Albania Discovery Tour

 Program

• We stay in the White Dream hotel in Tirana
• Visit Kruja. Kruja is a town in north central Albania. Located between Mount Krujë and the Ishëm River, the city is 20 km away from Tirana.
  • Visit Scanderbeg Museum which honors George Kastrioti Skanderbeg (1405–1466), the national hero of Albania.
  • Visit the Ethnographic Museum which is located next to the castle in an old Ottoman house full of furniture and artifacts.
• Take cable cabin or bus to Dajti Mountain
  • Dinner in Dajti mountain enjoying the amazing sunset.
• Visit Pogradec.
  • Visit Lin village or have a picnic at Kabashi springs. The site was once an important settlement and fortress of the ancient Illyrian tribes that lived throughout the Lake Ohrid region.
  • Visit Pogradec Castle situated at 205 m above sea level.
  • Visit Drilon, 5 km from Pogradec.
  • In Pogradec we will stay at Hotel Millennium in Tushemisht.
• Visit Voskopoja. It was a cultural and commercial center of the Aromanians, and now a small municipality in Korçë District.
• Visit Korce.
  • Visit the building of the first officially recognized Albanian school in modern Albania, opened in Korça in 1887.
  • Visit the National Museum of Medieval Art is a museum in Korçë, Albania. It was established on April 24, 1980.
  • Visit the National Archaeological Museum of Korçë. It contains around 1200 artifacts from the Hellenic period.
  • Visit Birra Korca brewery.
  • In Korca we will stay at Kocibelli Hotel. Situated in the center of town it offers its guests a taste of the traditional Korca hospitality, a family atmosphere, comfort and the tradition of being the rst hotel in town.
• Visit Gjirokastra Castle and the characteristic quarters.
  • In Gjirokaster we will stay at Hotel Cajupi. In the complex "Cajupi" you will enjoy the wonderful landscape of the city, Drino valley and Caju plateau, together with all the relax and hospitality that only this place can offer.
• Visit Butrint. The park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of the most important archaeological sites in the country containing different artifacts and structures which date from the Bronze Age up until the 19th century.
  • Visit Saint George Monastery.
  • Visit "Blue Eye".
  • In Saranda we will stay at Andon Lapa Hotel. It is situated in a fantastic position next to the sea of Saranda and fairly close to the center of town.
• Visit in Dhermi village. The village is built on a slope of the Ceraunian Mountains, at approximately 200 meters in altitude.
• Visit Llogara National Park It is declared a national park in 1966 by the Albanian Government. The park covers an area of 1,010 hectares between a height from 470m to 2,018m above sea level and protects the forests on the north side of the Llogara Pass.
• Visit Vlora
  • In Vlora we will stay in the New York Hotel. It is located in a very attractive part of Vlora Bay also known as the "Cold Water" area because of the fresh water springs nearby, which empty into the clear blue waters of the Ionian sea.
• Visit Apollonia situated twelve km away from Fier and is one of the two most important ancient Greek colonial settlements in Albania.
• Visit Berat
  • Visit Mangalem and Gorica quarters
  • Visit Cobo Winery in Berat
  • In Berat we will stay in the Hotel Tomorri. The hotel has 30 years experience of service and tradition; therefore it can make your stay as comfortable and enjoyable, as you wish.
  • Visit Berat Castle
  • Visit Onufri Museum in Berat Castle
• Visit National Museum when we get back to Tirana, before the departure.