5 Day Tour Higlights Of Albania From Durrës

5 Day Tour Higlights Of Albania From Durrës

This tour includes:

4x Breakfast

4x Breakfast

4x Dinner

4x Dinner

Accommodation included: 3 nights

Accommodation included: 3 nights

4 Nights Accommodation

4 Nights Accommodation

Entrance Fees

Entrance Fees

Free use of hotel parking...

Free use of hotel parking as well as Sauna, Fitness facilities, Jacuzzi

English Speaking Guide

English Speaking Guide

Air-conditioned vehicle

Air-conditioned vehicle

Entry/Admission - Muzeu Historik Kombetar

Entry/Admission - Muzeu Historik Kombetar

Entry/Admission - Durres Archaeological Museum

Entry/Admission - Durres Archaeological Museum

Entry/Admission - Durres Castle

Entry/Admission - Durres Castle

Entry/Admission - Durres Amphitheatre

Entry/Admission - Durres Amphitheatre

Entry/Admission - Kruja Castle

Entry/Admission - Kruja Castle

Entry/Admission - National Museum George...

Entry/Admission - National Museum George Kastrioti Skanderbeg

Entry/Admission - Ethnographic Museum of...

Entry/Admission - Ethnographic Museum of Kruja

Entry/Admission - Bachelors' Mosque

Entry/Admission - Bachelors' Mosque

Entry/Admission - Berat Castle

Entry/Admission - Berat Castle

Entry/Admission - National Iconographic Museum...

Entry/Admission - National Iconographic Museum Onufri

Entry/Admission - National Ethnographic Museum...

Entry/Admission - National Ethnographic Museum Berat

Entry/Admission - Lead Mosque Berat

Entry/Admission - Lead Mosque Berat

Not included:

Drinks during normal dinners.

Drinks during normal dinners.

Health/Travel insurance

Health/Travel insurance

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About experience

Itinerary

Day 1: Durrës

Stop At: Beach of Durrës, Albania
Arrival at the Hotel and Check - in.
Welcome Drink.
Free at your own leisure.
Dinner
Duration: 14 hours

Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Royal G Hotel and SPA 5*

Day 2: Durrës - Tirana - Durrës

Stop At: Muzeu Historik Kombetar, Skenderbej Square Boulevard Zogu I, Tirana 1001 Albania
Departure to Tirana, the capital of Albania.
Driving time around 1 hour.
With all the participants, we discover Albania's capital city on a 3-hour walking tour with a local guide. See Tirana's disintegrating soviet-era buildings, modern-day building projects and proud historic monuments, all side-by-side. We will visit the National History Museum.
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Skanderbeg Square, At the center of Tirana, Tirana Albania
The Skanderbeg Square (Albanian: Sheshi Skënderbej) is the main plaza in the centre of Tirana.
Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Et`hem Bey Mosque, Sheshi Skenderbej, Tirana 1001 Albania
The Hadji Et'hem Bey Mosque is a mosque in Tirana, Albania. Closed under communist rule, the mosque reopened as a house of worship in 1991.
Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Clock Tower, Sheshi Skenderbej next to Et`hem Bey Mosque, Tirana Albania
The Tirana Clock Tower began to be built by Haxhi Et'hem Beu in 1822.
Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Tirana Castle, Shëtitorja Murat Toptani, Tiranë, Albania
Fortress of Justinian or simply known as Tirana Castle is a castle in Tirana, Albania. Its history dates back before 1300 and is a remnant from the Byzantine-era.
Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Tanners' Bridge, Bulevardi Jean D'Arc, Tirana Albania
Tanners' Bridge is a stone footbridge of the 18th-century Ottoman period.
Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Pyramid of Tirana, Bulevardi Dëshmorët e Kombit, Tiranë 1010, Albania
The Pyramid of Tirana is a structure and former museum of the ex-dictator.
Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Blloku, Tirana Albania
Residential Blloku is an upscale nightlife and shopping hotspot, with hip bars and cafes, and trendy global restaurants alongside luxury boutiques. During the era of Communist rule, it was a closed-off precinct for the party elite, and the villa of long-ruling dictator Enver Hoxha still stands.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Beach of Durrës, Albania
Return to the the Hotel.
Duration: 16 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Royal G Hotel and SPA 5*

