Gjirokastër
Gjirokastër is a city in southern Albania and the seat of Gjirokastër County and Gjirokastër Municipality. It is located in a valley between the Gjerë mountains and the Drino, at 300 metres above sea level. Wikipedia
Population 16,569 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Albania
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Banesa e Abdyl Babaramos e Isuf Jahos Monument · 940 m -
Zekate House Museum · 940 m -
Former Turkish bath Monument · 990 m - Ethnographic Museum Museum · 860 m
- Zako Cajupi Memorial · 660 m
- Ismail Kadare House Museum · 830 m
- Lavdi Deshmoreve Memorial · 900 m
- Skënduli House Museum · 920 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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National Folklore Festival
June
A festival showcasing traditional Albanian music and dance considered as the most important event in its genre.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Gjirokastër); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Getting around
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.