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Popular Transportation | Other Transportation Tips | All Tips (17) As you can see, the ferry used for our day trip to Sarande is not in cruise ship standards !! Open air seating on the only deck of the ferry is where everyone is gathered for the 2 hour journey. Once we arrived at the Albania side our passports were stamped by an Albanian guard and we were on our way. Leave a Comment Theme: Ship/Boat
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There's a convenient connection beetwen Saranda and Greek island of Corfu. Twice a day is a hydrofoil (9.45 a.m and 1 pm) to Corfu City. One-way ticket costs 17,50 euro. Journey takes 45 min, but dont forget to change time in your watches (+ 1.00 h) when You come to Greece! Theme: Ship/Boat
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There is a daily ferry that makes group tours from nearby Corfu. The trip coasts 28 euros (+ 9 euros as port taxes) and includes the boat, visit to Butrint roman ruins (near Sarande) , lunch and boat back.
No visa required. For EU citizens not even passport required, just ID card. But take you passport if you wanna get an Albanian passport stamp, a very cool souvenir! Leave a Comment Theme: Ship/Boat
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The best way to get to Sarande, and indeed the south of Albania, if you are coming from outside the country, is to take a ferry from Kerkyra, Corfu. There are one or two a day (we were on the Kaliopi) and they leave from the main port in Corfu Town, opposite Hotel Atlantis. There are no official timetables, but they generally leave between 8-10am (it was about 8.30am for us I think) and between 2pm-4pm if the weather is fine. The journey takes about an hour and a half, and costs about EUR15. Tickets can be bought from the ticket office on the keyside. Before boarding you must go to the Greek passport control office to hand over your passport and obtain a boarding pass. Wait to board the ferry until an official or the captain calls your name (listen carefully, pronunciation may well be a bit dodgy!).
(There is also a hydrofoil service, which is what we used on the way back, which only takes half an hour, but this was paid for by the trust I was working for so I don't know the cost.) Theme: Ship/Boat
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From Tirana or other large towns including Gjirokaster you will be able to take a bus or mini bus to Saranda. From Tirana it will take maybe about 4 and a half/5 and a half hours but you will stop on the way to use toilets and have something to eat and drink. You will see some great coutry side too. From the town of Gjirokaster it is a much shorter trip and will only take about an hour/hour and a half. You can take a taxi too but this will cost you a lot more money, the bus being the cheapest and longest time to get there i would recommend the mini bus which is a bit quicker than the bus and only a bit more expensive. Theme: Bus
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There is only one connection during a day beetwen Berat and the most popoular summer resort of Albania - Saranda. Bus leaves from the central square of Berat (next to Lead mosque) at 8 a.m and reaches Saranda after 7 hours of driving. Ticket costs 800 Leke. Theme: Bus
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The cheapest and most conveniant way to get to Saranda is to fly to Corfu and than take the boat trip from Corfu Town. It is now much easier to visit Albania due to new government policies to encourage such activity. During the peak of the tourist season from 15th of May to the 15th of October there is no visa requirement for most foreigners visiting Albania and citizens of European Union countries can enter the country with other forms of identification such as ID cards, Driving Licenses etc. The visa and entry tax into the country have also been waved off during this period. Next year the Government is thinking of applying these new rules all year round.
The best way to get around is by taxi in groups of two or more so that you share the fare. Taxis are cheap and reliable. If organised in a longer distance site seeing tour, your tour operator would have arranged transportation for you either by bus or minivan. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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Local buses, minibuses and greek-albanian "express" coaches will transports u slowly to every village of the area, not so fast but without the criminality dangers of the near past. Taxis are faster and more confy, their prices also considerably higher... Kakavia border to Saranda about 20-25 euros pr taxi, 300+ lek pr person by bus (june 07).
NOTICE! Most buses leave very early, 06.00-09.00 am!!!! Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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There are a few buses Sarande-Tirana, but all of them in the morning (5, 6.30, 8.30, 9.30, 10.30). The ride takes 15 hours and costs 6 euros.
Buses leave from the bus "station" (see that tip on transportation section above). Buy the ticket on board. Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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"SARANDA LINES" company
Every day
06:50 from Sarande to Athens
19: 30 from Athens to Sarande
"JONI TRAVEL" company
19: 30 from Sarande to Athens
08: 00 from Athens to Sarande
office in Athens : Deligianni street 15 (place Karaiskaki - metro station)
tel: + 30 210 52 33 969
office in Saranda : Skenderbeu 10 (bashkia)
tel: + 355 852 4770
mobile: + 30 6937 07 82 18
+ 30 6944 53 31 15
price 25 euro one way
46 euro ale reture Theme: BusPhone: + 30 6937 07 82 18
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