Albania - riding on goat tracks
12 days riding / 14 days vacation | Dates in 2024 season | 13 October - 25 October | Dates in 2025 season | Not decided yet | Riding hours: 4 to 10 | Tour Grading: Advanced | Total distance: 2700 km | Average km per Day: 230 km | Nearest airport: Sibiu | Start/Finish: Sibiu | Rest Day: one rest day | Riding Days: 12 | Highlights / Details | • Best of Albania. | • Villages untouched by modern life. | • Best small roads, tracks, sightseeing of mountains. | • Famous Transalpina Road in Romania. | • Uvac Canyon in Serbia. | • Strong touch of Albanian traditions and cuisine. | • Selection of "dangerous roads" Albania. | • Meet the real, unspoiled history of the land. | ||
Included services | • Experienced multilingual Guide on motorcycle. | • Fuel for rented motorcycles. | • BMW Mechanic on spot. | • Back up motorcycle for rent. | • Wi-Fi during the entire trip. | • Third party liability insurance for rented motorcycles. | • Support van for luggage transportation and space for passengers during the entire tour. | • Hotel accommodation in double bedded room (14 nights). | • All accommodations with breakfast. | • All lunches (packed lunch on some riding days). | • All dinners (non alcoholic drinks). | • Official GS Explorer Transylvania riders pack. | • Airport transfer (Sibiu Airport). | Services not included | • All services not mentioned as included. | • Single room occupancy. | • Airplane tickets. |
• Old City of Sibiu – An historical city designated in 2007 the “European Capital of Culture“. • Transalpina Famous Pass – The highest and longest Pass in Romania perfect for motorcycle riding! • The Sureanu Mountains - a massive water castle, a metaphor to describe the numerous underground and surface bodies of water crisscrossing the mountain. Among the surface ones, two are most worthy of note: the natural Sureanu lake and the man-made Oasa Reservoir. • Food and drinks - best selection of Romanian & Albanian dishes from each region. • UVAC Special Natural Reserve in Serbia • Experiencing some of Albania's best scenery on the wonderful riding between the isolated mountain villages. • Berat - exploring this Unesco World Heritage–listed museum town, known as the 'city of a thousand windows'. • Albanian Riviera - catching some sun at just one of the many gorgeous beaches on the Albanian Riviera. • Tirana - feasting your eyes on the wild colour schemes and experiencing Blloku cafe culture in the plucky Albanian capital. • Girokastra - taking a trip to this traditional Albanian mountain town, with its spectacular Ottoman-era mansions and impressive hilltop fortress. • The Ohrid-Prespa Transboundary Biosphere Reserve
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- Day 1 Arrival in Sibiu (Romania)
- Day 2 Sibiu – Uzice (Serbia)
- Day 3 Uzice – Uvac Canyon - Qafe Perdolec (Albania)
- Day 4 Qafe Perdolec – Mjede
- Day 5 Mjede – Reps
- Day 6 Reps – Peskopi
- Day 7 Peskopi – Tirana
- Day 8 Tirana – Corcea
- Day 9 Corcea – Vlora
- Day 10 Vlora – Sarande
- Day 11 Sarande (Rest Day)
- Day 12 Sarande – Berat - Ohrid (North Macedonia)
- Day 13 Ohrid – Pristina (Kosovo)
- Day 14 Pristina – Sibiu (Romania)
- Day 15 Departure from Sibiu