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10-Day Shared Group Food and History Tour of Albania

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Overview

In this tour you will know the most representative of Albanian Cuisine that is part of the cultural heritage and a mixed result of mutual influences from other countries.
Some specialities you find also elsewhere, but why we can not say that the others got from us?
You will understand that during this 10 day tour that combine culinary with history, culture, tradition, religion and nature.

Activity location

Tirana
- Tirana, Albania

Meeting/Redemption Point

Tirana
- Tirana, Albania

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10-Day Shared Group Food and History Tour of Albania

10d
English

Pickup included

Travellers

Language options: English

Starting time: 12:00 p.m.

Price details

CA $3,029.19 x 1 AdultCA $3,029.19

Total

What's included, what's not

Local Drinks during meals
9 nights accommodation
Transport in air-conditioned vehicle
English Speaking Guide
Service charge
Health/Travel insurance
Other personal expenses

Know before you book

Public transport options are available nearby
Specialised infant seats are available
Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travellers
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Pick up - Tirana

2 stops
Meals: snacks
Accommodation: Overnight at a 4 stars Hotel, central located.

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.

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.

Day 2: Tirana - Shkodër

4 stops
Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
Accommodation: Overnight at a 4 stars Hotel, central located.

Rozafa Castle

1h
Admission ticket included

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.

Marubi National Museum of Photography

30m
Admission ticket included

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.

Malësi e Madhe

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 yoghurt 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.

Shkoder

16.00 Driving back to Shkodra. 17.00 Visiting the lake and the fish market. 18.00 Free time . 19.30 Dinner

Day 3: Shkodër - Berat

6 stops
Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
Accommodation: Overnight at a 4 stars Hotel, central located.

Berat

07.00 Breakfast at the hotel. 07.30 Driving to Berat. Short stops on the way. 13.00 Lunch.

Berat Castle

1h
Admission ticket included

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.

National Iconographic Museum Onufri

30m
Admission ticket included

Visit the "Onufri" Museum dedicated to Byzantine art and iconography, located inside the castle.

National Ethnographic Museum Berat

30m
Admission ticket included

Visit the Ethnographic Museum that contains a diversity of everyday objects from throughout history of the city.

Xhamia Mbret

30m
Admission ticket included

Visit the Lead Mosque, a 16th-century historical mosque

Cobo Winery

30m
Admission ticket included

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.

Day 4: Berat - Apollonia - Vlora

4 stops
Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
Accommodation: Overnight at a 4 stars Hotel, central located.

Apollonia Archaeological Park

1h
Admission ticket included

07.00 Breakfast. 08.00 Driving to Apollonia. 09.30 Visiting the Apollonia Archaeological Park, contains artefacts unearthed nearby from the ancient town of Apollonia, flourished during the 4th century AD.

Zvernec Monastery

2h
Admission ticket included

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.

National Museum of Independence

30m
Admission ticket included

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.

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.

Day 5: Vlora - South Riviera - Saranda

5 stops
Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
Accommodation: Overnight at a 4 stars Hotel, central located.

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.

Ali Pasha Castle

30m
Admission ticket included

09.00 Driving down to Borsh. 10.00 Visiting the Ali Pashe Tepelen castle in Porto Palermo.

Borsh

10.30 Driving to Borsh. 11.00 Visiting the ‘Borshi’ olive oil cantine. 12.00 Driving to Saranda.

Sarandë

12.30 Driving to Saranda. 13.00 Lunch.

Butrint National Park

2h
Admission ticket included

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.

Day 6: Saranda - Gjirokastra

5 stops
Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
Accommodation: Overnight at a 4 stars Hotel, central located.

Blue Eye

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.

Skenduli House

15m
Admission ticket included

09.15 Driving to Gjirokastra. 10.15 Visiting the ‘Skenduli’ House

Ismail Kadare's House

15m
Admission ticket included

The house of the world-famous Albanian writer, Ismail Kadare, has been turned into a museum

Gjirokaster Castle

2h
Admission ticket included

12.00 Visiting the castle. The castle dominates the town and overlooks the strategically important route along the river valley. 13.00 Lunch

The Cold War Tunnel

30m
Admission ticket included

16.00 Visit the Cold war tunnel, the anti-atomic bunker, a communist era underground fortification.

Day 7: Gjirokastër - Përmet - Voskopojë

5 stops
Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
Accommodation: Overnight at a 4 stars Hotel, central located.

Këlcyrë

07.00 Breakfast in the hotel. 08.00 Driving to Përmet. A short break at Kelcyra gorge.

Permet

10.00 Visiting a cheese diary. 11.00 Visiting a wine and raki cantine and degustating the drinks. 12.30 Lunch

Benja Thermal Baths

30m
Admission ticket included

14.00 A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

Leskovik

14.30 Driving to Leskovik. Stop to Sotira Farm. 17.00 Arriving to Voskopojë.

Voskopoje

Voskopoja was an important cultural centre and well known for its churches with frescos. 20.00 Diner

Day 8: Voskopojë - Korçë - Pogradec - Elbasan - Tirana

3 stops
Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
Accommodation: Overnight at a 4 stars Hotel, central located.

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.

Driloni National Park

2h
Admission ticket included

12.00 Driving to Pogradec. 13.00 Visiting Driloni National Park. 13.30 Lunch

Elbasan Castle

30m
Admission ticket included

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

Day 9: Tirana - Lezhë - Krujë - Tiranë

2 stops
Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
Accommodation: Overnight at a 4 stars Hotel, central located.

Lezhe

07.00 Breakfast. 09.00 Driving to Lezha. 12.00 Visiting the ‘Mrizi i Zanave’ agro-tourism farm. 12.30 Lunch.

Kruja Castle

2h
Admission ticket included

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

Day 10: Tirana - Transfers

1 stop
Meals: breakfast
Accommodation: Not included

Tirana

07.00 Breakfast. 08.00 Driving to the Rinas airport or Durrës Port or to any other Hotel in Tirana.

Location

Activity location

Tirana
- Tirana, Albania

Meeting/Redemption Point

Tirana
- Tirana, Albania

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