Category Archives: Puke

Puke

To Puke
Tirana:
For Buses and Furgons head in the directions on the Northern Bus station/ train station. From Skanderbeg, with you back to the River Road, head down road Zogu i Pare. Go straight to the end of the road where the train station is. Zogu i Pare ends at the northern bus station and Ts into a street called Reshat Petrela.

  1. Bus: 6am. 1pm. 6am departs from the front of Northern Bus station, 1pm departs from station. The trip takes about 3 and 1/2 hours.
  2. Furgon: 10am, 2pm. Near Northern bus station/train station. From Skanderbej make a left onto Reshat Petrela (the road with the stations) and walk straight for about a block or two until you see the Bar Columbo on your left. There is a small alley leading to a parking lot there where the furgons wait. The trip takes about 3 and 1/2 hours.

Kukes

To Kukes

  1. Durres:
    Bus – leaves at 7a.m., costs 500 Lek, takes approx 3.5 hours, leaves from bus station.
  2. Tirane:
    Furgons – leave until early evening, 700 Lek, takes approx 2.5 hours. Leace from an area on the Durres Road, past ‘Zogu i Zi’.  Approx 30 min walk from center but once you are on the correct road you can take a city bus for 30 lek or a furgon down to the station for around 50 lek.

    Bus – 6p.m., 500 Lek, takes approx 3.5 hours. In front of the UFO University which can be seen from Skenderbeg Square.

Leaving Kukes
Leaving Kukes:  All buses and furgons leave Kukes from the same area that is marked with a small bus station sign. This area is on the main road or ‘Rruga Kryesor’. The exceptions are below.

  1. Durres:
    Bus – leaves at 7a.m., 500 Lek, takes approx 3.5 hours
    Furgons – leave until early afternoon, 800 Lek,  takes approx 3 hours
  2. Tirane:
    Bus – leaves at 7 and 9a.m., 500 Lek, take approx 3.5 hours
    Furgons – leave until early afternoon, 700 Lek and take approx 3 hours
  3. Prizren, Kosovo:
    Furgons – 200 Lek

Exceptions:

  1. Peshkopi:
    Furgon leaves daily between 1 and 3 p.m., 1000 Lek, takes approx. 4 hours. You must call and make arrangements for this furgon in advance, in Shqip (Albanian Language)
  2. Puke:
    Furgon leaves daily at 1p.m., costs 700 Lek, takes approx 3 hours. Leaves from in front of the ‘Agjencia e Vjeter’ (FYI, This location is difficult to find. You might want to call and get picked up in center of town)