Which part of your country is more touristy? In Albania it’s the southern part

Posted by d2mensions@reddit | AskBalkans | View on Reddit | 34 comments

Photos from: Dhërmi, Ksamil, Himara, Butrint (UNESCO), Gjirokastra (UNESCO), Vjosa River, Berat (UNESCO), Vlora, Saranda, Korça, Apollonia

While North Albania is amazing too, it has way more beautiful mountains, but South Albania has more beautiful village, cities, archeological sites and beaches.

It gets more investments too.

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hardhuca88@reddit

Albania in summer is South, in winter is North.

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dont_tread_on_M@reddit

The North of Albania is also not worse, just that the beaches are sandy instead of rocky, so it looks less touristy while actually being better to be at.

Shkodra, Theth and especially the Shala river are amazing

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ThickCaterpillar9867@reddit

Shala river is smth very special but when it comes to the beaches,the best beach in the Adriatic is still worse than the worst in the Ionian !!

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dont_tread_on_M@reddit

I guess rocky beaches are your thing. Sure, they look better, but sandy beaches make a vacation more enjoyable

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tejanaqkilica@reddit

I'm a simple man from the south, sand beaches are insanely better than rocky ones.

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arcane_labor92@reddit

Easy for us in Bulgaria - it's the East. Although there is quite a lot to see outside of it.

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Dimmesdalea@reddit

In Turkey, Southern West part and Istanbul

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ecosludge@reddit

Also southern part and central (Sarajevo)

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Very beautiful and impressive. I thought about visiting Albania around 1998, and I quickly found out it would be better to wait due to the turmoil of 1997. It was strongly suggested that you hire someone to take you around the country.

Seems like modern-day Albania is doing a lot better. I may yet get over there.

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geizige-vorhaut2289@reddit

What is a tourism industry?? 💪🇷🇸🦅🔥

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timisorean_02@reddit

Honestly, I do not understand the hype around Ksamil.

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Albanian_Trademark@reddit

It used to be so damn good but now it’s overly touristic and ruined by buildings

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timisorean_02@reddit

I visited in 2022, for a day, even back then, I could not understand the hype.

Albania is overly touristic and overcrowded in general.

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holyrs90@reddit

Ksamil is really good in june

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Albanian_Trademark@reddit

Sadly yea, best trips to Albania for me were pre 2010 even.

Luckily Romania and especially Transylvania are still underrated as fuck. So many beautiful places to visit and I never saw many other tourists

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Archaeopteryx111@reddit

România is one of the last European countries mostly untouched by tourism. When did you visit?

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Albanian_Trademark@reddit

2021,2020 and 2019

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timisorean_02@reddit

I first visited in 2016, people were still unaware of Albania back then. At least, that is how I saw the country.

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Particular-Highway89@reddit

Croatia west and south

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One_more_drink_@reddit

For Romania it's obviously Transilvania, they have castles, mountains, forests, caves, palaces, a lot of medieval buildings and the most important thing (for me) old city centers, that give you a cozy vibe to just sit down and have a few beers or a coffee.

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Deep_Berry_4818@reddit

The Mediterranean and Canary Islands

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Substratas@reddit

I love the south but I’ve seen some footage from the Komani lake with those cliffs around in Northern Albania that eerily remind me of Thailand

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BreakfastLaw@reddit

Ska si jugu 🖤❤️

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No-Heart3432@reddit

I don't know. Southwestern part, Western part, North Western Part and Northern path are but which one is more I don't know.

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crivycouriac@reddit

Based on touristic promotions, one would think that Ljubljana is the easternmost town in Slovenia

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AdrianOfRivia@reddit

Montenegro is also the South along the coast. Towns such as Budva for the parties or Kotor for the old city and the bay.

North is good if you like mountains and nature tho

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d2mensions@reddit (OP)

Incoming Greeks: “Because they are Gree-“

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CypriotGreek@reddit

Damn, Beat me to it.

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Super_Sherbet_268@reddit

Would love to give Albania a visit someday. A friend of mine went there on a road trip tho the balkan last month with her european friend and she loved it.

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Beautiful-Dish-6275@reddit

Toss up between Istria and Dubrovnik region.

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d2mensions@reddit (OP)

Cities especially are way more beautiful architecturally than in the north, Tirana is okay, Durrës has SO MUCH potential but currently its not that well maintained, Lezha, Kukës, Dibra are not beautiful, Shkodra is okay too.

Disclaimer: My opinion