The majestic peak of Mount Dajti looms on the horizon just east of Tirana. On this tour, ride the Dajti Express cable car to the mountaintop, then hike the Cherry Pass between Mount Dajti and Mount Tujani, to enjoy spectacular views over Lake Bovilla and the Tirana Mountains. On the way back to the city, visit BUNK'ART 1, a museum and contemporary art gallery housed in a old Cold War bunker.

The town of Kruja and Sari Salltik Cave are two highlights of Albania outside of Tirana, and you can see both with ease of this cultural and hiking tour. Visit Kruja and explore the old bazaar, the Ethnographic Museum, and the Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeu Museum. Then hike to the holy Sari Salltik Cave and learn about its history.

The Cave of Pellumbas—the Black Cave—is one of Albania’s most impressive natural wonders and a significant archaeological site, with a history dating back to the Paleolithic period. On this tour from Tirana, travel to the village of Pellumbas, then set out on a thrilling hike through the Erzeni Canyon and explore the cave by torchlight.

Very few places in the Balkans have retained such a clear representation of the Byzantine and Ottoman era as Berat, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that has been given the title Town of Thousand and One Windows.

Not very far from the shore of the Adriatic lies the impressive ancient town of Apollonia. It’s the largest archaeological site in Albania and seems to have been one of the most important towns in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. There’s quite a beautiful Byzantine heritage left, all presented inside a beautiful Orthodox monastery built before the 12th century AD.

Being an Ilirian settlement and the shores of the Adriatic wasn’t that easy at the time. Colonized from Hellenes and conquered by the Romans, Durres today has one of the largest amphitheatre in Balkan Peninsula and the richest archeological town in Albania.  Redon is the Illyrian sea God and the peninsula protected the sailors along the Adriatic. The Church of St. Andon is a pleasant and quiet place to visit, surrounded by bunkers to remember the Cold War in Albania.

Shkodra is the largest northern Albanian town offering a beautiful landscape and views from the castle. Our visit will include the Mesi Bridge, the Led Mosque, the Cathedral of Shkodra and the Great Mosque. A visit in Shiroka beside Lake Shkodra before returning to Lezha as the Byzantine historian Anna Komnene described “Castle in the Air” in Lezha is situated the mausoleum of Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeu the Albanian National Hero.

We walk through town at the Skanderbeg Square who won the prestigious "Best Urban Public Space" award in Barcelona, Spain in 2018. At the Opera House, you will see the stone of friendship which was inaugurated by Nikita Khrushchev to commemorate the relationship between Albania and Russia, and at the National Museum, you can admire the beautiful facade of the mosaic "The Albanians". Eth’em Bey Mosque, Resurrection of Jesus Cathedral, the House of Leaves, Castle of Tirana, Martyrs Boulevard and Mother Teresa Square.

We start this tour with the visit in BunkArt 2, and followed by the Arts Gallery with a wide collection of Realism Socialist Art and followed with Blloku neighborhood where the house of the Albanian dictator is, to continue for a coffee break at the Coffee Bar Committee to try the “Karamele Zana” candy and the Turkish coffee.  After the coffee we continue to “Mother Albania” martyrs cemetery with a beautiful and stunning view over the city of Tirana