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Tirana Travel Guide

Tirana in 2026 is a capital in the middle of an argument, with four months of protest marches out of Skanderbeg Square and record numbers of visitors landing at its airport. It's still cheap, with 40-lek city buses and dorm beds from about $9, and Berat, Shkodër and the Dajti cable car are all easy to reach without a car.

Albania · Europe

Algiers Travel Guide

Algiers in 2026 is a Mediterranean capital that still sees few foreign tourists. You'll need a consulate visa and a wad of euros or dollars, but in return you get a lived-in Casbah with no touts, a 50-dinar metro and a bay you'll mostly share with Algerians.

Algeria · Africa

Luanda Travel Guide

Luanda in 2026 is a capital that finally opened its doors and then moved its front door 40 kilometers out of town. Visas are gone for most Western passports, the kwanza's collapse made it cheaper than its reputation, and the hard part is now getting around safely.

Angola · Africa

Mendoza Travel Guide

Mendoza in 2026 is a shady desert city at the foot of the Andes where the wine is the point and the peso trick is over. Getting here from Buenos Aires means an overnight bus of up to 17 hours from about $92, and the best of it sits outside town.

Argentina · South America

Salta Travel Guide

Salta in 2026 is a two-hour flight from Buenos Aires that now works as a gateway in its own right, with nonstops to Lima, Panama City and Asunción, a peso that no longer needs a black market, and the Calchaquí valleys and the Quebrada de Humahuaca a bus or a rental car away.

Argentina · South America

Ushuaia Travel Guide

Ushuaia in 2026 is a busier, pricier Antarctic launchpad than it was a decade ago, with the national park fee at AR$40,000 and the peso floating, but the trails, the Beagle Channel and the old prison still pay back anyone who stays after the ships sail.

Argentina · South America

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