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Albania paper maps

by JLBG

Several companies print Albania maps. The following is the list of maps more accurate than 1/1 000 000 that I have identified.Freytag & BerndtAlbania 1 :400 000Michelin 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 AlbaniaCartographia Serbia and Montenegro/Bosnia-Herzegovina/Macedonia 1 :800 000 with the northern part of Albania ..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...

Guide books

by JLBG

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 It does not seem to have been updated since then and some information are outdated.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...

Shoe's!

by AlbaniaLover

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.

Guidebooks

by illumina

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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odds and ends

by rw-bigfoot

don't carry a purse around in the city, I used alittle canvas bag with a zip top it worked great for carrying grocerys and the camera wear sturdy wide bottom shoes, gym shoes don't do good unless wide bottom take something for bugs in the summer and salve for cuts, I got a tyenol 3 for a headache at the clinic it made me have the most awful nightmares so take your own medicine. You can buy any kind of other supplies there they have all P&G products there just wrote in Italian the prices are the same as US prices for western supplies. we took our camera and a camcorder, i regret taking a large camera should have bought a small pocket size one, I had too many lookers at my big camera and at times I stood and watched Ray as he filmed with the camcorder he had the strap hanging down one time and someone almost grabbed it. We did take black tape and wrap around the brand name on the camera...

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Electric Blanket

by rw-bigfoot

I order an electric blanket through ebay that was from England (same volltage as Albania) 240v and they shipped it straight over to me instead of sending here to US and then pack it in our luggage. We used it for the whole time we were there almost 3 months. Yes the electic does go out EVERY day but the house are cold any ways so it was real nice to have a warm blanket everynight

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Mosquito repellent or suffer!

by illumina

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!

Packing for Albania!

by Tobias_Plieninger

Normal bags.Big trolleys will take attention on you.That's not necessary. Normal clothing. So that you don't cause much attention.Think at the warm climate! Normal Better take much films with you. It could be hard to find them. - A towel is not provided in all hotels.- Perhabs you will be glad with your clean sleeping bag. - Take with a knife for eating the good vegetables.- Take with salt and pepper

No visa

by SirRichard

Being a EU citizen you don't need visa to enter Albania. Nevertheless, you can ask the policeman at the border to stamp your passport with the Albanian stamp.Coming in a daytrip from Corfu, I didn't even need my passport, my national ID card was enough.

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Leks

by SirRichard

Lek is the local currency here. You can change it at local banks and private offices, but don't change too much, as you won't be able to use them outside Albania. Anyway, if you are coming for a day, you can use euros or dollars in most touristic restaurants and souvenirs stalls.

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Q:  Hello all I'm planning to visit Albania in 2012 and i need every bit of advice going. There doesn't seem to be a huge amount of... 

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A: I have been to Albania several times over the years and i would say you should try and make a visit to Berat aswell as Girokaster. These places are very scenic places... 

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