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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
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
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
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
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
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 the altitude of 954m. 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
Morning departure for Cetinje where we visit King Nikola Museum, once the
residence of the Montenegrin King Nikola I Petrović. 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
Tour
includes:
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Arrival
transfers from Dubrovnik Airport to hotel and from hotel to Dubrovnik
Airport (only on the tour departure and ending date)
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Accommodation in 4* hotels except in
Dubrovnik , a 3* hotel, on half board basis, and bed and breakfast basis
in Ohrid on Day 4
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Local guides for sightseeing tours of
Dubrovnik, Tirana, Ohrid and Skopje
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Entrance fees to: Franciscan Monastery and
Rector’s Palace in Dubrovnik; National Museum in Tirana, St. Sofia, St.
Clement and St. Naum in Ohrid; Church of Holy Saviorand Monastery of St. Panteleimon in
Skopje; Residence of King Nikola I Petrović
in Cetinje; St. Triphun Cathedral in Kotor
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Modern Air conditioned motor coach during
the tour
- Services of a tour escort (tour is
conducted in English and French)
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