Updated 1 November 2026
Butrint: Albania's UNESCO City Everyone Drives Past
A Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Venetian city on a wooded peninsula 4 km from Ksamil that most visitors skip. What to see and how long to allow.
Day trips & sights
All our Day trips & sights guides for Albania, in one place.
9 guides: Day trips & sights
Updated 18 October 2026
Berat or Gjirokaster: Which Ottoman Town If You Only Have One Day
Two UNESCO towns and one free day. An honest comparison of Berat and Gjirokaster on setting, castle, food and driving time, and when to skip both.
Updated 15 October 2026
Berat: The City of a Thousand Windows
Two Ottoman quarters facing each other across a river, a castle with people still living inside it, and a nickname that turns out to be literal.
Updated 15 October 2026
The Blue Eye: A Spring Nobody Has Reached the Bottom Of
A karst spring in southern Albania where the water comes out of the rock at an unknown depth and an impossible colour, half an hour from the coast.
Updated 15 October 2026
Durres: A Roman Amphitheatre Under a Modern City
Planning a Durres day trip from Tirana? See the Roman amphitheatre, Venetian tower, museum and beach, plus how long to allow and what to check first.
Updated 7 October 2026
The Corfu to Saranda Ferry: How It Works and the Border Nobody Mentions
Two operators, a crossing of about half an hour, and a Schengen external border in both directions that almost nobody mentions. How the ferry works.
Updated 20 September 2026
Permet and the Benja Thermal Springs
Stone pools of warm mineral water beside a river, under an Ottoman bridge, in a valley almost nobody routes through. What it is and how to get there.
Updated 26 August 2026
Kruje Day Trip: Castle, Old Bazaar and Skanderbeg
The easiest half day out of Tirana, and the one that explains why Albanians talk about Skanderbeg. A cliff castle, an Ottoman bazaar, and a hard sell.
Updated 17 August 2026
Ohrid: The Day Trip That Means Leaving Albania
A cliffside church, a walkable old town and a monastery with peacocks, across the border on the North Macedonian side of the lake. How the crossing works.