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Sights & Bites

Day Departure Tour Overnight Distance Duration
Day 01 Airport Kruja Kruja 25 km 30 min
Day 02 Kruja Tirana Durres 90 km 2 hrs
Day 03 Durres Berat Ohrid 282 km 5 hrs
Day 04 Ohrid St. Naum Ohrid 70 km ---
Day 05 Ohrid Bitola Skopje 245 km 4,5 hrs
Day 06 Skopje Sofia Sofia 250 km 4,5 hrs
Day 07 Sofia Bachkovo Monastery Plovdiv 203 km 3 hrs
Day 08 Plovdiv Boyana Church – Sofia Sofia 165 km 2,5 hrs
Day 09 Sofia Poganovo Monastery – Nis Belgrade 432 km 6,5 hrs
Day 10 Belgrade Novi Sad – Sremski Karlovici Belgrade 200 km 3 hrs
Day 11 Belgrade Belgrade Belgrade --- ---
Day 12 Belgrade Airport 20 km 25 min
Program glorious cities in Albania. Day 03:
Itinerary The walking tour takes you through the Durres – Berat – Ohrid
Ottoman bazaar and wooden shops.
AM: Transfer by bus to Berat City.
Visit the castle walls, Historic Museum Berat Fortress Tour – Known as the “City
Day 01: dedicated to Skanderbeg and an old house of a thousand windows” and declared a
Tirana APT – Kruja converted into an Ethnographic Museum. Museum City.
AM: Arrival to Mother Teresa Airport, bus Overnight in Kruja. The town is composed of 3 parts: Gorica,
transfer to Kruja. situated on the far side of the river;
PM: Kruja walking tour – Considered one of Day 02: Mangalem, situated on the fortress side of
the principal old town and one of the most Kruja – Tirana – Durres the river and the Residential quarter within
AM: Transfer by bus to Tirana. the fortress known as Kalaja.
City Tour of Tirana, an ancient city with The old part of the city has some religious
a history enriched by the interaction of buildings like mosque and Byzantine
Novi Sad cultural forces originating in the Islamic and churches.
European Christian worlds. PM: After lunch, depart for Ohrid,
Sremski Karlovici Belgrade
The center of Tirana clearly demonstrates Macedonia.
SERBIA the Italian fascist influence. In the main Overnight in Ohrid.
square, you will see a part of the Islamic
Nis influences and the expansion of the Day 04:
modern city also. Ohrid
BULGARIA
Sofia PM: Bus transfer to Durres. AM: Walking tour of Ohrid old town includes
KOSOVO Boyana Explore the ruins of town forum, Roman the church of St. Sofia, the most eminent
Skopje Plovdiv
ALBANIA baths, city center, town hall, Roman medieval monument in Macedonia and St.
Kruja Bachkovo Monastery Amphitheater, byzantine walls, Venetian Clément’s Church.
Durres MACEDONIA tower and archaeological museum, a PM: Optional boat trip to explore Ohrid
Tirana Ohrid panoramic display of discoveries and urban Lake.
Bitola planning of this once important city. Visit a monastic complex, known for its rich
Berat
Overnight in Durres. history of orthodox religion, some of the
painting achievements and woodcarving,

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