Travel notes from Albania
Practical articles by the people who run the tours — routes, seasons, ferries, what to bring.
Where to ride in Albania, how much experience you need, what a day in the saddle looks like, the hot springs on the way and what to pack, from the team that runs the trips.
Albania has two Blue Eyes: a karst spring near Saranda with a viewing platform over it, and a cold pool in the Theth valley, forty-five minutes on foot from the road. How to reach each one, what a visit involves, and which tour goes there.
A reservoir on the Drin, a ferry that leaves Koman once a morning at 09:00, a side river reached only by speedboat, and the road from Shkodër or Tirana that decides your start time. How the boat works, and which trip fits which plan.
Two valleys, one pass between them, and two very different ways in. Which one you start from decides how much of your trip is spent travelling.