Gjirokastra Tours & Trips

You'll tour UNESCO-listed Gjirokastra with a guide at the castle and wander the Old Bazaar, then stay overnight in a traditional guesthouse. The Blue Eye spring has beautiful turquoise water, and a 2-hour boat ride along Himara's coast takes you to Pirates' Cave, Gjipe Beach, and Aquarium Beach (12+).

Stay overnight in 3-star hotels in Gjirokastra's UNESCO Old Town and Berat, known as the 'City of a Thousand Windows,' with breakfasts included throughout. Walk through Gjirokastra Castle, a 19th-century fortress with great valley views, then check out Butrint National Park's ancient ruins (entrance fees covered).

See UNESCO-listed Gjirokastra's stone-roofed houses built on steep slopes and walk through the ancient Butrint ruins with its functional open theater within the National Park. Stay at 4-star accommodations like Hotel Berati Castle in Berat and Hotel Brilant in Saranda while visiting the Ottoman-era City of 1000 Windows. Hike to Borsh Castle at 500 meters elevation for views over the Ionian coast, try wine tasting in Berat's famous wine region, and swim near Porto Palermo Castle on the Albanian Riviera.

Visit Butrint Archaeological Park, a UNESCO site 18 km south of Saranda, where you'll find a well-preserved amphitheater, baptismal, and centuries-old artifacts next to a lake known for black mussel production. Head to Gjirokastra to see the Ottoman fortress that Ali Pasha Tepelena built in the early 1800s.

The tour takes you through UNESCO-listed Gjirokastra's cobblestoned Bazaar and its stone-roofed houses built into steep slopes, then on to Butrint National Park to see Greek and Roman ruins with a working open theater. You'll hike 500 meters up to Borsh Castle for great Ionian coast views and swim in Ksamil's clear turquoise waters.

You'll check out the UNESCO-listed Gjirokaster Castle and walk through the cobblestone streets of this Ottoman-era stone city, then see the ancient ruins of Butrint with its Greek, Roman, and Byzantine layers. Stay in 3 or 4-star hotels in Tirana and Berat while visiting the Onufri Iconography Museum and the thousand-windowed white houses in Berat's Mangalem and Gorica districts.