17-Nights Tirana to Santorini: The Albanian Riviera & Iconic Greek Islands - 18-to-Thirtysomethings

Tirana to Santorini: The Albanian Riviera & Iconic Greek Islands
Escape the ordinary and dive into something extraordinary on this 18-day adventure through Albania and Greece. With just a backpack and your new crew, you’ll create unforgettable memories from the sparkling Albanian Riviera to the dreamy Greek islands. Get a true taste of local culture with an immersive cooking experience, then hit the trails for breathtaking hikes through these beautiful landscapes. Sail across crystal-clear Mediterranean waters, explore hidden beaches, and take in those jaw-dropping Greek sunsets that feel straight out of a postcard. It’s the kind of journey where every moment feels like magic.

Highlights
Witness the beauty of wild horses on a sunset jeep safari, Immerse yourself in Albanian traditional life in the mountains on a hike to a shepherd outpost, Hike across the island of Corfu, Go island-hopping as you cruise through the Mediterranean, Soak up the epic views in Santorini.

Accomodation
The variety and local flavour of our accommodation is a favourite part of our European 18-to-Thirtysomethings trips. Although the properties we use are simply furnished and with few facilities, we base our choices on location, character and cleanliness. We will stay in a mixture of hotels, some hostels, and private rooms in local households. All accommodation on this tour will be multi-share. This may involve 4-6 group members sharing and even (on rare occasions) dormitory-style rooms for the whole group. The majority of accommodation will have shared bathroom facilities. Where we use multi-share hostels, rooming requests of any kind cannot be taken. Note that most accommodation in Europe does not have air conditioning units in rooms. Air conditioning is not routinely installed in European homes and workplaces. However, nearly all hotels will provide a standing or desk fan for your room on hot nights. If you do not already have one in your room, please ask your CEO to organize one for you with reception. For private accommodation please see tours in our Classic Travel Style. Please note that pre & post additional accommodations cannot guarantee same gender rooming thus mixed gender rooming may occur.

Group Leader
This G Adventures group trip is accompanied by one of our CEOs (Chief Experience Officer). The aim of the CEO is to take the hassle out of your travels and to help you have the best trip possible. They will provide information on the places you are travelling through, offer suggestions for things to do and see, recommend great local eating venues and introduce you to our local friends. While not being guides in the traditional sense you can expect them to have a broad general knowledge of the countries visited on the trip, including historical, cultural, religious and social aspects. It is important to note that in Europe, all guiding is based around local guides all of whom are licensed to work only in a particular city. As such, our leaders are able to provide orientation walks which will show you the layout of each town and city as well as the location of local services such as post offices and laundromats, but are unable to legally share historical facts and figures in public places. If you wish to take a guided city tour in any location our CEO will do their best to help you arrange this and pay locally.

Group Size Notes
Max 16, avg 10.

Meals Included
17 breakfasts, 4 lunches

What's Included
Your G for Good Moment: Tour of Shedia Home and a Beverage, Athens
Your Welcome Moment: Meet Your CEO and Group
Your First Night Out Moment: Connect With New Friends
Your Foodie Moment: Tirana Cooking Class, Tirana
Your Local Living Moment: Hike to a Shepherd Outpost with Lunch, Tragjas
Your Big Night Out Moment: Corfu
Your Big Night Out Moment: Athens
Your Discover Moment: Athens.
Orientation walk of Tirana. Explore Kruje on foot. Walking tour of Berat including the castle. Visit the coastal wetlands of the Vjosë-Nartë Delta Protected Area. Walking tour of Himarë. Corfu Trail hike across the island to Benitses. Meteora Monasteries hike from Kalabaka. Orientation walk of Athens. CEO-led orientation walk in Paros. Free time in Paros and Ios. Half-day Paros beaches tour. Orientation walk in Ios. Best of beaches tour Ios. Caldera walk in Santorini. Transport to/from all included activities and between all destinations.