Camper Cultural Trip Albania - Macedonia - Greece
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The partly guided tour leads from Shkoder to Tirana, Durres and Elbasan in Albania, to Struga and Ohrid to the lake of the same name, to Stobi, Bitola in Macedonia/FYROM and Vergina, Meteora and Thessalonica in Greece.
Camper Cultural Tour "Albania, Macedonia, Greece 2018" from 3rd to 24th of April 2018
Dear Caravan and Mobile Home Friends and Balkan lovers, as already announced in different programs, the part wise guided tour "Albania-Macedonia-Greece 2018" across the Balkans is part of the project concept "long-term travel and wintering in the South".
As you can see from the attached program, the itinerary through the countries of Albania, Macedonia and Greece leads along many testimonies from the most diverse cultures that once shaped this region. A variety of ancient places and towns as well as natural landscapes will inspire you.
The special feature of our trips is the combination of cultural impressions accompanied with extensive landscape experiences and relaxing coexistence. This includes hiking, cycling and picnics in selected places, where we enjoy the landscape, tranquility and the special quality of the place. Traveling also means facing up to the questions of the present, perceiving the current political and social situation of the area visited and immersing oneself in the recent past, so that the picture of a region rounds off. However, traveling also means meeting people, communicating with them and gaining impressions of life in a distant land. There will be time and possibility enjoying that.
Who does not know us yet: We are a Turkish-German team with more than 10 years of life and travel experience on the Balkans, on Cyprus and in Turkey, and work, as part of the cultural project "Culture along the Roman Road System", to develop the concept of year-round tourism and wintering with introductory or subsequent sightseeing tours and partly guided tours across the Balkans. All named locations have already been approached several times with our own vehicle, all tours have been hiked several times, so that you can be disposed of outstanding knowledge. Locally there are also German or/and English speaking hiking guides available.
The offered tours in particular serve to get to know foreign cultures by involving the local population to their advantage for the smooth development of travel tourism - all income from the part wise-guided tour directly flows into the project work!
The 21-day trip from Shkoder / Albania is 2.350, - € per participating vehicle with driver, the second person traveling is additional 625, - €.
The travel offer includes the following services:
- All accommodation on campsites including electricity, water and internet
All tours and hikes offered during the program
Entrance fees according to the program
Additional use of minibuses as needed
all additional costs for parking fees, toll etc. according to the program
Route plans with coordinates, also as a suggestion for the arrival
Tipping fee for the hotels
German or English speaking travel companion
The following services are provided by the participants:
- All travel costs to the departure point in Shkoder (just 240 kilometers to the famous resort in Dubrovnik)
all return travel costs from the end of the tour in Thessalonica
all costs for fuels, oils, equipments during the tour generated. This also applies to repairs of the vehicles.
Insurance for vehicle and participants
Passport and green insurance card
An advantage would be the presence of your own bike / touring bike and a headlamp / hiking boots.
For further questions about the concept and registration for the tour "Albania, Macedonia, Greece" please use the following email address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Please also pay attention to the offer during the caravan fairs in Düsseldorf and the CMT fair Stuttgart at the booth of Fendt-Caravan and Frankana!
You will immediately receive a registration form and after registration further details about the tour.
Event "Albania, Macedonia, Greece 2018" from 03. - 24. April 2018
(changes at this time reserved, possibly changes are published here)
Meeting of participants of the "Albania - Macedonia - Greece Tour 2018" on Tuesday, April 03, 2018 at Camping Legjenda in Shkodra / Albania (station 8).
Upon request, participants will also receive a route plan for the journey across the Balkans!
1st Tuesday, 3rd April 2018 12.00 - 18.00 hrs Arrival of participants / reception Camping Legjenda in Shkodra / Albania
7 pm dinner together / tour concept "Camper-Cultural Trip"
route presentation / maps / GPS data
Learning each other / conversations
Camping Legjenda Shkodra
Coordinates: GPS: N 42 ° 2'35.88 "E 19 ° 29'19.32" ----- 42.0433,19.48872. Wednesday, 04 April 2018
2nd Wednesday, 4th of April 2018
8.30 am Breakfast
9.30 am Hiking to Rozafa Castle / Tourguide German/English-speaking, lunch picnic, then city tour of Shkodra,
Ruins of the castle Rozafa - a legendary bastion in Shkodra
Shkodra - castle hill and modernity in the city center
7.00 pm Dinner together
3rd Thursday, 05 of April 05, 2018
8.30 am Breakfast,
9.30 am Bike tour to the Ottoman bridge of Ura e Mesit
The Ottoman bridge Ura e Mesit at Shkodra
Visit to the Photography Museum Shkodra,
7.00 pm Dinner together
4th Friday, 6th of April 2018
8.30 am Breakfast
Trip to the Kelmend valley and Tamara, food in a local restaurant / fresh trout
Tour through the Kelmend to the Cem Gorge
7.00 pm Dinner together
5th Saturday, 07th of April 2018
8.30 am Breakfast
9.30 am Boat trip on Shkutari Lake
Picnic / Lunch on the ship
Free afternoon,
7.00 pm Dinner together
6th Sunday, 8th of April 2018
9.30 o'clock departure Shkodra direction Tirana with stopover in Kruja
Kruja - center in the fight for freedom against the Ottomans
Skanderbeg - Albania Myth in the fight for freedom
Continue from the pitch
7.00 pm Dinner at Hotel Baron / Tirana
We are now in Tirana at the Hotel Baron (pitch number 9) Coordinates: 41 ° 17'57.2 "N 19 ° 50'58.8" E (direct to the map)
7. Monday, 9th of April, 2018
9.00 am Breakfast
City Tour Tirana (Clock Tower, Archaeological Museum, etc.)
