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Albania road trip planner
Seven, ten and fourteen-day routes with realistic driving times, seasonal warnings, and where to stop for water and waste on each leg.
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The mistake almost everyone makes on a first Albanian trip is planning by distance. Two hundred kilometres on the coastal road is four hours; the same distance on the A1 is two. Plan by hours and halve your ambitions for anything north of Shkodër.
Seven days: Shkodër, Theth, back to the coast at Durrës, Berat, Vlorë, Llogara, Himarë. That is already a full week with no rest days and one genuinely hard mountain drive.
Ten days: add Valbona and the Koman ferry, which is the single best half-day in the country and requires booking a vehicle place in season.
Fourteen days: add Përmet, the Vjosa and Gjirokastër on the way south, and give yourself two nights on the Riviera instead of one. This is the version we would actually recommend.
Fill water at every campsite you pay for, and empty waste at Saranda, Berat, Pogradec or Shkodër. Between those, assume nothing.
Kamping shares community information. It is not legal permission to camp. Always check locally.
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Lake Shkodër Camper Stop
from €12Shirokë, Shkodër · Albania
Level gravel terraces on the southern shore, ten minutes from Shkodër, with water, electricity and a sunset that does most of the work.
- Fresh water
- Electricity
- Toilets
- Showers
- +8
Berat Riverside Stop
from €13Berat, Berat · Albania
Six hardstanding places on the Osum river bank, ten minutes on foot from Mangalem. Water, electricity, a shower, and the best-value city stop in central Albania.
- Fresh water
- Electricity
- Toilets
- Showers
- +9
Përmet Thermal River Camp
from €12Përmet, Gjirokastër · Albania
Grass pitches a short walk from the Benjë thermal pools and the Ottoman bridge. Warm water in February, cold beer in August.
- Fresh water
- Electricity
- Toilets
- Showers
- +11