Good Shade and place to rest in bus stop Local lady waiting for the bus to tiranë asked the bus driver and he let me on for free 1male 4pm Tuesday

No Shade WiFi and water from friendly campsite Alot of local traffic to thermals If you get stuck here Donnas Campsite is a lovely place and people from there might take you the next morning 1male 1 female 11am Tuesday

Good spot to stop and chatch the traffic to girokastër. Not much shade tho 1male 4pm Saturday

Enough room for people to stop, traffic slows and lots of traffic so pretty good spot.

Me and my friend were trying to get to Vlore, we had a sign Vlore and Lushnje. The guy that stopped us was going to Fier and then he decided in the car that he will take us to the Vlore. Good spot for hitchhiking i think, long road, good space for cars to stop and cars are not going very fast. 👍🏻

As good as it can get, main highway between Shkoder and Tirana, cannot have plenty of shops and places to eat if you need a break, lots of cars at all times

Waited for 4 hours in the evening before deciding to call it quits and another hour and a half in the morning, had to take a bus as no one stopped for that long

Was walking towards the bridge and a man just stopped and asked where I am going, most of traffic from here is gonna be going towards Milot and Tirana/Shkodër, if they are not going the right way, just ask to be taken to Milot. Gas station up the road has more traffic and is on the main highway, if your luck is lacking here.

Good for catching drivers going straight and those out of Theth. Around 11am there seemed to be many passenger vans and private cars leaving Theth. I thumbed for 5 seconds and an Albanian family picked me up (they even woke up their boy sleeping on the back seat to make room for me!!). We stopped for coffee and strawberry-picking on the way. They were driving to Shkodër and dropped me off at the SH1/SH21 intersection outside of Koplik for me to continue on to Podgorica

Headed to Podgorica, signed and thumbed. No shade here but very good for being seen by drivers out of Koplik and those going straight after the roundabout. Waited for 20min. Saw many Montenegrin-plated cars. Apparently they are not as open to hitchhiking as the Albanians. But got picked up by a Montenegrin guy going home to Podgorica

didn't see any taxis. was going by foot in the direction of border with thumb to the side, picked up immediately

thumb, a lot of place to stop on gas station. love Balkans, dude!

a bit further where houses end and bridge begins. just a regular spot for leaving the city.

walked from the city center on a hot summer day. cars stop on roundabout, police does not care. sign saying "elbasan"

There are many cars and they can stop easily so it's a very good spot

Perfect place, there is place to stop, cars are slow and toll's security people don't really care of you

not a long walk from centre. good visibility, place to stop. sign saying "Tiranë"

This is outside the Bajaj Oil petrol station (red sign that says B Oil). The price board offered shade, but no more shade starting around 11:00 (in July) due to the sun's position. I wanted to go from Gjirokaster--Tirana. Signed and thumbed for 95min, unsuccessful. Maybe it was too far. I was a bit short on time, so I walked 5min south on SH4 and took a bus to Tirana. 1200 lek (in 2026) and leaves at the top of each hour

Got a ride by two of the nicest Albanians ever that took me all the way to Tirana. They realised I had literally no money and offered to buy me food and drinks which I kept refusing but they absolutely insisted and bought stuff for me anyway. So on the way I got given pastries, a donut, 2 yogurt drinks, 2 waters, a sandwich, 2 packs of cigarettes, watermelon and then gave me a whole cantaloupe. I told them I was trying to hitchhike to turkey and they thought it was a bad idea so they bought me a bus ticket for istanbul tomorrow morning. What the actual fck. Genuinely in disbelief right now. I am forever in debt to Ari and Kico those Albanian legends.

On the uphill from Mirror Beach, signed and thumbed. Cars are slow on the uphill. Within 3min, an Albanian group gave me a ride back to Sarandë

I was lucky to have a car to Albania here, there is no much cars but you can speak to people and I think it's better in Greece because they're afraid of hitchhiking. The two girl form the gas station are so nice, they offered me a bottle of water :)

Most people will go to Albania/Skhöder I tried at the exit of the town but no space ro stop and no shade. At the roundabout people might not notice you but shade and shops nearby. Got a ride from People going to Tirana to my Hostel in Skhöder. 1m Sunday 10AM

Long wait no pick up. People stare u down while driving? Strange, worst place in Albania for hitchhiking so far for me

Great spot, cars move slow. Someone tried to offer me a ride for 5 euros but that’s really not the idea lol I got a ride 20 min after . Sign with “Albania”

tourists going to Albania, I got of at ulcinj. Had a Sign with “South” on it.

we waited a bit at the roundabout before but a local man suggested to go here because all the albanias go shopping here, worked out quite well, had a sign with albania (1girl 1boy)

A lot of cars, going quite slow, a minibus took us to Albania. Stand with sign

Picked up by Albania to sarande

Thumbing and walking on side ride into Albania

Got picked up quick. Ride halfway to Albania

was waiting without a sign and two italian guys took me all the way to albania after a few minutes wait

good spot to albania, lots of traffic

Got a lift here and from here straight to Albania just with a thumb. Great spot but idk if its reachable easily.

Very good Spot to go to Albania. Went the from Bar Train Station 20 minutes walk. Stood the with a sign to Ulcinj and after 15-20 two guys from Albania, were taking us directly to Durres, so we were really glad 10/10 would recommend!

As always. Not so many traffic in Albania during winter. Was raining but luckily a Greek guy from Pilur took me near himare

terrible. perfect conditions to be taken to albanian border, bus stop where cars can easily stop, a lot of traffic. waited over 3 hours, nobody stopped people were just laughing at me. then my water bottle was empty and i gave up. would recommend to take the bus until kakavi (border). once in albania found a ride in 10minutes.

Tried with sign that said Albania, but few cars from albania were passing, wrote struga and had a ride in like 5 minutes. If you want to go to Albania definitely go from Struga, you’ll save yourself time.

Doesnt look like good spot but Albanian dude took us through the border. With sign that said Albania. Male and female 2025

There is no space for a car to stop but it's Albania so who cares. The car was going to Kosovo. I was heading to Valbona via Bairam Curri. The driver said that the majority of cars go there via Kosovo nowadays. I couldn't go there so had to stick to the old road.

Good spot to Albania lots of Albanians cars going shopping here. We asked one albanian Guy and he took us to Albania