Itinerario Sud Albania.


Hospitality, history, nature and beautiful sea! !!!

Day 1: Tirana.
Arrival in the morning / afternoon in Rinas airport or in the port of Durres. You will be welcomed by the guys of VivAlbania. Arrival at the house of VIVAlbanian guys and accommodation.
In the afternoon meeting at the community center, meeting with the guys of the project. Presentation and knowledge of students, presentation of the project.
Visit and knowledge of Bathore, information and knowledge of the history, the reality and the community.
Return home in the evening for dinner and overnight host took by the youths families.

Day 2: Tirana.
Breakfast and then departure to Tirana, the capital city of Albania.
Visit the historical museum with explanations on the history of Albanian people, the regime of dictator Enver Hoxha (the ticket costs 3 euros), visit the mosque of Ethem Bey built during the years 1789 to 1823 (the mosque along with the clock tower, is most important part of the historical center of Tirana). The visit continues with the bridge called “Ura e Tabakeve” situated along the boulevard Zhan'D'ark built in the eighteenth century.
Free lunch.
In the afternoon visit the artificial lake and the park "The Big Park of Tirana” and tour to the Dajti mountain, near Tirana, from which one sees all, a really beautiful scene that ends in the sea, you can go there by cable car (4 euro cost of the cable car or 500 leks, round trip).
Return home in the evening for dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Kruja and Lezha.
Breakfast.
Departure to Kruja, (29 km from Tirana), the birthplace of Scanderbeg (our national hero), visit the Historical Museum and Ethnographic Museum (entry 5 euro in museums or 600 lek) and the popular market with traditional shops, places where people work and crafts.
In the time of lunch return to Lezha.
Sightseeing, the tomb of Skanderbeg, the island of Pen and then in the beach for swimming.
Return home in the evening for dinner and overnight.

Day 4: Shkodra.
Breakfast.
In the morning you will visit Shkodra (100 km from Tirana), in northern Albania.
Sightseeing, Rozafa Castle, built on a rocky hill where the river Buna passes, which is the shortest lake of Albania, and also the Lake of Shkodra. From the castle you can see the landscape of the city and the river.
Lunch (opportunity to go in the restaurant trade ... Albanian kitchen, a traditional environment).
In the afternoon visit to the Middle Bridge, the oldest bridge in the Balkans. After the bridge we will visit the photo library Marubi (the oldest photo gallery of Albania made by albanian photographer Pjeter Marubi).
Back in Tirana.
Family dinner and after dinner you can go to centre of the city to have a drink and have fun in the most frequented nightclubs in Tirana.

Day 5: Durres and Berat
Breakfast.
Departure to Berat (122 km from Tirana). brake in Durres, sightseeing and visit the ancient amphitheater of Durres (Entry 2.5 euros or 300 lek). Continue to Berat, a city of the Ottomans, known as the "city of a thousand windows" with the typical houses and properties, classified as city museum, built in front and on the slopes of Mount Tomorr.
Free lunch.
Visit the castle, an important historical monument in the Balkans, the museum contains objects of religious iconography and Onufri paintings , one of the greatest Albanian painters of the sixteenth century . Within the castle walls are inhabited houses.
Visits Mangalem district. Also visit the Ethnographic Museum which is located in an old neighborhood.
In the afternoon return to Tirana. Dinner and overnight in the family.

Day 6: Gjirokaster and Saranda.
Breakfast.
Departure to Gjirokastra, a city under UNESCO protection. A very beautiful city, with roads (trails) that are made by characteristic stones, and with old houses and the roof line of stones, a feature also of the villages around. This is the birthplace of the Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha, but also of the many Albanian writers.
Free lunch.
Visit the castle of the city, a large and beautiful castle, a monument of the history.
In late afternoon, arriving in Sarande, in Vivalbanian guys’ families. Accommodation, dinner and overnight.

Day 7: Butrint / sea.
Breakfast.
Departure to Butrint, which is built in the sixth century before Christ. One of the largest and remarkable archaeological sites in Albania and also called Balkan National Park. (20 km).
It is located in the south of the city. The first archaeological revelations were made by Luigi Ugolini (Italian). It 's really beautiful and an exceptionally attractive place to visit. Visiting the south - east of the park (field Xarre), visit Kalivoit, even going into the top of the town.
Free lunch. After lunch,in the sea.
The dinner with the family ,after dinner, a walk along the coastline. Return to the guys’ home for the night.

Day 8: Saranda / Ksamil / sea.
Breakfast.
The day to swim in Ksamil islands.
Dinner and overnight in the houses of Vivalbanian youths.

Day 9: Saranda / Ksamil / sea
Breakfast.
Swimming in fabulous beaches in Ksamil.
Dinner and overnight in the homes of Vivalbanian guys.

Day 10: Saranda / Tirana.
Departure to Tirana bus line. In the afternoon return to Tirana. In the evening, party at the community center. And as the last night, we dine all together.The Guys of Vivalbania project prepare dishes in their homes according to their areas of origins and bring them to our community center. You will hear traditional Albanian music and dance, learning the traditional dances of the country.
Overnight in the families of Vivalbanian guys.

Day 11: Departure.
Breakfast. Departure to airport or the port of Durres. You will be always accompanied by Vivalbania’s guys.