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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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Internet & Tourist Information Center
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.
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Orthodox Cathedral
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Lollipop
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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 fi
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Natyra e Qete
Well-known for its fish and grilled meat, Natyra e Qete is a large restaurant sited 4km along the main road north of Pogradec.
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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
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Latest Albania Comments
I am happy to see the arrival of sushi to Tirana, and it was really tasty and fresh when I went there - the prices might be a bit hefty for Albania but sushi is quite expensive everywhere in the world. Recommend it![...]
A very good boutique.
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Very nice restaurant.[...]
How do I find out the times of movies?
EDITOR: Imperial has a website that you can get to by clicking on the word 'website' beside their listing here at Tirana In Your Pocket. Showtimes and films are listed there - in Albanian but nevertheless clear enough. If that fails, they have a phone.[...]
Yamato is the best Asian restaurant in Albania! There are only two of this kind, what a pity. Best price, best service, best sushi ever! Thank you guys![...]
Shkodra is my home city, it is beautiful and there is loads to visit and to do. I miss the people and everything in it, unfortunately I am married to an English man and I am living in the UK. Shkodra is surrounded by the Lake Shkodra and Drini River[...]
I do not agree with animals being imprisoned in cages just to attract people. But please do not generalise. If civilisation would only be measured from the way individuals treat animals or humans what would a great nation like the British one have to say, seeing how prisoners were treated in Iraq or at the way British gentlemen have treated animals and humans in Africa and elsewhere in the last 300-400 years. Please stay away from clichés!
EDITOR: Thanks. All points of view now represented - the discussion is closed.[...]
Looooooooooooooooooove it! Thanks for many many MANY great evenings![...]
There are neither laws to protect these wild animals in Albania, nor pets like dogs and cats. I'm sorry to agree with you, but yes, you can evaluate the civilisation of a country by the way it treats the animals (Ghandi), and considering this, even [...]
TopNet is the best internet café in Tirana. It is located in a good area. The staff is excellent and the connection is fantastic.[...]
It´s very cool. The burgers are great there. I was there last year and had the double hamburger menu.[...]
its the best[...]
They have good pizza.[...]
The clinic is modest but professional, and with highly competent staff. It is rare to find such qualified personnel who have time for a thorough exam and explanation. The joke about 'practicing Biblical medicine (specialized in resurrections)' is in very poor taste, and likely to unfairly prejudice people against what is conscientious and high quality care at very affordable prices.
EDITOR: The clinic placed that most wonderful term on their own website themselves and probably got plenty of giggles even without us wondering out loud about resurrections, healing the blind and other pre-penicillin miracles. They have wisely removed it since. Otherwise, ABC is not listed here for nothing (and it's always our first stop after a rough night on the bllok too).[...]
And this warrants to be listed as a city feature?
EDITOR: You must be a Sali fan.
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