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IF YOU GO
Getting there: By air, British Airways from London Gatwick to Tirana from $345 return. By sea, ferry from Ancona, Bari, Brindisi and Trieste in Italy to Durres or Vlora; from Corfu, Greece, to Saranda. Rates vary according to season. By road, buses from Istanbul, Athens, Sofia, Ulcinj (Montenegro). An advisory against travel near the border of Kosovo continues.
When to go: Spring and fall (until November) are the best times.
Where to stay: All hotels below can be booked through
albaniahotel.com.
Shkodra: Hotel Mondial, across from the currently closed International Café, former haunt of Shkodra's intellectuals. It has a lovely terrace bar and restaurant, great for people-watching. $87 double with breakfast.
Tirana: Hotel Tafaj, centrally located restored 1930s Italianate villa with tranquil garden filled with caged songbirds. $101 double with breakfast.
Gjirokastra: Kalemi, restored traditional fortified stone house. Ask for the "Pasha" room with great views of the town below and the fortress. $43 double, with huge breakfast.
Berat: Mangalem, a traditional Berati house in the old Muslim quarter. Popular local restaurant and bar downstairs. $43 double with breakfast.
Getting around
Car rental: In Tirana, Avis offers the cheapest rates, but insurance coverage on gold credit cards is not honoured in Albania. A tiny Chevrolet Matiz, not recommended for the road conditions but the only car available, cost $416 for one week. Offices at the Sheraton or Rogner Hotel.
avisalbania.com
Buses: You can get to most places very cheaply on local buses and minibuses, although it's sometimes hard to figure out where to find them. Pay for tickets on the bus.
Trains: trains go to few places and are slow. Everyone there told us not to try it. (
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Tours to Albania can be arranged through British-based Regent Holidays,
regent-holidays.co.uk. Beginning next May, the ship easyCruiseOne, part of the EasyJet empire, will stop for one day in Saranda in southern Albania on a one-week cruise through the southern Adriatic.
Currency: Smaller hotels and restaurants will not accept credit cards; euros are preferred - bring lots of them. Leks, the local currency, available from ATM machines in the larger cities.
To bring: A small flashlight, handy in blackouts and when scrambling around crumbling old fortresses and monuments. Also, a good road map - Freytag & Berndt series is fairly reliable.
Reading: The Albanians, by Miranda Vickers, gives a detailed overview of Albanian history; Ismail Kadare's Chronicle in Stone, a novel about Gjirokastra's resistance to Italian and German occupation during the Second World War; the Bradt Guide to Albania by Gillian Gloyer is very useful; the In Your Pocket series of city guides produced in Albania can be downloaded free from
inyourpocket.com. Useful site:
albaniatourism.com.