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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Gjirokast\u00ebr","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"A stone city on a mountainside, with slate roofs, a vast castle holding a captured American spy plane, and the dictator's birthplace halfway up.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1304024","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"medium","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"2005 | UNESCO listing\r\n\u20ac1 | A coffee in the bazaar\r\n1957 | The US plane in the castle","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"The city of stone","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Gjirokast\u00ebr is built up a steep mountainside above the Drino valley, in grey stone with slate roofs, and the Albanian name for it means silver city for exactly that reason. The Ottoman tower houses here are fortified, tall and severe in a way Berat's white houses are not.\r\n\r\nThe castle at the top is enormous and strange: artillery in the galleries, a Cold War prison, and the fuselage of a US Air Force plane that came down in 1957 and was displayed for decades as proof of American aggression.\r\n\r\nEnver Hoxha was born here, and the house is now the ethnographic museum, which the town handles without much comment.\r\n\r\nA night, or two with the Blue Eye and Butrint. It sits on the road between Berat and Sarand\u00eb, so most people stop here on the way to the coast.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | Furgon from Tirana, about 4 hours and \u20ac10; from Sarand\u00eb 1 hour\r\nGetting around | Steep cobbles everywhere. Wear something with grip\r\nCurrency | Albanian lek. Cash country\r\nLanguage | Albanian, with Greek widely spoken this far south\r\nThe castle | About \u20ac4, and takes two hours\r\nTaxi up the hill | A couple of euros, and worth it with luggage","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"The old town is at the top and the new town at the bottom. Stay at the top.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"15","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"Old bazaar | First-timers | The cobbled centre below the castle: guesthouses in stone tower houses, restaurants and every sight within ten minutes. | 40.0750 | 20.1390 |  | \nPalorto | Views and quiet | The upper neighbourhood of grand tower houses, steeper again, with the best views over the valley. | 40.0770 | 20.1350 |  | \nNew town | Value and transport | At the bottom of the hill, where the furgons stop. Cheaper, dull, and a long climb up. | 40.0680 | 20.1420 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Gjirokast\u00ebr","hw_hub_city_do_body":"The castle takes two hours and is unlike other Balkan fortresses: long vaulted galleries lined with captured artillery, a Cold War political prison you can walk through, a clock tower, and the fuselage of a downed American plane on a terrace with the valley behind it.\r\n\r\nThe Skenduli and Zekate houses are Ottoman tower houses open to visitors, both still owned by the families who built them, and the owner usually shows you round personally. They explain how a fortified merchant house actually worked, floor by floor.\r\n\r\nThe old bazaar below the castle is a few streets of stone shops selling carved wood, textiles and a lot of Hoxha-era memorabilia.\r\n\r\nThe Cold War Tunnel, a bunker complex built under the town for the party leadership, runs guided visits from the tourist office.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"The castle | About \u20ac4, two hours, with artillery, a prison and a US plane\r\nZekate or Skenduli house | Ottoman tower houses, shown round by the owners\r\nCold War Tunnel | A bunker under the town, on guided visits\r\nThe bazaar | A few stone streets, and the centre of everything","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Gjirokast\u00ebr","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Gjirokast\u00ebr","hw_hub_city_free_body":"Walking the old town costs nothing and is the main event: steep cobbled lanes, stone houses with slate roofs, and views down the valley from every corner.\r\n\r\nThe view of the town from the castle approach, and the view of the castle from Palorto, are both free and both better than most paid viewpoints.\r\n\r\nThe Obelisk above the town, marking the first Albanian-language school, is a short climb with the best panorama.\r\n\r\nMosques and the old churches in the upper quarters are open and free, and nobody charges to wander the bazaar.