Bashkia e Tiranės Travel Forum

I want to travel between Ohrid and Tirana on October 17th or 18th. Does anyone know what transportation is available, how much it costs and how long it takes?

are there any tennis clubs in Tirana?and if yes where are there?

Hi I'm goin to Albania in October and need to know if they sell jars of baby food such as Cow&Gate, Heinz etc...I've been 4 times before but this is the first time with a baby so I never bothered to look before. Hopefully they do otherwise I'll be taking 20 jars of food in my suitcase!!!
Thanks xx
Kelly

i am arriving in tirana on the 4th of sep. at around 2.45pm and need to know if i can travel to saranda around that time or wait for an early morning bus.
are there any overnight buses?

it would save me having to stay in tirana for the night as i want to get to Corfu next day, and then i am coming back to albania and on to Macedonia and i have only nine days.

I read some forum answer about this trip some time ago. Is there anybody who can tell me the best option to get from Orhid to Tirana (timetables, duration, prices, etc.)??

hi can any one tell me is there any jewelry or pawn shops in tirana kind regards

Hi,
what's is a good place to go out and not touristic? I found many places to go, but most for tourists. We like techno and top 40. Can anybody help me out? And what is a better night for going out, friday or saturday?
Thank you,
Jeroen from the Netherlands

Hi,
at the 23th of April i am visiting Tirana. Can we take the bus from the airport to the center of Tirana and what is the number of the bus? Do we have to buy a ticket in the bus or somewhere else?

And we would like to go out to a nightclub or dancing. But we like to go out where all the incrowd people are going as well (no tourist places!) Can anybody help me out. I checked some places like Charl's bistro, pravda lounge and the living room, but i guess that is just for tourists and rich Albanian people?
We like to meet some people from Tirana and not tourists..
Thank' s a lot,
Jeroen from the Netherlands

We are four guys from Denmark, coming to visit Tirana for 5 nights in May. We are looking for an apartment with 4 bedrooms centrally located in downtown Tirana.

Can anybody help us out?

Thanks
Johan

I am currently planning a trip to Albania and would like to visit Sarander so we can catch the ferry to Corfu. Does anyone know of an alternative way of getting from Tirana to Sarander, that does not involve travelling by bus? Are there taxi transfers or private companies that offer this service? Thanks!

I will soon be attending a wedding in Tirana. Are there any traditions I should be aware of (colors to avoid wearing, gifts to give or avoid giving, etc.)? What do people typically wear to a formal wedding in Albania? Do you have any recommendations for thank you gifts to bring with me? Anything else I should know before going? Thanks!

Please can someone help me i am planning to travel to albania with my newborn baby who is fed on formula milk. The formula milk is called Aptamil. I need to know if this is going to be available to buy in tirana. Many thanks..

Direct bus from Elbasan, Albania to Orhid, Macedonia.

I need last minute advice about taking a furgon (or long distance bus) from ELBASAN, ALBANIA to ORHID, MACEDONIA. I know the bus leaves from TIRANA, and the road to MACEDONIA passes through ELBASAN so I'm hoping to catch it in ELBASAN and go all the way to ORHID.

I don't want to go to POGADEC, or take an expensive TAXI from the border. There must be a bus connecting TIRANA and SKOPJE, and I'd like to hop on board that bus in ELBASAN and get off at ORHID, if possible.

Please let me know ASAP, because I have to leave tomorrow (and I just found out today).

Thanks.

Hi i will be travelling from Kotor to Tirana on Sunday 28 September and cant seem to find any details on the internet.

Can someone give me tips on buses, trains even plane i can take to get me into Tirana by this date from Kotor.

Thank you very much for your assistance.

I need to do this trip, and after some research, this is what I know:

1. There is a bus that leaves a certain bus stop in Tirana EVERY DAY?
2. It leaves at 9pm?
3. It goes via Struga.
4. It takes ages, and arrives in Skopje around 4am.
5. It costs about 20 Euros one way.
6. It is the main way of travelling between these cities.

Okay, are there any errors in the above?

Also, I have some further queries.

