Durrës
Albania's principal port and its oldest continuously inhabited city, founded as Epidamnos in 627 BC.
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Big ferries cross overnight between Durrës and Bari in Italy, carrying cars, lorries and passengers. The trip takes about eight or nine hours and many people sleep on board.
Big ferries cross overnight between Durrës and Bari in Italy, carrying cars, lorries and passengers. The trip takes about eight or nine hours and many people sleep on board.
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Albania's principal port and its oldest continuously inhabited city, founded as Epidamnos in 627 BC.
The country's main commercial and passenger port, handling the large majority of Albanian seaborne trade.
Albania's principal port and its oldest continuously inhabited city, founded as Epidamnos in 627 BC.
More Albanians may live outside the country than in it — chiefly in Italy, Greece, Germany, Switzerland, the UK and…
The country's main commercial and passenger port, handling the large majority of Albanian seaborne trade.
One main airport, four ferry corridors, and four land borders that all behave differently.
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