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Albania In Your Pocket
A real humdinger of a destination, just mentioning Albania is sure to put a stop to the conversation at any Islington or Greenwich Village dinner party. Once one of the world's most closed-off and strictly controlled countries, Albania was left with no friends at all after shunning both the Soviets and the Chinese for being 'revisionist' to the ideals of Stalinism. But now it's one of Europe's most dynamic economies, and a country worth relishing.
Our online and print Tirana In Your Pocket, Shkodra In Your Pocket city guides and the two new Korça In Your Pocketand Pogradec In Your Pocket city guides will help you navigate a country that has been widely reported from, yet remains all but unknown.
OUR Albania HIGHLIGHTS
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Lin Mosaic
The paleochristian basilica on a hill by pretty Lin village, on a peninsula 20km north of Pogradec on the western lakeshore, may no longer have any roof or walls, it does retain some stunning mosaics dating to the 6th century.
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Venice Art mask factory
One of Shkodra's most interesting success stories is the Venice Art mask factory. Founded by Edmond Angoni, a local who lived in Italy, it employs 60 people to manually make 20,000 masks per year using the labour-intensive cartapesta technique, which uses glue-moistened sheets of paper to create the mask structure and relief.
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Moska
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Medieval Art Museum
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Et'hem Bey Mosque
Perhaps the only real sight in Tirana, this pretty mosque is right on the city's main square, making it hard to miss. Construction of the 'Xhamia e Haxhi Ethem Beut' mosque started in 1794 and was finished in 1821 by Et'hem Bey (who evidently got all the credit).
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Latest Albania Comments
Actually Mi Mi means secret in Chinese - so the name isn't THAT odd!
EDITOR - Nice tip, thanks![...]
Everything about them is rubbish.[...]
Can someone tell me what velipoja beach in albania is really like because i am plannin to go there soon ..please give me an honest answer..what the water is like ...the hotels ..the area...if there are any weird creatures near the shore ..just curio[...]
Danny should comment on his own dull Protestant churches and then try to understand something of the Orthodox Albanian Church with a tradition all of it's own![...]
Kolonat has to bring the prices down a little as it is overpriced, other than that everything else is OK, lovely taste.[...]
The best sea food ever, and reasonable prices.[...]
Hi i think my grand grand father maybe 100 years back came from shkodra,i would lov to go there to visit and to see if i have any family.[...]
Can you tell me the phone number to order something from home?
EDITOR: Ersi, for the convenience of our readers, we publish the phone number on this website and in our print guide too. Look again.[...]
The modern style is a tragedy in the making. This important cathedral should have been built in the traditional Orthodox style with the high quality appointments worthy of a cathedral church. Instead, its built out of concrete, glass and all the s[...]
I was very satisfied with the service, and the cooking was superior. Very cute staff, especially the manager, he was the best. I pray he will have a wage increase! Say hello to the boys from Paqa.
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I totally agree and support this. We want Albanian products. Spring is the perfect one :)[...]
is an amazing place ,If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Steelwings'.[...]
On the terrace of the 4th floor, the atmosphere is better than good, it's a haven in the city, sound of water around the tables, caged birds singing. We started with a cocktail at the bar which was great, then moved to our table and were not rushed by anyone. The best part was the Albanian food, quality very high, fresh and creative. After dinner drinks we were welcome to relax as long as we chose at the sound of soft live blues music.
EDITOR - Nice text Bloux, you could work for us. Or for the restaurant in question. Pity you live in Tuvalu.[...]
Hello. At Bonaparte I have been 3 times and I like it. There serve could plates with French chesse and Spanish ham to accompany the french wine.Last time I sat at the bar I saw that they don't have ready made plates but they cut and prepare the food[...]
A very modern hospital with very friendly staff that speaks English fluently. I went there by ambulance because of my elbow and I was very confident. It's an international-quality hospital.[...]