Trip Itinerary:

If you want to go on the tour, where beautifulness and historical and cultural importance of the sights visited is guaranteed, than this is the right tour for you. Balkan Peninsula has always been territory of great peoples` movements in each sense, that resulted in remaining of great monuments, cultural paths and historical object on its ground. Welcome to the Unesco Heritage Balkan Tour 2!

OVERVIEW

DAY 1 Arrival in Skopje (Macedonia)

Arrival in Skopje, the capital of Macedonia. Transfer to your hotel. After little refreshment, Skopje city tour with local tourist guide. Welcome dinner in traditional restaurant.

DAY 2 Ohrid Lake

Check-out from hotel and departure from Skopje. Drive toward majestic landscapes of Mavrovo National Park. Visit to St.Bigorski Monastery. Arrival in Ohrid, UNESCO world heritage site. Afternoon city tour of Ohrid. Overnight in Ohrid.

DAY 3 Ohrid Lake

Full-day Ohrid tour with inclusion of nearby churches and monasteries rich in history and culture. Overnight in Ohrid.

DAY 4 Berat (Albania)

Check-out from hotel and departure toward Albania. Visit Monastery of St.Naum. Drive into the country of Albania. Arrival in city of Berat, the UNESCO site. City tour and overnight in Berat.

DAY 5 Gjirokaster

This day is reserved for a full day visit to city of Gjirokaster, UNESCO world heritage site. Return back to Berat for overnight.

DAY 6 Tirana - Budva (Montenegro)

Check-out from the hotel in the morning and departure. Arrive in Tirana, the capital of Albania and city tour. Departure further toward Kruja. Enter Montenegro near Skadar Lake. Arrival and overnight in Budva.

DAY 7 Kotor

After breakfast Budva city tour. Than visit to the Cetinje, old Montenegrin capital. Taste famous Njegus ham at Njegusi village. Arrival to city Kotor, the UNESCO site. Overnight in Kotor.

DAY 8 Kotor

Full-day visit of old city of Kotor. Boat tour to the Lady of the Rock island. Drive along breathtaking coastal landscapes of Montenegro. Overnight in Kotor.

DAY 9 Mostar (Bosnia & Herzegovina)

Check-out from hotel and departure to Bosnia & Herzegovina. Visit Old Bridge in Mostar, the UNESCO site. Depart further to Sarajevo, the capital. Dinner in a restaurant and overnight in Sarajevo.

DAY 10 Sarajevo

Full-day Sarajevo city tour which includes visit to the Bosna springs. Overnight in Sarajevo.

DAY 11 Departure from Sarajevo

Check-out from hotel and transfer to the international airport in Sarajevo. Bid a farewell to our Unesco Heritage Balkan Tour vol 2.

There are 911 cultural and natural properties on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Of these, 18 are in the countries of the Balkan region (today’s Western Balkans). Croatia tops the chart with 7 properties; Serbia has 4 including the ones in Kosovo which is not yet on the World Heritage List; Albania, Bosnia, and Montenegro each have 2, and Macedonia has 1 - the Ohrid region.

Most of the sites, 14, are cultural properties. Two of them are natural ones: the Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia, and the Durmitor National Park in Montenegro. One is mixed - the Ohrid region. One property only, the Medieval Monuments in Kosovo is registered as a cultural site in danger.

ATTRACTIONS

St.Bigorski Monastery

St. Jovan Bigorski is a 19th century monastery standing on the slopes of Debar’s Mt. Bistra, above the banks of the Radika River between the towns of Debar and Gostivar. While relatively new, St. Jovan was constructed over the remains of an older church dating back to A.D. 1021. The monastery has a small silver coffin containing alleged relics of St. Jovan. The monastery complex includes a dining room and an old monastic dormitory, tower, charnel house, and two fountains with fresh mountain water.

Berat

Located in central Albania, Berat bears witness to the coexistence of various religious and cultural communities down the centuries. It features a castle, locally known as the Kala, most of which was built in the 13th century, although its origins date back to the 4th century BC. The citadel area numbers many Byzantine churches, mainly from the 13th century, as well as several mosques built under the Ottoman era which began in 1417.

Kotor

In the Middle Ages, this natural harbour on the Adriatic coast in Montenegro was an important artistic and commercial centre with its own famous schools of masonry and iconography. A large number of the monuments (including four Romanesque churches and the town walls) were seriously damaged by the 1979 earthquake but the town has been restored, largely with UNESCO’s help.

Mostar Old Bridge

The Old Bridge of Mostar is located in the centre of Old City of Mostar. It was built in 1566. This arch construction connects the left and the right side of the Neretva River. Arch is 28.7 wide and 21m high compared with summer level of the river. From the highest amplitude in July every year jumps are held. Mostar was named after the wooden bridge (mostari – bridge keepers) which was on that place before it was rebuilt in 1520 into stone one.

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