Gjirokastër itineraries
Three routes built from the places on this site, with an estimated time at each stop. Follow one as it is, or save stops to build your own.
Draft. the order and timings are estimates still under review.
One day
Gjirokastër in one day
The essentials in a single day, an easy fit for a trip from Sarandë: the bazaar, the castle, the tunnel and two historic houses.
8 stopsabout 6 h 25 min of visits
Gjirokastër in one dayTwo days
Gjirokastër in two days
Day one for the castle and the bazaar, day two for the houses and the writers who grew up in them.
15 stopsabout 13 h 30 min of visits
Gjirokastër in two daysThree days
Gjirokastër in three days
The two-day route, plus a third day beyond the old town: Antigonea and Ali Pasha's Bridge.
18 stopsabout 20 h of visits
Gjirokastër in three days