There are 9 ways to get from Dublin to Gjirokastër by plane, ferry, bus, train, car ferry, car, shuttle, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias, Flying Dolphin, bus
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias (CFU)plane DUB - CFU
- Take the ferry from Port of Corfu to Sarandëferry
- Take the bus from Sarandë to Gjirokastërbus
9h 25m$116–244Ferry, train, bus via Antwerp
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferryferry 0
- Take the train from Holyhead to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Anvers-Centraltrain Eil
- Take the bus from Antwerpen-Centraal to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Gjirokastërbus
41h 52m$451–691Car ferry, drive
- Take the carferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
- Drive from Port of Cherbourg to Gjirokastërcar
2d 1h$670–1,751Fly to Ioannina National Airport, bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Ioannina National Airport (IOA)plane DUB - IOA
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Gjirokastërbus
13h 46mFly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, Airport Bus, bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane DUB - TIA
- Take a shuttle bus from Tirana, Airport to Fier
- Take the bus from Fier to Gjirokastërbus
10h 58mFly to Preveza Airport, bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Preveza Airport (PVK)plane DUB - PVK
- Take the bus from Preveza to Ioanninabus
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Gjirokastërbus
15h 2mFerry, train, bus
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferryferry 0
- Take the train from Holyhead to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the bus from Paris Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Gjirokastërbus
2d 4hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from The Gresham Hotel to Europa Bus Centrebus
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Gjirokastërbus
2d 9hFerry, train, bus via Paris
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourgferry
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazaretrain
- Take the bus from Paris Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Gjirokastërbus
2d 16h
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias (CFU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dublin to Gjirokastër is to fly and Flying Dolphin and bus which costs $110 - $250 and takes 9h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Dublin to Gjirokastër is to fly and Flying Dolphin and bus which takes 9h 25m and costs $110 - $250.
No, there is no direct bus from Dublin to Gjirokastër. However, there are services departing from The Gresham Hotel and arriving at Gjirokastër via Belfast, Europa Buscentre, Buchanan Bus Station, London Victoria, Brussels-Nord and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 9h.
The distance between Dublin and Gjirokastër is 2602 km.
The best way to get from Dublin to Gjirokastër without a car is to ferry and train and bus via Antwerp which takes 41h 52m and costs $450 - $700.
It takes approximately 9h 25m to get from Dublin to Gjirokastër, including transfers.
Dublin to Gjirokastër bus services, operated by Aircoach, depart from The Gresham Hotel station.
Dublin to Gjirokastër bus services, operated by Aircoach, arrive at Europa Bus Centre station.
Gjirokastër is 1h ahead of Dublin. It is currently 6:33 PM in Dublin and 7:33 PM in Gjirokastër.
There are 787+ hotels available in Gjirokastër.
What companies run services between Dublin, Ireland and Gjirokastër, Albania?
There is no direct connection from Dublin to Gjirokastër. However, you can take the bus to Terminal 1 Zone 2, walk to Dublin Airport (DUB) airport, fly to Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias (CFU), walk to Corfu Airport, take the line 15 bus to Corfu Port, walk to Port of Corfu, take the ferry to Sarandë, walk to Sarandë, then take the bus to Gjirokastër. Alternatively, you can take a ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Gjirokastër via Holyhead Ferry, Holyhead, London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Anvers-Central, Antwerpen-Centraal, and Tirana in around 41h 52m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $70–230
Flights from Dublin Airport to Preveza Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $95–210
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 49m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–600
Flights from Dublin Airport to Preveza Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $95–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Preveza Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $95–650
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Preveza Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $95–210
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Holyhead to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–220
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Holyhead to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–220
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $140–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $150–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +355 69 587 3466
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Sarandë to Gjirokastër
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Antwerpen-Centraal to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $151
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Paris Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Brussels-Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $151
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Paris Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 40 67 522
- [email protected]
- Website
- travel.gjirafa.com
Bus from Tirana to Gjirokastër
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16
- Schedules at
- https://travel.gjirafa.com/en/blogs/argjiro-shpk-bus-travel-in-albania
Bus from Tirana to Gjirokastër
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16
- Schedules at
- https://travel.gjirafa.com/en/blogs/argjiro-shpk-bus-travel-in-albania
Bus from Tirana to Gjirokastër
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16
- Schedules at
- https://travel.gjirafa.com/en/blogs/argjiro-shpk-bus-travel-in-albania
Bus from Tirana to Gjirokastër
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16
- Schedules at
- https://travel.gjirafa.com/en/blogs/argjiro-shpk-bus-travel-in-albania
- Phone
- +355 69 930 4724
- [email protected]
- Website
- visit-gjirokastra.com
Bus from Tirana to Gjirokastër
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
Bus from Tirana to Gjirokastër
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
Bus from Tirana to Gjirokastër
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
Bus from Tirana to Gjirokastër
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- [email protected]
- Website
- likokostatours.weebly.com
Bus from Ioannina to Gjirokastër
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Ioannina to Gjirokastër
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 52 22 55 39
- Website
- tirana-airport.com
Shuttle from Tirana, Airport to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Schedules at
- tirana-airport.com
- Phone
- +355 69 671 6168
- Website
- travel.gjirafa.com
Bus from Fier to Gjirokastër
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
- Phone
- +3026820 22213
- [email protected]
- Website
- ktelprevezas.gr
Bus from Preveza to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–22
- Website
- https://ktelprevezas.gr/en/index.html
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- [email protected]
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from The Gresham Hotel to Europa Bus Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +355 85 22 6057
- [email protected]
- Website
- finikas-lines.com
Ferry from Port of Corfu to Sarandë
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- https://finikas-lines.com/
- Ferry - Low Season
- $24
- Ferry - High Season
- $30
- Hydrofoil - Low Season
- $30
- Hydrofoil - High Season
- $35
- Phone
- +30 26610 38690
- [email protected]
- Website
- ionianseaways.com
Ferry from Port of Corfu to Sarandë
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $31–41
- Website
- https://ionianseaways.com/
- High Season
- $31
- Phone
- +30 26610 49800
- [email protected]
- Website
- albanialuxuryferries.com
Ferry from Port of Corfu to Sarandë
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $41
- Schedules at
- https://albanialuxuryferries.com/
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- [email protected]
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–55
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–55
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Port of Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $190–1,100
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $140–800
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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