ALBANIA
The Albania Guide.
The 10 food tours worth booking in Albania, with what each one involves, who runs it and what you will pay.
Cook Tirana classics with Chef Sindi: Lakror, Tave Kosi, and Sheqerpare, plus lunch, drinks, and easy conversation in a small group.
“Fantastic experience. Highly recommend. Our host was excellent and we had a great time cooking some local dishes. And plenty of superb wine.”
Small-group Tirana food walking tour with byrek, market tastings, olive oil, honey, seasonal produce, and a grape raki finish.
“The guide had wonderful information about Albania's history and also the food scene. Read his audience well.”
Tirana city sights plus classic Albanian food and drinks, with hotel pickup, a small group, and plenty of tastings.
“Less food tasting than expected..expecting more in this area.. Would have been nice to see the names of dishes No raki Lot of busy road walking with noise”
Sail from Ksamil to Butrint mussel farms, then eat fresh mussels with wine at a quiet lake-side restaurant on this small-group tour.
“A trip to see the mussel farms and then a fresh home cooked meal at the beach of the lake, really nice and Informative tour!”
Hands-on cooking in Berat’s Slow Food community: 4 traditional recipes, lunch included, English-led, and a taste of country life.
“We just wrapped up a cooking class with Antela at Castle Park hotel and let me tell you, it was a blast!”
Tirana day trip to Krujë and Durrës with guided castle and ruins, Old Bazaar time, and lunch included for a great value.
“Kruja Bazaar and the castle was full of history and the atmosphere and architecture is well maintained. City of Durres is beautiful. Mix of modern and old architectures. The Amphitheatre is still somewhat buried, and new buildings are built over it, but what is shown is impressive. Mimoza, my guide is very knowledgeable and goes…”
Tirana communist history tour with Bunk’Art 1, Enver Hoxha sites, and street food stops, plus raki and lunch—small-group day.
“We learned a lot about the communist history of Albania and the food was excellent as well. This was a fantastic deal for the price.”
Small-group Albania tour linking UNESCO towns, canyons and lagoons, plus castle-family lunch and sea-view drives from Tirana.
“We had the privilege of an outstanding private tour guide Zeni through Visit Albania’s trip ‘Outstanding Highlights of Albania: North to South’. He spoke perfect English, was courteous and considerate at all times, was very knowledgeable aRead more”
Day trip from Tirana to Berat Castle and medieval streets, plus an Alpeta winery lunch with four local wine samples and museum time.
“A really good day trip from Tirana to see the historical Berat and a sweet family run vineyard. A great informational walking tour of Berat castle by someone that lives in the castle grounds is a nice touch. The winery stop for lunch was amazing, and their wines are divine; I wish I could have…”
Tirana food-and-drink walk with raki tasting, byrek, tave kosi, baklava, a cocktail, and dessert. Private 4-hour tour in English.
“3 most wonderful trips and they were all amazing. Martin was so easy to communicate with and he left no detail uncovered. Hard, too hard, to pick a favorite as all of the recommendations and visits were great. This place though, Mrizi i Zanave , truly magical. Thank you!!”