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"The old town | Stone lanes and slate roofs, free to walk\r\nThe Obelisk | A short climb for the best view over the valley\r\nPalorto quarter | Grand tower houses and the castle view\r\nThe bazaar | Free to wander, and the centre of town life","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Gjirokast\u00ebr","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Gjirokast\u00ebr","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Southern Albanian food leans Greek, and this close to the border that shows: more olive oil, feta and grilled lamb than in the north.\r\n\r\nQifqi is the local dish and exists almost nowhere else \u2014 rice balls with egg and mint, fried, served as a starter for a couple of euros.\r\n\r\nA full meal with wine runs \u20ac7 to \u20ac12, and the restaurants in the bazaar have terraces looking down the valley.\r\n\r\nGuesthouse breakfasts are generous and usually included: homemade jam, cheese, eggs and byrek. Raki here is often grape and fierce.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Qifqi | Fried rice balls with egg and mint. Local to here\r\nA full meal | \u20ac7\u201312 with wine\r\nGreek influence | More olive oil and grilled lamb this far south\r\nGuesthouse breakfast | Usually included, and substantial","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Gjirokast\u00ebr","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Gjirokast\u00ebr","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"Very little, and that is the character of the town. A handful of bars in the bazaar stay open into the evening, mostly serving raki and coffee to locals, and a beer is \u20ac1.30 to \u20ac2.\r\n\r\nThe evening here is dinner on a terrace with the valley going dark below and the castle lit above, which is a better use of the night than looking for a bar.\r\n\r\nThe new town at the bottom of the hill has more going on and none of the atmosphere.\r\n\r\nFor nightlife, Sarand\u00eb is an hour south and full of it in summer.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"The bazaar | A few bars, quiet, mostly locals\r\nTerrace dinners | The actual evening here\r\nPrices | A beer \u20ac1.30\u20132\r\nSarand\u00eb | An hour south if you want a night out","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Gjirokast\u00ebr","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Gjirokast\u00ebr","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"The old town is steep and entirely cobbled, and walking it is the only option. A taxi from the furgon stop in the new town up to the bazaar costs a couple of euros and is worth it with a bag.\r\n\r\nFurgons from Tirana take about four hours for \u20ac10, and from Sarand\u00eb about an hour for \u20ac3. The stop is in the new town at the bottom of the hill.\r\n\r\nBuses to Ioannina in Greece cross the border at Kakavij\u00eb in about two hours, which makes this a useful crossing point.\r\n\r\nThe Blue Eye and Butrint are both south towards Sarand\u00eb and are usually done on the way rather than as returns.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"Taxi up the hill | A couple of euros from the furgon stop. Take it with luggage\r\nFurgon from Sarand\u00eb | About an hour and \u20ac3\r\nGreece | Buses to Ioannina in about two hours via Kakavij\u00eb\r\nCobbles | Steep and everywhere. Proper shoes","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Gjirokast\u00ebr","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Gjirokast\u00ebr costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Cheap. Dorms are \u20ac9 to \u20ac16, guesthouse rooms with breakfast \u20ac20 to \u20ac35, meals \u20ac7 to \u20ac12, and coffee about a euro.\r\n\r\nA day is \u20ac22 to \u20ac35.\r\n\r\nThe castle is about \u20ac4, the tower houses \u20ac3 each, and the Cold War Tunnel a few euros with a guide. That is most of the spending.\r\n\r\nCash only in most of the old town, with ATMs down in the new town.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | \u20ac9\u201316\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac22\u201335\r\nCastle and houses | About \u20ac4 and \u20ac3 each\r\nATMs | In the new town at the bottom of the hill","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Gjirokast\u00ebr","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Gjirokast\u00ebr","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"A safe, quiet town where the only real hazard is the ground under your feet.\r\n\r\nThe cobbles here are rounded river stones set in steep lanes, and they are slippery in rain and awkward in dry weather. Sensible shoes make a genuine difference, and dragging wheeled luggage up from the new town is a mistake people make once.\r\n\r\nThe castle has unlit sections and open drops in places, and closes before dark.