After Breakfast, you will depart towards Kruja and Durres. As you enter the restored fortress, you will visit the Historical Museum. Just down the hill, you will visit the small Ethnographic Museum, which is housed in the former home of an affluent Ottoman family from the mid-18th century and offers an insight into the life in Kruje centuries ago. You will tour the ground floor where the barn, the storage rooms, and the workshops were located. The upper floor is where the family lived and included the reception room, the living room, and the bedrooms. Leaving the fortress and descending back to the town, you will have some free time for a stop at the Ottoman-style covered bazaar with its wooden shops and cobbled street where small souvenirs and local crafts such as copperware, wood caved toys, filigree, and carpets are sold. Most of the objects are handmade and they depict the Albanian culture and the history of Kruja and the nation in those small souvenirs. Leaving some history behind you will be transferred for a visit to the biggest Winery in Albania, Scanderbeg Winery. Wine and Liquor Tasting will be served after a short visit and explanation of the history of the winery. After the delicious time spent in the Winery you will be transferred back to Tirana for dinner and overnight.

After breakfast, transferred to Berat for later being in Ohrid (Macedonia). The trip in the city of one thousand and one windows starts in the old quarter which will send you back in time to the Middle Ages from the cobbled streets and the houses built in a special architecture and fanatically well preserved till the modern days. From what you see Berat has gained its status as one of the cities of UNESCO World Heritage List. The fortress, located on the hill top, is the most special attraction there, offering an amazing panoramic view of everything surrounding Berat. And there you understand the reason why it was such an important stronghold. Another specialty of Berat is the Onufri Iconographic Museum, named after one of the greatest Albanian painters. There are best preserved Albanian icons from XVIth century that were used in the many churches in the town. After the visit of the lovely town of Berat you will be transferred to Ohrid with short stops along the way. Dinner and overnight.

The visit today starts to the old quarter of Ohrid. The traditional houses, build close to each other have created some cobbled narrow streets like a labyrinth. They will lead you to the churches of Ohrid where the most important and the most special one is St. Sophia Church, coming from 9th-10th century from Bulgarian Empire, housing important medieval art of paintings, icons and frescoes. Other special religious attractions are the churches of St. Bogorodica Perivlepta from 13th century, the St. Jovan Kaneo from 13th century, St. Pantelejmon Plaosnik Monastery from 10th century, etc. On the way up you will also see the Roman amphitheater, a one of a kind in Macedonia coming since almost 2000 years ago. Up in the Saint Klement Pantelejmon Church, named after the saint patron of Ohrid, is one of the most beautiful mosaics of the Balkans, a Christian one, on the floor of the church. From inside the fortress, you can feel the medieval times and from up the walls you can have a stunning view of the whole city, old town and the lake. Being in Ohrid, the best place to have lunch is, of course, by the lake. And before continuing the itinerary, the lunch will be served in a fancy restaurant by the shores of lake Ohrid. In the afternoon you will be transferred in the St. Naum Monastery for a visit and to relax in the tranquil area opposite Ohrid Town. After the visit of the St. Naum Monastery, you will be transferred back to Ohrid for dinner and overnight.

After breakfast at hotel, we will be transferred in Bitola. Bitola is one of the oldest cities in Macedonia. It was first built as Heraclea in the 4th century BC by Philip ll of Macedon. Among all we will see the city center, clock tower, Jewish Cemetery, covered bazaar etc. After visiting Bitola, we will continue a bit further to see the ancient ruins of Heraclea, the ancient part of Bitola. The Roman Theatre and the Roman buildings are of great interest. Mosaics found on the Basilicas are perfectly persevered too. Our tour will continue further to stop in Stobi once a very strategic town for both trading and warfare. In 2010 some money was given by US embassy to reconstruct the ancient ruins of a very important town during Roman and Ottoman periods. After Lunch in Bitola, you will be transferred south towards Greece for the final destination of today, Thessaloniki for dinner and overnight

