There are 8 ways to get from Zagreb to Gjirokastër by plane, ferry, bus, car, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias, Flying Dolphin, bus
best- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias (CFU)plane ZAG - CFU
- Take the ferry from Port of Corfu to Sarandëferry
- Take the bus from Sarandë to Gjirokastërbus
7h 27m$90–233Bus via Slavonski Brod
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Slavonski Brod bus stationbus 884 / ...
- Take the bus from Slavonski Brod, Autobusni Kolodvor to Željeznička stanica Barbus
- Take the bus from Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Durrësbus
- Take the bus from Durrës to Gjirokastërbus
17h 48mDrive 967.2 km
- Drive from Zagreb to Gjirokastërcar 967.2 km
14h 18m$175–253Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, Airport Bus, bus
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane ZAG - TIA
- Take a shuttle bus from Tirana, Airport to Fier
- Take the bus from Fier to Gjirokastërbus
11h 50mFly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane ZAG - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Ioanninabus
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Gjirokastërbus
12h 22mShuttle, shuttle to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, Airport Bus, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Zagreb to Ljubljana
- Take a shuttle bus from Ljubljana to Trieste Airport
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane TRS - TIA
- Take a shuttle bus from Tirana, Airport to Fier
- Take the bus from Fier to Gjirokastërbus
11h 53mBus
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvorbus 986 / ...
- Take the bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Durrësbus
- Take the bus from Durrës to Gjirokastërbus
24h 5mBus via Prijedor
- Take the bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Prijedorbus
- Take the bus from Prijedor to Budva, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Budva, Autobuska Stanica to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Gjirokastërbus
28h 10m$131–183
Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias (CFU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zagreb to Gjirokastër is to bus via Prijedor which costs $130 - $190 and takes 28h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Zagreb to Gjirokastër is to fly and Flying Dolphin and bus which takes 7h 27m and costs $85 - $240.
No, there is no direct bus from Zagreb to Gjirokastër. However, there are services departing from Zagreb and arriving at Gjirokastër via Slavonski Brod, Autobusni Kolodvor, Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar, Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave and Durrës. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 48m.
The distance between Zagreb and Gjirokastër is 855 km. The road distance is 967.2 km.
The best way to get from Zagreb to Gjirokastër without a car is to bus via Slavonski Brod which takes 17h 48m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 27m to get from Zagreb to Gjirokastër, including transfers.
Zagreb to Gjirokastër bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zagreb station.
Zagreb to Gjirokastër bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Slavonski Brod bus station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zagreb to Gjirokastër is 967 km. It takes approximately 14h 18m to drive from Zagreb to Gjirokastër.
There are 789+ hotels available in Gjirokastër.
What companies run services between Zagreb, Croatia and Gjirokastër, Albania?
You can take a bus from Zagreb to Gjirokastër via Slavonski Brod, Autobusni Kolodvor, Željeznička stanica Bar, Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar, Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave, and Durrës in around 17h 48m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–180
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $50–210
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–180
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $24–220
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Wednesday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $24–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–350
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–360
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–390
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–220
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $13–200
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zagreb to Slavonski Brod bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zagreb to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–100
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +387 65 407 734
- [email protected]
Bus from Slavonski Brod, Autobusni Kolodvor to Željeznička stanica Bar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $44
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
- Phone
- +355 69 213 1213
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 38 616 161
- [email protected]
- Website
- gjirafa.com
Bus from Durrës to Gjirokastër
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- Linja të autobusëve Gjirafa
Bus from Durrës to Gjirokastër
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- Linja të autobusëve Gjirafa
- 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
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
Bus from Fier to Gjirokastër
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
- Phone
- +302651083071
- [email protected]
- Website
- KTEL Ioanninon
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Website
- KTEL Ioanninon
- 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
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Zagreb to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $30–550
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- $30–90
- Private
- $160–210
Shuttle from Ljubljana to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $180–480
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- $239
- Phone
- +386 40 121 900
- [email protected]
- Website
- slovenija.eu.com
Shuttle from Ljubljana to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $130–257
- Schedules at
- slovenija.eu.com
- 1 -3 persons
- $199
- 4-8 persons
- $257
- Phone
- +386 070740450
- [email protected]
- Website
- easydrive.si
Shuttle from Ljubljana to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Schedules at
- easydrive.si
- Phone
- +385 1 3335 170
- [email protected]
- Website
- samoborcek.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Schedules at
- samoborcek.hr
- Phone
- +385 (0) 91 6113 073
- [email protected]
- Website
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
- Phone
- +385 (0)98 610 311
- [email protected]
- Website
- pepeks.hr
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Prijedor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26
- Schedules at
- pepeks.hr
- Phone
- +387/(0)52-751-339
- [email protected]
- Website
- topingtrade.com
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Prijedor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $41
- Schedules at
- topingtrade.com
- Phone
- +387 53 961-714
- [email protected]
- Website
- Globus Turist
Bus from Prijedor to Budva, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- Globus Turist
- Phone
- +382 69 312 161
- [email protected]
- Website
- MS tours
Bus from Budva, Autobuska Stanica to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $31
- Website
- MS tours
- 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
- Argjiro ShPK
- 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
- Phone
- +355 85 22 6057
- [email protected]
- Website
- Finikas Lines
Ferry from Port of Corfu to Sarandë
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–36
- Website
- Finikas Lines
- Ferry - Low Season
- $24
- Ferry - High Season
- $30
- Hydrofoil - Low Season
- $30
- Hydrofoil - High Season
- $36
- Phone
- +30 26610 38690
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ionian Seaways
Ferry from Port of Corfu to Sarandë
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $31–41
- Website
- Ionian Seaways
- 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
- Albania Luxury Ferries
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