Gjirokastër
Gjirokastër County, Albania · Population 16,569
Tools
Who to call, then the permit helper for the old-town houses; water and the rain outlook update as things change.
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Who to Call
The numbers a resident actually needs — 112 and the ambulance line, the water company, OSHEE, the hospital, the municipality and the heritage office — each taken from that service's own official page, with the gaps left honestly empty.
Do I Need a Heritage Permit?
Pick a job on your old-town house and see whether it needs full restoration approval, a lighter heritage sign-off, or none — with where to confirm for your building.
Frequently Asked Questions
Parking on the kalldrëm, renovating in the protected zone, the hospital, winter road closures, Greek-language schooling, bus connections, and what this site honestly doesn't know yet.
Recent Earthquakes Near Gjirokastër
What the ground has actually been doing lately, from the EMSC catalogue — with the fault story behind it, the old roofs that make it matter here, and the official channels.
Getting Here & Getting Back
The buses in and out of a road-only town — Tirana, the Sarandë coast, and the Kakavijë border into Greece — with the last-bus-back warning and where to check exact times.
Self-Guided Walks
Two honest walking routes through the old stone town — the castle climb and the Palorto house museums — with real timing, real gradient, and which doors keep unpredictable hours.
Food Recs
Qifqi, oshaf and valley produce — where residents actually go, not what the souvenir shops sell.
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Changelog
- UpdatedRain Outlook: an email option for a long wet spell
- New toolFood Recs: where residents actually eat
- UpdatedUpdated: the rain outlook and getting-here pages now cite January's flood
- New toolNew: Self-Guided Walks
- New toolNew: Frequently Asked Questions
- New toolWho to Call: Gjirokastër's phone numbers, in one place
- New toolShipped an earthquake page for Gjirokastër
- New toolShipped a live resident water board for Gjirokastër
- New toolShipped a heritage-permit helper for the old-town houses
- New townAdded Gjirokastër, a UNESCO stone town in southern Albania
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