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Village in Tirana, Albania

# Mukaj

Mukaj is a village in the former municipality of Bërxullë in Tirana County, Albania.

The place

Mukaj is a village in the former municipality of Bërxullë in Tirana County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Vorë.

Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukaj), CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

## Worth seeing in and around Mukaj

2 places 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.

1. Prezë 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prez%C3%AB_Castle)
2. Citypark Albania Citypark Albania is a shopping mall in Albania. located along the Durrës – Tirana highway. 3.6 km · shopping mall in Tirana, Albania · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citypark_Albania)

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

## Getting to Mukaj

**Airports:** Tirana Mother Teresa (TIA), 4 km · Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle (OHD), 92 km · Podgorica / Podgorica Golubovci Airbase (TGD), 113 km\
**Stations:** Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, 3.5 km · Vorë Railway Station, 2.9 km\

- Ohrid → Mukaj 49 km · quickest by road, 3h 33m · $13–18 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ohrid-to-mukaj) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Ohrid&to=Mukaj)
- Podgorica → Mukaj 203 km · quickest by road, 5h 36m · $21–29 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/podgorica-to-mukaj) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Podgorica&to=Mukaj)
- Brindisi → Mukaj 207 km · quickest by road, 28h 4m · €210–295 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/brindisi-to-mukaj) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Brindisi&to=Mukaj)
- From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Mukaj)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

## No local-transport research exists yet for Mukaj

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 Mukaj. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around

- Get in Shared taxis (mini-busses) are also an option to go to Albania from Ulcinj.
- Get in Just make sure you don't delay, as the furgon (minibus) to Gjirokastra won't wait for one extra passenger and you will be forced to haggle with predatory cab drivers.
- Get in Ferries to Durrës arrive from Bari (9 hr, daily, €50), Ancona (19 hr, triweekly, €70) and Trieste (14 hr, weekly, only during high season).
- Get in Full price information A high-speed service operates from Bari (3 hr, €60).\[http://www.apdurres.com.al\] There is also a reliable overnight ferry service operated by European Seaways from Brindisi to Vlore.
- Get in Ferries from Corfu to Saranda every day.\[http://www.portisarande.com.al\] Ferry between Brindisi and Shengjin by A-Ships operating year round.

From [Wikivoyage: Albania](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Albania), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done

1. [Mljet](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/mljet) HR 9 ways of moving, 28 sources 232 km
2. [Korčula](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/korcula) HR 9 ways of moving, 33 sources 272 km
3. [Hvar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hvar) HR 8 ways of moving, 27 sources 327 km
4. [Mount Athos](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/mount-athos) GR 9 ways of moving, 21 sources 415 km
5. [Thasos](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/thasos) GR 10 ways of moving, 17 sources 426 km

If you know how people move in Mukaj – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cmukaj&title=Mukaj&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fmukaj), and the note gets an entry.

Around it

## Next door to Mukaj

Mukaj is 14 km from [Tirana](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tirana), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

- [Vorë](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vore) town of Albania 2.5 km
- [Ahmetaq](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ahmetaq) village in Tirana, Albania 3.7 km
- [Fushë-Prezë](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/fushe-preze) village in Tirana, Albania 3.7 km
- [Gjeç-Kodër](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gjec-koder) village in Tirana, Albania 1.9 km
- [Palaq](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/palaq) village in Tirana, Albania 4 km
- [Ndermjetes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ndermjetes) village in Tirana, Albania 1.4 km

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