Sarande eSIM
In Sarande you connect to Vodafone or One, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 54 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Vodafone and One
- Real speed in Albania
- 54 Mbps median, 13 Mbps for the slowest tenth218 travellers across Albania, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Sarande
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $6.89 | $6.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $3.63 | $10.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $2.98 | $14.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $2.29 | $22.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $1.84 | $36.89 | |
| 50 GB | Never expires | $1.72 | $85.89 |
How Albania compares across Europe
- Speed rank
- 37 of 46 destinations we sell in Europe
- Regional median
- 71 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 24 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, Vodafone, One
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- Serbia, 56 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Montenegro, 52 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 2: Tirana, Sarande
- tenth percentile
- 13 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 218 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at Corfu International Airport Ioannis Kapodistrias (Greece) (CFU)
- Airport
- CFU / LGKR
- Wifi on arrival
- Free wifi in the terminalOperator Fraport Greece says travellers select the network named Fraport-Free and open a browser to a welcome page; no registration or SMS code is described.
- Also serves
- Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (Albania) (TIA)
Getting into Sarande
- Corfu Saranda ferry (Finikas Lines) (CFU), about 30 minutes
- Corfu City Bus (Astiko KTEL Kerkyras) line 15, airport to Corfu port (CFU)
- Road transfer from Tirana airport south to Saranda (TIA), about 180 minutes
Worth knowing about Sarande
- Saranda has no airport of its own. Albania's only airport with scheduled commercial flights is at Tirana, and the national tourism agency puts the drive from there to Saranda at about 3 hours.
- The shorter route is by sea from Corfu: Finikas Lines puts the crossing at about 30 minutes and runs both hydrofoils (Flying Dolphins) and conventional passenger ferries.
- Arriving via Corfu means crossing an international border by boat Corfu airport is in Greece, Saranda is in Albania, directly opposite the island.
- Corfu airport sits about 2.7 km from Corfu town, and city bus line 15 links the airport with the port where the Albania boats dock, running via the Intercity Bus Station and San Rocco Square.
Sources for this page
Other cities in Albania we cover
- Tirana
- 162 km from Sarande, nearest airport TIA