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  1. rachach avatar

    Re: First time solo traveller-Eastern Europe Help!!

    by rachach 22 May 2012

    Hi - I'd love to hear how you got on as a solo female in Albania. I am about to start my Balkans adventure and confess I'm a bit nervous…

  2. KathrynWat avatar

    Western Balkans Adventure 2012 Part II

    by KathrynWat 21 May 2012

    After exploring the castle at Berat and shopping at a local antique store for old coins we set out again for the return journey to Vlore…

  3. easteuropeangateway avatar

    Re: Berat to budva/kotor in one day?!

    by easteuropeangateway 21 May 2012

    You can do it in a day. You need to get to Shkoder for 16.00 last bus to Ulcinj. If you set off early from Berat via Tirana you should…

  4. boyanakotor avatar

    Re: Berat to budva/kotor in one day?!

    by boyanakotor 19 May 2012

    Last bus from Skoder to Ulcnj leaves at 16.00,and it takes about 2h,depending on the border control. From Ulcinj,there is 4h bus drive…

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    RE: Berat to budva/kotor in one day?!

    by everbrite 19 May 2012

    From Shkoder to Ulcinj there are minivans and there may also be buses. From Ulcinj there are buses to Budva and Kotor although whether…

  6. boyanakotor avatar

    Re: Berat to budva/kotor in one day?!

    by boyanakotor 19 May 2012

    If u wanna avoid Tirana u should go over Durres and further on to Shkoder.. If u need options from Skoder to Montenegro,plenty of info…

  7. chaika avatar

    RE: Berat to budva/kotor in one day?!

    by chaika 19 May 2012

    http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2045974 Hi,I found this old thread to go from Sarande,so it will be something…

  8. Jeroen avatar

    RE: Albania bicycle trip

    by Jeroen 17 May 2012

    Great idea. July is hot, count on early starts and siestas. Thethi-Shkodra: the southern route is apparently ok for cycling but the 'main'…

  9. teveve avatar

    Albania bicycle trip

    by teveve 16 May 2012

    I am planning a 5-week bicycle trip in Albania for this July. I already have a rough plan but I still have many open questions and any…

  10. Ovca32 avatar

    Re: montenegro / albania by car (own) & camping

    by Ovca32 16 May 2012

    I was in MNE and Albania by own car last summer. I can give you some tips about interesting places, but you have to write what you want…

  11. KathrynWat avatar

    Re: Western Balkans Adventure April 2012

    by KathrynWat 11 May 2012

    I must offer a correction to my first post: Berat is ancient Antipatreia, not ancient Antigonia. It was probably taken from the Illyrian…

  12. easteuropeangateway avatar

    Re: Advice on 8 Day Trip

    by easteuropeangateway 07 May 2012

    Hi Understand your situation. If you want to cram in as much as you can you can look at the following: Set off early moring from Tiran…

  13. dianying avatar

    Advice on 8 Day Trip

    by dianying 05 May 2012

    My brother and I are flying into Tirana and have 8 days to travel last week of June/first week of July, we are currently debating 2 differen…

  14. easteuropeangateway avatar

    Re: travel on arrival in albania and other advice

    by easteuropeangateway 05 May 2012

    Before deciding on your itinary could I suggest you look at a road map of Albania. Googlemaps.com Albania. This will show the amount of…

  15. cottie11 avatar

    travel on arrival in albania and other advice

    by cottie11 05 May 2012

    My wife and I (OAPs) plan to visit Albania in Sept arriving approx on the 5th Sept via Turkish Airlines. We will spend about ten days…

  16. easteuropeangateway avatar

    Re: A very rough Albanian Itinerary - 1 Month

    by easteuropeangateway 04 May 2012

    Your intinery doesn't sound too ambitious. That said I haven't done much travel in Northern Albania. What I would say is you need to fine…

  17. Jeroen avatar

    RE: Athens to Dubrovnik

    by Jeroen 29 April 2012

    If it were me, with three weeks, I'd do: Athens-Gjirokastra-Saranda (for Butrint) -Dhermi-Berat-Tirana-Shkodra (and Thethi) -Ulcinj-Kotor-Du…

  18. Jeroen avatar

    Re: Tranports info in Albania

    by Jeroen 25 April 2012

    A week for this tour will be very tight, travel in Albania is slow. I would suggest you skip Corfu for another trip or you will be in…

  19. Giacco3 avatar

    Tranports info in Albania

    by Giacco3 23 April 2012

    Hello guys, I'm an italian traveller and I'm new here.. I'm travelling to Albania and Corfù next days, i'll be there for a week at all.…

  20. lucy1975 avatar

    Dhermi Albania - Warning about Hotel Luciano

    by lucy1975 23 April 2012

    I've just come back from a week in Albania with a friend. We really enjoyed the trip, particulalry Tirana, Gjirokastra, Berat and Butrint.…

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    Re: top five list of albania

    by vladjack 21 April 2012

    Depends on what you like, I can try: 1. Tirana (simply capital, the only big city in Albania); 2. Gjirokaster (peculiar old town) 3. Bera…

  22. Jeroen avatar

    RE: Montenegro-Greece by car

    by Jeroen 19 April 2012

    Don't worry about the roads, most major ones have been widened and are fine now. Potholes can be anywhere though so you always need to…

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    RE: From Corfu to Ohrid

    by neckervd 19 April 2012

    First of all, you should define the places you want to visit and then choose the itinerary. According to your itinerary, you will see…

  24. vladjack avatar

    Re: Montenegro-Greece by car

    by vladjack 18 April 2012

    Jeroen, thanks for your kind answer. I visited Gjirokastra last time I was in ALB (4 years ago). I think it is really interesting. Very…

  25. Jeroen avatar

    RE: Montenegro-Greece by car

    by Jeroen 18 April 2012

    Some of the options you list are in fact the same: 1=2=6 and 4=5. There are roadworks on the Shkodra road, so the comfiest/fastest route…

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