This morning, after breakfast, start the visits of the Region of Thessaloniki. Thessaloniki is a modern European city, as always, an important trade and transportation center connected to all the Balkan Countries, while it was nominated as the Cultural Capital of Europe in 1997. It is one of the largest student centers in South-Eastern Europe while many of its monuments are included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. In 2004 during the Athens Olympics, the city hosted a number of athletic events while being one of the Greek Olympic Cities. Finally, the city was selected in 2011 as the European Youth Capital of 2014. Walking tour in Aristoteles Square, the White Tower and the sea-promenade. Visit the old town with the castle for some breathtaking view on the way enjoy also the famous rotunda. Dinner and overnight at your hotel

After breakfast, we will depart for our next destination, the city of Edirne in Turkey. The journey will be a long one, but filled with stunning views of both Greece and Turkey. We will pass through Kavala city, Xanthi, and Komotini on the Greek side, and Ipsala, Kesan, and Edirne city on the Turkish side. We will take a pit stop for lunch along the way, with the location to be decided during our travels. Upon arriving in Edirne around 3 pm, we will begin our sightseeing of the city. Located in the northeast of Turkey, Edirne lies on the gently rolling Thracian plains, with much of the city being fairly flat. Our first stop will be the ruins of the Edirne Turkish baths, a historic building used by elder people in the area. We will also visit the Statue of Mimar Koco Sinan Aga, the chief Ottoman architect and civil engineer for several sultans during his lifetime. Another highlight of our tour will be the Tunca Bridge, which connects Karaagac to downtown Edirne. After this wonderful experience, we will head to the hotel where we will enjoy dinner.

After breakfast you will be transferred towards the biggest and most important city in Turkey, Istanbul. Due to her geographic location, Istanbul has always been a settlement area from early ages onwards. And besides connecting the two continents, Europe and Asia, Istanbul has become a center where various cultures and religions are combined, survived and succeeded each other. Istanbul of the day conforms the definition of a great city, not only with her population and the area she covers but also with the variety of cultures and ways of living. This cultural structure which enables a good number of elements that contradict with each other and yet exist together even one in another, is the produce of an accumulation of about one thousand years. Although first settlements in Istanbul were observed in prehistoric periods, continual settlements, however, have started in the colonial period. Foundations of Istanbul of our days were laid during recent periods of the Roman Empire. Byzantium and Ottoman periods are the most significant stages in the history of Istanbul. In both of these periods, Istanbul has preserved her features of being a political and religious center and has become the religious center of both, the Christianity and the Islam. Therefore, she was ornamented with many great monuments with different functions belonging to these two religions. Although Ankara was elected to be the capital during the Republic period, Istanbul conserved her characteristic of being the cultural capital. After having lunch in Istanbul, a boat trip to the Bosporus is a must during the afternoon to enjoy the “other” side of Istanbul. Afternoon will be free at your leisure in Istanbul.

Dinner and overnight at hotel.

After breakfast you will start the tour of Istanbul. Our visit will start with Hagia Sophia, the mosque which is popularly known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior. The Top Kapi Palace, a large palace in Istanbul, that was the primary residence of the Ottoman Sultans for approximately 400 years. After having lunch in one of the restaurants we will continue to visit some interesting sites of Istanbul. We will continue first with the cisterns which are of great interests. Built in 6th century during the reign of Byzantine they are still intact now days thanks to the forest of 336 marble columns each 9 meters high. The cisterns were still in use during 19th century bringing water to the main buildings of the Sultans. Next to it is the Hippodrome, built in antiquity when Istanbul was called Byzantium. It was built during the golden area of the city when Istanbul was the great capital of the Roman Empire. Roman Emperors built this huge building to be the rival of the Great Colosseum of Rome capable of holding 4 thousand spectators. Just before we go to the hotel we will stop at The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul. It is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 3,000 shops which attract between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. After the visit to this big city, you will have free afternoon at your leisure probably for a coffee break on the top of the Hill called by locals "Antenna" for a magnificent view of both European and Asiatic part of Istanbul.

Dinner and overnight will be in Istanbul with belly dancing and live music invited for your pleasure.

Depending on the flight time you will be transferred to Istanbul Airport for your onward flight.