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Albania History and Beaches: Full-Day Tour from Tirana
4.7
14 Ratings
Tirana
Explore Albania’s fascinating history and stunning beaches on a full-day tour from Tirana. Visit military bunkers, a family farm, and picturesque Lalezi Bay. Swim, sample local cuisine, and learn about the region’s rich history. Includes wine tasting and hotel pickup and drop-off.
Explore Albania’s fascinating history and stunning beaches on a full-day tour from Tirana. Visit military bunkers, a family farm, and picturesque Lalezi Bay. Swim, sample local cuisine, and learn about the region’s rich history. Includes wine tasting and hotel pickup and drop-off.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Albanian Trip - This is a private collection of historical memorabilia mainly showing objects of everyday life but also a lot of other military, art and culture related items of the Tirana and Albania history. It has a garden and is for the moment situated in a 1927 typical Tirana house with a nice wild garden, populated by a dense tortoise large…
- Albanian Trip - This is a private collection of historical memorabilia mainly showing objects of everyday life but also a lot of other military, art and culture related items of the Tirana and Albania history. It has a garden and is for the moment situated in a 1927 typical Tirana house with a nice wild garden, populated by a dense tortoise large family in the spring, summer and fall season. Quite an experience, this visit is also enriched by locals that are invited to tell you their personal stories. Great thing to do and certainly far from being considered a touristy experience. Definitely loved by everyone that chose to come. Some local turkish coffee and home made delights or fruit will always be there to make this even better. In the fresh seasons, raki will be there to warm up the spirits.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Local guide
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- All fees and/or taxes
- Local taxes
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Local guide
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- All fees and/or taxes
- Local taxes
Additional Information
Embark on a one-day journey from Tirana to explore the heritage and coastlines of Albania. Stop by historical military establishments, a domestic farm, Lalezi Bay, and Cape Rodoni to indulge in regional dishes, behold age-old landmarks, and appreciate the stunning shores. Get the chance to swim, try out local dishes, and gain insight into the region’s…
Embark on a one-day journey from Tirana to explore the heritage and coastlines of Albania. Stop by historical military establishments, a domestic farm, Lalezi Bay, and Cape Rodoni to indulge in regional dishes, behold age-old landmarks, and appreciate the stunning shores. Get the chance to swim, try out local dishes, and gain insight into the region’s antiquity from your guide. The tour is inclusive of a wine tasting session, admission fees, and collection and drop-off at the hotel.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years
- At time of booking, cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
- Refunds will not be issued if tour/activity is missed due to late or non-arrival of cruise ship
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Location
Tirana
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(14 Ratings)
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Rleslie641
Jun 11, 2025
Albanian Trip planned our very fun trip to Albania. They are top-notch! - Albanian Trip is fantastic! We had an amazing time on our trip! It was our first trip to Albania. We told Vilma at Albanian Trip what we were interested in, based on that she customized an incredible itinerary providing the perfect adventure around the country. Although we often plan our own trips, we would have missed a lot in Albania if we didn't have their assistance. We definitely plan to use Albanian Trip again.
Visits: We visited UNESCO sites and ancient ruins, explored castles & monasteries, did some wine tasting, hiked through beautiful mountains and rolling hills, saw some unique museums, ferried across a lovely lake, made many panorama stops, basked on beaches of the Ionian Sea, and learned a lot about the many layers of Albanian history and culture. I can’t believe how much we got to see and do!
Food: It was easy to eat healthy since Albania grows lots of fresh produce. Delicious fresh food. Albanian Trip planned our itinerary to time it so we were often in scenic places at small family-run places for lunch stops and coffee breaks.
Accommodations: We really enjoyed staying at the small boutique hotels and family-run guesthouses that they chose for us. Super clean and full of traditional character.
Tour Guide: Albanian Trip has access to the top guides. We had the best time with our very fantastic guide, Eridjon! We just loved him! He had a great sense of humor and made each day fun and interesting. Everything you want in a guide- knowledgeable about history and insight into the places we visited, extremely professional & reliable, a conscientious. safe driver, super organized. I can't say enough good things about him!
Thank you so much, Albanian Trip!!!
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Stay777339
Apr 15, 2025
Bunkers past and present - We were eager to learn more about the history of Enver Hoxha’s bunkers and to see the Albanian countryside. Albanian Trip created a custom-designed, day-long bunkers and agro tour for us, showing past and present uses of these curious and dreadful structures. Our fabulous guide, Erdion, was open, generous, well-informed and responsive, and we never felt rushed or that any of our myriad questions were unwelcome. He led us to a coastal bunker complex with spectacular views of the Adriatic, a site which also included the ruins of Skanderbeg’s castle and the Church of St. Anthony. In the afternoon, we enjoyed lunch in the home of a charming and skilled small farm owner, who had raised and prepared everything on the table, from the salad to the lamb to the honey to the wine. Afterward we took a leisurely stroll through the farm and saw how she had repurposed several bunkers to age wine, raki and house animals. We had a fabulous day!
