Description
- Day 1
Tirana
Visit Tirana city and enjoy your first day in the capital Arrival in Tirana international airport and assist with the driver and guide. You will get a general information about the tour that you will have. After check –in, depart to the city center of Albania
Tirana. You will have a very nice introduction of Tirana by the guide.
Visit: The National Museum, Gallery of Arts, Skanderbeg square, The Boulevard, The Mosque, The Bunker, The Pyramid, Mother Theresa Square, Blloku main area. After the sightseeing you will have some free time on your own to enjoy the city and its main attractions.
In the afternoon you can visit the Castle of Petrela where you can have dinner.
- Day 2
Tirana – Kruja – Shkodra
Visit the Ottoman Old town in Kruja and Shkodra city
Morning departure for the historical city of Kruja. You will visit in Kruja the museum of Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg, and the Ethnographic museum. Of great interest is the symbol of the goat’s
head on Skanderbeg helmet.You leave Kruja by visiting the Bazaar with its characteristic wooden shops, wool carpets, wooden-made objects etc. After lunch in Kruja depart to Shkodra an other ancient town in Albania.Shkodra is the largest and the most important city in the Northern Albania. Start sightseeing the city with a local guide visit:Rozafa Castle, Pedestrian Area, Buna River, the Kings Mosque,
Rozafa Castle from where spectacular views all around can be admired and Marubi Photographic Museum with a selection of prints of negatives taken in starting from the second half of the 19th
century till the 1900-s, illustrating the life of the population of the area in that period.
Have dinner in a local restaurant in Shkodra.
Overnight in Shkodra.
- Day 3
Shkodra – Ferry Ride – Valbona
Lunch and Dinner Included
Leave the hotel and depart to the port of Vau i Dejes.From here we will drive to Koman, where you will continue our trip through an amazing ferryboat ride to Fierze over the river Drini. Once
you arrive there, you will use local transport to the Valley of Valbona. In Valbona, you will have time to relax, discover the culture, and enjoy the wonderful surroundings. Arrive in Valbone and have lunch at a guesthouse. In the afternoon you will enjoy some light hiking through the magnificent scenery of Valbona village and the high Alps on the background. Valbona is a small village sandwiched between stunning mountains, a craggy landscape and endless trees. The flora and fauna, homes, people, food, traditions and animals all add to the mystique of this place that is seemingly lost in time. Jaw-droppingly beautiful, the stark isolation and sense of community here will, for many, be the highlight of life in the Albanian mountains. And bring an extra battery for your camera – the ferry and village will have you snapping shots
all day long!
Traditional Dinner and overnight in Valbona
- Day 4
Valbona – Gjakova – Prizren
Meeting with guide and driver and departure to Prizren.You will have an amazing experience by driving into the country of Kosovo. Pass by the town of Gjakova and have some free time for coffee. Depart to Prizren city. You will have sightseeing of the most famous and well preserved ottoman city in Kosovo, you will visit the important museum “League of prizren”. After sightseeing the city have lunch in a local restaurant.
Kosovo has a unique and complicated history – get a chance to learn some of it and be pleasantly surprised at the hospitality and friendliness you encounter here! A country-in-flux, there has never been a more exciting time to visit. Prizren, a town of shops, mosques, churches
and old bridges, compares to many Western European cities in culture and beauty.
Taste traditional meals from Kosovo Dinner and overnight in Prizren.
- Day 5
Prizren – Durres
This is the day that you will visit an other important and ancient town in Albania. After breakfast proceed to Durres. Durres is located near the Adriatic Sea and it’s full of History from the ancient Roman and
byzantine empire. You will sightseeing the city and have free time for lunch in Durres.
Durrës was once, albeit briefly, Albania’s capital. It’s now virtually an extension of Tirana, joined to the capital by a ceaseless urban corridor full of hypermarkets and car dealerships. Blessed with a reasonable
10km stretch of beach, Durrës is a pleasant escape from Tirana and has a charmingly Mediterranean air once you get off the seafront, which can be very crowded, noisy, and a bit tacky during the summer
months. The town has a long and impressive history, and for international visitors, the main reason for coming to Durrës isn’t for the beaches but for the interesting Roman amphitheater and superb
archaeological museum. You will spend some time in the Ancient part of Durres and also enjoy the
Dinner and overnight in Tirana.
- Day 6
Transfer to Mother Teresa airport for homebound flight.
This is the end of our Service
