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Into the Albanian Alps
3 days · The wild north

Into the Albanian Alps

3 days North Hikers and anyone after big mountains and guesthouses.

The Bjeshkët e Nemuna — the Accursed Mountains — are the most dramatic landscape in the country, and you can taste them in three days. Stone tower houses, waterfalls, the fjord-like Komani ferry and family guesthouses serving their own rakia and honey.

Day 1

Tirana to Theth

Up into the mountains to Theth — the lock-in tower, the church, the waterfall and the Blue Eye of Theth, with the night in a village guesthouse.

Day 2

Theth to Shkodra

The Grunas canyon in the morning, then down to lakeside Shkodra — Rozafa Castle and the Marubi archive.

Day 3

Komani ferry to Valbona

The famous Komani Lake ferry between sheer cliffs, then into the glacial Valbona valley — the other end of Albania's best-known hike.

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