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Hitchhiking in Albania

Hitchhiking to Albania

Recent reviews in Albania

41.76559, 19.63393

Got picked up quickly. Cars can stop easily. 2 friendly guys took us to Tirane.

rating: 5/5, wait: 7 min, ride: 67 km ↓

―FightingMonkeys, September 2025

41.7809, 19.64144

A local man took me here, said it’s a great spot and after the bus left I caught a ride immediately to Shkoder.

rating: 5/5, wait: 2 min 👍, ride: 42 km ↑

―anettlee17, Wed 10 Sep 2025, 17:45

41.66238, 19.67612

Have hitched from here before, don’t remember how long we waited back then, but today was good.

rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min 👍, ride: 17 km ↑

―anettlee17, Wed 10 Sep 2025, 17:00

I was walking down the street, and thumbing at the same time. A sketchy Albanian picked me up, so I asked to be dropped off at the toll station.

rating: 2/5, wait: 15 min 👍, ride: 11 km ↙

―anettlee17, Wed 10 Sep 2025, 15:30

42.15539, 20.54574

After the border control there’s lots of space to stop. I was picked up by a shared taxi, but was lucky enough to not have to pay for the ride.

rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min 👍, ride: 17 km ↙

―anettlee17, Wed 10 Sep 2025, 14:30

40.60841, 20.77594

found a direct ride until leskovik, good to have a sign saying "erseke". a lot more cars going in summer than in winter

rating: 4/5, wait: 15 min 🪧

―Anonymous, Wed 20 Aug 2025, 11:00

41.33292, 19.47904

Easy to get a ride to Tirana here

rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min, ride: 35 km →

―Mckloc, August 2025

40.0905, 19.76482

Good spot cars go fast some time but in the morning there was not much traffic

rating: 4/5, wait: 30 min 🪧, ride: 40 km ↘

―Amon, Sun 31 Aug 2025, 08:15

41.06481, 20.53345

We walked for a bit, but this is the spot! Cars can stop freely, guy with long truck stopped without problem and took as to Vöre. Way better than other spots nearby

rating: 5/5, wait: 1 min, ride: 102 km ↖

―TravisKokot, August 2025

40.67411, 19.47972

Not too much space to stop but was really fast

rating: 4/5, wait: 5 min, ride: 86 km ↑

―Mckloc, August 2025

42.25615, 20.37183

Easy but very very short ride to a nearby roadside cafe.

rating: 5/5, wait: 2 min 👍, ride: 2 km ←

―Vagabond, August 2025

42.19792, 20.4129

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.

rating: 4/5, wait: 20 min 👍, ride: 9 km ↖

―Vagabond, August 2025

42.08802, 20.42151

Not so many cars in the evening. I'd question this route to go to Valbona, oh well... Eventually caught a ride to Krumë at around sunset time.

rating: 4/5, wait: 30 min 👍, ride: 15 km ↑

―Vagabond, August 2025

41.66047, 19.67418

Hitched a van in the curve. Went all the way to Kukës.

rating: 4/5, wait: 1 min 👍, ride: 97 km ↗

―Vagabond, August 2025

41.47989, 19.71171

The ride to Shkodër.

rating: 5/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 25 km ↑

―Vagabond, August 2025

41.39757, 19.66465

Stupid bus #4 terminated not at the city park but near Vorë, far away from the intersection of highways. Had to get back to the main road later.

rating: 4/5, wait: 30 min 👍, ride: 12 km ↗

―Vagabond, August 2025

40.48861, 19.47699

Went to Tirana via Elbasan.

rating: 5/5, wait: 20 min 👍, ride: 121 km ↑

―Vagabond, August 2025

40.67246, 19.47872

First car stopped on the ramp and we went to Vlorë

rating: 5/5, wait: 1 min 👍, ride: 27 km ↓

―Vagabond, August 2025

40.3024, 20.02073

Good spot for hitching northbound.

rating: 5/5, wait: 20 min 👍, ride: 77 km ↖

―Vagabond, August 2025

40.08443, 20.14432

Heavy traffic but no one stopped for a while until I caught a local going to Tepelena. Was hitchhiking at a gas station.

rating: 4/5, wait: 70 min 👍, ride: 32 km ↖

―Vagabond, August 2025

Recent reviews mentioning Albania

39.69285, 20.8206

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.

rating: 1/5, wait: 200 min 🪧

―Anonymous, Sat 01 Mar 2025, 10:00

41.12552, 20.787

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.

