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Albanian Wine Tours and Cooking Holidays

Join us on a great Albania cooking and wine tour and explore the finest local cuisines Albania has to offer. There will be late night dinners and long leisurely lunches with some of the most delicious foods you have ever tasted, and of course Albanian Raki. Learn the almost forgotten arts of baking in a traditional wood oven, explore organic gardens in our beautiful fish farm, learn how to cook the fresh fish. Here you may relax in mystical waters and try the delicious local wine. Enjoy riding a horse through enchanted forests. You will stay in comfortable lodging with the extravagance focused on the environment, gardens, food, and hospitality.

Highlights

  • 2 cooking classes half day course
  • Horse riding lesson half day course
  • Wine tasting, olive oil tasting, tea tasting, raki tasting
  • Enjoy typical cuisine in different parts of Albania
  • 3 historic landmarks Unesco site tours
  • Meals with wines and beverages
  • Daily breakfast, lunch, dinner
  • 5 nights accommodation

5 days with instruction in English
The organizer also speaks: German, Italian
Group size: 6-16 participants
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Accommodation

Millenium Hotel, Pogradec, Albania (1 night)

Hotel Millennium offers ultimate accommodation and satisfaction and it is considered one of the best hotels in the area. This is a peaceful place where you can enjoy your vacation whilst consuming international specialties and enjoying irresistible beaches.

Sotira Farm, Germenj, Albania / 1 night

Imagine a magical place with beautiful landscapes surrounded by mountains inhabited by many species of birds such as; goldfinch, whistle, squirrels, and deer. A fountain where the fresh cold and crystal clear water water runs through the rocks from the top of the mountain, secret passages through the forests where sunlight looks like magical curtains.

Hotel Cajupi, Sheshi eriz Topulli 5, Gjirokastr, Albania / 1 night

Rooms are equipped with air conditioning and spacious layouts with modern furnishings. Additional facilities include personal bathing, showers, bathtubs, wireless internet, cable tv, air conditioning, telephone, hygiene accessories, elevator, 24-hour reception with foreign languages (English, Italian, French, Greek), and parking surveyed 24 hours.

Hotel Porto Eda, Sarand, Albania / 1 night

Situated in the center of the city, facing the sea and the boulevard of the city. From the balcony of the rooms can be seen the old port of Saranda. The hotel has at your service 24 rooms equipped with all the luxury needed and one Royal Suit. Nearby the hotel is situated in the most important entertainment and necessity complexes of Saranda.

Hotel Nimfa, Vlora, Albania / 1 night

The hotel is located on the coast of Vlora, South of Albania, only 15 min by car to the City Centre of Vlore. The hotel offers 45 air-conditioned Rooms, a unique private beach, one restaurant offering Mediterranean cuisine, and two bars. Most of the rooms have sea-view balconies with a unique panorama of the Vlora Bay, 4 Suites and 10 Superior Rooms.

Program

Day 1: Arrival, welcome dinner

Tirane - Pogradec

  • Arrival, transfer to Pogradec 2.5 hours
  • Rendezvous at Tirana airport and transfer to the hotel in Pogradec
  • The afternoon activity is optional between relaxing at the beach in front of the hotel or crossing over to Macedonia (by car or bike) and visiting the monastery of St. Naum.
  • For dinner, you will try the traditional food of Pogradec and the fresh fish accompanied with a lot of bio vegetables, in front of you will be the beautiful view of the lake.

Day 2: Food lecture, excursion, cooking class, wine and olive oil tasting, horse riding

Germenj

  • Albanian traditional breakfast will be served in the Millennium Hotel near the lake with a wonderful view. Enjoy fresh eggs, milk, honey, and a lot of fresh and bio-fruits of Pogradec.
  • A morning lecture / PowerPoint presentation will discuss the region's growing seasons, and the kinds of food grown in Pogradec.
  • Then you will board your van for a 1-hour drive to arrive in the city of Korca. You will stop for a coffee and visit the beautiful city of Korca.
  • You will drive through the countryside and landscape, before arriving at the destination at the fish farm Germenj. You will learn how to cook the fresh fish that the farmer grows with a lot of local vegetables and spices. You could learn how to cook a traditional Albanian pie too (Byrek) filled with spinach or tomatoes and onions. It is even better when everything is accompanied by homemade wine. You could try different homemade wines and olive oil made by the local people. You could learn how to ride a horse to the farm.

