About the project
Albania Guidebook is a guide to all of Albania, available in English, Russian and Ukrainian. We bring together in one place everything you need for a trip: attractions, cities, food, ready-made routes, car rental, insurance, and news. The goal is simple — to help you plan a trip without outdated advice and tourist traps.
We don’t write “from memory” and we don’t retell other people’s articles. The guide has a clear principle: how we select places, how we verify facts, and why each article shows the date it was checked. More on that below.
How we select places
Not everything makes it into the guide — only places with high ratings, from 4★ and up, and across several independent sources at that. If a place is rated well in just one place while others are silent or negative about it, that’s not a consensus for us, and we don’t add it.
A high rating from several sources is a filter at the entrance, not a finished article. Then our work begins: our own honest description, a check of the details, and a current date. Thin “tick-the-box” spots with no real value don’t make it into the guide.
How we verify facts
We cross-check the details — how to get there, when to go, what to budget time and money for — with experienced travelers, guides, and locals, rather than taking them from blogs five years old. That’s collective verification: several points of view instead of a single opinion.
Each article shows the date of its last check or update. So you immediately know how current the information is. We revisit articles by season: places change, some close, prices and terms drift — the guide should reflect that.
Honest about figures and prices
We don’t reprint others’ ratings and review counts verbatim — that’s platform data, and their rules forbid such copying. For us a rating is a selection criterion, not content: to see the current rating and reviews, follow the link to the source or the map.
Prices, opening hours, and terms in our articles are guidelines as of the check date, not a guarantee. Albania changes fast, so always verify the details that matter for your trip (the rental price, the deposit, the admission cost) on the other side before you pay.
How the project runs
Some links on the site are affiliate links: car rental, accommodation, tours, insurance, connectivity. If you follow such a link and book something, we get a small commission from the service. The price for you stays the same — and the project exists and is updated on these funds.
Partnership doesn’t affect selection: a place makes it into the guide for its rating and verification, not because it has an affiliate program. If it’s better or more honest to recommend an option without an affiliate link, we recommend it.