Tours


TIRANA - POGRADEC - KORCA   
Duration:   6 days
Price:   299 €

Day 1: TIRANA

  • Arrival in “Mother Tereza” airport, meet & assisted by our representative. Transfer by coach and accommodation in the Hotel.
  • Departure to Dajti Mountain to have a panoramic view of the Capital from above.
  • Enjoy the welcome Dinner at the traditional restaurant called“1 MAJI”.
  • Dinner and o vernight in the Hotel.

Day2: TIRANA - ELBASAN - POGRADEC

  • After breakfast departure to visit Pogradec - on the Roman Via Egnatia route to the east.
  • A brief stop to Elbasan (ancient Scampa) to see its fine Ottoman walls and continue to Pogradec.
  • Arrive at Lake Ohrid - 363 km 2 which is one of the deepest freshwater lakes in Europe . It is the home of coran fish found nowhere else in the world.
  • Lunch at local restaurant in a tourist area DRILON , decorated with willow trees, and streams flowing down to the lake.
  • Dinner and overnight in Pogradec.

 Day 3: POGRADEC - KORCA

  • After breakfast departure for a full leisure day at Prespa Lake . In the small island of Maligrad an interesting eremite church is to be found.
  • In afternoon proceed to Korca city.
  • Dinner and overnight in Korca

Day 4: KORCA – DARDHE - VOSKOPOJA – KORCA

  • After breakfast start a full day tour to visit the village of Dardha – which is an ideal spot for winter sports such as skiing.
  • Traveling to Mborja, visit the wonderful Church of Christ's Ascension (Kisha e Ristozit) with its internal and external outstanding frescoes and drive into the pine-forested mountains to the rough little rural settlement of Voskopoja – a well known center of art, where some of the most talented Albanian painters practiced their profession.
  • Visit to several of the most interesting and accessible churches e.g. Church of Shen Kollit notable for its frescoes made by the famous Albanian painters.
  • Lunch at a local restaurant in Voskopoja.
  • Dinner and overnight in Korca.

Day 5: KORCA – TIRANA

  • After breakfast a brief sightseeing tour to Korca city to visit to the Archaeological Museum housed in a lovely wooden Ottoman house - the Museum of Medieval Art (seeing paintings and icons made by famous local artists),
  • Visit the 15 th century Mirahorit Mosque and the Old Bazaar.
  • Lunch at local restaurant in Pogradec.
  • After lunch transfer by coach to Tirana
  • In the afternoon free time at leisure
  • Dinner and overnight in Tirana.

Day 6: TIRANE – AIRPORT After breakfast at the Hotel, free time at leisure until departure.

Transfer to the Airport .

About Albania
General Info
Albania is a country in South-Eastern Europe, in the West of the Balkan Peninsula, between the geographical coordinates...
Albanian Cities
Tirana has been the capital of Albania since 1920. It is relatively new city established in 1614 from Sulejman Bargjini...
Getting to Albania
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