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Lake Bovilla, Albania: Tirana's Turquoise Escape
Lake Bovilla, Albania: Tirana's Turquoise Escape

Lake Bovilla, Albania: Tirana's Turquoise Escape, Complete 2026 Travel Guide Lake Bovilla (Liqeni i Bovillës) is a turquoise reservoir on the edge of Mount Dajt National Park, roughly 15 to 20 km northeast of central Tirana, about 30 to 40 minutes by car. Fed by dramatic limestone cliffs and pine-covered slopes, it doubles as the main source of drinking...

Belsh, Albania: The Land of 84 Lakes
Belsh, Albania: The Land of 84 Lakes

Belsh, Albania: The Land of 84 Lakes, Complete 2026 Travel Guide Belsh is a small town in the Dumre plateau of central Albania, in Elbasan County, about 60 km south of Tirana and roughly an hour by road, sitting directly on the route between the capital and Berat. Known locally as the "city of 84 lakes," it's ringed by an unusual concentration of small natural...

Pogradec, Albania: The Albanian Shore of Lake Ohrid
Pogradec, Albania: The Albanian Shore of Lake Ohrid

Pogradec, Albania: The Albanian Shore of Lake Ohrid, Complete 2026 Travel Guide Pogradec is a lakeside town in southeastern Albania, set on the southwestern shore of Lake Ohrid, about 140 km from Tirana and roughly 140 km from Korça, near the North Macedonian border. It sits on one of the oldest lakes in the world, estimated at between 1 and 5 million years...

Valbona, Albania: The Gem of the Accursed Mountains
Valbona, Albania: The Gem of the Accursed Mountains

Valbona, Albania: The Gem of the Accursed Mountains, Complete 2026 Travel Guide Valbona is a remote mountain valley in the Albanian Alps, protected as Valbona Valley National Park, set in the Tropoja district of northern Albania near the borders of Kosovo and Montenegro. Established in 1996 and spanning around 80 square kilometres, the park sits at...

Durrës, Albania: The Ancient Port City
Durrës, Albania: The Ancient Port City

Durrës, Albania: The Ancient Port City, Complete 2026 Travel Guide Durrës is Albania's second-largest city and its main port, set on the Adriatic coast about 40 km west of Tirana, roughly 40 minutes to an hour by road. Founded by Greek colonists in the 7th century BC under the name Epidamnos, later known as Dyrrhachion under Rome, it has been a major...

Tirana, Albania: The Colorful Capital
Tirana, Albania: The Colorful Capital

Tirana, Albania: The Colorful Capital, Complete 2026 Travel Guide Tirana is Albania's capital and largest city, home to around 900,000 people in its greater metropolitan area, set on a plain below Mount Dajti in the centre of the country. It is famous for the pastel-painted apartment blocks that reinvented its post-communist skyline, for Skanderbeg...

Theth, Albania: Heart of the Accursed Mountains
Theth, Albania: Heart of the Accursed Mountains

Theth, Albania: Heart of the Accursed Mountains, Complete 2026 Travel Guide Theth (Thethi) is a mountain village in the Albanian Alps, known locally as the Bjeshkët e Namuna, the "Accursed Mountains," set inside Theth National Park about 76 km northeast of Shkodra, roughly 2.5 hours by road on a now fully paved mountain route. It is the single most...

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