Like most southern European destinations, travel experts say the best time to visit Albania is in shoulder season: late spring (April and May) and early autumn (September and October).

“Out of Albania’s 273km of coastline, some 154km are affected by erosion,” said urban planning specialist Besjana Shehu. Tourism in the Balkan nation is booming, from 5.1 million visitors in 2018 to ...

Sir Keir Starmer is in Albania to announce an expanded crackdown on migrant smuggling gangs in the Balkans - a key staging post on the route to Britain. In the first official visit to the country ...

2025 Giro d’Italia Route: After the 108th edition of the Giro d’Italia started in Albania on Friday 9th of May ... follows a descent along the other side of the road. Stage 2 TT map The time trial ...

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The 2025 Giro d'Italia appears to have it all, with a testing international start in Albania, 42.3km of time trailing, six sprint stages, a terrible final week in the mountains, 30km of strade ...

It is an annual multi-stage road race held primarily in Italy. The 108th edition of the Giro d'Italia kicks off on Friday in Durres, Albania, marking the first time the race starts in the Balkan ...

Starting in Durres, Albania, and finishing in the centre of Rome, the world's best cyclists will compete for the iconic maglia rosa over three weeks on a route of 3,413.3km that will take them ...

Albania's coast is being hit by a double whammy ... Franz Jozeph Island at the mouth of the nearby Buna River still figures on the maps and tourist guides. But it actually vanished in 2012 after ...

Franz Jozeph island at the mouth of the nearby Buna River still figures on the maps and tourist guides ... to stop beaches disappearing near Durres in Albania, where hotels have sprung up like ...