No one speaks English, for a start. Rather than the Megabus or the National Express, which turns up reliably on time with a destination emblazoned on a digital screen, there are no E-tickets or M-tickets or indeed paper tickets available here. And who wants that? Gjirokaster is a nightmare. You drive through the mountains and valleys, spotting every few miles one of the , bunkers Enver Hoxha built throughout the country in case of war throughout the s and s there are 5.
Then you get chucked out at the bottom of the big hill that leads up to the mountainous city. The place most people end up is the veranda attached to Hotel Kodra, which juts out across the Old Town and provides a perfect view of the sunset across the mountains.
I mean, please Who wants to deal with that kind of uncertainty? You can find our Community Guidelines in full here.
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