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Where to eat in Albania Tirana ?Albanian cuisine has both, turkish and european influences. Today in most of important cities of the country and especially in Tirana there are several restaurants offering typical albanian cusine as well as international as italian, french, turkish, chinese etc.

Tirana

“Gloria” albanian and italian
“Qemal Stafa” Str., Phone 355 4 247731

“Piazza” italian and albanian
“ Ded Gjo Luli” Str. , Phone 355 4 230706

“Serenata” typical albanian specialities from the regions of Devolli and Korça
“ Mihal Duri” Str.

“Xibraku” albanian
“ Elbasanit” Str. mob 068 2022843

“Ali Pashe Tepelena” , albanian
“Kavaja” Str , Phone 355 4 220284

“Bujtina e Gjelit” albanian
“Don Bosko” Str. Phone 355 4 256547

“Primavera” italian
“ Pjeter Bogdani” Str , Phone 355 4 260737

“Ujevera” italian
“Emin Duraku” Str. Phone 355 4 243702

“Tafai” albanian
“ Mine Peza” Str. Phone 355 4 235956

“Lulishte 1 Maji” , chinese and mexico
“ Punetoret e Rilindjes” Str. Phone 355 230151

“ Rozafa“ Fish specialities
“ Kristofortidhi” Str. Phone 355 2 222786

“Wntergarden“ german and mexico
“Skenderbej” Str. Phone 355 4 259993

“Era” albanian
“ Isamil Qemali” Str. Phone 355 4 257805

Durres

“Piazza”
Lagjia 1, shetitorja Taulantia

“Zeus”
Lagjia 1, shetitorja Taulantia , mob 068 2112852

“Trieste”
Lagjia 13, Plazh Phone 355 52 60352

“Romega”
Lagjia 1. shetitorja Taulantia ,kulla 2
“Fish House”
Lagjia 1, shetitorja Taulantia
“Arragosta” Fish specialities
Lagjia 1 , shetitorja Taulantia”
“Stela D’oro“ pizza
Main Boulevard, Phone 355 52 21222

Kruja

“Klomidur” albanian
Phone 355 532 4294
“Veseli” , albanian
Phone 355 532 2538
“M & M” albanian
Phone 355 532 4647

Lezha

“Djella” typical albanian specialities from the region of Lezha and Shkodra
Ishull Lezhe

Vlora

“Pavaresia”
Lagjia Pavaresia , Phone 355 33 29318
“Deljano”
Lagjia Skele , mob 068 2299786

Himara
“Manol Kolagji” albanian
Potamit beach mob 068 2305107

Pogradec
“Natyra e Qete”
mob 068 2265557
“Borana”
“Deshmoret e Pojskes “ Str.

Shkodra
“Rozafa” albanian
Rozafa castle
“Ulqini” albanian
center

Korça
“Dolce Vita”
Boul .Republika

“Taverna Themoistokli”

The Republic of Albania is situated in the South East region of Europe, South-West of the Balkan Peninsula, along the Adriatic and the Ionian Seas. It is positioned between these geographical coordinates: 39o 38’ (Konispol) and 42o 39’ (Vermosh) south-north, 19o 16’ (Sazan Island) and 21o 40’ (Vernik village, Korca) west-east.
The territory of Albania of 28 748 km2 and its population is 3.1 million inhabitants( april 2001). The administrative division of the country consists of 12 prefectures, 36 districts, 374 communes/municipalities.

Getting to Albania

By Air:
The civil airport of the country is in Tirana. (25 km, far away from the city of Tirana). Air Companies serving the country from all the world are as follow:

ALBANIAN AIRLINES
SWISSAIR
ALITALIA
AUSTRIAN AIRLINES
OLYMPIC AIRWAYS
TURKISH AIRLINES
ADRIA AIRWAYS
MALEV
ADA AIR
HEMUS AIR
BRITISH AIRWAYS
LUFTHANSA

The airport ensures bus services from Rinas to Tirana and taxi services from Rinas to all destinations. Other private taxi and bus services are available, as well.
By Sea:
The main ports of the country served by regular scheduled Sea Lines are the following:
Durres served with connection from Bari, Trieste, Ancona and Brindisi (Italy)
Vlora served with connection from Otranto and Brindisi (Italy)
Saranda served with connection from Corfou (Greece).
Realized by regular Sea Lines of the following Companies:
ADRIATICA DI NAVIGAZIONE
ILLYRIA LINES
EUROPEAN SEA LINES
LA VIKINGA LINES
VENTOURIS FERRIES

By Land:
You may enter Albania by land at 11 border crossing points from the neighboring states:
Border Point MONTENEGRO:
- Hani i Hotit - Shkodra
Border Point KOSOVO:
- Qafe Prush - Tropoja
- Qafe Morine - Kukes
Border Point MACEDONIA:
- Bllata - Peshkopi
- Qafe Thane - Pogradec
- Tushemisht - Pogradec,
Border Point GREECE
- Kapshtice - Korca
- Kakavija - Gjirokaster

Through “Mother Tereza” International Airport, 25 km northwest of Tirana.

