Best Places To Visit in Albania Tour in 5 days

Name: Best Places To Visit in Albania Tour in 5 days
Price: 550 EUR
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5 days

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Aria Travel & Events is a boutique tour operator focused on the sustainable tourism, rural development, environment protection, local families, farms experience providers. Our motto is "with the Locals, for the Locals. Our values make us different!

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Specialized infant seats are available

Not recommended for pregnant travelers

Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What To Expect

Day 1

Tirana Airport – Apollonia – Vlora

Accommodations

Overnight in 4star hotel

Apollonia Archaeological Park

Pick up at Tirana airport and transfer to Vlora. On the way we stop to the ancient city of Apollonia situated on the famous Via Egnatia - one of the most important cities in Roman times. The Roman Emperor Augustus Octavian studied here.

2 hours • Admission Included

Vlore

Afterwards we continue to Vlora, the town of Albania’s Independence for overnight.

4 hours • Admission Not Applicable

Day 2

Vlora – Butrint (UNESCO) – Saranda

Accommodations

Overnight in 4stars hotel in Saranda

Himare

After breakfast we depart for Saranda. Drive on the spectacular Albanian Riviera looking down at the Ionian Sea. Breathtaking sceneries await us at the Llogara pass - 1000 m above sea level. On the way we visit the Ali Pasha Castle in Panormi bay a.k.a Porto Palermo, name given by the Fascist Italian soldiers during WWII.

3 hours • Admission Not Applicable

Butrint National Park

We continue on to Saranda, to visit the ancient city of Butrint a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city was first settled by Greek colonists and was continuously inhabited for centuries forming archaeological layers of passing civilizations. It is situated in a beautiful peninsula among dense vegetation.

3 hours • Admission Included

Saranda

Then we drive to Saranda for Overnight

4 hours • Admission Not Applicable

Day 3

Saranda – Gjirokastra (UNESCO) – Berat

Accommodations

Overnight in characteristic boutique hotel in Berat

Gjirokaster

After breakfast we drive to Berat. We stop in Gjirokastra a UNESCO site and museum town with beautiful and very distinct architecture. We will visit the Fortress which is used as the venue for the National Festival of Folk Song and Dance and has an Arms’ Museum with weapons from WWII. Next we visit the Ethnographic Museum which is also the house and birthplace of our ex-dictator, Enver Hoxha.

4 hours • Admission Not Applicable

Berat

We depart for Berat, the city of 1001 windows, one of the most attractive and characteristic towns in Albania and protected by UNESCO as a world heritage town. In the afternoon explore the city of Berat independently, especially by night the views of the two old neighborhoods Gorica and Mangalemi are magical. Overnight in Berat.

6 hours • Admission Not Applicable

Day 4

Berat (UNESCO) – Durres – Tirana

Accommodations

Overnight in 4stars hotel in Tirana

Berat Castle

After breakfast we visit the Castle and the Onufri Museum. Berat castle is of particular interest as people still live within its walls in their traditional houses, as have their ancestors for centuries. The castle used to have over 40 churches of which 7 still remain, including one turned into Onufri Museum. Onufri was an Albanian Icon master painter of the 16th century who painted many orthodox churches in Albania and Greece.

3 hours • Admission Included

Durres Amphitheatre

After this interesting experience we depart for Durres one of the oldest and most important cities in Albania founded in 627 B.C. We take a sightseeing tour of the Archaeological Museum and the Amphitheatre situated in the middle of the modern city in an inhabited area.

2 hours • Admission Included

Tirana

Continue to Tirana and take a sightseeing tour of the city and its most important attractions, Et’hem bey mosque, Clock Tower, boulevard “Martyrs of the Nation”, the Pyramid, Bunkers in the central area of the city and much more. Overnight in Tirana.

4 hours • Admission Not Applicable

Day 5

Tirana – Airport

Rinas

After breakfast, free to explore until time of transfer to Airport. End of our services.

30 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

What‘s Included

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Air-conditioned vehicle

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