\r\n\r\nSummer heat in the valley is severe and the town has little shade in the middle of the day. Emergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Cobbles | Rounded river stones on steep lanes. Proper shoes\r\nDo not wheel luggage up | Take the \u20ac2 taxi from the furgon stop\r\nCastle drops | Unlit sections and open edges. It closes before dark\r\nEmergency | 112","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Gjirokast\u00ebr","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Gjirokast\u00ebr","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"The road south towards the coast has most of it.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Butrint | 1.5 hours | Via Sarand\u00eb, about \u20ac5 | A Greek, Roman, Venetian and Ottoman city in a lagoon, UNESCO-listed and the best archaeological site in Albania. |  | 1304043","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Gjirokast\u00ebr","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"Spring and autumn. The valley is hot in summer and the stone town holds it.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs for the valley. The town sits on a slope and the stone radiates heat well into the evening in July and August.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 11 | 1 | Cold and wet, with snow on the hills\r\nFebruary | 12 | 1 | Still cold. Very quiet\r\nMarch | 16 | 2 | Spring, and the valley greens up\r\nApril | 20 | 4 | Excellent. Warm days and wildflowers\r\nMay | 25 | 5 | The best month. Warm and quiet before the coast season\r\nJune | 30 | 4 | Hot. Most people are passing through to the beach\r\nJuly | 33 | 3 | Very hot, and the stone holds it into the evening\r\nAugust | 33 | 3 | Peak heat, and the folk festival every five years\r\nSeptember | 29 | 5 | Superb. Warm, clear and quieter\r\nOctober | 23 | 4 | Excellent and cheap\r\nNovember | 17 | 2 | Wet and cooling\r\nDecember | 12 | 1 | Cold and empty","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"One festival every five years is the big one, and it is worth planning around.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Gjirokast\u00ebr","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/albania\/gjirokaster\/","hw_hub_city_events":"National Folklore Festival | Every five years, autumn | The castle | Thousands of performers from across Albania and the diaspora, in the castle, in traditional dress. Running since 1968. |  | \nSummer Day | 14 March | Citywide | The national spring festival, marked across the country. |  | \nGjirokastra Cultural Festival | Summer | Old town and castle | Music and performance in the bazaar and castle grounds. |  | \nGrape harvest | September | Drino valley | Raki distilling season, and everyone will offer you some. |  | \nOrthodox Easter | Spring | Citywide | Marked in the Greek-influenced south more visibly than further north. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"Guesthouse rooms with breakfast run \u20ac20\u201335 and are the classic stay here.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4\r\nMiddle of the road | 18 | 18 | 3 | 12\r\nComfortable | 35 | 35 | 6 | 25","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Gjirokast\u00ebr","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"Guesthouses in stone Ottoman houses, most of them in the bazaar and the upper quarters. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Gjirokast\u00ebr","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/albania\/gjirokaster\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Gjirokast\u00ebr travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"How long do you need in Gjirokast\u00ebr? | A night for the castle, a tower house and the bazaar. Two if you want the Blue Eye, Benja springs or Antigonea, though most people see the Blue Eye on the road south to Sarand\u00eb instead.\r\nWhy is there an American plane in the castle? | A US Air Force aircraft came down in Albania in 1957, and the regime displayed the fuselage in the castle for decades as proof of American aggression. It is still there, on a terrace above the valley.\r\nBerat or Gjirokast\u00ebr? | Berat is white Ottoman houses in a river gorge with a living castle; Gjirokast\u00ebr is grey stone on a steep mountainside with a much bigger fortress and a harder history. If you only do one, most people pick Berat \u2014 but they are three hours apart and both are worth a night.\r\nIs it hard to walk around? | Steeper than it looks. The old town is rounded river cobbles on a mountainside, slippery in rain, and taking a \u20ac2 taxi up from the furgon stop with luggage is the sensible move.\r\nWhat is qifqi? | Fried rice balls with egg and mint, a starter that exists almost nowhere outside this town. A couple of euros and worth ordering.\r\nCan I cross into Greece from here? | Yes. Buses run to Ioannina in about two hours via the Kakavij\u00eb border, which makes Gjirokast\u00ebr a practical last or first stop in Albania.\r\nWhen should I go? | May, September or October. 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