Arrival & Transport

Arriving by plane
Albania's only airport is in Tirana, 175 km northwest of Korça. After arrival and passport control, most foreigners need to pay a €10 fee to enter the country (see the Glossary). There's an airport at Ohrid in Macedonia, 110km from Korça, serving mainly charter and Balkan flights. Across the border in Greece, Kastoria airport (76km from Korça) has flights to Athens, while Thessaloniki's airport (247km) has flights across Europe.

Arriving by train
Korça is not on the Albanian rail network, but the the station at Guri i Kuq a few kilometres north of Pogradec is the terminus of trains from Tirana. A direct bus to Korça (200 lek) waits for the trains from Tirana. Other furgons wait to take passengers to central Pogradec.

Arriving by bus
There are no bus stations in Albania, and most buses drop passengers off near the bazaar in the centre of Korça.

Arriving by car
The roads in Albania have seen massive improvements over the past years, and the ride from Tirana to Pogradec is pretty smooth. The Pogradec-Korça road is being upgraded at the moment, causing some delay and considerable couds of dust, and is expected to be completed in late 2009; at the moment it takes 40-50 minutes to cover the 35km between both cities.