Visit Albania from Dubrovnik

Visit Albania from Dubrovnik

This is A tour which is devised for travelers who can save considerable travel costs by flying to Dubrovnik, or those who would like to combine a Croatian holiday with an Albanian discovery tour. This tour visits all UNESCO sites of Albania as well as Dubrovnik in Croatia and Kotor in Montenegro both UNESCO sites as well.

Itinerary

Day 1: Dubrovnik Airport - Dubrovnik

Stop At: Old Town, Dubrovnik Croatia
At Dubrovnik airport you will be met by our driver and guide and transferred to the city and your hotel.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Old Town, Dubrovnik Croatia
In the late afternoon take a guided walk through Dubrovnik Old City, a UNESCO site. Overnight in Dubrovnik.
Duration: 2 hours

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: 3* 4* Hotel in Dubrovnik

Day 2: Dubrovnik – Budva - Kruja – Tirana

Stop At: Altstadt (Old Town) Budva, Vuka Karadzica, Budva, Budva Municipality Montenegro
After breakfast proceed to Albania through Montenegro. A quick stop in Budva for a visit at the Old Town by the sea.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Kruja Castle, Near Tirana, Kruje 1501 Albania
Continue on into Albania and to Kruja - the center of Albanian resistance against the Turks under Scanderbeg, the Albanian National Hero
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Skanderbeg Square, At the center of Tirana, Tirana Albania
After the visits, proceed to Tirana where we visit the National History Museum which offers a great introduction of Albania and its people.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 3* 4* Hotel in Tirana

Day 3: Tirana – Ardenica – Apollonia – Vlora

Stop At: Ardenica Monastery, Ardenice Albania
Depart to Vlora where Albanian Independence was proclaimed. On the way we stop at the Monastery of Ardenica, supposed to have been built in the middle ages, as argued by a stone in entrance dating back to the 1417
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Apollonia Archaeological Park, Pojan Albania
Proceed to the ancient city of Apollonia situated on the famous Via Egnatia - one of the most important cities in Roman times.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Independence Monument, Sheshi Pavaresia, Vlore Albania
Afterwards we continue to Vlora where we visit the Independence Museum, situated in the original house where the first Independent Albanian Government had its offices.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 3* 4* Hotel in Vlora

Day 4: Vlora – Butrint (UNESCO) – Saranda

Stop At: Ali Pasha Castle, Sh8 Porto Palermo, Porto Palermo Beach, Vlore Albania
After an early 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. We continue on to Saranda, make a short stop at the fortress of Ali Pasha a fortification used to control the sea trade routes
Duration: 2 minutes

Stop At: Butrint National Park, SH81, Butrint Albania
Then we continue past Saranda, to the ancient city of Butrint, a UNESCO world heritage site and the most important archaeological discovery in Albania. Legend associates this city with Trojan settlers who fled Troy under the leadership of Aeneas.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Saranda Embankment, Saranda Albania
Overrnight in Saranda
Duration: 30 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 3* 4* Hotel in Saranda

Day 5: Saranda – Gjirokastra (UNESCO) – Berat (UNESCO)

Stop At: Gjirokaster Castle, Gjirokaster Albania
After early breakfast we drive to Berat. On our way lays Gjirokastra, a UNESCO site and museum town with beautiful and very distinctive architecture. Visit the medieval Castle which used to be a political prison during the communist dictatorship and the Ethnographic Museum which is also the house the Albanian dictator was born in.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Berat Castle, Rruga Mihal Komnena, Berat 5001 Albania
We check in at a characteristic hotel in Berat and you are left at leisure to explore this architecturally beautiful town, another UNESCO site of Albania.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 3* 4* Hotel in Berat

Day 6: Berat (UNESCO) – Shkoder

Stop At: Berat Castle, Rruga Mihal Komnena, Berat 5001 Albania
After breakfast visit the Castle and the Onufri Museum
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Shkodra Lake, Shiroka, Shkoder Albania
Afterwards precede to Shkodra. Visit Rozafa Castle
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Shkodra Lake, Shiroka, Shkoder Albania
Overnight in Shkodra
Duration: 30 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 3* 4* Hotel in Shkodra

Day 7: Shkoder – Kotor, Montenegro (UNESCO) – Dubrovnik

Stop At: Kotor Old City, Stari grad, Kotor, Kotor Municipality 85330 Montenegro
After breakfast drive to drive to the Old City of Kotor
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Old Town, Dubrovnik Croatia
After the visits we proceed to Dubrovnik
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Old Town, Dubrovnik Croatia
Overnight in Dubrovnik
Duration: 30 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 3* 4* Hotel in Dubrovnik