Is Tirana safe for solo female travelers?

Tirana is generally considered safe for solo female travelers. Despite being the capital city, it maintains a relatively low level of crime. It's advisable, however, to remain vigilant about your belongings as pickpocketing can occur, especially in crowded areas. Like any other destination, it's safest to avoid poorly-lit or deserted areas at night. The locals are friendly and hospitable. As long as you practice common sense and awareness of your surroundings, you should have a pleasant and secure visit.

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How safe is Tirana for female travelers?

Travel safety index

4 /5

based on 10 experiences from female travelers

Solo travel

I felt really safe, the people were so so mice, the local food is really good and especially their meet soup. I recommend to learn a little albanian because not many people speak English so it a little bit difficult to communicate sometimes

Posted: August 9, 2025
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Solo travel

I regularly travel to Albania because I like it there so much. Every time I land there I feel at peace. I’ve never been in a situation where someone won’t help me, even if we aren’t speaking the same language. The food is good, the nature is beautiful, and it felt safe. Only issue was the pollution and littering for me.

Posted: June 23, 2025
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Solo travel

Tirana is a great city. I mostly walked around or took the public bus, which was rather easy to understand and the people helped me. Walking around at night I felt mostly safe. I would recommend soing a walking tour to really see the whole city!

Posted: April 20, 2025Experienced: July, 2024
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Couple travel

Tirana is a lively, vibrant and peaceful city at the same time. I stayed 1+ month in Tirana with my boyfriend and really enjoyed how walkable it is and how easy it is to get around. You can get a hybrid taxi to the airport / day trips or get the bus (very frequent) at the clock tower near the square (L11 for Dajte Mountain and the Bunkart1 only 40 lek - you can pay on the bus). I highly recommend visiting both Bunkart museums and going up the mountain with the cable car where you can enjoy some views and play minigolf (the cable car ride is 1400 lek and 7000 for the minigolf) During Christmas time there was always something going on at the main square: games, markets and concerts with Albanian artists every night Avoid bar-restaurants that offer "traditional" food as it's not really traditional and overpriced. Going to bakeries etc will give you a better and cheaper experience

Posted: January 1, 2025
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Luisa

Luisa

Colombia

Solo travel

I felt very safe in Tirana. They have a good amount of museums and attractions you may want to visit It was the first time in my life when I was able to walk alone after midnight, talking in the phone without a care in the world. Truly an amazing experience

Posted: December 24, 2024Experienced: July, 2024
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How safe is Tirana for women?

Local safety index

4.1 /5

Based on 11 local experiences

Local crime index

1.5 /5

Based on 11 local experiences

Tirana is the capital city of Albania and you find all kind of people there. Anyways in all these years I’ve been living here, I have never felt unsafe. There are enough weirdos walking in every street but they seem harmless. I feel safe here and wouldn’t be worried of anyone or anything.

Posted: April 1, 2025
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Avery

There are almost no crime or drugs in Tirana other than marijuana use The traffic rules are not followed strictly so be careful about crossing the street The taxi drivers have meters so that you don’t have to worry about getting overcharged

Posted: March 9, 2025
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I felt very safe. Nice city and kind people. I went with my daughter and we felt good. Food was new to me but very tasty. Tirana’s history is interesting, I learned a lot. The sightseeing was very nice and there are some amazing cities not so far like Kruja and Berat. Highly recommend!

Posted: March 1, 2025
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Quite safe People are very friendly and warm Strangers helping for everything No one disturbs you Is no problem to walk alone / drunk at night I admit is a really safe place 75% of boys try to flirt but if you do not want to they back up

Posted: February 27, 2025
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Its a really safe place because albanian people have pride that they dont do those things. Maybe at 3:00-4:00 it would be better to stay cause there arent anyone outside but nothing else . its a safe place and albanian are welcome people

Posted: December 30, 2024
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