Gërdec
Gërdec is a village in Albania that is located about 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) north-west of the capital of Tirana.

Gërdec is a village in Albania that is located about 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) north-west of the capital of Tirana. It is part of the municipality of Vorë. It was the site of the explosions at a military base on 15 March 2008, causing the deaths of 26 people and injuring over 100.
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Worth seeing in and around Gërdec
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Prezë Fortress
The Prezë Castle is a medieval castle in Prezë, Albania. The mosque inside the castle, built in the 1500s, is one of the oldest mosques in Albania.
3.6 km · cultural heritage monument of Albania · Wikipedia
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Getting to Gërdec
- Airports
- Tirana Mother Teresa (TIA), 7 km · Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle (OHD), 96 km · Podgorica / Podgorica Golubovci Airbase (TGD), 109 km
- Stations
- Vorë Railway Station, 2.2 km
- Ohrid → Gërdec103 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · $12–16
- Podgorica → Gërdec119 km · quickest by road, 3h 24m · $12–17
- Brindisi → Gërdec167 km · quickest by road, 25h 52m · €200–280
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Gërdec
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Gërdec. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Gërdec
Gërdec is 18 km from Tirana, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.