Complete Albania — 8 days
Tirana, Berat of a thousand windows and the Albanian Riviera. Day-by-day itinerary: Arrival & Tirana; Berat; Gjirokastër; On to Sarandë.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1 — Arrival & Tirana
- 11:00 — Arrival at Tirana TIA
- 13:00 — Check-in in Tirana — Tirana
- 15:00 — Skanderbeg Square & Bunk'Art 2 — Tirana
- 20:00 — Dinner in Tirana
Day 2 — Berat
- 09:00 — Drive Tirana → Berat
- 11:30 — Check-in at an Ottoman house — Berat
- 13:00 — Mangalem quarter — Berat
- 14:00 — Traditional lunch — Berat
- 16:00 — Berat Castle — Berat
- 20:00 — Dinner overlooking the Osum river — Berat
Day 3 — Gjirokastër
- 09:30 — Drive Berat → Gjirokastër
- 12:30 — Stone house check-in — Gjirokastër
- 14:30 — Gjirokastër's Ottoman bazaar — Gjirokastër
- 16:00 — Gjirokastër Castle — Gjirokastër
- 20:00 — Qifqi dinner (a local speciality) — Gjirokastër
Day 4 — On to Sarandë
- 10:00 — Drive Gjirokastër → Sarandë
- 12:00 — Check-in in Sarandë — Sarandë
- 15:00 — Seafront & view of Corfu — Sarandë
- 20:00 — Fish dinner — Sarandë
Day 5 — Butrint & Ksamil
- 09:30 — Butrint archaeological site — Butrint
- Drive to Ksamil — Butrint → Ksamil
- 13:00 — Lunch in Ksamil — Ksamil
- 15:00 — Ksamil beaches & islets — Ksamil
- 20:00 — Dinner in Sarandë
Day 6 — Blue Eye & beach
- 09:00 — Excursion to the Blue Eye
- 10:00 — Syri i Kaltër (the Blue Eye) — Muzinë
- 13:00 — Trout lunch — Muzinë
- 16:00 — Afternoon at the beach in Ksamil
- 20:30 — Sunset dinner — Sarandë
Day 7 — Back to Tirana
- 09:00 — Drive Sarandë → Tirana via the Llogara Pass
- 14:30 — Scenic stop at the Llogara Pass — Parc national de Llogara
- 17:00 — Check-in in Tirana
- 20:00 — Dinner in Tirana
Day 8 — Departure
- 09:00 — Dajti Ekspres cable car — Tirana
- 15:00 — Return flight from TIA