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PRE-TRIP
Tirana, Albania
INCLUDED IN YOUR PRICE
» Accommodations for 4 nights in Tirana » Services of a local O.A.T. Trip Leader
» # XPLW^ɨ M]PLVQL^_^ W`YNSP^ » Gratuities for local guides, drivers, and
and 1 dinner luggage porters
» 3 small group activities » All transfers
PRE-TRIP EXTENSION ITINERARY
Explore Albania, one of the last undiscovered pockets of Europe, where progress is balanced against a
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dictatorship.
Day 1 Depart U.S. the unfortunate death of Sulejman Pasha’s
Fly overnight from the U.S. to Tirana, Albania. grand-nephew, Kaplan Pasha, left the city
under the control of an insane megalomaniac,
Esat Toptani. It was not until the city was
named the capital of Albania in 1920 that
Day 2 Arrive Tirana, Albania
it began to thrive again. Today, Tirana is
Arrive in Tirana this afternoon and transfer
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to your hotel. This evening, gather for a
houses and cobbled alleyways have largely
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been replaced by modern architecture and
Dinner wide paved streets. Hills have been reforested,
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façades that characterized the communist
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Macedonia, and Kosovo, Albania boasts a ]PMT]_S O`]TYR Z`] XZ]YTYR bLWVTYR _Z`]
history that dates to the Stone Age. Albania’s QPL_`]TYR >V³YOP]MPR >\`L]P _SP SPL]_ ZQ _SP
capital city and cultural and economic hub, NT_d bSP]P _SP XZ^\`P ZQ >`WPUXLY ;L^SL
Tirana was founded in 1614 by Sulejman once stood and where today you will see the
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of this inland region and by its location at VYZbY QZ] T_^ MPL`_TQ`W XTYL]P_ BPɪWW LW^Z
the crossroads of caravan routes. The city ^PP _SP S`RP ^_L_`P ZQ >V³YOP]MPR 2PZ]RP
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Itinerary Subject to Change. For Information or reservations, call 1-800-955-1925
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