Private Tour
Full-Day Tour of Albania’s Bunkers and Beaches, from Tirana
Overview
Available languages
9 hours
Mobile ticket
Discover the history and beaches of Albania on a full-day tour from Tirana. Visit military installments, a family farm, Lalezi Bay, and Cape Rodoni to experience the foods, historical sites, and beautiful beaches of the region. Have time to swim, sample local cuisine, and learn about local history from your guide. Includes wine tasting, entrance fees, and hotel pickup and drop-off.
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Minimum drinking age is 18 years
At time of booking, cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
Refunds will not be issued if tour/activity is missed due to late or non-arrival of cruise ship
May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Local guide
Air-conditioned vehicle
Snacks
Tips
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting points
Tirana
Tirana Albania
End points
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
This is a private collection of historical memorabilia mainly showing objects of everyday life but also a lot of other military, art and culture related items of the Tirana and Albania history. It has a garden and is for the moment situated in a 1927 typical Tirana house with a nice wild garden, populated by a dense tortoise large family in the spring, summer and fall season. Quite an experience, this visit is also enriched by locals that are invited to tell you their personal stories. Great thing to do and certainly far from being considered a touristy experience. Definitely loved by everyone that chose to come. Some local turkish coffee and home made delights or fruit will always be there to make this even better. In the fresh seasons, raki will be there to warm up the spirits.
Options
Tour of Bunkers and Cuisine
Tour bringing to some local farms around Tirana, one of the best traditional based cuisine in Albania and not only, bunkers on a beach of the North and then head back to Tirana in early evening.
Duration: 8 hours: Driving time can vary according to season or traffic but it should averagely not be more than 2h30' and it's anyway beautiful
Nice and comfortable AC car : Will vary according to season and size of group but will always be air conditioned, quite a must in Albania.
Pickup included
Reviews
16 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
A beautiful day exploring the surroundings of Tirana
VeronikaB1306,
Nov 13, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The bunker trip was great, with amazing views of Cape Rodoni, and the bunkers were really special. The food at the bunker farm was really delicious!
Unique tour
V9424EXpatrickt,
Sep 11, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Albanian tours are one of the best companies I’ve ever organised a tour with. Their communication is great and it’s very clear what your itinerary will be. Their tour guide, Elton, is just fantastic. He speaks fluent English and also French and Italian, and his knowledge of his country is brilliant. At this company they know exactly what to offer you, granted you communicate a clear idea of what kind of tour you’re looking for. On the day of the tour, Elton used a really nice car, and paused the action for food and toilet breaks whenever I needed. I booked 2 tours with this company and It was a pleasure, a fantastic start to my holiday in Albania.
Albanian Trip planned our very fun trip to Albania. They are top-notch!
RLeslie641,
Jun 11, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Albanian Trip is fantastic! We had an amazing time on our trip! It was our first trip to Albania. We told Vilma at Albanian Trip what we were interested in, based on that she customized an incredible itinerary providing the perfect adventure around the country. Although we often plan our own trips, we would have missed a lot in Albania if we didn't have their assistance. We definitely plan to use Albanian Trip again. Visits: We visited UNESCO sites and ancient ruins, explored castles & monasteries, did some wine tasting, hiked through beautiful mountains and rolling hills, saw some unique museums, ferried across a lovely lake, made many panorama stops, basked on beaches of the Ionian Sea, and learned a lot about the many layers of Albanian history and culture. I can’t believe how much we got to see and do! Food: It was easy to eat healthy since Albania grows lots of fresh produce. Delicious fresh food. Albanian Trip planned our itinerary to time it so we were often in scenic places at small family-run places for lunch stops and coffee breaks. Accommodations: We really enjoyed staying at the small boutique hotels and family-run guesthouses that they chose for us. Super clean and full of traditional character. Tour Guide: Albanian Trip has access to the top guides. We had the best time with our very fantastic guide, Eridjon! We just loved him! He had a great sense of humor and made each day fun and interesting. Everything you want in a guide- knowledgeable about history and insight into the places we visited, extremely professional & reliable, a conscientious. safe driver, super organized. I can't say enough good things about him! Thank you so much, Albanian Trip!!!
