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7 nights from £895
Fier - 1 night Saranda - 2 nights Gjirokastra - 1 night Berat - 1 night Tirana - 2 nights
key vJv features · VJV Sightseeing Programme · New for 2012 · Upgraded Flight Option · Walking Content: 2 (see page 145) · Group Size: 5 25
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2012 Sunday
Mar 11 .......£915
2012 Saturdays
Apr 14 ........£945 Sep 15 ........£985 May 19 .......£985 Oct 20 .........£945 Jun 16 ........£965 Nov 3 ..........£895
Supplements per person
Single supplement .................... £215 British Airways Club Europe .... £415 Private Journey this tour may be taken as a Private Journey (see page 144) based on 2 persons on the above dates. Add £645 per person
ClassiCal TOUR OF alBania
Exploring Albania's Greek, Roman and Ottoman heritage
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Price includes
Air travel, UK departure taxes, overseas airport taxes, transfers, 7 nights' accommodation, breakfast daily, one dinner, itinerary as described, services of guides and local representatives.
Not included
Travel insurance, optional excursions, tipping, any government taxes or compulsory charges introduced after publication.
gJirokastra
t was almost 20 years ago that VJV suspended tours to Albania due to the unsettled political situation, so a return to this fascinating destination is long overdue. Today the infrastructure of tourism has improved, however, the country still remains unspoilt, offering an array of treasures to explore. Although Albania forms part of the Balkan Peninsula, the attraction is its remoteness and isolation from the rest of the region. This is partly occasioned by its geophysical situation protected by a apollonia mountainous swathe, rich in biological diversity. There is much that is familiar in Albania: the ItInerary Adriatic coastline and fine climate associated Day 1 Fly from London Gatwick to Tirana. Visit the with it, olive groves and vineyards. The Monastery of Ardenica en route to the city of Fier. language is tantalising, sounds and words Overnight at the 4-star Hotel Fieri. ALBANIA that seem familiar and which indeed Day 2 Visit the ancient city of Apollonia, reflect Albania's past influences: Greek, which flourished in Roman times, and the ·kruja Latin, Turkic, Slav, but retaining its own archaeological museum. Continue along the durres · ·tirana unique notes, which date back to its distant breathtaking Albanian Riviera through Vlora Illyrian origins. While the coastal areas heading towards Saranda. Spend two nights are attractively familiar, the mountains in Saranda at the 4-star Hotel Vila Duraku. fier/ of Albania reveal Ottoman fortresses, Day 3 Visit Butrint, a UNESCO World apollonia · ·berat prehistoric dwellings, ancient citadels, the Heritage site situated amongst dense sites of battles both ancient and more recent, vlora · vegetation. In the afternoon visit the monasteries, mosques, tombs cut in the rock church of Mesopotam with its carvings of side, finds from the Illyrian period, theatres mythological beasts. ·gjirokastra Day 4 Visit to Antigonea and its from the ancient world and the fascinating city saranda· and museum of Apollonia. archaeological site. Continue to the `Museum · butrint City' of Gjirokastra, built on the slope of a tr a v e l I n mountain with narrow, cobbled streets with distinct and beautiful architecture. Overnight in albanIa Gjirokastra at the 3-star Cajupi Hotel. The Albanian hotels outside Day 5 Travel to Berat stopping en route at Bylis. Berat is home Tirana should be regarded to some of the best examples of Ottoman architecture outside of as tourist class and the Turkey. Enjoy wine tasting, Berat Castle and the Onufri Museum. hotels utilised on this Overnight in Berat at the 3-star Hotel Tomorri. programme have generally Day 6 Drive to Durres, one of the oldest towns in Albania dating been built or reconstructed back to the 6th century BC, for a visit of the amphitheatre and in the last three years; archaeological museum. Continue to Tirana for a tour of the offering good, comfortable capital including the National History Museum and a short standards. On occasion, walking tour of the Bllok area. Spend two nights at the 4-star hotels of a similar standard Hotel Tirana International or Hotel Theranda. may be substituted. Most Day 7 Visit Kruja, a previous capital during the resistance of the travelling is along against the Turks, including the Skanderbeg and Ethnographic a well-established road museums and the Old Bazaar. Return to Tirana and enjoy a network which is in good traditional dinner in a local restaurant. condition but some minor Day 8 Return flight. roads may be in poor repair.
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