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Gjirokastra is in the south of Albania, situated on the east face of the steep Mali i Gjer\u00eb mountain range. It lies 232 km from Tirana, the capital of Albania; 31 kilometres from the Greek border crossing at Kakavia; and 56 kilometres from Saranda, the seaport that connects southern Albania to Corfu. Citizens of most western countries are not required to obtain a visa in advance.<\/p>\n
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Flights to Albania go to Rinas (Mother Teresa) airport, just outside Tirana. Alternatively you can fly to Corfu and take the ferry to Saranda, then a bus or taxi to Gjirokastra. You can also fly to Ioannina in northern Greece (90km away) and take a Greek taxi to the border crossing at Kakavia, then take an Albanian taxi to Gjirokastra. There is also a daily bus service leaving from Ioannina at 6.00 am from outside the main bus station.\u00a0 In addition, Greek Ktel buses run up to the border several times a day. There are also Albanian minibuses and buses operating on the other side of the border you will need to walk past the taxi rank to the petrol station to find these.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
Gjirokastra lies on the main north-south Albanian highway (Rruga Nacionale) that connects with the Greek border. The highway from Tirana takes the following route – Tirana-Durr\u00ebs-Kavaj\u00eb-Rrogozhin\u00eb-Lushnje-Fier-Levan-Tepelen\u00eb-Gjirokastra. By private car this 232 km trip will take about 3.5 hours due to the traffic and rush hours. By bus it will take 4 to 4.5 hours depending on how many stops the bus makes along the way. Buses from Gjirokastra depart next to the roundabout in lower Gjirokastra.<\/em><\/p>\n From Tirana at the Buses Agency in the so called Sheshi Shqiponja, at Kavaja Street<\/em><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space][vc_gmaps link=”#E-8_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”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Gjirokastra is in the south of Albania, situated on the east face of the steep Mali i Gjer\u00eb mountain range. It lies 232 km from Tirana, the capital of Albania; 31 kilometres from the Greek border crossing at Kakavia; and 56 kilometres from Saranda, the seaport that connects southern Albania to Corfu. Citizens of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gjirokastra.org\/gjirokastra\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2265"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gjirokastra.org\/gjirokastra\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gjirokastra.org\/gjirokastra\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gjirokastra.org\/gjirokastra\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gjirokastra.org\/gjirokastra\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gjirokastra.org\/gjirokastra\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gjirokastra.org\/gjirokastra\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIn Tirana, buses leave from the South Buses Station \u201cSheshi Shqiponja\u201d at Kavaja Street, west of the city. The best advice is to tell a taxi driver where you want to go by bus and have him drive you to the departure point.\u00a0 The taxi ride will cost you Lek\u00eb \u00a0300 to 500, the bus ride to Gjirokastra is Lek\u00eb 1000 per person.\u00a0 Buses leave regularly throughout the morning. Alternatively, having the taxi driver take you all the way to Gjirokastra will cost between Lek\u00eb 14,000 and 16,000.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]*Please contact at <\/em>info@gjirokastra.org<\/em><\/a> if you have any customized need for transport.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”station”]Buses and minibuses<\/p>\n\n\n
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\n Gjirokast\u00ebr – Tiran\u00eb<\/td>\n 5:00 \/ 7:00 \/ 8:00 \/ 9:00 \/ 10.30 \/ 12:00 \/ 14:00 \/15.00\/ 22:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Tiran\u00eb – Gjirokast\u00ebr<\/td>\n 06.30\/ 07.00\/10:00 \/ 12:00 \/ 13:00 \/ 14:30 \/ 18:30 \/ 22:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Gjirokast\u00ebr – Vlor\u00eb<\/td>\n 8:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Vlor\u00eb – Gjirokast\u00ebr<\/td>\n 6:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Gjirokast\u00ebr – Korc\u00eb<\/td>\n 7:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Korc\u00eb – Gjirokast\u00ebr<\/td>\n 6:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Gjirokast\u00ebr – Sarand\u00eb<\/td>\n Every hour from 06.00 to 17.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Sarand\u00eb – Gjirokast\u00ebr<\/td>\n Every hour from 06.00 t0 17.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Gjirokast\u00ebr \u2013 P\u00ebrmet<\/td>\n 10:00 \/ 12:00 \/ 13:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n P\u00ebrmet – Gjirokast\u00ebr<\/td>\n 6:00 \/ 7:00 \/ 8:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n