Ohrid Lake Tour: Explore UNESCO Sites

Embark on a captivating day trip from Tirana to Ohrid, exploring medieval towns, a historic monastery, and the enchanting beauty of Lake Ohrid. Discover the charm of Lin, visit Drilon Park, marvel at the architectural beauty of Saint Naum monastery, and immerse yourself in the timeless atmosphere of Ohrid’s 365 churches.

Duration: 11 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Ohrid - Explore the delightful old town of Ohrid, a city that appears to be frozen in time. Ohrid’s history dates back to ancient Hellenistic times, continuing through the Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire. With its extraordinary blend of Orthodox and Islamic architecture and an impressive 365 churches, each representing a day of the year, Ohrid…
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • On-board WiFi
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Entry Ticket to Samuel’s Fortress
  • Border Tax
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information

This tour stands out as it offers travelers the chance to explore another country in just one day while visiting Albania. The tour features a complete drive around the perimeter of Lake Ohrid, allowing exploration of several UNESCO historic and cultural sites located by the lake, with stunning views of Orthodox Byzantine monasteries and churches…

Location
Ohrid
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Nereaperezarcos
Oct 10, 2025
Absolutely recommended!! Wonderful day trip - Incredible experience, we loved it!! We had a wonderful day discovering Lake Ohrid &St Baum in North Macedonia from Tirana. Everything was amazing, well organized and with explanations at all stops. Our guide Nolan was great, he made everything so easy and gave us interesting insights from the different places we saw. This day trip is totally worth it and would definitely recommend it to anyone wanting to discover North Macedonia!!
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67chungy
Oct 6, 2025
Great day trip - Excellent day trip from Tirana. The old town and lake were beautiful, as was the monastery at Saint Naum. Shoutout to Nolan for being an awesome guide and keeping things on track with a large group. It does end up being a bit of a long day but totally worth it!
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Jeff_f
Oct 1, 2025
Must do experience! - Free day before our main tour package started. Highly suggested! Nolan was a great host and had a wealth of experience and local knowledge. Open to questions and thorough in all explanations. Our driver was superb and very musical signing along to classical Italian songs. Scenery and sites were awesome.
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Excursion41334628012
Sep 30, 2025
Excellent day trip in Ohrid - It was a wonderful day in Ohrid and Saint-Maur monastry ! It is magnificient places, it deserve to be see once a life. I advise to anybody on holiday in Tirana, to make that tour with Albania Inbound. The bus was confortable for the day trip. Nolan was a perfect guide. He gives good informations about the places visited, and instructions for the group was clear.
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Cherelle_h
Sep 22, 2025
Great trip - So good and well worth it. Long and bumpy ride which was difficulty especially on the way back. Air con wasn't much use. Felt safe the whole way, esp as a solo WOC. Good value for money with nice stop offs and drive around the lake. Plenty of stops and toilet breaks on the way. If you are a bit toilet anxious like me , you will be fine. Cash needed for things like toilets in Macedonia (1 euro). Toilet at the monestry before the boader home takes euros/lek and macedonias currency. Card excepeted in resturants in macedonia Only thing would be it would have been nice to stay longer but I know how schedules go.
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Downundermick
Sep 22, 2025
Great day trip from Tirana - As others have posted this is a long day - 12 hours with 2.5 hrs driving each way. However the scenery is spectacular and the guide Nolan is such a lovely, guy. He ensures there are multiple stops to break up the journey. A great opportunity to visit North Macedonia. Ohrid city and the lake are quite stunning and definitely worth the time invested. Very pleased I went.
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Wenjie_l
Sep 21, 2025
Great travel guides.... - Great travel guides. Comfortable bus. Nice group of people on the road. Easy and friendly. Pick up was 6:35am
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Helenbp1338kh
Oct 8, 2025
Lovely day trip from Tirana - We had a great day out to Lake Ohrid. Beautiful place and good to learn about the history as well as enjoy the scenery. The drive was lovely with some good photo stops. It was listed as having WiFi on the bus which wasn't available which was probably a good thing as made us focus on enjoying the journey. Noli was helpful and friendly.
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867marcelv
Oct 1, 2025
Excursion new Macedonia - Nice trip to escape from Tirana. Disadvantage that there is often short time to look at things. Otherwise well organized. Keep in mind that it is a long day.
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Sherpa04896460956
Oct 1, 2025
Worth it to see Ohrid with a limited time schedule. Better to stay for a night or 2 - Guides were great. A lot of time on the bus and communication done thru a mike. The highlight was the city tour of Ohrid. Guide was interactive and able to manage large group. (14). Generally I find greater than 8 people the tour loses the flavor of interactiveness and group cohesiveness Bus driver was safe
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).