Day 3: Durrës - Krujë - Durrës

Stop At: Durres Archaeological Museum, Rruga Taulantia, Durres Albania
Drive to Durres and visit the Durrës Archaeological Museum established in 1951, the largest in the country, including Durrës prehistoric, archaic, classical, and civic Illyrian periods, extending to the 1st century.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Durres Castle, Durres Albania
Durrës Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Durrësit) is the fortified old city of Durrës, enclosed by city walls built in the late 5th century, and repaired and reinforced in the Middle Ages and early modern periods.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Durres Amphitheatre, Rruga Kalase, Durres Albania
Roman Amphitheatre of Durrës built after the 2nd century B.C remains one of the most majestic of the ancient world and one of ten most beautiful Roman amphitheatres.
Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Venetian Tower, Rruga Anastas Durrsaku, Durrës, Albania
Durres castle was reinforced with several guard towers by the Republic of Venice.
Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Kruja Castle, Near Tirana, Kruje 1501 Albania
Driving to Kruja. Viziting Kruja Castle, that was historically one of the most important defensive strongholds in the country.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: National Museum George Kastrioti Skanderbeg, Kruja Castle, Rruga Kala, Krujë 1501, Albania
Visit to Skanderbeg Museum, dedicated to the most celebrated of all Albanian heroes.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Ethnographic Museum of Kruja, Fortress of Kruja, Kruje 1501 Albania
Ethnographic Museum that presents the story of Albanian customs and traditions throughout the centuries.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Old Bazaar (Pazari i Vjeter), Rruga Albanopolis, Kruje 1501 Albania
A walk and shopping tour inside the fantastic Old Medieval Bazar.
Return to the Hotel, in Durrës Beach.
Duration: 30 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Royal G Hotel and SPA 5*

Day 4: Durrës - Berat - Durrës

Stop At: Bachelors' Mosque, Berat, Albania
Driving to Berat. It is a 2.5 hours’ drive until we reach Berat. The tour starts in the lower part of the city. First, we visit the Bachelor’s Mosque. The 19th-century Bachelors' Mosque is down by the Osumi River. It was built for unmarried shop assistants and junior craftsmen, and is perched between some fine Ottoman-era shopfronts along the river.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Berat Castle, Rruga Mihal Komnena, Berat 5001 Albania
The narrow stone paths go uphill in-between characteristic houses. It is where local ladies are selling traditionally handcrafted linen dating from their grandmother’s times. Some of the ladies will introduce us to some of the techniques of how they handcrafted all the linens.
What makes the city and especially the castle more interesting is the fact that people are still living there, as centuries before.
Berat Castle, also referred to as the Citadel of Berat and castle quarter, is a fortress overlooking the town of Berat.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: National Iconographic Museum Onufri, Located in the Inner Part of Saint Mary Church in Berat Castel, Berat Albania
Visit the "Onufri" Museum dedicated to Byzantine art and iconography, located inside the castle. Onufri was the most famous church painter. Unique in his style for the mix of red, orange and gold color, a technique that it is still undiscovered.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: National Ethnographic Museum Berat, Lagja 13 Shtatori Mangalem, Berat Albania
Visit the Ethnographic Museum, situated within a striking, typical 18th century two-story Berat residence, that contains a diversity of everyday objects from throughout history of the city.
Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Lead Mosque Berat, Rruga Gaqi Gjika, Berat, Albania
Visit the Lead Mosque, a 16th-century historical mosque. Its name comes from the lead coating of its sphere-shaped domes.
Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Gorica Bridge, Berat 5001 Albania
Gorica Bridge over the Osum river is a landmark in the city of Berat, Albania. It is one of the oldest and most popular Ottoman bridges in Albania.
Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Quarter Of Gorica, Berat Albania
Quarter of Gorica, the ancient quarter is a small grouping of old homes and buildings on the side of hill. They are notable for their half-whitewashed stone walls and many windows facing the river.
Drive back to Durrës.
Duration: 20 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 5: Durrës - Check out

Stop At: Beach of Durrës, Albania
After the Breakfast, Check - out
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.

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