Linkage with the city is provided through taxi services, taxi fares mounting to approximately 20 USD “
Public transport: Bus service linking with Tirana - Bus Fare 1USD

Mother Tereza” airport Tel. + 355 4 371 201, 362 137

Airline Contact Informations:

“Albanian AIRLINES”
National Airline of Albania provides connections to Rome, Milan, Bologna, Istambul, Frankfurt, Pristina and Athens.}
Tel ++ 355 4 235 162/ 269 026
Fax: ++ 355 4 269 031

“Ada Air”
a french – albanian private Airline,
provides connections to Bari, Athens and Thessaloniki
Tel ++ 355 4 256 111/ 12/13/
Fax 233 421/22

“Malev”
provides connections to Budapest
Tel ++ 355 4 234 163

“Alitalia”
provides connections to Rome and Milan
Tel + 355 4230 023/257 062
Fax + 355 4 257 061

“Adria Airways”
provides connections to Ljubljana
Tel ++ 355 4 2284883
Fax ++ 355 4 235 489

“Austrian Airlines”
provides connections to Vienna
Tel ++ 355 4 37 4355/ 235035
Fax ++355 4362 469

“Olympic”
provides connections to Athens
Tel ++355 4 228960/61
Fax ++355 4 259107

“Turkish Airlines”
provides connections to Istanbul
Tel ++ 355 4 234185
Fax ++355 4 240964

“Hemus Air”
provides connections to Sofia
Tel ++ 355 4 230410
Fax ++ 355 4 267989

“Jat”
provides connections to Beograd
Tel ++355 4 251033

“Lufthansa”
provides connections to Munich
Tel: +386 (0) 4 2023122
Fax: +386 (0) 4 2363970

“British Airways”
provides connections to London
Tel: +355 564 60000 Full Article……

Labels: Tourist Information

Albanian Embassies

AUSTRIA Vienna Tel. +43 1 364628 Fax. +43 1 3691229

CZECH REPUBLIC Prague Tel. +42 2 379329

FRANCE Paris Tel. + 33 1 47233100 Fax. + 33 1 47235985

ITALY Rome Tel. +39 6 8380725 Tel. +39 6 8390201 Fax. +39 6 8313024

SWEDEN Stockholm Tel. +46 8 7310920 Fax. +46 8 7310930

TURKEYIstanbul Tel. +90 1 1615726 Fax. +90 1 1616109

BULGARIA Sofia Tel. +359 2 441110 Fax. +359 2 443349

EGYPT Cairo Tel. +20 2 3415651

GREECE Athens Tel. +30 10 7234412, +30107232457+30107259010 Fax. +30 10 7234457

Consulate IoanninaTel.: +30651022636, 0651021330Fax: +30651037768

Consulate ThessalonicaTel.: +30310547435Fax: +30310546656

POLAND Warsaw Tel. +48 22 498516 Fax. +48 22 498516

SWITZERLAND Geneva Tel. +41 22 7311143

CHINA Beijing Tel. +86 1 5321120 Fax. +86 1 5321116

GERMANY Bonn Tel. +49 228 351044

HUNGARY Budapest Tel. +36 1 1227251

ROMANIA Bucarest Tel. +40 90 793180

TURKEY Ankara Tel. +90 4 1466527 Fax. +90 4 1466516

Principal Attractions of the city include:

The monument of our national hero ?Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeu? placed in ?Skanderbeg? square.

National Historic Museum.

The Castle of Dorsi in the surroundings of Peza, which belongs to ancient Illyrian culture.

The Castle of Petrela situated in the south of Tirana, on the right of the main street Tirana?Elbasan.

The Castle of Bashtova built in the late middle age in the 14-th century, when the feudal system appeared in Albania. It is situated in west of Rrogozhina, 3-4 km north from the cast in the Sea of Shkumbin River. It served the Venetians to defend the sea and river wharfages.

The Castle of Preza built from the Turkish after Skanderbeg?s death in 1468. It belongs to the end of 15th century and is situated in the western chain of the hills that surround the field of Tirana that overlook the area of Kruja as a solid area of revolts.

The mosque of Ethem Beu situated in the center of Tirana and built in 1789, as well as the Clock Tower built in 1930. Both these objects are historically well known for the capital city.

The Ministries represent great architectonical values; they were built in 1930 in the period when Albania was a Monarchy and under the government of king Zog. After the German invasion, that means in the aftermath of World War II in 1966, there were built the Palace of Culture and the Theatre of Opera and Ballet, in 1968 it was built the monument of Skanderbeg, in 1981 the National Historic Museum and in 1987, The International Cultural Center,

Archeological Museum,

Gallery of Arts,

Exposition of Popular Culture.