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General Informations DOCUMENTS: individual passport. CURRENCY: monetary unit is the Lek. 1 euro is about 140 Lek. 1 Lek is divided in 100 Quindarka. The change is effected in bank or at the change office in the hotels. SHOP HOURS: 9am-8pm BANK HOURS: 8am-3pm LANGUAGE: the official language is albanian but most people speak italian and english. CLIMATE: tipically mediterranean with hot summers and mild winters (very cold in the mountainos region) with frequent precipitations. SHOPPING: the best objects of craftsmanship are in the shops of the hotels, where you can buy in value. These are: boxes, plates and small statues of wood, dolls of cloth, carpets, briar pipes and objects of filigree of silver and copper. The typical ntaional liqueur is the "raki". VISITS TIRANA: national museum, Skanderbeg Square, panorama tour of the city, Heroes' Cemetery with the monument of the mother country, artificial lake. KRUJA: visit of the art-city with the museum dedicated to the national hero Skanderbeg and the etnographic museum. DURRES: visit of the city, archeological museum nad excavations. APOLLONIA: archeological museum and excavations. BERAT: visit of the art-city with characteristic buildings. GIROKASTER: visit of the museum city, the castle, the museum of arms and the etnographic museum. SARANDE: visit of the city on the Ionian Sea, the salt lake and excavations of Butrinti and the bay of Ksamil. LEZHE: visit of the tomb of the national hero Skanderbeg. KORCE: visit of the Metropoli church, the museum of icons, the first albanian school and the visit of Voskopoja with its church, especially the church of Saint Mary. SHKODER: visit of Rozafa castle, the museum of photography Marubi, the archeological museum and the Middle bridge. HOTELS: TIRANA: SHERATON TIRANA HOTEL &TOWERS: 5 star, the hotel is located within a shopping and entertainment complex in the heart of Tirana and near many embassies and businesses. The hotel has a total of 151 rooms, including 56 suites and 2 tower floors. It has a restaurant, a Piano Bar, a fitness center, a pool and conference rooms. TIRANA: HOTEL ROGNER, EUROPAPARK: 5 star, centrally located. All rooms with TV, telephone, minibar, hair dryer. It has a restaurant, a fitness center, a bar, conference rooms, a swimmingpool and tennis. Austrian managament. TIRANA: HOTEL TIRANA INTERNATIONAL: 4 star, centrally located, close to all Embassies and Ministries amongst a huge mediterranean garden. All rooms with private services, TV and telephone. It has a restaurant, a fitness center, a bar, a pergola, a conference rooms and free internet connection. BERAT: HOTEL TOMORRI: 2/3 star, centrally located. Renovated in 1995, it has a restaurant and a bar. DURRES: HOTEL ARVI, HOTEL ADRIATIK. FERRY CONNECTIONS WITH: Trieste, Ancona, Bari. FLIGHT CONNECTINS WITH: Wien, Roma, Bologna, Budapest, Athens, Istanbul, Frankfurt, Bari, Lubjana, Sofia, Milan, Pristina, Munich. |