Bunkers past and present
Stay777339,
Apr 15, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We were eager to learn more about the history of Enver Hoxha’s bunkers and to see the Albanian countryside. Albanian Trip created a custom-designed, day-long bunkers and agro tour for us, showing past and present uses of these curious and dreadful structures. Our fabulous guide, Erdion, was open, generous, well-informed and responsive, and we never felt rushed or that any of our myriad questions were unwelcome. He led us to a coastal bunker complex with spectacular views of the Adriatic, a site which also included the ruins of Skanderbeg’s castle and the Church of St. Anthony. In the afternoon, we enjoyed lunch in the home of a charming and skilled small farm owner, who had raised and prepared everything on the table, from the salad to the lamb to the honey to the wine. Afterward we took a leisurely stroll through the farm and saw how she had repurposed several bunkers to age wine, raki and house animals. We had a fabulous day!
Bunker tour of Albania & trip to Durres
Q9209RHgeorgec,
Oct 12, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I had a fantastic day yesterday with one of your excellent guides. Very knowledgeable guy who was able to teach me a lot about the history of Albania and show me some amazing sites. I cannot recommend this tour enough and thank you again!
These guys are simply the best!
Tour09809990055,
Oct 10, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00These guys are simply the best! They will tailor the tour perfectly to your brief. Plus, their deep knowledge, historical insights and personal experiences take things to a different level. I'd recommend Albania Trips for journalists, researchers, travellers and tourists alike. A big thank you to Elton and Vilma for a most memorable trip.
Seriously one of the best travel experiences
T5043XHmichaelr,
Sep 30, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Elton is seriously one of the best guides I have had anywhere in the world. You will learn so much about Albania from someone who truly lives for showing you his culture and country. Very happy to recommend Albanian Trip as someone who has been all over the world - he is up there with the best, don't hesitate to go with Albanian Trip!
Suffocating.... drown in bad attitude
mint1987,
Sep 12, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00I took this private tour, making it clear that I will be filming documentary about the topic. Vilma is the first one who reply but she didn't have any idea of the trip and took a while to pass me on to her college, Elton Elton seems to understood what I wanted and said ' we've worked with journalist, youtuber and influencer before, we knows how it's done and will provide you with the proper guide for the job' The priced changed 3 times more and more, 5 mins said including lunch, 5 minutes later not. I didn't mind and agree to pay as Im running out of option. The next morning of the pick-up, Vilma got the name wrong as there were 2 similar hotels which wouldn't be a big deal if she, instead of fixing and be a bit apologetic, but she chose to blame me for her mistake and kept texting me nonstop like I owned this trip to her as she did me a favor and so on and so I blocked her and unlocked again cuz I need the invoice lol. My guide was always in a bad mood, he crashed the car into the fence and cursed multiple times and kept cursing. He told me in a very rude way to not put his face in the video which I respected and didn't do it. Although I assumed otherwise as I was very transparent about this trip since the beginning and informed people who needed ti be informed. His Word choices could be improve as he was very very rude. But lucky him, I did tip or not I don't know hahaha cuz he sent me a thank you message for the tips. Maybe I accidentally did as I've been traveling for few weeks and got tired 😀 Elton later told me that u should have told him...well with the hot hated guide who had to drive you to remote places and you a solo female... I wouldn't lol Overall experience is -100 however I got what I need only in a very rough manner possible. It's hard to talk to guide as well although very knowledgeable but very rough and rude. His attitude of know it all and he's better than anyone else is very suffocating. Well this is my personal experience.
Southern Albania and Greece
128mirlinda,
Aug 4, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We had s great experience going to Southern Albania and Greece with Albanian Trip. Experienced crew! Fully enjoyed the traditional cousine and the landscape. So much to see and explore. We want to go there again! Plan to use Albanian Trip again next year.
Kindness and care
844suzanac,
Jul 26, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Excellent experience with Albanian Trip: our private tour guide Ervin is a great guy and was always making sure we had a good time. He took us to a few places we had requested to visit but also to some hidden gems, explaining everything and giving us his personal view and experience about Albania. Totally recommend!
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