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Places to see in Albania

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  Lake OhridUNESCO

  Охридско Езеро / Liqeni i Ohrit

  Lake

  Lake Ohrid is a lake which straddles the mountainous border between the southwestern part of North Macedonia and eastern Albania. It is one of Europe's deepest and oldest lakes, with a unique aquatic ecosystem of worldwide importance, with more than 200 endemic species.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Lake Ohrid, Macedonia-Albania viewed from a NASA satellite.jpg (Public domain). Map

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  ButrintUNESCO

  Ruins · Vlorë County

  Butrint was an ancient Greek polis and later Roman city and the seat of an early Christian bishopric in Epirus.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Marc Morell (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

• Lumi i GashitUNESCO

  Park & nature · Kukës County

  Map

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  Tirana

  Tiranë

  City · Tirana County

  Tirana is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills, with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea in the distance.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Albinfo (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Durrës

  City · Durrës County

  Durrës is the second most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality. It is one of Albania's oldest continuously inhabited cities, with roughly 2,500 years of recorded history.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: a.dombrowski (CC BY-SA 2.0). Map

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  Vlorë

  City · Vlorë District

  Vlorë is the third most populous city of Albania and seat of Vlorë County and Vlorë Municipality. Located in southwestern Albania, Vlorë sprawls on the Bay of Vlorë and is surrounded by the foothills of the Ceraunian Mountains along the Albanian Adriatic and Ionian Sea Coasts.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Sharon Hahn Darlin (CC BY 2.0). Map

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  Gjirokastër

  Town · Gjirokastër County

  Gjirokastër is a city in southern Albania and the seat of Gjirokastër County and Gjirokastër Municipality. It is located in a valley between the Gjerë mountains and the Drino, at 300 metres above sea level. Its old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Pudelek (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Sazan

  Ishulli i Sazanit

  Island · Vlorë County

  Sazan is an Albanian island in the Adriatic Sea. The largest of Albania's islands, it is a designated military exclusion zone; it lies in a strategically important location between the Strait of Otranto and the mouth of the Bay of Vlorë, which marks the border between the Adriatic and Ionian seas.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Lake Skadar

  Skadarsko jezero / Liqeni i Shkodrës

  Lake · Zeta Municipality

  Lake Skadar or Lake Scutari – also called Lake Shkodra and Lake Shkodër – lies on the border of Albania and Montenegro, and is the largest lake in Southern Europe. A karst lake, it is named after the Albanian city of Shkodër which lies at its southeastern coast.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: kallerna (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Lake Prespa

  Преспанско Езеро / Λίμνες Πρέσπες / Liqeni i Prespës

  Lake · Korçë County

  The Lake Prespa is located on the tripoint of North Macedonia, Albania and Greece. It is a system of two lakes separated by an isthmus: the Great Prespa Lake, divided among the three countries, and the Little Prespa Lake, mostly within Greece.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: ILMOTOREDIRICERCA (CC BY 2.0). Map

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  Apollonia

  Parku Arkeologjik Apoloni

  Ruins · Fier District

  Apollonia was an Ancient Greek trade colony which developed into an independent polis, and later a Roman city, in southern Illyria. It was located on the right bank of the Aoös/Vjosë river, approximately 10 km from the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Inkey (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Mount Korab

  Голем Кораб

  Mountain · Dibër County

  Korab is the highest peak of the eponymous mountain range and the fourth-highest mountain located entirely in the Balkan Peninsula, standing at 2,764 metres.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Albinfo (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map