Day 3: Excursion, cooking class, wine tasting, tea tasting

Gjirokaster

  • Today after breakfast you will continue to Permet and visit the thermal springs of Benje for a sunbath.
  • For lunch, you will stop 4 km from the springs. You will learn how to cook lamb or chicken and if you are vegetarian you will learn how to cook stuffed peppers or stuffed eggplants with rice and spices.
  • You will taste the wine that the locals of Permet make themselves.
  • After lunch, you will head to Gjirokaster, 2nd Unesco Site. You will visit the castle and the house of the dictator Enver Hoxha.
  • For dinner, you will be at the Hotel Cajupi located in the center.
  • The traditional Albanian tea mountain tea and the local music will take place after dinner at the center.
  • You will try also the delicious wine of the city of Gjirokastra and try some of the traditional food of Gjirokastra like the meatballs stuffed with spinach, rice, and spices called Qifqi or the flour and spinach pie called Shapka.

Day 4: Excursions, picnic

Saranda

  • You will be leaving from Gjirokastra after eating breakfast and you will arrive at the Blue Aye and take a walking tour of this charming water spring.
  • You will have a picnic lunch and enjoy the mountain air, and the blue wonderful water and eat.
  • After lunch you will drive to visit Butrint National Park, the ancient Buthrotum a port from Hellenistic to Ottoman time, 3rd Unesco Site.
  • You will arrive in Saranda before dinner and after checking in at the hotel you will have a wonderful fish dinner at the restaurant near the sea.

Day 5: Excursions

Himara - Vlora

  • After an early morning, you will travel to one of the most beautiful Albanian beaches, Himara Beach.
  • You will visit the National Park of Llogara home to black pine, Eurasian otter, and golden eagles. *The park is a scenic expanse of protected woodland that encompasses the forests on the northern side of the Llogora Pass. When in clear weather it is possible to see the south Italian landmass. You could take a walking tour and see the wonderful view from the mountain to the sea.
  • For lunch, you will try fresh lamb meat some Albanian typical vegetable food, and one of the best pies in Albania.
  • After lunch, you will drive toward Vlora to the hotel just before the city. You could relax at the private beach of the hotel and taste the wine and the delicious olive oil that this city has to offer.
  • For dinner, you could have the fresh and delicious food of the city of Vlora, which is one of the best places in Albania to eat fish and seafood.

Day 6: Departure

On this day, the program ends. After breakfast, all guest will be driven to Tirana airport for their connecting flights.

Location

The Unesco sites, snow-capped mountains, inviting beaches on the Albanian Riviera, a genuine untouched subsistence culture, and exceptionally friendly people. Some say that visiting Albania is as close as youll get to travelling back in time. Until the dissolution of the Peoples Republic of Albania, it was rare that foreigners had a chance to visit this mystery-shrouded country.

Since the borders opened in 1991, anyone visiting Albania quickly realizes that this is a very special place. Unlike Croatia, just a few hundred kilometres up the coast, Albania has remained undiscovered by mass tourism. We feel that this sets it apart among your destinations. Enjoy amazing views and sunsets over the seas, relaxing strolls through some of the most beautiful towns of Southern Albania, stunning coastal locations, and exciting culinary adventures.

Food

The following meals are included:

  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Drinks

The following drinks are included:

  • Alcoholic beverages

The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:

  • Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation

What's included

  • 2 cooking classes half day course
  • Horse riding lesson half day course
  • Wine tasting, olive oil tasting, tea tasting, raki tasting
  • Enjoy typical cuisine in different parts of Albania
  • 3 historic landmarks Unesco site tours
  • Meals with wines and beverages
  • Daily breakfast, lunch, dinner
  • 5 nights accommodation

What's not included

  • Airport transfers
  • Entry fee to attraction sites are not included

How to get there

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Cancellation Policy

  • A reservation requires a deposit of 10% of the total price.
  • The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
  • The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.

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