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This border crossing (Vendkalimi Kufitar Qafë Thanë, Граничен Премин Ќафасан/Graničen Premin Kafasan) is the main crossing point between Albania and Northern Macedonia. It is not recommended to use it because Albanian customs officers here are overzealous. Some cases of theft and corruption were reported to us. To reach Ohrid, go through the border post near Pogradec, which is safer and allows you to visit the Saint-Naum monastery.

This border post (Vendkalimi kufitar Tre Urat-Melissopetra, Τελωνείο Μέρτζανης/Telonio Mertzanis) connects Leskovik with the pleasant Greek town of Konitsa (population approx. 6,000, mostly Aromanians), at the entrance to the Vikos-Aoos National Park. The border is marked by the Sarantaporos, a tributary of the Vjosa (Aoos in Greek). We're 62 km northeast of Ioannina, where the Egnatia freeway crosses Greece from east to west.

This border post (Vendkalimi Kufitar Kapshticë-Krystallopigi, Τελωνείο Κρυσταλλοπηγής/Telonio Krystallopigis) is an important crossing point with Greece. Greek police officers mainly check tobacco and alcohol authorized in very small quantities. The crossing time is usually 15 to 20 minutes, but can sometimes take up to 3 hours. You can then reach Kastoria (31 km), Kozani (96 km), Meteora (152 km), Ioannina (186 km) or Thessalonica (213 km).

This modern bus station (Terminali i Autobusave) is located next to the traffic circle where the roads to Pogradec, Gjirokastra, Greece and the Prespa Lakes cross. On-site: ticket offices, supermarket, parking lot, café-restaurant and cab rank. Connections to Pogradec, Librazhd, Elbasan and Tirana (approx. 20 per day), Bilisht (9 per day), Durrës (8 per day), Fier (4 per day), Moscopole, Ereska, Leskovik, Përmet and Gjirokastra (3 per day), Saranda (1 per day), as well as to Greece, Thessaloniki (3 per day) and Athens (2 per day).

This border post (Vendkalimi Kufitar Goricë-Stenjë, Граничен Премин Стење-Горица/Graničen Premin Stenje-Gorica) lets you discover Lake Prespa on the North Macedonian side. It's located near Стење/Stenje (population 300), at the entrance to Galičica National Park and close to the road to Lake Ohrid. To the southeast of the lake, we're waiting for the opening of the Markova-Noga-Lemos border post with Greece so we can make the full tour of the Prespa Lakes.

This border crossing (Vendkalimi Kufitar Tushemisht-Shën Naum, Граничен Премин Свети Наум/Graničen Premin Sveti Naum) is located between the village of Tushemisht (population 300), in Albania, and the Orthodox monastery of St. Naum, in Northern Macedonia. The latter, founded between 893 and 905 by St. Naum of Ohrid, is one of the most important places of pilgrimage in the Balkans. The border crossing also allows you to reach the city of Ohrid, 31 km to the north, by following the lake (minibus).

This informal "bus station" (Stacioni i Autobuseve) is divided between two spaces: one on the parking lot at the corner of Rruga-Gani Butka street and "industrial street" (Rruga Industriale); the other 150 m to the northeast on Kajo-Karafili street. About 20 connections per day to Lin, Korça, Elbasan and Tirana. Other connections to Durrës (about 10/day), Fier (4/day), Erseka (4/day) and Thessaloniki (Greece, 2/day). No connections with Ohrid and Struga in Northern Macedonia.