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Q9209rhgeorgec
Oct 12, 2024
Bunker tour of Albania & trip to Durres - I had a fantastic day yesterday with one of your excellent guides. Very knowledgeable guy who was able to teach me a lot about the history of Albania and show me some amazing sites. I cannot recommend this tour enough and thank you again!
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Tour09809990055
Oct 10, 2024
These guys are simply the best! - These guys are simply the best! They will tailor the tour perfectly to your brief. Plus, their deep knowledge, historical insights and personal experiences take things to a different level.
I'd recommend Albania Trips for journalists, researchers, travellers and tourists alike.
A big thank you to Elton and Vilma for a most memorable trip.
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T5043xhmichaelr
Sep 30, 2024
Seriously one of the best travel experiences - Elton is seriously one of the best guides I have had anywhere in the world. You will learn so much about Albania from someone who truly lives for showing you his culture and country. Very happy to recommend Albanian Trip as someone who has been all over the world - he is up there with the best, don't hesitate to go with Albanian Trip!
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128mirlinda
Aug 4, 2024
Southern Albania and Greece - We had s great experience going to Southern Albania and Greece with Albanian Trip. Experienced crew! Fully enjoyed the traditional cousine and the landscape. So much to see and explore. We want to go there again! Plan to use Albanian Trip again next year.
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844suzanac
Jul 26, 2023
Kindness and care - Excellent experience with Albanian Trip: our private tour guide Ervin is a great guy and was always making sure we had a good time. He took us to a few places we had requested to visit but also to some hidden gems, explaining everything and giving us his personal view and experience about Albania. Totally recommend!
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703samiaq
Jun 2, 2023
An overlooked but fascinating aspect of Albania - I did the Bunkers and Beaches day trip with Albanian Trip, and had an absolutely wonderful experience — as a travel editor, my day trips entail a lot of questions and photography, and my guide Elton was both patient and very knowledgeable about both Albania's seemingly countless bunkers and its history overall. He even tweaked the itinerary to accommodate my preferences, introducing me to hidden gems and aspects of local life along the way. Highly recommended!
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Endri
Aug 3, 2021
Albanian Trip - An epicurean experience of an unforgettable journey supported by Albanian Trip, thanks to a dedicated team with passion for every detail. We really enjoyed the comfort of the trip and the accommodation, the discovery of the wild landscapes and the unforgettable savours of the authentic local fine cuisine. Many thanks to Albanian Trip for an unforgettable holiday. Can't wait to meet again for the next trip!
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Mint1987
Sep 12, 2024
Suffocating.... drown in bad attitude - I took this private tour, making it clear that I will be filming documentary about the topic.
Vilma is the first one who reply but she didn't have any idea of the trip and took a while to pass me on to her college, Elton
Elton seems to understood what I wanted and said ' we've worked with journalist, youtuber and influencer before, we knows how it's done and will provide you with the proper guide for the job'
The priced changed 3 times more and more, 5 mins said including lunch, 5 minutes later not.
I didn't mind and agree to pay as Im running out of option.
The next morning of the pick-up, Vilma got the name wrong as there were 2 similar hotels which wouldn't be a big deal if she, instead of fixing and be a bit apologetic, but she chose to blame me for her mistake and kept texting me nonstop like I owned this trip to her as she did me a favor and so on and so I blocked her and unlocked again cuz I need the invoice lol.
My guide was always in a bad mood, he crashed the car into the fence and cursed multiple times and kept cursing.
He told me in a very rude way to not put his face in the video which I respected and didn't do it. Although I assumed otherwise as I was very transparent about this trip since the beginning and informed people who needed ti be informed. His Word choices could be improve as he was very very rude.
But lucky him, I did tip or not I don't know hahaha cuz he sent me a thank you message for the tips. Maybe I accidentally did as I've been traveling for few weeks and got tired 😀
Elton later told me that u should have told him...well with the hot hated guide who had to drive you to remote places and you a solo female... I wouldn't lol
Overall experience is -100 however I got what I need only in a very rough manner possible.
It's hard to talk to guide as well although very knowledgeable but very rough and rude. His attitude of know it all and he's better than anyone else is very suffocating.
Well this is my personal experience.
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