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some time in the old town visiting the Daud bearing 2500 years of heritage and the tour Mosque of Et’hem Bey
Pasha baths once the largest baths in of Onufri Museum, located within St. Mary’s Dinner and overnight in Tirana
Balkans now the City Art Galery, the imposing church. You may have an optional tour and
Mustafa Pasha Mosque or the bustling old wine testing to Cobo Winery. Dinner and Day 08:
market area. Free time in the old bazaar. overnight in Berat Tirana – Kruja – Airport
Driving towards the National Park of Mavrovo, Today before we transfer to the Airport, we’ll
located in the western-central part of the Day 07: drive to Kruja. Upon arrival, start touring the
country, which offers the highest mountain Berat – Tirana medieval fortress of Kruja hill town. The
peaks in Macedonia. In Mavrovo National After breakfast at the hotel, departure to walking tour will take you through the cobble
Park there is the most famous village of Tirana. stone pathway of Ottoman bazaar, with
Galichnik, and the Monastery of Sveti Jovan Tirana, the capital of Albania, is an ancient wooden shops and displays of various gifts
Bigorski (St John the Baptist). Continue to city with a history enriched by the interaction and antique household items. Visit within the
Ohrid for dinner and overnight (2 nights) of cultural forces originating in the Islamic walls of the castle will include the historic
and European Christian worlds. During the museum dedicated to Scanderbeg and his
Day 05: tour, you will encounter the impact of these resistance against the Ottoman invasion. An
Ohrid – St. Naum – Ohrid influences in the Tirana’s architecture. The old house turned to an ethnographic museum
After breakfast, walking tour of Ohrid old town tour will highlight some symbols and remains will invite you to a unique cultural aspect of life
(UNESCO heritage site), city of light with rich of the communism era to provide you with in northern Albania
cultural and historical heritage in which a lot a general understanding of Albanian history. Transfer to the airport
of civilizations left their own mark. Welcome to Visit National Historic Museum and the End of Service
the magical place where on an amazing way
the cultural and natural heritage are mixed
along with the hospitality, city for which
many world searchers of beauty use to call
this city – Macedonian part of paradise The
highlight of the Ohrid tour include Church
of St. Sophia, St.Bogorodica Perivlepta,
St.Pantelejmon – Plaosnik, Old Bazaar, King
Samoil Fortress, Antique Theatre, and so on
Optional boat trip to Ohrid Lake
Afternoon visit to the Medieval Monastic
Complex of St. Naum.

Day 06:
Ohrid – Berat
Today we will drive to Albania – Berat to visit
one of the most important sites in Albania,
listed under UNESCO Heritage. The walking
tour will explore the ancient fortress, main
gates, towers, orthodox churches, the
typical architecture of the dwelling sites,
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