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G004 8 Days - Albania - Greece - North Macedonia

Unforgettable memories of charming journey through Albania – Northern Greece and North Macedonia. Touch history and UNESCO Heritage
Sites, enjoy wonderful landscape drive and taste delicious cuisine of Balkans.

Day 01: Tirana APT – Kruja (26km – 30min)
Meet and greet the guests at Tirana International Airport and transfer to Kruja Included:
hill town (30min) • Accommodation in 4* hotels
PM – KRUJA, is considered one of the principal old town and is one of the most • Breakfast
glorious cities in Albania. Visit the castle walls, Historical Museum dedicated • Guide English speaking
Skanderbeg, and an old house converted into an ethnographic museum, invites • Private transport ALBANIA
you to a special cultural aspect of life in northern Albania. NORTH
MACEDONIA
Overnight in Kruja: Hotel Panorama 3*+ or similar
Kruja
Day 02: Kruja – Berat – Vlora (246km – 4h30min) Tirana Ohrid
AM – Today, we’ll head to Berat, a medieval town listed under UNESCO World Bitola
Heritage Sites. We will walk up at the fortress and visit its unique architecture
of stone houses, of multiple window buildings; walls and towers, orthodox Berat
churches and mosques, reflecting the harmonious coexistence between the Vlora
Muslim population and the Orthodox Christian, a very positive example for
the whole world. Enjoy your visit of Onufri Museum. Take some unforgettable Gjirokastra
pictures of the city of the “windows one above the other”
Saranda Meteora
PM: Tour & Wine Testing in Cobo Winery (Optional). The winery is scenically Butrint Kalambaka
nestled at the base of Mt. Tomorri in the rolling hills that surround the city of Berat. Ioannina
Çobo’s facilities currently consist of several cultivated vineyards, a spacious kulla
(a form of traditional Albanian architecture), and the winery itself, and a wine GREECE
presentation room, elegantly constructed and furnished in the Berat style.

Continue our drive to Vlora city
Overnight in Vlora: Hotel Partner 4* or similar

Day 03: Vlora – Saranda – Butrinti – Gjirokastra (280km – 6hrs)
Today we’ll have a long drive along the breathtaking Albanian Riviera. Enjoy
the scenic mountain ride, descending the rocky shore and pristine beaches during the peak of the Roman power and the classical Greek mythology. Start
of Ionian Sea, offering photo opportunities of the natural landscape & unique with the Asclepius temple, theatre, Roman portico and baths, early Christian
village settings. Upon arrival to Saranda, lunch and then visit of Butrinti baptistery, byzantine basilica, defensive walls and their impressive gates. After a
Archaeological Park, a UNSECO World Heritage Site, and a Ramsar Wetland wonderful walk in Butrinti Natural Park, transfer to Gjirokastra.
Site of International Importance (two very important titles).
This impressive walking tour will stir your imagination about the ancient word Overnight in Gjirokastra: Hotel Argjiro 4* or similar

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