There are a lot of reasons why visit Albania during the autumn, i am mentioning here just three of them.
1. Harvest of grapes and other fruits.
I love autumn in Albania.
This is one of my favorites seasons, and I fully feel the variety of colors, products, and activities.
If you decide to visit Albania in this period, you will have a beautiful experience seeing an amazing nature and things made by the human hand.
One of the most beautiful things in Albania during this season is that you can find everything that your soul desire and your appetite wants. All the places in my country have an old/modern tradition in preparing food and beverages for winter.
During autumn, you can be present in the harvest of grapes. There are different traditional techniques in preparing “rakia”, vinegar, and wine.
Korca has a variety of apples and an amazing process of preparing cakes, jams, compote, and a lot of other apple desserts.
Jams and syrups made of plumbs, pomegranate, figs, blueberries are some of the food preparations different receipts from region to region.
This is something you dont want to miss during your visit in Albania.
Olives and virgin oil
Albania is well- known its olives and its virgin oil. There are a lot of houses who prepare homemade olive oil, mainly around Vlora region and middle Albania (Elbasan, Berat, etc.)
Chestnut forests
During this season, many families move from their city homes to their origin villages for the harvest period of chestnuts, hazelnuts, nuts.
Many areas get revitalized. You can visit the chestnut forests of Tropoja, Puka, or Dukagjini. Also you can make a farmhouse experience and enjoy their hospitality.
For those who choose hiking to the peaks in the Alps, they can enjoy the harvest of wild blueberries which get matured during this season too.
2. Rich Albanian Cuisine
For food lovers, autumn is a good chance to taste salty food or sweet recipes too. Also, you can see preparing the traditional Albanian recipes. These recipes are different for each region.
For those who wish to taste these receipts, they can visit one of the agritourism farms. In this farms, i love the way that they mix tradition with modernity, even in cooking combination, service, and design.
So, while autumn is one of my favorite times of the year, it can be a busy time as well, from gathering to time of preparing.
The famous “Byrek“
You all taste American pie, but here in Albania, we have Albanian Pie ( Albanian: Byrek ) as well.
I like some Albanian pie like spinach pie, pumpkin pie, hazelnuts pie, leek pie, but the most taste “byrek” you will find it in Korca, the famous ‘lakror’.
One of the most amazing places to try all of this is the famous agritourism restaurant ‘Mrizi I Zanave,’ in Fishte, Lezhe.
3. The thousands of autumn
The best time to visit Albania is the autumn season because you can find something for almost everyone. The thousands of autumn colors in Albania are spotlighted in their best way to be.
The Mediterranean climate favors even the lovers of beach or mountain holidays.
For the smart holiday-makers, autumn is a season of choice. If you choose Albania, you will have plenty of sunshine on a beach holiday, on a mountain hiking, or a cultural city break.
Choose wisely, profit cheap from off-peak season prices.
Cultural tours
Except for your outdoor sports activities, you can see the cultural part of Albania and antique places. Visiting some of the museums or archaeological sites of the area where you choose to go during your trip.
