Our Albania highlights

• Tourist Information Centre

  
  Korça » Sightseeing » Tourist information

  Korça's new information centre has maps and booklets about the city and region, and the knowledgeable English-speaking manager Orieta Gliozheni can help with general information, hotel and tour bookings, and can also make sure the museums you are interested to visit will be open. Read on
  

• Natyra e Qete

  
  Pogradec » Food & Drink » Restaurants

  Well-known for its fish and grilled meat, Natyra e Qete is a large restaurant sited 4km along the main road north of Pogradec. Read on
  

• Internet & Tourist Information Center

  
  Pogradec » Sightseeing » Tourist information

  A good internet café (100 lek/hr) where the multilingual manager (English, Italian, French, Dutch) doubles as the local unofficial voluntary tourist information officer and Fedex representative. Read on
  

• Venice Art mask factory

  
  Shkodra » Sights » Workshops

  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. Read on
  

• Lin Mosaic

  
  Pogradec » Sightseeing » Around Pogradec

  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. Read on
  

• Medieval Art Museum

  
  Korça » Sightseeing » Museums

  Korça's best museum has an excellent collection of 6,500 medieval and modern icons from Southern Albania, as well as 1,500 other objects, of which some 200 icons and 50 metal objects are on display in this curious building. Read on
  

• Era

  
  Tirana » Restaurants & Cafés » Albanian

  Meaning 'wind', this popular and foreigner-friendly spot makes for a good casual lunch or dinner. The Albanian food is excellent; try the stuffed eggplant and peppers, and fërgesë (fried minced lamb, feta cheese and garlic). Read on
  

• Et'hem Bey Mosque

  
  Tirana » Sights » Ottoman Tirana

  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). Read on
  

• Oxygen Beach Bar

  
  Pogradec » Food & Drink » Bars & Clubs

  A popular beach bar, a few hundred metres east of the centre along the lakeshore. This is the best place to have coffee or fresh juice during the day, watch the sunset with a cocktails in hand, and hit the dancefloor. Read on