including bus for the whole day, including city guide, lunch on site,
Tirana - in transition to modernity
Cable car (depending on the weather) and Bunkart Museum
7.00 pm Dinner at Hotel Baron / Tirana and overnight stay on the pitch
8. Tuesday, 10th of April, 2018
9.00 am Breakfast
Drive to Durres / sightseeing / Roman stadium, lunch on site
7.00 pm Dinner at Hotel Baron / Tirana Overnight stay on the pitch
9. Wednesday, 11th of April 11, 2018
9.00 am Breakfast
Petrela Castle and Cave Walk / Round Trip, Packed Lunch
Climbing the Castle Petrela
7.00 pm dinner together, overnight on the pitch
10. Thursday, 12th of April, 2018
Breakfast
Departure to Elbasan (own camper), packed lunch for access to Elbasan
Elbasan - After Romans and Byzantines - the Ottomans come
Ancient Roman Elbasan - Scampa on the Via Egnatia
Border crossing from Albania to Macedonia
From here we are at Camping Rino / Macedonia (pitch no. 10) Coordinates: 41 ° 09'17.8 "N 20 ° 39'03.6" E (direct to the map) N 41.15486 E 20.65082
7 pm meeting Camping Rino Dinner, pitch incl. Electricity, water and internet
11. Friday, 13th of April, 2018
8.30 am Breakfast in own camper (option together)
Boat trip on Lake Ohrid with Sveti Naum underwater museum
Sources with boat tour / arrival in Ohrid / pickup?
Lake Ohrid and its underground springs
On the border with Albania - the monastery Sveti Naum
Cultural region Sveti Naum - The museum on the water
lunch packet
7 pm dinner together, pitch incl. Electricity, water and internet
12. Saturday, 14th of April 14, 2018
8.30 am Breakfast in own camper (option together)
Drive to Vevcani and Ohrid / return Struga
Vevcani - mountain village at the foot of the Jablanica mountains
Vevcani - village character and village animosities
Samuel's fortress on the mountain of Ohrid
lunch packet
7 pm dinner together,
13th Sunday, 15th of April, 2018
8.30 am Breakfast
Bike tour to Struga / return at will
lunch packet
dinner together
Pitch incl. Electricity, water and internet
14. Monday, 16th of April, 2018
8.30 am Breakfast in your own camper (option together), farewell to the place Rino
Drive and visit Stobi (with own camper), admission included
Coordinates 41 ° 33'01.9 "N 21 ° 58'29.1" E - 41.550539, 21.974759
The ruins of Stobi - Excavations in Macedonia
simple pitch with toilet facility and bistro / night
15th Tuesday, 17th of April 2018
8.30 am Breakfast in your own camper
Departure in the direction of Bitola
11.00 Meeting in Bitola / Heracleia Lynkestis Entrance included in the price
Herakleia Lynkestis - Day Trip to Bitola
Border crossing Macedonia - Greece
2.00 pm Continue to Vergina / Königsgräber 244 kilometers overnight stay
16. Wednesday, 18th of April, 2018
8.30 am Breakfast in your own camper
10.00 am Visit to the Museum of the Tombs of Vergina Vergina
After Vergina to the Macedonian royal tombs
The star of Vergina - origin and meaning
Continue to Meteora / Camping Vrachos - Station 14 167 kilometers Coordinates: 39 ° 42'47.9 "N 21 ° 36'56.7" E 39.713312, 21.615752
7.00 pm Dinner together
17th Thursday, 19th of April, 2018
8.30 am Breakfast in your own camper
10.00 am visit Meteora monasteries
Sunset at the Meteorafelsen
The monasteries in the landscape Meteora
18. Friday, 20th of April, 2018
8.30 am Breakfast in own camper, 2nd night Camping Vrachos
10.00 am Morning walk Kastraki / monastery / stone
Kastraki / Kalambaka - old town center
2.00 pm departure to the winery Mourapata
7.00 pm Dinner and wine tasting Mourapata
19th Saturday, 21th of April, 2018
8.30 am Breakfast in own camper at the winery Mourapata
10.00 am Departure for the camper stop Zampetas Thessaloniki 40 ° 30'09.9 "N 22 ° 58'14.1" E (direct to the map)
2 pm Bike tour to Perea
The beach of Perea
20th Sunday, 22nd of April, 2018
8.30 am Breakfast in own camper / camper stop Zampetas
10.00 am Sightseeing Thessaloniki Sightseeing
The imposing Rotunda of Thessaloniki
Galerius Arch - late Roman city gate in Thessaloniki
5.00 pm Dinner and entertainment in Ladadika
21th Monday, 23rd of April, 2018
8.30 am Breakfast in your own camper
10.00 am last meeting and bye bye combined with travel advices for more targets or where to stay in Greece
Following maybe a few more days on Sithonia? We refer to places and ways to continue the journey. Also for the return journey!
For further questions about the concept and registration for the tour "Albania, Macedonia, Greece" please use the following email address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.