Active Albania journey around Tirana

Tirana Airport - Tirana

Day 1: Welcome to Albania!

Arrive at Tirana International Airport, meet your local guide, and depart for the city center of the Albanian Capital. Enjoy a welcome drink and dinner in a traditional restaurant. Overnight stay in Tirana. 

Tirana - Kunë-vain-tale

Day 2: Explore Tirana

After breakfast, start the guided tour of Tirana. The capital of Albania, Tirana is a city in constant evolution. Once dull and grey, the city has grown internationally post-communism, becoming a lively, colorful metropolis with a unique atmosphere. Fascinatingly, Tirana represents both the past and the future of Albania.

Visit the trendy Blloku district, Tirana's new castle, and end up in the new bazaar to discover local Albanian products. Possibility to taste a local beer in the bazaar in the late morning.

Leave for the Kunë-Vain-Tale Lagoon, one of the largest lagoons in Albania with a large bird population. Bike around the lagoon and see traditional Albanian fishing with nets. Join a family living in the lagoon to taste their home-grown products. Your guide will show you the technique of fishing with nets.

Lezhe - Theth

Day 3: Pottery in Lezhe and Cheese Factory

After breakfast, you will go to a stall in Lezhe to meet with a pottery artisan. Learn about Albanian pottery and architectural clay craftsmanship and try your hand at pottery afterward.

For lunch, you will head to the most famous restaurant in Albania "Mrizi i Zanave". Lost in the middle of a postcard landscape, you will enjoy a meal in an ecological restaurant where all the products consumed come from the restaurant and the local families located in the surroundings. Visit to the farm and the cheese factory located in a former communist prison.

Then head to one of the most beautiful villages in Albania - Theth, a traditional village full of history located in the center of a valley and surrounded by the Albanian Alps. Join your charming guest house in the village for a drink in the open air.

Theth

Day 4: Waterfalls in the Thethi National Park

After breakfast, start a hike in the Thethi National Park. Discover the Grunas (or Grunasi) waterfall which is about 30 meters high.

Then join the "Blue Eye". Incredible natural water source and a heavenly place where you can rest and bathe in clear water. Picnic at the Blue Eye then return to Theth and visit the village and free time. Dinner and overnight stay in Theth.

Theth - Shkodra

Day 5: Cycling in Shkodra

After breakfast, drive to Shkodra, the largest city in northern Albania and the former cultural and economic center of the country that has witnessed many wartime events in view of its location. Join the guest house of an Albanian family growing their own products and exchange with them about their way of life in Albania during lunch.

Then start an afternoon of cycling in Shkodra to the lake of Skadar. Shkodra is known in Albania as the city of bikes, you will live a real immersion experience. Pass through the villages of "Shiroka" and "Zogaj" to have a coffee in front of the Albanian part of the biggest lake in the Balkans.

Return to your guesthouse and visit the family's gardens where they grow many fruits and vegetables and make their traditional wines for many generations.

Shkodra - Lake Koman - Kruje

Day 6: Boat Trip on Lake Komani

After breakfast, early morning departure for a day of exploration in one of the wonders of Albania, Lake Komani, artificially created in 1979 with the construction of a hydroelectric dam which was called at the time "The Light of the Party" and which unites the rivers Shala and Valbona. Lake Komani is considered one of the most beautiful attractions in Albania and the Balkans.

Board a boat on Lake Komani and travel through mountainous landscapes that reach heights of 1,000 to 1,500 meters and enjoy this beautiful boat ride to "Peace Island". Then start a kayaking tour on the Shala River. Explore this natural jewel and enjoy free time to relax and swim. Return to Shkodra and have free time after a beautiful day. Cooking class in your guest house and dinner. Overnight stay in Shkodra.

Shkodra - Cape Of Rodon - Kruje

Day 7: The medival Fortress of Skanderbeg

After breakfast, go on an excursion to Cape Rodon. Located on the Adriatic Sea, enjoy a beautiful walk on the largest cape in Albania. Discover many bunkers built during the communist era and the Skanderbeg castle.

Continue to Kruje and drop off your luggage at your hotel. Visit one of the oldest European cities. Visit the city with its old bazaar and the medieval fortress of Skanderbeg. You will have the opportunity to discover a local craftsman making a traditional Albanian "pliss" hat. Enjoy the evening relaxing in the rooftop swimming pool of your hotel with a beautiful view of the area. For dinner, you will go to an eco-farm where most of the products are produced on-site.

Kruje - Tirana Airport

Day 8: Goodbye Albania!

Breakfast and free time until departure for the airport and your return flight. We wish you a safe journey home!