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Albania and Montenegro - Small Group
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Length
10 Days
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Quality
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Starts in
Tirana (Albania)
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Ends in
Dubrovnik (Croatia)
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Available Tour Start Dates
APR 3, 2027 to OCT 30, 2027
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Activity Level
No Rating Provided
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Language
English
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Guaranteed Date(s)
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Special Interest(s)
Small Group
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$2,275.25
Overview
Across three Balkan countries, you hear cafe chatter in Tirana and trace tiers of white façades, wooden balconies and windows climbing above the Osum River in Berat. Along the Albanian Riviera, you’ll follow mountain roads curling above the Ionian Sea, passing rocky coves and villages tucked into the slopes. In Montenegro, you’ll enter Kotor’s deep natural harbor with stone walls beside the water and mountains rising sharply behind them. In Croatia, you’ll continue towards Mlini, where terracotta roofs sit between green hills and the deep blue of Župa Bay.
Visited During Tour
Berat (Albania) | Budva (Montenegro) | Cetinje (Montenegro) | Gjirokaster (Albania) | Himare (Albania) | Kotor (Montenegro) | Kruje (Albania) | Mlini (Croatia) | Porto Palermo (Albania) | Tirana (Albania) | Vlore (Albania)
Dates, Offers & Prices
Tour Itinerary
More Details
Dates, Offers & Prices
The following are Albania and Montenegro - Small Group tour dates available from Trafalgar. Select a bonus offer graphic to view its details, including its terms.
Tour Itinerary
Trafalgar Tour Code 1030-2575
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1Begin Your Journey in Tirana
Arrive in Tirana and make your own way to the hotel, where you can drop your bags and settle in. Later, meet your Travel Director and fellow small group travelers for an orientation of the local area, passing façades painted in saffron, lime, burgundy and blue beside older villas. Plane trees spread their branches across many of Tirana’s streets, while Mount Dajti climbs beyond the city to the east. Tonight, you may choose to head out for dinner with your fellow travelers and trade first impressions of Albania’s capital over the table.
Accommodations: Doro City -
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2Explore Tirana’s Landmarks and History
With your Travel Director, explore Tirana on foot, crossing the pale stone sweep of Skanderbeg Square and following Bulevardi Dëshmorët e Kombit through the heart of the capital. At the Pyramid of Tirana, you’ll trace its broad concrete slopes, scattered with small rooms in bright red, blue, yellow and green. Your free time might be spent over the warmth of an Albanian coffee, or underground at Bunk’Art 2, where the city noise fades away behind heavy concrete doors and narrow corridors lead through rooms once built to shelter Albania’s political elite from nuclear attack. Tonight, you can explore independently or join an Optional Experience dinner and taste the flavors of Albanian cooking.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
Accommodations: Doro City -
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3Albania’s Heritage: Berat to Gjirokastër
Leaving Tirana with your Travel Director, you’ll travel through central Albania, vineyards and farmland spreading across the hills on the road to Berat. Here, meet Gladiola in her 250-year-old Ottoman-era home for a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience, sipping fragrant rose juice and fiery rakija with soft Turkish delight as she shares the customs passed through her family. You’ll also hear how she works with female producers, helping women earn through heritage tourism while traditional skills continue in the hands of the people who practise them. In UNESCO-listed Berat, follow the Osum River beneath the arches of Gorica Bridge and wander Mangalem, where rows of white Ottoman houses and dark timber windows spread across the hillside. In Gjirokastër, you’ll follow the sloping cobbles of its old bazaar past small workshops, carved wooden shopfronts and slate-roofed houses.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
Accommodations: Palorto Inn -
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4Journey Along Albania’s Ionian Coast
Along the Albanian Riviera, you’ll follow the coast towards Porto Palermo, with the Ionian Sea stretching below the road and olive-covered slopes folding towards the water. Perhaps explore the fortress of Ali Pasha on its rocky peninsula, passing through thick walls and vaulted chambers. In Himarë, your free time is yours to spend along the seafront, with fishing boats bobbing offshore and the scent of grilled seafood drifting from nearby tavernas. Continue to Vlorë, set between the Adriatic and Ionian seas, with the Karaburun Peninsula reaching into the water and mountains sweeping inland behind the city.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
