{"id":1626,"date":"2024-07-09T09:08:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T09:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.themeholy.com\/tourm\/?p=1626"},"modified":"2025-02-20T18:32:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T18:32:39","slug":"living-sustainability-a-day-in-the-life-atrealar-residence-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aguilatravelandtours.com\/?p=1626","title":{"rendered":"How to retire in Albania – the ‘Maldives of Europe’: The ultimate guide to where to live, how to get a visa and healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Albania’s crystal-clear waters and golden beaches have earned it the title of the ‘Maldives of Europe’. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it’s fast becoming one of the continent’s top tourist destinations with international visitor arrivals soaring by 56 per cent between 2019 and 2023, according to the World Tourism Organisation<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But for some, the Balkan country appeals for a longer stay than a holiday. Its low cost of living<\/a> is making it an increasingly attractive option for British retirees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jennifer Stevens, executive editor at International Living<\/a>, a guide to retiring and investing abroad, tells MailOnline: ‘Albania is not yet on the mainstream radar for many, but it should be. It\u2019s beautiful, for starters – with a coastline that rivals (lots of folks argue bests) that of Italy<\/a> or Croatia. And the value when it comes to cost of living is extraordinary.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the expert team at Magic Towns<\/a>, a guide to relocating to Albania, say they ‘receive inquiries from British residents’ on an almost daily basis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sara Alimehmeti, editor at Magic Towns, explains: ‘What we find is that the mix of affordability, generally good weather and quality of life, and extremely low tax rates, is quite attractive to expats generally, and in recent months particularly for British citizens – our impression is that this is tied to fears of increased tax in the UK.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For British retirees tempted to join the trend, here’s the ultimate guide to the best places to live in Albania, how to get a visa, housing costs and how the healthcare system works….<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/travel\/article-14397101\/retire-albania-visa-pension-lifestyle-tirana-vlore-saranda.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Albania’s crystal-clear waters and golden beaches have earned it the title of the ‘Maldives of Europe’.  And it’s fast becoming one of the continent’s top tourist destinations with international visitor arrivals soaring by 56 per cent between 2019 and 2023, according to the World Tourism Organisation.  But for some, the Balkan country appeals for a longer…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11,12,13,14,15],"tags":[18,19,20],"class_list":["post-1626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adventure-tours","category-beach-tours","category-city-tour","category-mountain-tours","category-news-tips","category-wildlife-tours","tag-rent","tag-tour","tag-travel","th-blog blog-single has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguilatravelandtours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguilatravelandtours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguilatravelandtours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguilatravelandtours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguilatravelandtours.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1626"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aguilatravelandtours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3169,"href":"https:\/\/aguilatravelandtours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626\/revisions\/3169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguilatravelandtours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguilatravelandtours.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguilatravelandtours.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguilatravelandtours.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}