By Air:
The civil airport of the country is in Tirana. (25 km, far away from the city of Tirana). Air Companies serving the country from all the world are as follow:
ALBANIAN AIRLINES
SWISSAIR
ALITALIA
AUSTRIAN AIRLINES
OLYMPIC AIRWAYS
TURKISH AIRLINES
ADRIA AIRWAYS
MALEV
ADA AIR
HEMUS AIR
The airport ensures bus services from Rinas to Tirana and taxi services from Rinas to all destinations. Other private taxi and bus services are available, as well.

 By Sea:
The main ports of the country served by regular scheduled Sea Lines are the following:
Durres served with connection from Bari, Trieste, Ancona and Brindisi (Italy)
Vlora served with connection from Otranto and Brindisi (Italy)
Saranda served with connection from Corfou (Greece).
Realized by regular Sea Lines of the following Companies:
ADRIATICA DI NAVIGAZIONE
ILLYRIA LINES
EUROPEAN SEA LINES
LA VIKINGA LINES
VENTOURIS FERRIES
 

By Land:
You may enter Albania by land at 11 border crossing points from the neighboring states:
Border Point  MONTENEGRO:  
    - Hani i Hotit - Shkodra  
Border Point  KOSOVO:  
    - Qafe Prush - Tropoja
    - Qafe Morine - Kukes
Border Point  MACEDONIA:
    - Bllata - Peshkopi  
    - Qafe Thane - Pogradec  
    - Tushemisht - Pogradec,  
Border Point  GREECE  
    - Kapshtice - Korca  
    - Kakavija - Gjirokaster
 

Albania has been inhabited since the ancient times. (100 thousand years ago). With the passage to the third millennium B.C., due to Indo-European invasions and assimilation with the local population, it was created a population with general cultural and linguistic features for the whole of the Balkan Peninsula (Pellazgs). It is claimed that their descendants are the Illyrians, Greeks, Thracians and even the Turks.

The Illyrians spread over the Western part of the Balkan Peninsula, from Sava and Danub Rivers in the North and Sava and Vardar River in the East. The most outstanding Illyrian tribes have been : Mollose, Dardans, Desares, Ardians, Taulants, Liburnes, Enkeleas. The socio-economic development found its reflection in the emergence of the Illyrian cities such as Scutari (Shkodra), Lissus (Lezha), Amantia, Antipatria (Berat), Albanopoli (Zgerdhesh), Antigonea, Tronioni, Belsh, etc (IV-II centuries BC).

In the coastline, there were set up such cities as Buthrot (Butrint), Apollonia, Dyrrah (Durres), Orikum ect.(VII-VI centuries BC).  The Illyrians resisted to the Roman occupation by preserving their own language, culture and customs.  When the Roman Empire was split into two parts, Illyria remained in the Byzantine Empire.

The country's name "Arberi" is testified as early back as the second century by Greek geographer Ptolemeu. The later for Albania has served as a basis for the different names applied to the country at present. Arbers had their common language, culture and territory. Arberi was transformed into an arena of wars between the armies of southern Italy and Byzantium. The coast of Arberia became the first settlements of the crusaders of the first crusade.

The first mediaeval Albanian state, having Kruja as its Capital failed to resist the foreign Byzantine and Serbian occupations. After the collapse of the Serbian Empire (1355), a number of Albanian feudal principalities were set up.

The ottoman feudal regime was established in the greater part of the country in the years 1419-1421. The Albanian resistance reached its climax with the 25 year long war (1443-1468), led by Gjergj-Kastrioti-Scanderbeg.

The efforts of the Albanian people for freedom and the proclamation of the independent state reached their climax during the period of National Renaissance. This period crowned the proclamation of the independence in 1912.

In the course of the First World War, Albania was transformed into a battlefield; the country was occupied by the Italian, Serbian, Montenegrin, Greek, French and Austro-Hungarian armies.

The Albanian Republic, with President Ahmet Zogu, was proclaimed on January 21, 1925; while 3 years later the Republic  was transformed into a Monarchy and, Ahmet Zogu declared himself a king.

During the Second World War, Albania suffered great losses. The country won freedom and independence. The communist regime was established in Albania.

For half a century, Albania, one of the pearls of the Mediterranean shores, remained a prohibited land for the foreign visitors.

hello!im from Georgia,and  i want  to come  to Tirana  for  business.im representer of pharmaceutical company.in our country we havent embassy of Albania.how can i come there,may be you advise me or help me. my e-mail is  shakhverdiev@rambler.ru

Hi, I live in cairo Egypt and I will like to come to Albania this New year. I was asked to provide an invitation letter from Albania. And I dont know how to go about that. can you please advise me how to obtain invitation letter from albania. THANKS

No I have been to the embassy of Albania in Cairo Egypt and they said I should provide letter of invitation from any company or individual in Albania.