Day
1 Sunday DUBROVNIK - Arrival
Upon arrival at Dubrovnik Airport, transfer to the hotel
for dinner and overnight.
Day
2 Monday DUBROVNIK - BUDVA /Montenegro - SHKODRA /Albania
-TIRANA 211 miles / 340 km
Morning sightseeing tour of Dubrovnik, included in the
UNESCO’s List of World Cultural Heritage. You will visit
the Franciscan Monastery with Europe’s third oldest
pharmacy, the Rector’s Palace and the Cathedral. Departure
for Tirana; we drive inland via Budva, crossing the
Albanian border at Shkodra, once the capital of the
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, the capital of Albania,
including Skender Bey Square, the Mosque of Ethem Bey
and a visit to the National Museum representing the
flow of Albanian history and housing the finds from
archeological sites across the country. Afternoon departure
for 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 the lakeside resort of 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 (11th century), the most eminent
mediaeval monument in Macedonia with magnificent Byzantine
fresco paintings and St. Clement Church with its icon
of Annunciation. In the afternoon a short drive to visit
St. Naum Monastery built on the shores of Ohrid Lake
in 900 A.D. and 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, the 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 12th 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 Pec and Berane
and along the impressive Moraca 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 King Nikola
Museum, once the residence of the Montenegrin King Nikola
I Petrovic. Continuation to Budva and Kotor classified
as 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 to Dubrovnik
Airport.
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