Rinas
Rinas is a village in the county of Durrës, Albania, about 18 km northwest of the capital, Tirana.
Rinas is a village in the county of Durrës, Albania, about 18 km northwest of the capital, Tirana. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Krujë. It is the site of Tirana International Airport, which is about 18 kilometres (11 mi) away from Tirana.
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Worth seeing in and around Rinas
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.
3.7 km · cultural heritage monument of Albania · Wikipedia
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Getting to Rinas
- Airports
- Tirana Mother Teresa (TIA), 2 km · Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle (OHD), 90 km · Podgorica / Podgorica Golubovci Airbase (TGD), 110 km
- Stations
- Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, 2.1 km
- Ohrid → Rinas98 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · $12–16
- Podgorica → Rinas118 km · quickest by road, 3h 22m · $12–16
- Prishtina → Rinas183 km · quickest by road, 3h 18m · $19–26
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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 Rinas
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 Rinas. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inShared taxis (mini-busses) are also an option to go to Albania from Ulcinj.
- Get inJust 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 inFerries to Durrës arrive from Bari (9 hr, daily, €50), Ancona (19 hr, triweekly, €70) and Trieste (14 hr, weekly, only during high season).
- Get inFull 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 inFerries from Corfu to Saranda every day.[http://www.portisarande.com.al] Ferry between Brindisi and Shengjin by A-Ships operating year round.
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Next door to Rinas
Rinas is 15 km from Tirana, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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