New Year in Adriatic Albania

Departure from the hotel at 08,30. Transfer by bus 50 km/about 1 hour

Tirana - past and future in one

Discover Tirana - a colorful, energetic and ever-changing capital, where the history of the Balkans meets the spirit of a new Europe. Located on the coast of the Ishmi RiverTirana is not only the largest city in Albania, but also its cultural, political and economic heart since 1920. This way.

After the end of the communist regime, the city was transformed rapidly - glossy facades of aluminum and glass rose alongside old Ottoman mosques, buildings of the Italian period and traces of the era of Enver Hoxha. The block, once a closed area for the party elite, is now a modern center of cafes, galleries and boutiques.

Our tour starts from the Skanderbeg Square, dedicated to the national hero of Albania - a liberator from Ottoman rule. We'll see you outside. the charming mosque "Etem Bey", the Old Clock Tower, the Parliament Building, the Opera Theater, the National History Museum, Government Buildings, and the conflicting symbols of the recent past - the former mausoleum and residence of Enver Hoxha, and the iconic Bunker Museumturned into art and history.

The excursion is a combination of a bus and a walking tour, which ends with the possibility of a solo walk or visiting museums. You will also have the opportunity to enter the modern world. Sky Center Panorama Tower - for an impressive view of the city and its contrast between past and present.

Departure from the hotel at 09,00 / journey of 50 km each way, 1 hour /

The Name of Kruja means "spring" and is known as the hometown for the national hero of Albania Skanderbeg, who lived in the early fifteenth (XV) century. A visit to the emblematic Kruja castle-fortress, which in the Middle Ages protected the entire area from the invasions of the Ottoman troops. A walk along the old Ottoman bazaar to the fortress with the Skanderbeg Museum presents the history of the Albanian people. Free time. 

A stop in the central part of Durrës, the largest port of Albania on the Adriatic Sea, the second largest city in the country and a resort center of northern Albania. With its 15 km of beaches around the city, Durres attracts thousands of tourists every year. A short walk in the central part of the city: with a view from the outside of "St. Paul" and "St. Astius", the 16th-century Venetian tower called Rotunda, the ruins of the fortress walls, the largest in the Balkans amphitheater of Roman times (optional in leisure can also be viewed from the inside - entrance is paid 500 leki)

Departure from the hotel at 08,30. Transfer by bus 130 km /about 2 hours

Berat - the city of thousands of windows and millennial history

Dive into the magic of Berat, one of the most ancient and picturesque cities in the Balkans, also known as "The City of a Thousand Windows" - windows through which the story peeks with each step. Named the Cultural Heart of Albania, this City Museum is listed on the UNESCO as part of the world cultural and natural heritage and carries a deep connection with Bulgarian history.

Located on the picturesque banks of the river EightAt the foot of the mystical mountain TomorBerat guards the spirit for centuries. Founded in fourth (IV) century BCThe city was part of The First and Second Bulgarian Kingdomsbearing his Slavic name. Belgrad Until the seventeenth (XVII) century. High above it, at the most strategic point, the remains of the Medieval Bulgarian Fortress - a testament to the glorious past.

During the walk we will climb to Kale Fortresswhere we will visit the Museum of the Iconographer Onufri - a treasure of Orthodox art, and we will enjoy an amazing Panorama over the old town. We'll pass. Orthodox TemplesWhere they rest ST. John Vladimir, st. Gorazd and Sv. Angelarius - students of Cyril and Methodius and spiritual pillars of Christianity and Slavonic writing.

After the tour you will have free time for lunch and a walk in the The modern pedestrian zone, where the comfort of the local culture and the spirit of the past are intertwined.

Return to the hotel, bringing with you memories of a city that lives between legend and eternity.