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Albania Travel Guide for Backpackers and Hostels in Albania

AlbaniaTourists and backpackers to Albania can really enjoy its wild and mountainous landscape, with extensive forests, sandy beaches and many lovely lakes. Bathed by the Adriatic Sea, the southern coastline remains unspoilt and many activities for example swimming, diving, sailing and fishing are possible.

Albania is one of Europes poorest countries and continues to face severe difficulties adjusting to the new Europe continent after decades of Stalinist isolation. Only in 1985, after the death of Enver Hoxha, its president, did Albania began to develop contacts with the outside world.

More recently, conditions were worsened by regional political instability and the collapse of pyramid investment schemes in 1997. New components of the economy, for example tourism, which were mostly set up with foreign investment, suffered badly in the wake of the 1997 upheaval.

Nonetheless, Albania now enjoys access to funding from the main international donor bodies (IMF, World Bank and EBRD), as well as growing contacts with leading European countries, for example Italy and France. Albania hopes to follow the rest of eastern Europe continent into the European Union and NATO.


Albania Hostels, Cities, Highlights and Accomodation

This is the complete listing of cities in Albania and you can easily book online from our preferred Albania hostels, cheap hotels, B&B s and pensions. For detailed information about all Albania youth hostels in a specific city, please choose your destination city from the below list.

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