10-Day Shared Group Food and History Tour of Albania

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Pick up - Tirana
2 stops
1
Tirana
Pick up from Tirana International Airport or Durrës Port or any Hotel in Tirana and driving to the hotel. After check-in, free time.
18 hours • Admission ticket free
2
Tirana
With all the participants that will arrive early, we discover Albania's capital city on a 3-hour walking tour with a local guide. See Tirana's disintegrating soviet-era buildings, modern-day building projects and proud historic monuments, all side-by-side. We will visit the National History Museum (from outside; temporarily closed), Skanderbeg square, Et’hem Bey Mosque, Castle of Tirana, Tanner’s Bridge, Pyramid of Tirana, Blloku neighbourhood, Dictator Hoxha Residence and even more.
3 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Tirana - Shkodër
4 stops
3
Rozafa Castle
08 00 After breakfast, driving to Shkodra, in the North-West of Albania. 10.00 Arriving in Shkodra and visiting the Rozafa Castle, that has one of the most interesting and saddest legends of the country.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
4
Marubi National Museum of Photography
Marubi Museum has the most extensive and beautiful photographic collection in Albania arranged according to the subject and year the photograph was taken. The first one captured in 1858.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
5
12 30 Driving to Malësi e Madhe. 13.30 Arriving and visiting a artisan cheese diary. Knowing the process of fermenting the cheese. Tasting the different sort of cheese. Only in this region we can taste spicy cheese called ‘Mishanika’ blended with herbs, garlic, prunes, etc. Also the yogurt from the goat milk is lovely. 14 30 Lunch with the tradition dishes. 15 30 A short tracking to the village. 16 00 Driving back to Shkodra.
3 hours • Admission ticket free
6
Shkoder
16.00 Driving back to Shkodra. 17.00 Visiting the lake and the fish market. 18.00 Free time . 19.30 Dinner
15 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 3
Shkodër - Berat
6 stops
7
Berat
07.00 Breakfast at the hotel. 07.30 Driving to Berat. Short stops on the way. 13.00 Lunch.
19 hours • Admission ticket free
8
Berat Castle
14.00 Visting the castle. Berat Castle, also referred to as the Citadel of Berat and castle quarter, is a fortress overlooking the town of Berat.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
9
National Iconographic Museum Onufri
Visit the "Onufri" Museum dedicated to Byzantine art and iconography, located inside the castle.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
10
National Ethnographic Museum Berat
Visit the Ethnographic Museum that contains a diversity of everyday objects from throughout history of the city.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
11
Visit the Lead Mosque, a 16th-century historical mosque
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
12
16.30 Driving to Kutalli. Visiting the ‘Cobo’ winery. Degustating the different sort of wines and spirits, walking in the grapeyard. Driving back to Berat. 20.00 Diner.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 4
Berat - Apollonia - Vlora
4 stops
13
Apollonia Archaeological Park
07.00 Breakfast. 08.00 Driving to Apollonia. 09.30 Visiting the Apollonia Archaeological Park, contains artifacts unearthed nearby from the ancient town of Apollonia, flourished during the 4th century AD.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
14
10.30 Driving to Zvernec. 12.00 Visiting the St. Mary's Monastery, a medieval Byzantine church in Zvërnec Island inside the Narta Lagoon close to Vlorë. 13.00 Lunch.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
15
15.00 Driving to Vlora. 16.00 Visiting the Independence Museum, that offers the most comprehensive information regarding the most culminating events in the life of Albania.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
16
Vlore
17.00 Visit Kuzum Baba hill, where the Kuzum Baba Tekke, a Bektashi temple is located, and from where you enjoy a beatiful panoramic view. 19.00 Driving to Kanina hill. Dinner.
15 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 5
Vlora - South Riviera - Saranda
5 stops
17
Llogara National Park
07.00 Breakfast at the hotel. 08.00 Driving to the Riviera. 08.30 A coffee break to Llogara pass, in Llogara Park, that is an evergreen forested area, extending up to 1800 m high above the sea level.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
18
Ali Pasha Castle
09.00 Driving down to Borsh. 10.00 Visiting the Ali Pashe Tepelen castle in Porto Palermo.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
19
Borsh
10.30 Driving to Borsh. 11.00 Visiting the ‘Borshi’ olive oil cantine. 12.00 Driving to Saranda.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
20
12.30 Driving to Saranda. 13.00 Lunch.
1 day • Admission ticket free
21
Butrint National Park
16.30 Driving to Butrint. 17.00 Visiting the Butrint National Park, that is spectacular archaeological site and the National Park of Albania that occupies a beautiful and small peninsula. 18.30 Driving to the mussels aquafarm. 19.00 Visiting the process of breeding the mussels. 19.30 Diner.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 6
Saranda - Gjirokastra
5 stops
22
07.00 Breakfast. 08.00 Driving to Blue Eye spring. 08.30 Visiting the spring. This natural spring, of unknown depth, produces ice cold water even in the height of summer.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
23
Skenduli House
09.15 Driving to Gjirokastra. 10.15 Visiting the ‘Skenduli’ House
15 minutes • Admission ticket included
24
The house of the world-famous Albanian writer, Ismail Kadare, has been turned into a museum
15 minutes • Admission ticket included
25
Gjirokaster Castle
12.00 Visiting the castle. The castle dominates the town and overlooks the strategically important route along the river valley. 13.00 Lunch
2 hours • Admission ticket included
26
The Cold War Tunnel
16.00 Visit the Cold war tunnel, the anti-atomic bunker, a communist era underground fortification.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 7
Gjirokastër - Përmet - Voskopojë
5 stops
27
07.00 Breakfast in the hotel. 08.00 Driving to Përmet. A short break at Kelcyra gorge.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
28
Permet
10.00 Visiting a cheese diary. 11.00 Visiting a wine and raki cantine and degustating the drinks. 12.30 Lunch
3 hours • Admission ticket free
29
Benja Thermal Baths
14.00 A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
30
Leskovik
14.30 Driving to Leskovik. Stop to Sotira Farm. 17.00 Arriving to Voskopojë.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
31
Voskopoja was an important cultural center and well known for its churches with frescos. 20.00 Diner
15 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 8
Voskopojë - Korçë - Pogradec - Elbasan - Tirana
3 stops
32
Korce
07.00 Breakfast. 08.00 Driving to Korça. 09.30 Visiting the The Bratko Museum of Oriental Art that contains around 450 objects representing 17 Eastern cultures of the world.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
33
Driloni National Park
12.00 Driving to Pogradec. 13.00 Visiting Driloni National Park. 13.30 Lunch
2 hours • Admission ticket included
34
15.00 Driving to Elbasan. 16.30 Visiting Elbasan castle,a 15th-century fortress in the city of Elbasan. 20.00 Dinner 21.00 Driving to Tirana
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 9
Tirana - Lezhë - Krujë - Tiranë
2 stops
35
Lezhe
07.00 Breakfast. 09.00 Driving to Lezha. 12.00 Visiting the ‘Mrizi i Zanave’ agro-tourism farm. 12.30 Lunch.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
36
Kruja Castle
14.00 Driving to Kruja. 15.00 Viziting Kruja Castle, Scenderbeg Museum, Etnografic Museum and Old Bazaar. 17.00 Return to Tirana 19.00 Dinner
2 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 10
Tirana - Transfers
1 stop
37
Tirana
07.00 Breakfast. 08.00 Driving to the Rinas airport or Durrës Port or to any other Hotel in Tirana.
2 hours • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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