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Escorted Group Tours
Balkans off the Beaten Track - Discover Albania & North Macedonia
12 days
10 excursions and visits
2.5 days - free time
Moderately active
Unlock the beauty of the Balkans as you make your way through dramatic landscapes and culture-rich communities on this Albania and North Macedonia tour. Relatively undiscovered by UK visitors, you’ll be veering off the well-worn tourist trail - and your reward will be spectacular national parks, World Heritage Sites and centuries-old mosques, churches and monasteries. We’ll tick off the two capital cities, Tirana and Skopje, and meander through unspoilt countryside. In North Macedonia, we’ll base ourselves in Ohrid - a lakeside resort with a church-filled old town.
Your holiday includes
Meals
11 breakfasts, 11 dinners
Flight
International flights and luggage are included
Accommodation
11 nights in hotels
Excursions
- Guided tours of Tirana; Berat; Ohrid; and Skopje
- Visits to Kruja History & Ethnographic Museum; St Georgi Pobedonosec Monastery; and St Jovan Bigorski Monastery
- Wine tasting at Cobo Winery
Tour manager
Expert guidance throughout your holiday
Exceptional value every time
VIP door-to-door
Our transfer service to and from home with unlimited mileage.
Insurance
Included optional travel insurance or £100pp price reduction if not required.
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Cobo Winery visit and tasting
1 / 4
The Cobo family has been in the wine making industry for generations. Our visit reveals the history and traditions behind their lovely winery and vineyard, plus there’s time to taste the delicious wines and buy a souvenir bottle or two.
Experience Kruja’s thoroughly modern museum
1 / 4
The recently refurbished Kruja History and Ethnographic Museum may be housed in a 5th century castle, but its interactive displays and virtual and augmented reality experiences allow visitors to learn and understand Albanian culture in a thoroughly modern way. You can even try on 18th century costumes in a virtual dressing room.
Boat trip to St Naum Monastery
1 / 4
All aboard for a relaxing boat trip to the southern shore of Lake Ohrid, where St Naum Monastery awaits. It’s a beautiful place - step inside to be inspired by the ancient frescoes and iconostasis or just soak up the views and the tranquillity in the surrounding garden with its roses, fountains and glossy peacocks.
Mountains and monasteries
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Today we’ll be completely immersed by the beauty of Macedonia as we head to the mountains, lakes and monasteries of Movrovo National Park. The drive itself is a scenic treat as we pass deep canyons, pine forests, karst meadows and waterfalls, and take switchback roads to the high mountain monasteries of Sveti Jovan Bigorski and St Georgi Pobedonosec – both with stunning views
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Aug 28, 2025
Sep 08, 2025
Thu - 08:25
Mon - 13:05
London Heathrow Airport
12 days
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