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Best itinerary to visit in a short time the most important cities and sites.
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TOUR CLASSIC ALBANIA
Code: FGVSAH
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Day 1: Departure
TIRANA AEROPRT – SCUTARI
Welcome to Tirana aeroport. Meet your guide and enjoy a cocktail reception at your beatiful
hotel located in the hart of the city.
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Day 2
SCUTARI – KRUJE – TIRANA
After breakfast visit Shkoder. The city was founded around the 4th century BC and become the
capital of Illirian Kindom and it was colonized by the Romans in the 221 BC. Visit Rozafa fortress
and enjy the landsckape. Walking tour in the centre of the city and visit the Marumbi Museum,
the Cathedral and the Mosque. Continuo the jorney to Kruja. Sightseeng of the city, the bazaar,
Medieval fortress and Historical Museum. Dinner and overnight in Tirana.
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Day 3
TIRANA – DURAZZO – BERAT
Visit Durres, the ruins of Roman amphitheater, Bizantin city, the defence wall, Venetian tower,
and the Archeologica Museum, the largest in Albania. Continue to Berat. Visit the ancient fortress
and Onufri Icon Museum. Onufri was an Albanian icon painter of the 16 th century who painted
many orthodox churches in Albania and in Greece. Explore Magalani city quarter, UNESCO
World Heritage. Visit the church and the mosque. Dinner and overnight in Berat.
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Day 4
BERAT – AGIROCASTRO (UNESCO)
After Breakfast meet the group and continuo to the ancient city of Byllis. The city origins back to the
forth century BC. The Theater , with it’s 7500 spectator capacity, however, is the city’s most impressive
structure survived from IIIirians’time. After the Roman conquest, Byllis turned into a Roman colony and
his name become Colonia Julia Augusta.
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Day 5
ARGIROCASTRO – BUTRINTI (UNESCO) – SARANDA
This morning travel to Saranda and arrive to Butrint, UNESCO World Heritage site. Inhabited
since prehistoric times, Butrint has been a Greek colony, a Roman city and Episcopal center.
Follwing . The most interesting ancient Greek monument the theatre is firly well preserved.
The Baptistery is the major paleo-Christian ruin of ancient Roman monument. The theatre,
Asklep’Temple, portico, Roman baths are the most magnificent part of the ancient city. Dinner
and overnight in Saranda.
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Day 6
SARANDA – VLORE
After breakfast we depart to Vlora, enjoying the so called Albanian Riviera, Llogara National
Park and some beaches of the Ionian sea, Porto Palermo Bay, Himara and Ali Pashe Tepelena
fortress. Arrive in Vlora, an ancient city known by the 4th century as Aulona. It was here that
Albania was procliamed as Indipendent in 1912 from the Ottoman Empire. Visit museum of
Indipendence. Dinner and overnight in Vlora.
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Day 7
VLORA – DURRES
After breakfast visit Apollonia. Illirian Apollonia was founded at the beginning of the 7th century BC
by Greek colony from Corinth and Korcyra and was dedicate to Apollo, one of the most important
Greek divinities. The roman philosopher and orator Cicero, noted Apollonia in his Philosophics as
magna urbs at gravis (a great important city). The archeological park presents a very fascinating
landscape. Visit the Monastery of Andrenica. Arrive in Durres, dinner and overnight.
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Day 8: Return
TIRANA
After breakfast, transfer to the aeroport.
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