Accommodations: Kraal Hotel -
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5Vlorë in Full: Coast and Countryside
Vlorë is yours to enjoy as you please, whether that means staying close to the city or heading out across the water. You might choose a speedboat trip into Karaburun-Sazan Marine Park towards Haxhi Ali Cave, where light shimmers across the water inside a limestone chamber carved by the sea. On Sazan Island, Mediterranean vegetation curls around abandoned buildings and tunnels from its years as a restricted military base. Back in Vlorë, you can join an Optional Experience at a local farm and vineyard, tasting Albanian food and wine among the fields where they’re produced.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
Accommodations: Kraal Hotel -
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6Northern Albania: Vlorë to Krujë
Leaving Vlorë, you’ll travel north towards Krujë, watching the land lift towards the slopes of Mount Kruja. With your Travel Director, wander through its 17th-century bazaar, brushing past woven carpets, polished copper and carved wood as filigree jewelry and hand-worked crafts fill the narrow shops. Follow the old lanes towards the fortress, once Skanderbeg’s stronghold against the Ottoman Empire, and pause where the land falls away towards the plains and the distant deep blue Adriatic. With free time in Krujë, you can return to the bazaar, step inside one of the fortress museums or keep wandering through a town of timber balconies, weathered walls and mountain air.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
Accommodations: Albergo Diffuso Kruja -
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7Cross Into Montenegro and Explore Budva
Cross into Montenegro and arrive in Budva on the Adriatic coast, where you’ll follow your Travel Director through narrow lanes enclosed by medieval walls, passing red-tiled roofs, small squares and glimpses of the shimmering Adriatic between the buildings. In your free time, choose a table for lunch, browse the old town or slip into the sea for a swim. Travel on to the Bay of Kotor, where steep green slopes descend towards deep blue water and small settlements trace the shoreline.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
Accommodations: Hotel Splendido Kotor -
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8Weave Through Historic Kotor
With your Travel Director, you’ll weave through Kotor’s UNESCO-listed old town, moving along narrow lanes that open into tucked-away courtyards framed by palaces, churches and shuttered buildings. Pause beneath the twin towers of St Tryphon Cathedral, one of the Romanesque churches that has stood here for centuries, and trace the fortified walls as they zigzag high above the town towards the fortress. In your free time, you can drift between church doors and shaded passageways, or head higher along the old defenses as Kotor’s rooftops and the blue sweep of the bay spread out below.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
Accommodations: Hotel Splendido Kotor -
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9Follow the Serpentine Road to Croatia
From Kotor, you’ll follow the Serpentine Road through a succession of hairpin bends, watching the water fall farther below as the road coils into the mountains. In Cetinje, Montenegro’s former royal capital, you can walk beneath linden trees past grand former embassy buildings. Your free time might take you inside King Nikola’s Palace, where furnished rooms, portraits and personal belongings offer a more intimate look at Montenegro’s royal family. Crossing into Croatia, continue towards Mlini on the Adriatic coast, where terracotta roofs and cypress-covered hills frame Župa Bay. You may choose to round off your trip over dinner with your fellow travelers at a local restaurant.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
Accommodations: Villas Plat -
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10End Your Balkan Journey in Mlini
After breakfast in Mlini, it’s time to say goodbye to your Travel Director and fellow small group travelers. Ten days have carried you from Albania through Montenegro and into Croatia, with mountain roads, old towns and the Adriatic woven through the journey.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
More Details
Trafalgar is informing us of the following additional details regarding their Albania and Montenegro - Small Group tour:
Travelers Notes
* ARRIVAL: Guests are to arrive in Tirana at Tirana International Mother Teresa (TIA).* DEPARTURE: Guests are to depart from Dubrovnik at Dubrovnik Airport (DBV).* TRANSFERS: Both complimentary and chargeable transfers are not offered in conjunction with this trip. Guests should make their own way from/to the airport at their own expense. * PORTERAGE: Porterage is not included; guests will be required to handle their own luggage throughout the tour.* NOTE: This Trip falls under Tour Deposit Level 2. Please refer to the below invoice notes section in order to review the Deposit, Payment and Cancellations fees policies.* NOTE: Trip runs by Costsaver.
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