---
url: 'https://dri.es/album/albania-2026'
title: Albania
author:
  name: 'Dries Buytaert'
  url: 'https://dri.es/about'
date: '2026-09-01T07:46:50+00:00'
license: 'https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'
type: album
count: 9
---

# Albania

![A hiker holds a pole flying the Albanian flag at a mountain pass, with jagged peaks behind him.](https://dri.es/files/cache/albania-2026/hiking-theth-valbona-1-640w.jpg)
*Stan holds the Albanian flag at the summit of the Theth to Valbona Pass.*

![A hiker with a backpack stands on a rocky peak with arms outstretched, facing a vast range of green and gray mountains.](https://dri.es/files/cache/albania-2026/hiking-theth-valbona-2-640w.jpg)
*Stan looks out across the Albanian Alps while hiking the trail between Theth and Valbona.*

![A small stone church with a wooden shingle roof and cross-topped steeple set against rugged mountains.](https://dri.es/files/cache/albania-2026/kisha-e-thethit-640w.jpg)
*Kisha e Thethit, the small church at the heart of Theth.*

![Woman in a red dress and sunglasses holding up a glass of red wine at an outdoor restaurant during golden hour.](https://dri.es/files/cache/albania-2026/golden-hour-wine-640w.jpg)
*We had a great dinner at a family-run restaurant in the hills near Berat. They made their own wine and cheese, raised their own chickens, and grew their own vegetables.*

![Tourists stroll and sit at cafes on a cobblestone street lined with shops in an old town.](https://dri.es/files/cache/albania-2026/gjirokaster-640w.jpg)
*Gjirokastër's UNESCO-listed historic center is known for its cobbled streets and Ottoman-era stone houses.*

![A young man in a soccer jersey rests his head on his hand and looks to the side.](https://dri.es/files/cache/albania-2026/stan-640w.jpg)

![Wooden beehives in green and yellow on a dry grassy hillside.](https://dri.es/files/cache/albania-2026/beehives-640w.jpg)
*One day, I'd love to have a few beehives of my own.*

![A man leaps off a wooden dock into the ocean as a woman in sunglasses swims nearby watching.](https://dri.es/files/cache/albania-2026/stan-diving-640w.jpg)
*Stan does a backflip off the dock while Vanessa watches from the water.*

![Numbered gondolas of a Ferris wheel against a muted teal sky, with the metal spoke framework visible.](https://dri.es/files/cache/albania-2026/ferris-wheel-sarande-640w.jpg)
*Early in the evening, the Ferris wheel was already turning, but no one had arrived yet. Nights tend to start later in Albania.*