There are 6 ways to get from Cork to Vlorë by train, plane, shuttle, bus, car, car ferry, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, shuttle
best- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane DUB - TIA
- Take a shuttle bus from Tirana, Airport to Vlorë
12h 29m$115–307Fly Cork Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, shuttle
cheapest- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane ORK - TIA
- Take a shuttle bus from Tirana, Airport to Vlorë
11h 6m$86–226Bus
- Take the bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walkbus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Passaubus
- Take the bus from Passau to Durrësbus
- Take the bus from Durrës to Vlorëbus
3d 17hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Cork to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the carferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Vlorëcar
2d 4h$1,008–1,655Train to Shannon Airport, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, shuttle
- Take the train from Cork to Limerick Junctiontrain
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane SNN - TIA
- Take a shuttle bus from Tirana, Airport to Vlorë
14h 14m$150–269Fly Cork Airport to Brindisi Airport, bus and ferry
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Brindisi Airport (BDS)plane ORK - BDS
- Take the busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorëbusferry
14h 50m
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cork to Vlorë is to fly and shuttle which costs $85 - $230 and takes 11h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to Vlorë is to fly and shuttle which takes 11h 6m and costs $85 - $230.
No, there is no direct bus from Cork to Vlorë. However, there are services departing from Cork Alfred St and arriving at Vlorë via Aston Quay, Dublin, Rădăuți, Passau and Durrës. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 17h.
The distance between Cork and Vlorë is 2764 km.
The best way to get from Cork to Vlorë without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 17h and costs .
It takes approximately 12h 29m to get from Cork to Vlorë, including transfers.
Cork to Vlorë bus services, operated by Citylink, depart from Cork Alfred St station.
Cork to Vlorë bus services, operated by Citylink, arrive at Bachelors Walk station.
Vlorë is 1h ahead of Cork. It is currently 6:12 PM in Cork and 7:12 PM in Vlorë.
There are 1887+ hotels available in Vlorë.
What companies run services between Cork, Ireland and Vlorë, Albania?
You can take a bus from Cork Alfred St to Vlorë via Bachelors Walk, Aston Quay, Navan Rd Stn, Dublin, Rădăuți, Passau, Passau, and Durrës in around 3d 17h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–220
Flights from Dublin Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–220
Flights from Dublin Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–220
Flights from Cork Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–180
Flights from Shannon Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Rome Ciampino
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–200
Flights from Shannon Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $120–200
Flights from Shannon Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–200
Flights from Cork Airport to Brindisi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $85–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–300
Flights from Dublin Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–340
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $60–180
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–200
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- $25–35
Train from Cork to Limerick Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- $10–14
- Phone
- +355 67 609 7542
- info@airporthermes.com
- Website
- airporthermesbooking.com
Shuttle from Tirana, Airport to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Schedules at
- airporthermesbooking.com
Shuttle from Tirana, Airport to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Schedules at
- airporthermesbooking.com
Shuttle from Tirana, Airport to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Schedules at
- airporthermesbooking.com
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- Citylink
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- Aircoach
Bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–29
- Website
- Aircoach
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–230
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Passau
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $18–23
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +355 673 835 770
- Website
- devatours.eu
Bus from Passau to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- devatours.eu
- Phone
- +355 69 398 7951
- support@olgenotravel.com
- Website
- Olgeno Travel
Bus from Durrës to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- Olgeno Travel
- Phone
- +383 44 125 254
- Website
- travel.gjirafa.com
Bus from Durrës to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $490–850
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- $502
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