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lished of mosaics, and to visit the archeological 6 Day: Ohrid
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museum. Dinner and overnight in hotel. In the morning visit on foot (around 3 hours)
Breath-Taking Landscapes of the historic centre of Ohrid. You can admire
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8 days 4 Day: Durres - Berat the Church of the Mother of God, the Gallery of
After the breakfast we depart to Berat. In few km the Icons, the antique theatre, the fortress, the
before entering in the city, we stop for a break church of Saint Clemente and Saint Giovanni. We
1st Day: Risan - Perast - Kotor - Budva (40 km) and a degustation of wines anf cheeses in one have few hours at disposal before departure in
direction to the lake where we are going to visit
Albanian wine cellar. We continue to Berat and
Tour in the evocative net of inlets of the Adriatic while we enter the city we will be impressed the Monastery of Saint Naum. If somebody wants
Sea in the bay of Boka Kotorska (Bay of Kotor). by the typical buildings. Visit of the castle built there is a possibility to make a short cruise on the
The tour begins from Risan, one small town on on a little rock hill on 260 m ASL, of the mother river Black Drim. Dinner and overnight in Ohrid.
the bay of Kotor, famous by its archeological church that hosts the “Onufri” museum, of the 2
sides with roman mosaics. Then we proceed to mosques, of the bridge Gorica and the beautiful 7 Day: Mavrovo - Skopje
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Perast, “the baroque city”, that between XVII and palaces of the 18° and 19° centuries. Dinner and In the morning departure to Mavrovo,coasting
XVIII centuries was a very important marine city overnight in hotel. the lake created by the river Drim. Visit to the
with in the period good 4 building sea sites and biggest monastery in Macedonia, the Bigorski. Business Proposals in Balkans
more than a 100 boats. Curiosity: From 1901, a year of their institutions Arrival in Skopje in the afternoon and visit on
Curiosity: Perast is the most antique place for the Nobel prices were assigned only to 1 alba- foot of the city, of the antique bazaar of Skopje,
living in the region(the very first human traces nian: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhi better known as of the fortress, of the church Saint Spas. The visit
return to 3500 BC); it is the town with biggest Mother Theresa of Calcutta; received in 1979 on foot continues in the city where we enter in
number of hours of light. year the Nobel price for Peace, “for a work rele- the Memorial House of Mother Theresa. Dinner
From Perast we go by boat to the island of Go- ased in the fight to win the poverty and the mi- and overnight in hotel.
spa od Škrpjela (Our Lady of the Rocks), a small sery, which are also a threat for the peace.” On July 26, 1963 the city was hit by a disastrous
artificial island of 3.030 m² created on a bastion earthquake which destroyed ca. 40% of the bu-
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of rocks on which were sink hundreds of ships 5 Day: Berat - Elbasan - Ohrid ilt-up area; several international architects took
full with stones. A return to the dry land all the After the breakfast, departure to Macedonia. part in the reconstruction plan, including Tange
way to Kotor. Visit to the historic city surround- During the trip we make a break in Elbasan to vis-
ed of 4,5km of walls and the cathedral of the XII it the ruins of the castle in the town. Kenzo.
century. Proceeding to Budva, with its 38km long We suggest to drink one coffee inside the castle. th
coast and the capital of Montenegro. Dinner and After the break we proceed to the Albanian-Mac- 8 Day: Return
overnight in hotel. edonian border, to arrive in the afternoon in the After the breakfast return to Italy.
cave church of Kalishta that is going to be visited
2nd Day: Budva - Kruja - Tirana (225 km) and then to Struga.
Visit of Budva, one fascinating city fortified with Dinner and overnight in a hotel on the lake of
walls and a castle built on the islan during vene- Ohrid, a lake hidden in the heart of the Balkans,
tian epoch. Today the historic centre, founded in wedged between Macedonia and Albania, one of
4° century BC is rich of thin streets and it is char- the deepest in the world and the oldest in Euro-
acterized of one continuous line of shops, bars pe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
and restaurants. Finished the visit we proceed Montenegro Kotor
in direction to Albany. A break in the medieval
city Kruja, one of the most popular destination
because of its history that tells the events of
the national hero Skanderbeg. Visit of the castle
which is a host of the historic museum and the
ethnographic museum after that shopping in the
typical bazaars.
Curiosity: According to some legend, the name
Kruja comes from the word “krua”, meaning
source, that were present in entire city and cha-
racterized not only by the fresh water coming
from the mounts, but also by the shadows cen-
turies-old oaks.
Proceeding to the capital Tirana, dinner and
overnight in a hotel.

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With a start from the Skanderberb square, guided
visit of Tirana with the Museum of natural histo-
ry rich of objects that testimony the grand histo-
ry of Albany,the E’Them Bey Mosque, the Tower
of the Clock, the big boulevards of the ministers
and universities. Finished the visit of the capital,
departure to the antique city of Durres, with the
most important seaport of the nation. It is pos-
sible to admire the biggest amphitheatre of the
peninsula Balkan with a capacity of more than
15000 viewers surrounded by one mural estab-
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