Kindness and care - Excellent experience with Albanian Trip: our private tour guide Ervin is a great guy and was always making sure we had a good time. He took us to a few places we had requested to visit but also to some hidden gems, explaining everything and giving us his personal view and experience about Albania. Totally recommend!

An overlooked but fascinating aspect of Albania - I did the Bunkers and Beaches day trip with Albanian Trip, and had an absolutely wonderful experience — as a travel editor, my day trips entail a lot of questions and photography, and my guide Elton was both patient and very knowledgeable about both Albania's seemingly countless bunkers and its history overall. He even tweaked the itinerary to accommodate my preferences, introducing me to hidden gems and aspects of local life along the way. Highly recommended!

Albanian Trip - An epicurean experience of an unforgettable journey supported by Albanian Trip, thanks to a dedicated team with passion for every detail. We really enjoyed the comfort of the trip and the accommodation, the discovery of the wild landscapes and the unforgettable savours of the authentic local fine cuisine. Many thanks to Albanian Trip for an unforgettable holiday. Can't wait to meet again for the next trip!

A greta day, organised by true professionals - We had a fantastic day on this tour, even though it was winter and beaches were clearly not going to be part of the plan! I had extensive pre-trip contact with Elton to ask some questions about changes to the itinerary and these were all discussed honestly, with pros and cons exchanged. We agreed on a plan and a date and Elton accomodated as much of what we'd suggested as was practical - I could tell we were dealing with professionals. In the planning stage I’d asked to skip the Bunkart museums as we’d booked a tour for the day before this one which covered those off, so Elton suggested some alternatives. As it turned out, the Bunkart 2 museum had been unexpectedly closed without notice when we got there the day before, so we’d not actually visited it and we REALLY wanted to and wouldn't be able to any other daylater in the trip without knocking something else off the schedule. We mentioned this at the start of the day when Ervin met us at our apartment and he was so flexible in amending the itinerary so we could get in there – we ended up having a private tour with a great guide there – Artemisa. It's a fascinating place and speaks to the paranoia of the Hoxha regime. Today it is surrounded by residential apartments, but back when it was built in the 70's as Hoxha's fear of invasion was peaking, it lay outside of Tirana and virtually none of the population even knew it existed. When we were leaving I noticed from the car park that the Dajti cable car was close by, so he suggested we should quickly drive up there and he spoke to the ticket seller to check the opening times for the next day when we had planned to go. That turned out to be a great help as it turned out it was closing an hour earlier than published on the website, so we were able to change our plans so we didn’t get caught out. When we then mentioned we’d visited a nearby shop during the previous day’s walking tour and left a heavy purchase for later collection, he called in there too, just so we could bung it in the back of the car and not have to lug it back to our apartment – so thoughtful. I was further surprised when he turned up after a little break with a birthday gift for me, which was totally unecpected and a lovely gesture. Hopefully you are getting the picture that these guys are the real deal and you can put your faith in them! The highlights of the day for me were the visit to their Red Star villa to chat with Elton and Ervin over coffee and raki, about life under Hoxha’s regime and check out the artefacts from that time – we even got given a couple of posters – another lovely touch. The trip to the farm was amazing, the woman who prepared all the delicious home made food sat and chatted with us – with Ervin doing United Nations style simultaneous translation (!). It was a fascinating visit and we could have stayed there hours! The wine she’d made to serve with the meal was amazing and yes, you guessed it, she gave us a bottle. All our changes to the schedule meant that as we headed back from the farm to the House of Leaves, the ‘secret police’ museum, we were really cutting it fine. Then traffic hit as we got to Tirana and we only rocked up there 25 minutes before closing. Anyhow, we got in and visited a few rooms, but then the security guard came up and said it was closing and we needed to go. A few words from Ervin and he marked our tickets and said we could come back the next day and re-enter for no extra charge, which was a nice gesture. We took advantage of that and got to see it all, but I know it would have been better still with Ervin talking us through everything. Never mind, it was entirely down to our ‘extras’ that we didn’t get there on time! It was a great day, arranged to perfection by professionals who didn’t care a jot if they had to turn 360 and do something completely different to the plan we thought we had at the start of the day. Their care and attention to detail was second to none and if I am back in Albania again I can say with 100% certainty that they will be top of my list for another tour.

Fun day out - Had a great day out. It started with a guided tour Bunk'art and we practically had the place to ourselves. It's a must see. Then we went to a farm in between Tirana and Durres and we were served so much food with alcohol - wonderful. Then we went off to the Cape of Rodon with is glorious scenery. Ervin was very cheerful and a great guide. I would happily choose Albanian Trip again for another tour when I next go to Albania

Real beach experience - Worth going for vacation to albania riviera specially south to Saranda and Ksamil A real pearl to visit small beaches along the coast and warm water which makes you not to get out but keep swiming... Exploring as well the wild with the modern If you like the sea like me you would not regret it...as welll some very nice hotels to stay like fefa in Durres and many other affordable hotels who offer modern pool and spa wellness center.. Highly recomended

A superb experience with an exceedingly competent and resourceful guide. - Elton and his crew are exceptionally adept at offering bespoke tours and tailoring to your every need and interest. They appear to have such a deep insight of all the nooks and crannies of Tirana and beyond (this was my 2nd tour, having previously visited southern Albania) as well as all the gripping stories, myth or fact, that go with them. The cherry on the cake this time round was the accommodation at the very heart of Tirana which was facilitate by Albanian Trip, a very unique and authentic Albanian flat.