Car Hire at Durrës Port

How to Find Your Car Hire Desk at Durrës Port

• Book through eCarBookers first: Your booking confirmation from eCarBookers locks in your price and your vehicle class before you arrive. You pay the balance at the desk on collection, and the terms confirmed at booking are the terms you receive. Always confirm your hire in advance to guarantee your price from the moment you collect the keys.
• Port location: Durrës Port sits right at the edge of the city centre, around 1 km from the main square, so unlike many ferry ports it doesn't require a long transfer to reach — car hire desks are generally reachable on foot or with a very short walk from the terminal building. This compactness is a genuine advantage over larger ports elsewhere in the region, where car hire desks can sit a considerable shuttle ride from where passengers actually disembark.
• Terminal access: the port is signed directly from the SH2 approach road if you're coming from Tirana, or from the SH4 if you're arriving from the south. Car hire desks are typically located in or immediately around the passenger terminal (Terminali Pasagjereve Durrës) on Rruga Doganes, rather than requiring a shuttle bus, given how compact the port area is. If you're driving to the port yourself to collect a hire car ahead of catching a ferry, follow the road signage toward the port rather than relying solely on a mapping app, since the final approach through the port area can differ from the most direct-looking route.
• Ticket office hours vs. car hire desk hours: the port's own passenger ticket office runs roughly 8am to 8pm on weekdays, with shorter Saturday hours and closure on Sundays — but car hire desk hours are set independently by each supplier and don't necessarily match. Confirm your specific pick-up window with your supplier once booked, particularly if you're arriving on an early morning or late evening sailing.
• Facilities at the port: the terminal building has free Wi-Fi, an ATM, food and drink options, and accessible facilities, so there's no need to arrive with everything sorted before your ferry — but it's still worth having your booking confirmation, driving licence, passport, and payment card ready before you reach the desk, to keep collection as quick as possible.

Pick-Up, Drop-Off, and Refuelling at Durrës Port

Durrës Port sees a steady flow of overnight ferry arrivals from Italy, so out-of-hours pick-up is a real consideration rather than an edge case. Confirm with your supplier in advance whether they offer a key collection option for arrivals outside normal desk hours, since Albania has no nationwide roadside recovery service to fall back on if plans change at short notice. If your ferry is delayed, contact your supplier as early as you reasonably can rather than waiting until your original collection time has already passed.

For refuelling before you return a hire car, petrol stations are available in central Durrës within a short drive of the port, though we don't have a single verified station name and distance to publish here with confidence — confirm the closest recommended station with your supplier at collection, and aim to return the car with a full tank at the same point you collected it, per your agreement. Returning the car with less fuel than agreed typically results in a refuelling charge at a rate set by the supplier, usually higher than the pump price, so it's worth budgeting the extra few minutes for a proper top-up before drop-off.

Top Car Hire Agencies at Durrës Port

Every booking through eCarBookers at Durrës Port shows the excess amount and full price before you confirm, and the balance is paid on arrival at the desk. Optional extras — such as additional drivers, supplemental tyre and glass cover, child seats, or out-of-hours fees — may be available at the desk if required.

Given how many visitors pass through Durrës specifically to catch a ferry onward to Italy, it's worth raising your onward travel plans with your supplier at the point of booking rather than at the desk itself — this gives them time to confirm whether cross-border or ferry travel is permitted for your specific vehicle, and to arrange any additional documentation in advance.

Getting from Durrës Port to Key Destinations

• Tirana — Albania's capital, reachable via the SH2. It's roughly a 33 km drive, around 34–40 minutes depending on traffic through the outskirts of both cities.
• Golem and Kavajë beaches — the resort strip immediately south of Durrës, a straightforward 11 km drive, about 15 minutes from the port along the coastal road.
• Kruja — the hillside castle town north-east of Tirana, best reached by first taking the SH2 toward the capital before turning off. Allow roughly an hour from the port in total, given the detour via Tirana's outskirts.