Destinations
From Riviera beaches to UNESCO old towns and the Albanian Alps — pick a destination to see what there is to do and book it in the Wayward app.
Albanian Riviera · 15 km south of Saranda
Ksamil
Ksamil is a small beach village at the southern tip of the Albanian Riviera, tucked inside Butrint National Park about fifteen kilometres south of Saranda. It has become the poster image of coastal Albania for a reason: a string of small offshore islands, white pebble-and-sand beaches, and shallow water in shades of turquoise that look photoshopped until you are standing in them.
Albanian Riviera · gateway to the south coast
Sarandë
Sarandë (Saranda) is the unofficial capital of the Albanian south coast — a horseshoe bay of white apartment blocks facing Corfu, with a long seafront promenade that fills up every evening. It is the most convenient base on the Riviera: ferries connect to Corfu, buses run up the coast, and the region’s best sights are all within an easy day trip.
Central Albania · the capital
Tirana
Tirana is Albania’s capital and its liveliest city — a place that has spent the last three decades repainting itself, literally, after half a century of isolation. Ottoman mosques, Italian boulevards, and communist-era blocks now share the skyline with glass towers, and the result is one of the most distinctive capitals in the Balkans.
Central Albania · UNESCO World Heritage city
Berat
Berat is Albania’s showpiece: a UNESCO World Heritage city where tiers of white Ottoman houses climb both banks of the Osum river, their stacked windows giving the town its nickname — the “city of a thousand windows”. The Mangalem quarter rises on one side, Gorica faces it across the arched stone bridge, and a castle crowns the hill above.
Southern Albania · UNESCO stone city
Gjirokastër
Gjirokastër earns its “stone city” name honestly: Grey slate roofs, stone walls, and steep cobbled lanes stack up a mountainside in southern Albania, watched over by one of the largest castles in the Balkans. Together with Berat it forms Albania’s UNESCO World Heritage pair of Ottoman towns — but Gjirokastër’s atmosphere is darker, quieter, and arguably more dramatic.
Northern Albania · gateway to the Albanian Alps
Shkodër
Shkodër is northern Albania’s cultural capital and one of the oldest cities in the Balkans, sitting between the country’s biggest lake and the wall of the Albanian Alps. Most travellers pass through on their way to Theth or the Komani Lake ferry — but the city deserves a day of its own.