Me and a friend will have an expensive hotel waiting for us in Skopje, so we don't want to waste our money, so...

1. Does the bus actually leave every day?
2. Does in leave at 9pm on the dot, or is this say, quite flexible?
3. Will there be space on the bus, or is it just turn up and hope for the best?
4. How much luggage will we be allowed? We will have a rucksack each.
5. Are the Macedonian/Albanian border formalities a pain, or fairly straight forward?
6. If we miss the bus, or it's full, is it possible to catch a taxi to the border, then cross on foot and then catch either a bus or another taxi to Skopje? If this is possible, how much would it cost?

Many thanks!

By the way, I'm not doing this trip until next May!

Jason

Hello,

If you travel from Skopje to Tirana (http://www.sas.com.mk/en/), you will arrive at 04:30u in Tirana. This is not the way I prefer things for us both but what can you do.

Is it safe to arrive in Tirana at this time ? Are there any places you can go to to kill the time till the morning (in Skopje there is a 24/7 casino at the bus station) ?

Any suggestions ?

Thanks in advance.

Pls can anyone help me out? We are a group of Maltese friends travelling to Tirana from Athens via Albanian Airline. We are leaving from Malta to Athens with Airmalta. We have been informed that we cannot settle payment with an online bank transaction. So how on earth can we pay??

Can anyone tell me, where the King House bar in Tirana is?

I am planning to go from Tirana to Skopje probably on thursday,3 July 2008.What would be the simplest and most cost efficient way of travelling? ju falem nderit(that's from my Lonely Planet guidebook).

I wish to get a car with a driver(eg-a taxi or similar) to take my wife & me from the airport at Tirane to the Montenegran border. Also would you have any idea of the cost.

Hi everyone,

I have been hearing a lot about the Lake Komani ferry leaving from Shkoder and I'm very keen to fit it into my trip (though I have limited time). I know I can get a bus from Tirana to Shkoder but from there I don't know anything more. I want to get to Prizren/Pristina in Kosovo after so I need to know if there is any available transport from the North to there. If not (and I have to come back to Tirana to catch a bus to Pristina) it would be good to know how often the Komani ferry runs so I can plan when to go and when to return!

Thanks!

Can anybody give any advice on what would be a good hotel or a restaurant for a nice elegant wedding for approx. 100 people in Tirana? Also is there any good wedding agency that can help out with the organisation? I tried to find some website but no luck. Please help. Thank you!

I'm visiting Tirana and Durres in mid-November: just wondered if anyone local would like to accompany me for part of the time as guide and interpreter? Not speaking Albanian (or Italian) I could miss a lot.

Is english widely spoken in Business circle here in Tirana or how can we get cheap services of englsih translators during our stay in 2nd week of September?
Some students or part time offers...

Hi,

I want to travel between Lake Ohrid to Tirana in September, apparently there is a bus, does anyone know what times it goes and how much it will cost. Thanks

Please tell me whay kind of Weather to expect in Tirana during October and November of this year (2007). Also it would be nice to know maybe 2 Star Hotel prices that include Breakfast. We might also be interested in renting a small apartment by the week in Tirana. Thank you...

Hi,

on june 30 i'll arrive to tirana !!! Does anybody knows a place to stay , hostel or so?

And another question. we're two arriving at the airport at 23:00 planning to cycle along the balkans for a month, So, how can we get to tirana from the airport (with the bicycles and without cycling) at that time (about 23:00 -24:00).

thanks,

Xavi

I am arriving in Durres in the early morning from Bari and need to reach Skopje by same day/night. Is it possible to catch the bus (or other transportation) from Durres without going into Tirana? And the only information I can find about the bus from Tirana to Tetovo is that it runs only 6 days a week. Any approximate time when this bus leaves?
All advice is greatly appreciated.

Cheers

irish guy here. travelling through the balkans. coming to tirana tomorrow. anyone any tips on what to see, where to go etc. anyone up for sharing a beer with a lonely traveller as well?

Hi VT friends,

If anyone could suggest an extremely cheap place to stay ın town i should greatly appreciate ıt (within city limits). Doesnt matter what sort. thanks in advance.

matyas