--- title: "Rinas – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Rinas, Albania: Rinas is a village in the county of Durrës, Albania, about 18 km northwest of the capital, Tirana. Nearby: Prezë Fortress. Every way there…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/rinas" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/rinas.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Memorial_Bani_Lyngkhoi_Mawphanlur_Oct24_A7CR_04269.jpg/1920px-Memorial_Bani_Lyngkhoi_Mawphanlur_Oct24_A7CR_04269.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Village in Tirana, Albania # Rinas Rinas is a village in the county of Durrës, Albania, about 18 km northwest of the capital, Tirana. ![Rinas](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Memorial_Bani_Lyngkhoi_Mawphanlur_Oct24_A7CR_04269.jpg/1920px-Memorial_Bani_Lyngkhoi_Mawphanlur_Oct24_A7CR_04269.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Rinas · Timothy A. Gonsalves The place 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. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinas), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## 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. 1. Prezë Fortress Cultural heritage monument of Albania 3.7 km · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prez%C3%AB_Castle) 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 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 → Rinas 98 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · $12–16 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ohrid-to-rinas) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Ohrid&to=Rinas) - Podgorica → Rinas 118 km · quickest by road, 3h 22m · $12–16 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/podgorica-to-rinas) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Podgorica&to=Rinas) - Prishtina → Rinas 183 km · quickest by road, 3h 18m · $19–26 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/prishtina-to-rinas) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Prishtina&to=Rinas) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Rinas) 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 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. 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 413 km 5. [Thasos](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/thasos) GR 10 ways of moving, 17 sources 424 km If you know how people move in Rinas – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Crinas&title=Rinas&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Frinas), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Rinas Rinas is 15 km from [Tirana](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tirana), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Ahmetaq](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ahmetaq) village in Tirana, Albania 2.8 km - [Breg-Shkozë](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/breg-shkoze) village in Tirana, Albania 3.3 km - [Dritas](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/dritas) village in Tirana, Albania 3.8 km - [Fushë-Prezë](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/fushe-preze) village in Tirana, Albania 2.8 km - [Gjeç-Kodër](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gjec-koder) village in Tirana, Albania 3.3 km - [Ndermjetes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ndermjetes) village in Tirana, Albania 4 km [The place page for Rinas](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/rinas) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Albania](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-AL) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/rinas, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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