Description
- Day 1
Tiranë – Elbasan – Voskopoja
Meet and assist with the guide upon arrival at “Mother Teresa” Airport and transfer to the hotel. After check –in at the hotel departure from the hotel and going sightseeing in Tirana. Visit: National Historical Museum, Skenderberg Square, the mosque of Ethem Bey built in 1789. Next to the mosque stands the clock tower, 35m high, built in 1830. While walking on the main boulevard you will see the House of Opera, the Town Hall, the buildings of Government, the International
Cultural Center as well as other important institutions.
Leave Tirana city and depart to Tushemisht. The first stop will be in Elbasan city where you visit Elbasan castle. Have a walk in the Elbasan Castle and on the ancient Egnatia street. Stop for a coffee break in traditional coffee and depart to Pogradec city. Arrival at Lin Village and
have a boat ride in Ohrid lakes if you want (optional).
Arriving in Tushemisht by lunchtime, which is the small village near the Ohrid Lake. Tushemisht is like a mini version of Venice. Natural springs, the same springs that feed Lake Ohrid, are in and around the village. There are no tourists here. None, even though the village is
just a few minutes drive from the main city of Pogradec.
Inside Tushemisht, canals of spring water pass around, under, and through the houses. Most of the houses here have access to natural spring water, carefully channeled through the village.
After taking your lunch in Tushemisht (lunch will be tout from the lake which is the traditional dish in this village).
Dinner and overnight in Voskopoja
- Day 2
Voskopojë – Korcë – Përmet.
Leave the hotel in Tushemisht and drive to Voskopoja village.
The Village of Voskopoja it has been restored in recent years giving it a unique style, in harmony with the surrounding nature, with a runway at the center of its surface. Visitors who appreciate the
tranquility and relaxation that the distance to the rest of the resort offers always frequent not only by active people who love nature and sports, but the point also. In this village there is possibility of
Cultural Tour and hiking in the hills for exploring.
Leave Voskopoja village and depart to Korca city. Korca is called the threshold of Albanian culture. You can visit the Museum of Medieval Arts where works of different famous painters are
exhibited, archeological museum of the town. Lunch at a traditional restaurant in Korca. After Lunch we depart to Përmet city. Permet stands out for its beautiful folk songs with the clarinet and for its old history. You can visit Benja Thermal water and have some time for
relaxation. Arrival in Kenyon of Langarica and start walking tour with Sandals or Bare food in the Kenyon Have lunch picnic or in a local restaurant near Benja Village. Dinner and overnight in Përmet.
- Day 3
Përmet – Gjirokastra
Leave the hotel and drive to the ancient town of Gjirokstra . Arrival in Gjirokastra and you will the the history of Albania.
The historic site in Gjirokastra, the “Neck of the Bazaar”, makes up the center of the Old Town but what were once artisanal workshops are today mainly tourist souvenir shops. There are a couple of stone carvers left at the top end of the bazaar. Before dinner time you will have free time in the bazaar. visit:Interior: Gjirokastra castle, Skendulaj fortress Gjirokastra house, part of which has been transformed into a political prison for dissidents of the regime and the weapons museum. Visit
the Ethnographic Museum, which is also the house in which the Albanian dictator was born, as well as a 300-year-old house next door, where the greatness of Gjirokastra’s master builders can be seen.
Overnight in Gjirokastra
- Day 4
Gjirokastra – Berat – Tirana
After breakfast, Transfer to Berati city which is 3 Hours Driving away
Arrival in berati and Transfer to the fortress of Berat and visit The Interior:
Berati fortress, Onufri museum Berat is one of the most visited and characteristic cities of Albania under the protection of UNESCO as patronage of the humanity for its unique architectural character. In Berat, we visit the castle and the Onufri museum. Berat Castle is
particularly interesting because people still live within its walls in their traditional houses, just like their ancestors for centuries. The castle had more than 40 churches, of which 7 remain, including the Sainte-Marie church transformed into an Onufri museum. Onufri was a famous. You will have lunch inside the Fortress and after the free time you will visit the city center.
After the visit Depart to Tirana and Finish Our Tour
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