At last!! 10 things I like about Albania

10. Size

Size does matter, and thank God Albania is small. There are many places to go and things to see in Albania and with the national road network still a work-in-progress it’s a huge advantage that many of the interesting places are not very far. Indeed once the motorways are fixed/built it will be even better. I remember when I first came to Albania, driving from Tirana to Vlora took between 3.5 to 4 hours depending on how many lorries or buses you got stuck behind. But now the journey time has been reduced significantly and there is still more work to do.

More importantly for someone who comes from a very big city, I love the fact that Tirana (as well as other cities) is so small. If you drive you can go from East to West in less than 10 minutes! This makes it very convenient when it comes to work, shopping, eating out etc etc. If you are a walker it’s not much different too, nearly everything is walking distance.

Finally if you get bored and want a change of scenery then you can just drive to one of the neighbouring countries, because it’s so near, and spend the weekend there.

These are the major pros of being in a relatively small country, you might not agree, but I like it and its getting the number 10 spot.