UNDISCOVERED BALKAN BEAUTIES

Welcome to Albania

Pick up from your hotel and city tour in Tirana. Afternoon transfer Durres and visit to the Roman amphitheatre and Durres port. O/N in Durres.

Durres and Berat

Drive towards Apolonia ancient site with visit inside. Afternoon arrival in Berat - known as the “city of thousand windows” and visit to Onufri Museum. O/N in Berat

Albanian coastline

Departure from Berat in the morning and drive along wild and somewhere still untouched Albanian coastline. Arrival Saranda, the biggest summer resort in south Albania. O/N in Saranda.

Archaeology and Culture

Morning visit to Butrinti ancient site near Saranda. Afternoon departure to Gjirokaster, the place where Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha was born. Evening walk and O/N in Gjiorokaster.

Lakes and mountains

Drive towards Albania-Greece border. After a short break in the city of Ioannina, drive towards the small Kastoria lake. Afternoon city tour and walking in this picturesque city. O/N in Kastoria.

Undiscovered lakeside

After breakfast, drive on the mountain road to lakes Prespa. Break in a small fisherman village and possibility for boat tour by the lake coast. In the afternoon, arrival in the city of Bitola. Evening walk and O/N in Bitola.

Lakes of Macedonia

Morning visit to the Ancient site Heraclea Lyncestis. Drive across Galichica NP, with magnificient panoramic views of both Prespa and Ohrid lakes. Arrival in St Naum. Visit to the monastery and unforgettable boat ride above the springs of Black Drim river. Arrival in Ohrid early in the evening. O/N in Ohrid.

Ohrid - City of light

Complementary Sightseeing tour Ohrid (walking tour in Old city) - the spiritual part of Ohrid with exceptional cultural heritage protected by UNESCO. Afternoon at leisure. O/N in Ohrid.

Beauty of west Macedonia

Morning drive to Struga and the place where river Black Drim is flowing out of the lake, drive along the lakes made by this river and visit to the Monastery St.Jovan Bigorski (18th century). Passing Mavrovo NP, arrival in Skopje in the afternoon. Accommodation and O/N in Skopje.

Nature in Skopje surroundings

Full day complementary tour - morning visit to Matka valley and Treska lake near Skopje. Afternoon Skopje city tour will be done by walking in the Skopje bazaar and the new part of the city, with visit to the Memorial house of Mother Teresa. Transfer to Skopje airport. End of the tour.