Travelogues Northern Albania

Day #62 Wednesday, July 1st. From Fishtë to Podgorica Country: Albania / Montenegro In the morning, I wake up to footsteps and the sound of an engine next to my tent.

Now to Albania! The ferry arrives in Durres at 11:30 AM. The few people and vehicles quickly disembark. The border processing goes fast. After a detour through the port, I am in...

Albania was a blank spot on the map for us. 'Don't go to Albania, it's dangerous...'. Surrounded by ex-Yugoslavian countries and Greece, Albania presents itself in a completely...

May 21, 2022: Morina Before crossing another border, we want to write a conclusion about Albania. We wrote it independently of each other, without knowing the content of the...

Exactly 14 days after the start of our journey at four o'clock in the morning, squeezed between our disassembled bicycles on the back seat of a Mercedes Vito, but happy to reach...

May 19-21, 2022: Koman, Valbona. The actual highlight of Albania - at least according to the opinion of many travelers we met - is a boat trip on Lake Koman and a subsequent...

May 16, 2022: Krujë, Patok F. In Krujë stands the castle, from which the national hero Skanderbeg was able to hold back the advancing Ottomans for over 30 years. Only after...

Part 2 begins with thunderstorms and continuous rain

30.07. - 01.08.2023 and 04.08. - 05.08.2023 MARKUS: We get off the bus heavily loaded and walk in the heat of the afternoon directly from the city center towards Lake Skadar,...

May 17-18, 2022: Shkodra, Shëngjin J. We spent two days at Shëngjin beach. This place is known for attracting many people from Kosovo for their vacation, as it is the...

01.08.2023 - 04.08.2023 MARKUS: OK, it happened. I have fallen in love with this country and its wonderful people. The Albanian Alps and its lakes and rivers are breathtakingly...

Every meadow camping and a baby zipline

06/28/23 The first stage is considered one of the most difficult and beautiful of the entire trail. I naturally still lack the comparison, yet the 1220 meters of altitude are...

27.06.23 Was bisher geschah - ein Rückblick: Ein junger, abenteurlustiger Mann war vor ein paar Monaten aufgebrochen, um den wilden Balkan gemeinsam mit seinem treuen Begleiter...

We have arrived in Shkodër. After a long drive through Montenegro, we are finally in Albania. If you take the coastal road from Dubrovnik to Albania, you will drive along the...

Recently, I completed the hike from Valbona to Theth starting from the hostel 'The Galley' in Shkoder. I'm here with Diane and a group of guys: Marvin, Antoine, Hugo, and me. The...

The Theth National Park in the Albanian Alps is named after the village of Theth. Established in 1966, it covers 2630 hectares. The village of Theth is the heart of the Albanian...

We were quite excited and a little nervous about this Albania, which we actually wanted to visit last year. We entered from North Macedonia, where passport control at the border...

Mrizi i Zanave Agrotourism, also known as Fishta Farm, is more than just a traditional farm. It is a large-scale agricultural operation that specializes in gastronomy and...

In less than 8 hours, we visited 4 countries. Who can say that? And in the end, we arrived in paradise! Hello Albania...

Today we are up very early, so we find ourselves on a little exploration walk along the river below the Kravica Falls before 7 AM. We will head straight to the falls before the...

Back from the Theth Valley, back to the beginning of our journey in Albania, back to Lake Shkodra Resort. We want to spend the last few days in Albania peacefully by the lake....

Today another long stage was planned. Shkodra is one of the largest cities in Albania and is located on Lake Shkodra, which the country shares with Montenegro. But first, I...

31.03.23 Today, with a wonderful mountain panorama, I continued the last part through Montenegro until the Albanian border. After crossing the border, it only took a few...

Today a short tour. After starting, I quickly realized that motorcycling is not my thing today, although the routes were great again. I also had to wash laundry and it still...