| DOCUMENTS EU citiziens can get (and pay
10 euro) a VISA directly at the airport.
MONEY
The currency is the new Lek (1 new lek= 10 lek). Beware that in several
places prices are written in Lek (old ones), hence should be divided by ten. Nobody never
tried to cheat me in such sense even thay had the chance. In fact many times I wrongly
paid ten times more, but I always got the change back.
IN GENERAL
ü Watch out
the open sewers in the towns, even in Tirana; I seriously risked to break my leg
ü On the long
bus (or furgon) journeys try to take a seat near an opening window, since likely the stink
of vomit will make the air quite unbreathable
ü Beware,
taxis are very very expensive compared to the cost of life in Albania (10 euro per 10 km)
BUS SCHEDULES
Since I didn't found many info in the guides about the
frequency of the means of transport between the town, I think the following could turn out
useful:
| Itinerary |
Departure |
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|
| Saranda- Gjrokastra- Berat |
8.00 am- 14.00 , everyday (6h) |
| Saranda- Tirana |
5.00- 6.30- 8.30- 9.30- 10.30 am, everyday (8h) |
| Saranda- Fieri |
5.30 am, everyday |
|
|
| Korca- Permet |
13.00, 17.30 every day (5,5h) |
| Korca- Gjrokastra |
6.00 am, 3 times/week (7h) |
|
|
| From Berat (all the destinations) |
|
Beside the buses the furgons get almost everywhere and they are scheduless
since they leave when full. Of course there are vey few long distance furgons (forget
Saranda- Tirana by furgon!!)
TRAIN SCHEDULES
The Albanian railway system looks quite medioeval; don't
miss the train station in Tirana!
| Train schedule to/ from Tirana |
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