Albania Tours
Tirana-Budva-Peja-Prishtina 2012
Highlights: 11 day tour
This new itinerary connects the cities of Tirana, Budva, Peja and Prishtina by private transfers. Time is given in each place for you to explore at leisure or take optional excursions. Visit Albania, Montenegro and Kosovo on one Balkan holiday.
Price from: £1095 pp
Not far from Tirana lies Kruja, a small hilltop town with far reaching views and a Turkish Bazaar, ideal for souvenir shopping. From Tirana, you can also take a trip out to the coastal town of Durres to visit the largest Roman Amphitheatre in the Balkans, as well as Berat – ‘a city of a thousand windows’. Whilst in Budva you can also visit Kotor, a wonderfully preserved medieval town and Cetinje, the former capital of Montenegro for 500 years. En route to Peja, it may be possible to visit Kolasin, a small mountain resort with spectacular views of Bjelasica Mountain. This itinerary ends in the capital of European’s newest country – Kosovo, which declared independence in 2008.
Price Includes:
Return flights in economy class with British Airways direct from London Gatwick. All airport taxes and security charges. Accommodation in three-star hotels with breakfast (B = Breakfast). All transfers and transportation throughout.
Notes:
single room supplement £210
11 Day Itinerary
FLY TO TIRANA
Fly to Tirana and transfer to hotel for 3 nights.
TIRANA
Free day in Tirana to explore at leisure or book optional excursions. (B)
One of Europe’s forgotten cities, little-known Tirana has undergone a renaissance. Blissfully overlooked by mass tourism, the vibrant Albanians are transforming their tiny capital with vision and energy. Once a bustling Ottoman settlement, then a drab communist backwater, today Tirana hums with vitality once more. Preconceptions are defied at every turn. Pavement cafés, chic boutiques, family-run eateries, Turkish bazaars, well-stocked galleries and freshly restored mosques vie for the visitor’s attention.
TIRANA
Free day in Tirana to explore at leisure or book optional excursions. (B)
TIRANA TO BUDVA
Transfer from Tirana to Budva via Podgorica. Check-in to hotel for 3 nights. (B)
BUDVA
Free day in Budva to explore at leisure or book optional excursions. (B)
Budva is 2,500 years old and one of the oldest settlements on the Adriatic. Spend time exploring the charming Old Town with its medieval walls, cobbled lanes and small shady piazzas. Visit the churches of St Trojica, St Ivan, St Bogorodica and St Sava Long Mediterranean summers mean lazy, heat-hazed evenings spent sipping delicious white Krstac wine accompanied by freshly-caught fish.
BUDVA
Free day in Budva to explore at leisure or book optional excursions. (B)
BUDVA TO PEJA VIA KOLASIN
Transfer from Budva to Peja via Kolasin. Check-in to hotel for overnight stay. (B)
Kolasin is a delightful town surrounded by the mountain massifs of Bjelasica, Sinjavina and Komovi and is ideally placed to explore the National Park Biogradska Gora.
PEJA TO PRISHTINA
Free morning to explore Peja before transfer to Prishtina. Check-in to hotel for 3 nights (B)
Peja, sometimes referred to as Pec is the second largest town of Kosova. Highlights here include the Old Market, the Tower House of Haxhi Zeka, who fought against the Ottoman Empire for almost 30 years and of course Tony Blair Street!
PRISHTINA
Free day in Prishtina to explore at leisure or book optional excursions. (B)
Kosovo’s capital Prishtina, perfectly proportioned for a few days’ exploration, is currently being regenerated at great speed. Some of its highlights are the jewellery and costumes on show at the Emin Gjiku Ethnographic Museum, a beautifully preserved Ottoman townhouse in the centre, as well as the coffee. Our local partners claim that the best macchiato in the world can be found in the cafés of Prishtina!
PRISHTINA
Free day in Prishtina to explore at leisure or book optional excursions. (B)
FLY TO UK
Free morning before transfer to airport for flight back to the UK. (B)
