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1. Himara Seas The Day
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 141 reviews
We are located in Himare, Albania. I wonder how many of you are aware of the fact that Himara hides such beautiful unknown beaches and caves, ready to be explored. Travel with our boat and get ready to see landscapes and scenes that you have never seen before. Enjoy the trip we offer you and we guarantee that this ride will be unforgettable.
2. Nurellari Winery and Guest House
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 75 reviews
Nurellari Winery Cellar, located in a fantastic landscape, is a family run business that offers a variety of services to our guests. We offer wine tasting events, refreshments, a variety of foods service, vineyard tours, and even luxury accommodation on site. Please call or email us to make a reservation! We strive to accommodate all our guests but sometimes is simply not possible. Book in advanced to avoid any disappointment!
Reviewed By sebbe7 - Aarhus, Denmark
We visited Nurellari for one day where we both had the wine tasting, the dinner and stayed for one night. The house itself is amazing and one of the most beautiful houses we’ve seen on our trip around Albania. The room was great and again one of the best rooms we stayed in during our trip Fatos was really friendly and had a lot to tell about their history. The wines we tasted were really good, especially one of their white wines and their red wine montemeca, but it was a shame most of the red wines were sold out, even though that must have been a good sign ;). All in all it was a very good experience and we can only recommend others to stop by and see their place and taste the wine
3. Venice Art Mask Factory
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5.0 based on 124 reviews
Venice Art Showroom Exclusive production of baroque hand crafted luxury Venetian masks in paper mache and ceramic. Decorated with first choice materials like authentic plume feathers, gold and silver leaf, Swarovski crystals and pearls for Carnival, masquerade balls, masked events, theatre, weddings and home decoration.
Reviewed By elliwebb - Port Arthur, United States
Amazing masks there. I love the one I bought there when I went on holidays to Albania. Great selection of lovely hand-made Venetian masks. And they care so much about the quality of their work that if the mask has a bit of damage from being on display, they won’t sell it to you. They will only sell it if it’s in perfect conditions. That’s how much they care.
4. Mussel Tour
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5.0 based on 69 reviews
Local experience, where you can meet our Queen. 2 and half hours tour. We have two times for mussel tour, one at 11:00 till 13:30 and on the afternoon 16:30 till 19:00. Start from the port of the lake Butrint with our wooden boat, sail to the mussel bed's (concrete beton structure) build it since communism time in 1960. Explain the process of cultivation and then do the same process as mussel farmer do, seperate the Queen's from the nets. After the process, start to sail again to the place called Kalivoi, there we will prepare our lunch, two kind of mussel dish, fresh vegetables, homemade bread, white wine and water.
5. Theth National Park
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 72 reviews
On the date of 11.21.1966 (Nr.96), the cabinet credited the area of Theth, with a surface of 2630 ha: from which 1680 ha are forest along the sea-line and the other part is gas-plot and grust. It is now declared a “National Park” and is overseen by the D.SH.P, district of Shkodra. Thethi Nature in SpringThe “National Park of Theth” lies into the center of the Albanians Alps, between the block “Bjeshket te Nëmuna” on the west, and the block of Jezerca on the east. Thethi is a tourist – alpinist region and it is the most important one north of the country. It is only 70 km away from the city of Shkodra. It is a part of the commune Shalë within the region of Dukagjin. The park is surrounded from all four angles with pitons (rocky) of the two blocks above, which ascend down towards the valley and create an amazing view. Some of the most astonishing parts of this national park are the followingThe peak of Radoines (2570m), Arapit (2217m), Paplukës (2569m), Alisë (2471m) etc. Hanging 750–80
Reviewed By anagW1322UV
I had some wonderful days hiking both in Theth and Valbona Valleys. Beautiful landscape, amazing mountains and woods - and the unforgetable nights filled with fireflies. And I mean filled... after sunset this most beautiful show would start, everywhere you looked you had dozens of small lights afloat in the air. The food was also great, some of the best yogurt and vegetables I ever had, and the people really nice.
6. The Blue Eye
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,770 reviews
Reviewed By 248fredrik_ - Stockholm, Sweden
Booked tour at the tourist center a day in advance. A 30min bumpy ride later and you have beautiful nature and a magical waterspring that is crystal blue! Wish we had more time to explore the surroundings and maybe eat by the water! Try to go early or else it will be quite crowded!
7. Apollonia Archaeological Park
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4.5 based on 250 reviews
Reviewed By Andy_Sirozh - Brussels, Belgium
Splendid view virgin local cafe above the Apollonia museum. Must try. Hard to find. Go up the hill from the museum and follow a little sign Restaurant. The freshest frogs and tasty local chicken served with fresh rosemary which our young waiter cut just behind our table. Extraordinary authentic peaceful place in the shadow of 500 yo olive trees.
8. Bunker 1944
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4.5 based on 77 reviews
BUNKER 1944 is the Refuge, transformed into a Lounge Bar, decoration selected especially to fit that era. To honour 1944 - the year of Liberation from the Invaders, the year in which Albania won the well-deserved Freedom, we also added a partisan star, the star of Freedom and of Equality. Bunker 1944
Reviewed By Lsonnysherry
This place was a great find. The staff were very genuine and kind, lots of interesting decorations and ornaments of display. The bartender really goes to extra mile too.
9. Gjipe Beach
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4.5 based on 318 reviews
Reviewed By 574boriss
Came down to Gjipe for a day, but stayed for the night since there is camp at the beach. Also there are a few bars/restaurants at the location. We left the car at the parking, and went down on foot beacuse the road to the beach is driveable only by 4x4 vehicles.
10. Bunk'Art 1
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4.5 based on 969 reviews
After the inaguration, in June 1978 by the dictator Enver Hoxha, opened to the public the anti-nuclear bunker built by the communist government. A 5 floor palace underground, with 106 rooms and an assembly hall, now turned into an historical and art center called "BUNK'ART". The passageways, the areas provided for the meetings of the General Staff of the Army in case of war, the rooms where was thought would sleep the communist exdictator Enver Hoxha and the former Prime Minister Mehmet Shehu in case of a nuclear attack, the gigantic hall dedicated to the meetings of the political Bureau which contains also an albanian tipical Buffe are transformed into a video museum exhibition and into art. Starting from April 2016, BUNK'ART is now made permanent, turning into a unique attraction site for tourists in the region, showing the albanian life during the 45 years of communism.
Reviewed By DaveyRG
Visiting this location will allow you not only to understand the history of communist Albania (1944-1991), but gain an understanding of the country from when it became an independent nation. Located in Enver Hoxha’s personal bunker on the outskirts of Tirana, this amazing complex is made up of countless corridors and rooms and also gives an insight into how ordinary Albanian’s, who didn’t conform to the communist ideal, were persecuted.
