Ten Days in Albania by Car: The Loop That Actually Works
A ten day driving loop from Tirana through the Alps, Berat, Gjirokaster and the Riviera, with honest driving times and what to check by season.
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A ten day driving loop from Tirana through the Alps, Berat, Gjirokaster and the Riviera, with honest driving times and what to check by season.
Everything you need to rent a car and drive in Albania: what it costs, the roads, insurance, fuel and parking, and why a car is the best way to see it.
The main roads are largely fine, the mountain roads are the reason to come, and the driving culture treats lane markings as decoration.
A loop from Tirana down the coast over a mountain pass, along the Riviera to the Greek border, inland to a stone city and back through the hills.
A week-long route through the Albanian north: Shkoder and its lake, the Koman ferry, the Valbona valley and Theth, with where to sleep and how it connects.