
Explore the Unique Balkan
Explore the Unique Balkan
8 days / 7 nights
Balkan Tour : Croatia, Montenegro, Albania and Macedonia
Dubrovnik – Budva – Shkodra – Tirana – Ohrid – Skopje – Kolašin – Cetinje – Kotor – Dubrovnik
Day: 1 DUBROVNIK
Upon arrival at Dubrovnik Airport, transfer to hotel for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: DUBROVNIK – BUDVA /Montenegro – SHKODRA /Albania – TIRANA (340 km)
Morning sightseeing tour of Dubrovnik included on the UNESCO`s List of the World Cultural Heritage. You will visit the Franciscan Monastery with Europe’s third oldest pharmacy, the Rector’s Palace and the Cathedral.
Departure to Tirana; we drive inland via Budva crossing the Albanian border at Shkodra, once capital of Illyrian Kingdom (3rd century B.C.). Dinner and overnight in Tirana.
Day 3: TIRANA – OHRID/ Macedonia (135 km)
Morning sightseeing tour of Tirana , capital of Albania, including Skenderbey square, Mosque of Ethem Bey and visit to the National Museum representing the flow of Albanian History and housing the finds from archeological sites across the country. . Afternoon departure to Ohrid driving via Elbasan and crossing the Macedonian border at Cafasan. Overnight in Ohrid.
Day 4: OHRID (60km)
Full day in lakeside resort Ohrid classified as UNESCO`s World Cultural Heritage site. Through the activity of St. Clement and St Naum of Ohrid, the first pan-Slavic University in Europe ,the famous“ Ohrid Literary School” was founded here. Morning sightseeing tour includes the church of St Sofia(11.th century) the most eminent medieval monument in Macedonia with magnificent Byzantine fresco paintings and St Clement Church with its icon of Annunciation.
Afternoon short drive to visit to St Naum Monastery built on the shores of the Ohrid Lake in 900 A.D. dedicated to the Slavic missionary and educator St. Naum of Ohrid. Return to hotel, dinner and overnight.
Day 5: OHRID – SKOPJE (180 km)
Morning departure to Skopje. Sightseeing tour of Skopje including the Kale Fortress, Church of the Holy Savior with its iconostas, one of the finest samples of traditional walnut woodcarving, Old bazaar and Stone Bridge. We drive to the slopes of the Vodno Mountain where we visit the Monastery of St Panteleimon With its 12 century iconostas and frescoes ranking among the highest achievements of Byzantine art of this period. Dinner and overnight in Skopje.
Day 6: SKOPJE – KOLASIN /Montenegro (300 km)
Morning departure to Kolasin , driving via Pec and Berane and along the impressive Moraca River Canyon. Afternoon arrival at Kolasin, spreading on the left bank of the river Tara, situated at 954 m altitude. The whole area is surrounded by the thick pine forest of the Bjelasica Mountain and is a popular skiing and air spa resort . Dinner and overnight in Kolasin.
Day 7: KOLASIN – CETINJE – KOTOR – DUBROVNIK – (265 km)
Morning departure to Cetinje where we visit the church of the Cetinje Monastery built in 1701 , once the spiritual and political center of Montenegro and the King Nicholas Museum, once residence of the Montenegrian King Nicholas I Petrovic. Continuation to Budva and to Kotor, classified UNESCO`s World Cultural Heritage where we visit its Romanesque Cathedral dedicated to St Triphun, the city’s patron saint. We continue to Dubrovnik driving along the picturesque Bay of Kotor. Dinner and overnight in Dubrovnik.
Day 8: DUBROVNIK
Breakfast followed by departure transfer to Dubrovnik Airport.