Duration: | 5 Day(s) - 4 Night(s) |
Tour Category: | Heritage Tours |
ALBANIA EXPRESS
GROUP TOUR: English, German, Italian speaking guide
Fixed departures dates
Minimum 6 people
1st Day: TIRANA / DURRES / BERAT
Arrive at the International Airport of Tirana no later than 12am, meet with the guide, and transfer to Durres, one of the most ancient cities in Albania. We visit the ancient Roman remains including the amphitheater and Archaeological Museum. After the visit, we travel to Berat. Dinner and overnight.
2nd Day: BERAT / GJIROKASTER / SARANDE
Breakfast. Visit Berat, known for its hilltop ancient fortress with the National Iconographic Museum Onufri. Sightseeing of Mangalemi quarter, a UNESCO heritage site, popular for its unique architecture of multiple window buildings named “Town of thousand windows”.
Departure and visit Gjirokaster: many houses have a distinctive local style that has earned the nickname “Town of Stone“ UNESCO Heritage.
Sightseeing of the Castle and Ethnographic Museum. Continue to Sarande, dinner, and overnight.
3rd Day: SARANDE / BUTRINT / VLORE
Breakfast and start to discover the most famous Albanian archaeological site: Butrint. Discover the ruins of temples, theater, baptistery, fortifications, and defense gates, of once a great developed city. After the visit, we drive to Vlore along the mountain road of Albanian Riviera enjoying the beautiful and fantastic scenery and landscapes of the Ionian Coastline.
En route, we visit the fortress at Porto Palermo Bay and follow on to Vlore. Dinner and overnight.
4th Day: VLORE / APOLLONIA / TIRANA / KRUJA
Breakfast and departure to the archaeological site of Apollonia.Sightseeing of the archaeological park and fortifications. Visit the 14th-century monastery and the church of St. Mary. Continue with the journey to Tirana: Skanderbeg Square, Clock Tower, Etem Bey Mosque, and National Museum. Dinner and overnight in Kruja.
5th Day: KRUJA / TIRANA AIRPORT
After breakfast visits the historic citadel of the Albanian hero Skanderbeg: Museum and the old bazaar in which to browse and buy authentic Albanian antiques and souvenirs. Drive to the airport and end of our services.
The Price Includes :
Car/minibus for the duration of the trip
English or German or Italian speaking guide
4 overnight in 3 / 4-star hotel
Half-board ( breakfast and dinner )
The Prices Do Not Include:
Lunch
Beverages
Personal extras
Mandatory entrance fees
All not indicated in “price includes“
Mandatory Entrance Fees Per Person: Durres Archaeological Museum and the Amphitheater, Berat Castel and Onufri Museum, Gjirokaster Castle and Ethnographic Museum, Butrint archaeological site, Porto Palermo Fortress, Apollonia archaeological site, Tirana National Museum, Kruja Skanderbeg Museum.
We accept bookings for 2 or 4 people with supplements.