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Highlights of Albania & Ohrid

Day Departure Tour Overnight Distance Duration
Day 01 Tirana Arpt – Kruja Durres 70 km 2 hrs
Day 02 Durres Durres – Apollonia – Ardenica Vlora 149 km 3,5 hrs
Day 03 Vlora Butrint Saranda 170 km 6 hrs
Day 04 Saranda Gjirokastra Berat 240 km 4,5 hrs
Day 05 Berat Berat Ohrid 195 km 4 hrs
Day 06 Ohrid Ohrid – St. Naum Ohrid 70 km 1,5 hrs
Day 07 Berat Tirana Tirana 135 km 2,5 hrs
Day 08 Tirana Tirana – Airport 60 km 2 hrs

Day 01: After breakfast, start with the walking tour of
Program Tirana Airport – Kruja – Durres Durres city. Explore the ruins of town forum,
Itinerary Welcome in Albania! Meet the guide and roman baths, city center, town hall, Roman
driver at the airport and transfer to the first
Amphitheatre, byzantine walls and Venetian
site, Kruja. Upon your arrival, start touring the tower a panoramic display of discoveries
medieval fortress of Kruja and urban planning of this once important
hill town. The walking city. Drive to Ardenica and take a visit of
tour will take you through the Monastery. Ardenica Monastery is a
the cobble stone pathway Byzantine structure where you can visit the
of Ottoman bazaar, with Saint Mary Church, the Saint Triad chapel,
wooden shops and the konake, the oil mill, the oven and the stall.
displays of various gifts Continuation to Apollonia Archaeologic Site.
and antique household The walking tour of the ancient Apollonian site
items. Visit within the walls includes the Encircling Wall,
MACEDONIA of the castle will include the monuments of Agonothetes, the Library,
Kruja
Durres Tirana the historic museum the Odeon, the Portico,
dedicated to Scanderbeg the house with mosaics,
and his resistance against Archaeological Museum
ALBANIA Ohrid the Ottoman invasion. and the Church of St. Mary.
St. Naum An old house turned Time to drive to the hotel in Vlora (1h)
Ardenica
to an ethnographic for dinner and overnight
Apollonia Berat museum will invite you to
Vlora a unique cultural aspect Day 03:
Gjirokastra of life in northern Albania. Vlora – Butrint – Saranda
Continuation to Durres for Today we’ll drive and enjoy the scenic
dinner and overnight mountain ride, descending the rocky shore
and pristine beaches of Ionian Sea, offering
Day 02: photo opportunities of the natural landscape,
Saranda
Durres – Ardenica – unique village settings, Dhermi, Himara beach
Butrint
Apollonia – Vlora town; fortress of Ali Pasha situated in the
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