From Vlora: Albanian Riviera, Blue Eye & Gjirokaster Day Trip - Image 1

Day experience · 11 hours · Albania

From Vlora: Albanian Riviera, Blue Eye & Gjirokaster Day Trip

This full-day journey from Vlora offers a perfect combination of natural wonders and cultural discovery.

Check dates and prices Read the detail
Overview

What this tour is

Duration
11 hours
Country
Albania

This full-day journey from Vlora offers a perfect combination of natural wonders and cultural discovery. Start your adventure with a peaceful stop at Uji i Ftohtë in Tepelenë, where you’ll enjoy the refreshing alpine spring waters and stunning mountain scenery.

Continue to Gjirokastër, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "Stone City," where charming cobblestone streets, traditional Ottoman-era houses, and a vibrant bazaar await.

End your day with a visit to the breathtaking Blue Eye (Syri i Kaltër), one of Albania’s most enchanting natural springs, with its crystal-clear, deep turquoise waters surrounded by lush forest.

This carefully curated itinerary provides a rich, immersive taste of Albania’s natural beauty, history, and authentic culture — all in one day.

Highlights

Why travellers pick this one

Drawn from what this experience covers — the ground, the pace and who is leading it.

  • 11 hours out in Albania, guided throughout

  • Walking led by guides who know the ground

  • Viewpoints that are not on the road map

  • Time inside the places, not just photographs of them

  • UNESCO World Heritage sites on the route

  • Small groups, so the guide can answer you

Questions

Before you book

The things people write in and ask, answered from what this operator publishes.

Reviews

What travellers say

Run tours like this one? List directly on AlbaniaVisit and keep 75% of every booking — 25% commission against the big platforms’ 30%.

List your experience
Keep looking

More great tours

Same region, same kind of day out. Every card carries the same four numbers.

Every tour we list