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 Corfu from Albania by SirRichard
Coming in a daytrip from Corfu, I didn't even need my passport, my national ID card was enough. Leave a Comment
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In 2007, there are few guidebooks on Albania.
The Bradt Travel Guide in English, published in 2004 gives fair information. It does not seem to have been updated since then and some information are outdated. As Albania is quickly changing, there is an urgent need for a new edition.
I have also used the « Petit Fûté » guidebook, published in 2006. It is the only guidebook in French on Albania. I do not use the Petit Fûté » guidebooks when others brands (such as the “Guide du Routard”) are available but, being the only one available, I tried it and found that it was a good complement to the Bradt.
The Lonely Planet « Eastern Europe » covers: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia & Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the Ukraine. I have not used it but the advices I got from half a dozen users is that it is not very useful.
The Albania travel guide by Philip Ward was published in 1983. It is of course heavily outdated but still gives useful information on permanent features of the country. It can be found for example at Amazon which describes it as the following : Very Good. The first travel guide to Albania in English published during the Communist regime, illustrated with photographs and maps. Leave a Comment
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Several companies print Albania maps. The following is the list of maps more accurate than 1/1 000 000 that I have identified.
Freytag & Berndt
Albania 1 :400 000
Michelin 736
(Slovenia, Croatia, etc…) 1 :1 000 000.
More than the Northern half of Albania (includes Durrës, Tirana and Korça).
Michelin 980
(Greece) 1 :700 000. More than the Southern part of Albania (includes Tirana and Durrës).
Gizi
Serbia & Montenegro 1 :500 000 with the northern part of Albania
Cartographia
Serbia and Montenegro/Bosnia-Herzegovina/Macedonia 1 :800 000 with the northern part of Albania
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The Freytag & Berndt is a must have but though the two Michelin are at a larger scale, they sometimes give additional information. I have used these three cards during our travel. The Freytag & Berndt can be inconvenient to use as it is given with three folds. The southern part (south to Gjirokaster) is printed on the third fold and you must unfold entirely the map to view this part. This is when the Michelin for Greece is easier to use.
I have not seen any Albanian maps but I have not searched for. I suppose they can be found in good bookshops in Tirana and in large cities. Feedback welcome! Leave a Comment
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If you're in the south of the country, bring mosquito repellant, antihistamine cream, anything like that. There are nets over the windows, but the little sods find their way in anyway, and immediately start breeding (make sure you keep everything as dry as possible, especially an ensuite bathroom if you have one, as they love damp conditions). I took garlic powder and put it in everything I ate, but still got bitten to bits - the only solution was to sleep fully clothed in long sleeve top, long trousers and socks, which was pretty hot, but did at least stop them getting to my skin!
Take LOTS of rolls of film, or if you use a digital camera, a good-sized memory card. You will want to take lots of pictures - I really regret not having taken more.
You might want to take snorkelling gear as the sea is very clear... plus the flippers will help protect your feet from the sea urchins!
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The guidebooks which I took with me were the Blue Guide to Albania and Kosovo, a very informative book with plenty of interesting information; and 'Albania, a guide and illustrated journal' but Peter Dawson, published by Bradt, which proved a fascinating read, explaining lots of the little, cultural things I was seeing. As the title suggests, it's not just a guidebook, but a journal of someone's travels through the country.
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Women: Remember to take a good flat pair of shoe's....The roads and pavements can have plenty of holes and uneven bits in them. Take this advise from me, i have experience! So don't wear high shoe's with no grip unless you want to fall in a hole!
Also don't take your best shoe's with you as some roads of the main area can be very dusty/muddy/wet with holes you can't see in the winter months.
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 Butrint Channel as Viewed from
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Pack an electric blanket to keep you warm and dry out the beds. Aalbania is very damp in the winter and the cold gets into your bones. Leave a Comment
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