Tirana, capital of Albania. Not exactly the most common choice for a city break, but somewhere that is growing in popularity among people backpacking through the Balkans. Once the most isolated country in the world, Albania is keen to distance…

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turkish coffee

Albania, Destinations, Europe, Food and Wine, Life, Travel · September 29, 2021

A No-Nonsense Guide to Albanian Coffee Culture

Picture Albanian coffee and what do you come up with? Probably not a lot, right? Everybody knows that Italians love their coffee, but when it comes to Albanian coffee culture, less is known. This isn’t really much of a surprise….

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blue eye albania

Albania, Destinations, Europe, Off the Beaten Path, Offbeat Experiences, Travel · August 24, 2021

How to Visit the Blue Eye Albania (and Why It’s So Special)

By far one of the most popular things to do in Albania is to pay a visit to the famous Blue Eye, or Syri i Kaltër as it is known in the Albanian language. The Blue Eye, Albania is a…

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Albanian wine

Albania, Destinations, Europe, Food and Wine, Life, Off the Beaten Path, Travel, Volunteering · August 18, 2020

Kantina Alpeta – Albanian Wine, Slow Food, and Love

When you think of Albania, what do you picture? Do you think of forlorn communist buildings, crumbling and covered in graffiti? Perhaps you think of drug lords and organised crime, of mobsters lying in wait to harvest your organs or…

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visit albania

Albania, Destinations, Europe, Off the Beaten Path, Travel · August 16, 2019

Why Visit Albania – 37 Reasons to Book a Flight to Albania

Ever since I visited Albania back in September 2018, I have not stopped talking about how incredible it is. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve told people that they simply must visit Albania, or ranted about how Albanian…

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beaches in albania

Albania, Destinations, Europe, Off the Beaten Path, Travel · March 18, 2019

The Best Beaches in Albania – Your Beach Vacation in Albania

This article was last updated on 21st July 2021 When most people think of Albania, beaches are not the first thing that spring to mind. People tend to picture a dangerous land full of corruption, gangsters and human trafficking (thanks…

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Berat Albania

Albania, Destinations, Europe, Off the Beaten Path, Travel · February 1, 2019

The Best Things to Do in Berat, Albania

Last updated: March 2023. Berat, Albania. As soon as I arrived in Albania, Berat was all anybody talked about. This ‘City of a Thousand Windows’ in Southern Albania, surrounded by mountains and filled with mosques and churches was declared a…

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rakija

Food and Wine, Life · November 23, 2018

18 Reasons Why Rakija is Objectively the Best Drink in the World

The first time I tried rakija (rakija pronunciation – ra-kee-ya) I was 18 years old. I’d just started my first year of university and I met a Bulgarian guy who had brought a plastic water bottle full of homemade alcohol…

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Albania, Destinations, Europe, Kosovo, Off the Beaten Path, Travel · October 12, 2018

Road Tripping Through Kosovo and Albania!

Before you start: this post is not a guide to Valbona National Park and the popular hiking trail from Valbona to Theth. For a practical guide to that, please check out Emily’s post over at Wanderlush! Everybody warned us about Albanian men. ‘They’re…

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