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Triplandio Albania guide covers 7 travel guides with 2 cities across 21 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 23 self-guided walking tours in Albania with 124 POI, spanning 72.6 km in total. Get inspired by 8 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
City & Country Data Albania
Key travel data — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Albania
Cost
HIGH
Safety
64
Health
30
Lifestyle
67
Infra
37
Rank
#72
Score
34
Tourists
2.7M/y
GDP/cap
$13.0k
Life Exp
79.8 yrs
Population
2.3M
Payments
Cards OK
Emergency
112
Traditional Local Food Albania
Local Flavours of Albania — Explore recipes, history, our unique food flavour DNA graph and more.
Main course
Vegetarian
Fli
flee
· Layered pancake-like dish
A traditional multi-layered pancake-like dish from Valbona.
Snack
Vegetarian
Petulla
Pe-toola
· Fried dough fritters
Albanian fried dough, often served for breakfast.
Dessert
Vegetarian
Ballokume
Bal-loh-koom-eh
· Cornflour cookies
Traditional Albanian cornflour festival cookies.
Snack
Vegetarian
Burek me presh
Byrek me presh
boo-rehk meh presh
· Leek-filled savory pastry
Crispy phyllo pastry stuffed with leeks from Valbona.
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Main course
Vegetarian
Petë
peh-teh
· Homemade layered pasta
Traditional layered pasta from Valbona, often with cheese.
Main course
Meat
Tavë kosi
Tav Kosi
· Baked lamb with yogurt sauce
A classic baked dish of lamb and yogurt from Valbona.
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Main course
Meat
Jahni me Mish
jah-nee meh meesh
· Lamb stew with herbs
Hearty lamb stew with onions and herbs from Valbona.
Main course
Meat
Pulë me Verë
Pool-eh meh Vay-rah
· Chicken with white wine
Chicken braised with white wine and herbs.