Albania Travel Guide
Albania is a travel destination for curious historical minds as well as outdoor adventurers. If you like offbeat places, Albania will more than satisfy your wanderlust.
Though traveling through this Balkan country left us with far more questions than answers, we really valued our time here and what we absorbed. There is a great deal to learn, but it’s not packaged neatly for tourists. Few museums have information in English. Very few historical sites display clear explanations.
Albania offers a rare opportunity to hear directly from locals about their experiences living in a communist state, isolated from the rest of the world. With 750,000 concrete bunkers scattered across the entire country, the past is ever-present.
However, now more than ever, Albanians are looking optimistically to the future and believe they can build a life in their own home country. Read on to discover the most unique things to experience in the land of eagles.
Female Travel in Albania
Albanian culture is conservative, especially when it comes to gender roles. Outside of Tirana, you won’t see women socializing in public spaces (e.g. parks, bar cafés, etc..). We would ask ourselves nearly every day: where are the Albanian women?
We were informed by a former Peace Corps volunteer that it’s stigmatized for women to socialize with men publicly. And, it’s expected that women are home by 4 pm. So, as two female travelers, we were often the only women walking at night, or frequenting restaurants and cafés. We received many stares. That being said, we never felt unsafe. But, we did feel uncomfortable.
