Day
1 Sunday DUBROVNIK - Arrival
Upon arrival at Dubrovnik Airport, transfer to
hotel for dinner and overnight.
Day
2 Monday DUBROVNIK - BUDVA /Montenegro - SHKODRA
/Albania -TIRANA 211 miles / 340 km
Morning sightseeing tour of Dubrovnik included
on the UNESCO`s List of the World Cultural Heritage.
You will visit the Franciscan Monastery with Europe’s
third oldest pharmacy, the Rector’s Palace and
the Cathedral. Departure to Tirana; we drive inland
via Budva crossing the Albanian border at Shkodra,
once capital of Illyrian Kingdom (3rd century
B.C.). Dinner and overnight in Tirana.
Day
3 Tuesday TIRANA - OHRID/ Macedonia 84miles /
135 km
Morning sightseeing tour of Tirana, capital of
Albania, including Skenderbey square, Mosque of
Ethem Bey and visit to the National Museum representing
the flow of Albanian History and housing the finds
from archeological sites across the country. Afternoon
departure to Ohrid driving via Elbasan and crossing
the Macedonian border at Cafasan. Overnight in
Ohrid.
Day
4 Wednesday OHRID 37 miles / 60 km
Full day in lakeside resort Ohrid classified as
UNESCO`s World Cultural Heritage site. Through
the activity of St. Clement and St. Naum of Ohrid,
the first pan-Slavic University in Europe, the
famous“ Ohrid Literary School” was founded here.
Morning sightseeing tour includes the church of
St Sofia (11.th century) the most eminent medieval
monument in Macedonia with magnificent Byzantine
fresco paintings and St. Clement Church with its
icon of Annunciation. Afternoon short drive to
visit to St. Naum Monastery built on the shores
of the Ohrid Lake in 900 A.D. dedicated to the
Slavic missionary and educator St. Naum of Ohrid.
Return to hotel, dinner and overnight.
Day
5 Thursday OHRID - SKOPJE km 180
Morning departure for Skopje. Sightseeing tour
of Skopje including the Kale Fortress, Church
of the Holy Savior with its iconostas, one of
the finest samples of traditional walnut woodcarving,
Old bazaar and Stone Bridge. We drive to the slopes
of the Vodno Mountain where we visit the Monastery
of St. Panteleimon. With its 12 century iconostas
and frescoes ranking among the highest achievements
of Byzantine art of this period. Dinner and overnight
in Skopje.
Day
6 Friday SKOPJE - KOLAŠIN /Montenegro 112 miles
/ 300 km
Morning departure for Kolašin, driving via Peć
and Berane and along the impressive Morača River
Canyon. Afternoon arrival at Kolašin, spreading
on the left bank of the river Tara, situated at
954m altitude. The whole area is surrounded by
the thick pine forest of the Bjelasica Mountain
and is a popular skiing and air spa resort. Dinner
and overnight in Kolašin.
Day
7 Saturday KOLAŠIN - CETINJE - KOTOR - DUBROVNIK
165 miles / 265 km
Morning departure for Cetinje where we visit the
church of the Cetinje Monastery built in 1701,
once the spiritual and political center of Montenegro
and the King Nicholas Museum, once residence of
the Montenegrian King Nicholas I Petrović. Continuation
to Budva and to Kotor, classified UNESCO`s World
Cultural Heritage where we visit its Romanesque
Cathedral dedicated to St. Triphun, the city’s
patron saint. We continue to Dubrovnik driving
along the picturesque Bay of Kotor. Dinner and
overnight in Dubrovnik.
Day
8 Sunday DUBROVNIK - Departure
Breakfast followed by departure transfer.
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