rating: 4/5, wait: 5 min, ride: 13 km ↖

―TravisKokot, August 2025

41.17309, 20.65389

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

rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min, ride: 18 km ↙

―TravisKokot, August 2025

42.19792, 20.4129

41.18405, 20.67225

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

rating: 5/5, wait: 15 min 💬, ride: 20 km ↙

―Anonymous, Sat 23 Aug 2025, 12:14

40.07103, 20.60253

The customs people are nice! Even in summer traffic is quite low. We were lucky to find a couple coming back from vacation in Albania!

rating: 4/5, wait: 15 min 👍, ride: 86 km ↙

―Eli, August 2025

42.65057, 21.13822

Great spot, big traffic, nice place to stop in the bus station. Got ride straight to Albania.

rating: 4/5, wait: 30 min, ride: 186 km ↙

―tomasfogl, August 2025

42.01406, 19.26287

I don’t know if we got lucky or this spot is perfect. EVERY car that passes here goes to Albania and not even 3 minutes passed until we got a ride. Originally we wanted to go to Shköder but an Ukrainian guy was on his way to Tiranë so he took us with him. We were 2 guys, not even a sign in our hands. (No shadows tho)

rating: 5/5, wait: 2 min, ride: 111 km ↘

―Danielo, August 2025

41.92786, 19.23126

2 Boys, we wanted to go to Albania and waited 20 minutes. We got a ride by a funny old guy to Krute Krythë.

rating: 5/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 12 km ↑

―Danielo, August 2025

42.09345, 19.0997

This spot is great in general. We wanted to go to Albania but nobody stopped. The moment we wrote down Ulcinj we got a ride. So maybe go to Ulcinj first if you want to go to Albania.

rating: 4/5, wait: 80 min, ride: 27 km ↘

―Danielo, August 2025

42.55865, 18.26281

2 male friends, waited about 45 minutes until a Croatian picked us up to the border. Seems like a good place to HH with a lot of traffic to Albania. Maybe we were unlucky. Still good tho.

rating: 4/5, wait: 45 min, ride: 20 km ↘

―Anonymous, August 2025

42.33538, 19.43515

After being dropped at the border we arrived here at dusk after a full day of hitching from Bosnia. We got a ride with two Turkish dudes who took all four of us in the back. Great guys but after 10 minutes we got stopped by some shady policeman who thought that we were being snuggled. They were a bit upset but after a couple of minutes they found out that the drivers boss knew one of the officers. 5 min later the boss showed up and cleared the air. After continuing the driver told us he played the police a 20 euro bribe to continue. Crazy entrance into Albania but oh well at least we weren't arrested. Great driver also he dropped us off at the campsite in skoder. Shoutout to that dude.

rating: 3/5, wait: 20 min 👍, ride: 41 km ↓

―WagaforBalkan, Fri 11 Jul 2025, 19:58

41.13778, 20.62766

first car took me directly over the border into Albania, I reckon most cars go there

rating: 5/5, wait: 1 min, ride: 9 km ↙

―Anonymous, Sat 05 Jul 2025, 10:45

41.92786, 19.23126

good spot to go to albania

rating: 5/5, wait: 20 min 👍, ride: 38 km ↗

―Leomagdich, June 2025

41.06502, 20.59114

Guys! It's the most picturesque view you can get in Albania! I walked here for 30 minutes and it was truly worth it!

This gas station is abandoned, so you can do urban exploring and it has a lot of place to stop with slow traffic.

Got a ride to Macedonia by very easily.

rating: 5/5, wait: 20 min 👍, ride: 18 km ↗

―bogdanpanov, Thu 05 Jun 2025, 12:01

46.02959, 14.48067

1st person i asked tooked me. unfortunately he didnt wanted to make a roadtrip with me to albania.

rating: 5/5, wait: 1 min 💬, ride: 48 km ↙

―paule, Wed 04 Jun 2025, 10:46

42.36384, 19.3295

Chill spot.

That's a place from where a lot of Albanian workers go home. Traffic goes slow. Some drivers ask for money, but I just ignored them or said that no money, but they were persistent on will to get money from me.

After just 15-20 minutes a nice guy from Albania with his father agreed to drive me to Skoder.

Easy

rating: 4/5, wait: 20 min 🪧, ride: 45 km ↘

―bogdanpanov, Wed 04 Jun 2025, 16:40