Classic Albania Regular Tour

CLASSIC ALBANIA TOUR

GROUP TOUR English/German/Italian speaking guide
Fixed departures dates
Minimum of 6 people

1st Day TIRANA / KRUJA

Our representative will wait for you at Tirana International airport and escort you to Kruja. Kruja is a medieval city, visit the Castle, Skanderbeg Museum, the old Bazar. Dinner and overnight.

2nd Day KRUJA / ARDENICA / APOLLONIA / VLORE

Breakfast, transfer to Ardenica Monastery, visit the church of Assumption of St. Mary. Continue to the ancient city 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 Vlore city. Dinner and overnight.

3rd Day VLORE / HIMARE / PORTO PALERMO / SARANDE

This day we will only drive along the Albanian Riviera overlooking the Ionian Sea. We will stop in Porto Palermo where the Ali Pasha Castle stands like a barrier in front of the blue rocky sea as arc protection to the country. After the visit, we arrive in Sarande. Dinner and overnight.

4th Day SARANDE / BUTRINT / SARANDE

Breakfast.Full day visit of Butrint archaeological park, UNESCO heritage site.Discover the ruins of temples,theater,baptistery,fortifications,defense gates.Dinner and overnight.

5th Day SARANDE / MESOPOTAM / GJIROKASTER

Breakfast. We continue the journey to Gjirokaster city. Visit en route the ruins of St. Kol ( Nikola ) church near Mesopotam village and Syri I Kalter ( blue eye ) a natural monument. On the way, we will visit one of the most interesting monuments in Albania, the church of Labove e Kryqit, which is devoted to Saint Mary. The Church is one of the oldest in Albania and once contained a holy relic believed to be a fragment of the true cross. We arrive in Gjirokaster, UNESCO heritage is also known as “ stone city “, for its typical houses built with stones. We visit the Bazar, Ethnographic Museum. Dinner and overnight.

6th Day GJIROKASTER / BYLIS / BERAT

Breakfast. We visit the ancient city of Bylis, founded by greeks. Arrive in Berat, known for its hilltop ancient fortress with the National Iconographic Museum Onufri. Sightseeing of Mangalemi quarter, UNESCO heritage sites, popular for its unique architecture of multiple window buildings named “ Town of thousand windows “.Dinner and overnight.

7th Day BERAT / DURRES / TIRANA

Breakfast and arrival in Durres on the Adriatic coast and main commercial port of Albania. Visit the ancient Roman remains including the amphitheater and the Archaeological Museum. Departure to Tirana and visit the Mosque of Ethem Bey, the Clock Tower, the National Museum.Dinner and overnight.

8th Day TIRANA END OF TOUR

Breakfast, transfer to the airport.

The price includes :

car/minibus for the duration of the trip

English, German, Italian speaking guide

7 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"

Optional entrance fees per person: Kruja Skanderbeg Museum, Ardenica Monastery, Apollonia archaeological site, Porto Palermo Fortress, Butrint archaeological site, Syri I kaleter Blue Eye, Gjirokaster Labora e Kryqit Castle and Ethnographic Museum, Berat Castel and Onufri Museum, Bylis archaeological site, Durres Archaeological Museum, and the Amphitheater.

We accept bookings for 2 or 4 people with supplements

*Departures of August have an alternative itinerary

1st-day TIRANA

2nd-day TIRANA

3rd day TIRANA / DURRES / ARDENICA / FIER

4th day FIER / BYLIS / GJIROKASTER

5th day GJIROKASTER / OCCHIO BLU / BUTRINT / SARANDE / VLORE

6th-day VLORE / APOLLONIA / BERAT

7th-day BERAT / KRUJA

8th day KRUJA / TIRANA / ITALIA

We could not visit Labova e Kryqit church.