Private Tour of Pristina & Prizren, Kosovo from Tirana & Durres
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On this private day tour of Prizren and Pristina, you will explore the best of Kosovo, focusing on history, culture, and heritage. These two cities showcase a unique blend of Albanian traditions alongside Orthodox and Muslim influences developed over centuries. During this full-day private tour from Tirana, you will visit the most interesting highlights of both cities, including historic sites, cultural landmarks, and charming streets. The itinerary can also be personalized on request to match your interests and pace. All entrance tickets to the included sites are covered, ensuring a seamless and enjoyable private experience.
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Built in the Centre of Prisitna, this Library brigs values with more than 2000000 material copies dating from the 15th Century. Apart from the fascinating old history, dating from the 15th century, now the most interesting part is its Architecture. Build as a mix of Byzantine, Ottoman and Serbian style, this Library brings a simplified review of the whole city in one building.
Visit to the City center of Pristina. In addition, You will have the chance to see the monument of Newborn and also the Mother Theresa Cathedral. The city is also characterized by a variety of Muslim Mosque dating from the beginning if 14th Century. For instance, most of the capital citizens practice the Muslim religion. Visit in the Old Part of the City and at the Carshia Mosque, build at 1321, for instance, the oldest in the Pristina.
Leaving Tirana we will drive toward the North of Albania where we will also cross the border with Kosovo. Situated around 260 Km from Tirana, Pristina is the Capital of Kosovo and furthermore, the largest city at the same time. Habited since the Old Stone Age from the Vinča culture makes it one of the most interesting Archeologic and Historical Sites. Visit the Mother Theresa church a magnific building in the city center with amazing stained glass with Albanian patriotic motives.
Visit at the “Stone Bridge of Love” and the Traditional Bazaar of Prizren. Situated around the Sinan Pasha Mosque this is the more interesting and historical part of Prizren. We will have toward the streets of the old city visiting the traditional bazaar when handcrafts and perfume shops bloom in every corner.
Leaving Pristina we will head toward Prizren. It is also called also the Cultural Capital of Kosovo. Lied in both sides of Bistrica River, under the Prizren’s Castle this city has played a major role in Albanian History and Politics of the 19th Century. Visit at the House of the Prizren League. It is one of the most important buildings of the 19th century in Albanian History. In addition visit at the Ethnographic Museum inside the House of the League.
After the visit to the Church, we will start our drive back to Tirana.
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- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(68)
This was an outstanding tour. It was really great to see Europe's newest nation up close. The guide, Dorian, was knowledgable and personable. Everything went smoothly. It was a thoroughly enjoyable day!
Tour was great. Your guide was informative and polite.
We had already booked a trip with Go as Local to Ohrid and booked a day trip to Kosova at the same time. We booked the privat tour for two people. All contact with the company was great. We had booked for a Friday, but looking at the weather forecast a couple of days before the trip, we asked the company if we could change the trip to the day after, where the weather was to be better. The company said that that would be no problem. We also asked for the same guide, that we had had on our day trip to Ohrid. Redi was a fantastic guide , so we asked to have him again. The company again said that that was no problem. We met our guide at the agreed time and off we went to Kosova. The roads all the way to Prizren (and later to Prishtina) were great. The landscape was beautiful and the day before it had snowed on the tops, making the landscape even more beautiful. On the way we had a short stop near Kukes to admire the view and stretch our legs. Redi gave us a lot of information about the history of Kosova, and the current political situation in the region. This was good to have heard before our first stop in Prizren. Redi took us to different sights; Prizren Fortress, Sinan Pasha Mosque and Albanian League of Prizren. After spending time in Prizren, we drove to Prishtina. Again Redi gave us insight into the history of Kosova, which was great. Redi is a very knowledgeable guide and can answer any question you ask him. We went to a local restaurant in Pristhina named Liburnia, where Redi said we could get good, local food (not cevapi). This was a great experience and the food was very good. After eating, we walked around in Prishtina visitng the Newborn monument, National Stadium, Memorial Heroines, National Library and Cathedral of Saint Mother Teresa. This was a very good tour. We can recommend this tour and using the company Go as Local. We would not hestitate using them again. And being with Redi on a second tour was just the icing on the cake. Again, it felt like being on a trip with good friends, not a tour with a guide. No stress on this tour! :)
We found this tour to be very educational. We were interested in the various conflicts involving Albania and the area and also in the "fall of Yugoslavia" and how if affected Albania. Our guide, Redi, was very knowledgeable of this history and of the current politics. =We had tours of the highlights of Pristina and Prizren and ate at a wonderful restaurant in Pristina that Redi was familiar with.
Evenbif it is a quite long drive from Tirana to Pristina and Prizren, it is worth the effort. Eric was an excellent guide who showed as the main places of both cities and taught as about the past and recent history of this country.
All the trip was fantastic. The guide Angel is a deeply-knowledgeable person with a good understanding of history. The trips was great in a well-conditioned van and never-ending stories on the way to Kosovo and back. I would rate this 15 out of 10.
Understand if you're going to take this tour that it will be probably 7 hours of driving round trip involved. If you are ok with that then I would suggest this trip. It gives you a quick tour into 2 cities in Kosovo.
Communication before the trip was more than excellent. Our guide had tones of information to share and answered all of our questions. I highly recommend it as it combines a nice drive in nature and also is an exploration of Kosovo history
As a veteran of the Balkan Wars with NATO, I wanted to see how Kosovo was faring. This is the trip for that and Xhuha is the guide to do it. He knows his history too! We had heavy snow that day, but it made the adventure that much better. Highly recommend— bring additional heavy boots and clothes if it’s winter, just in case.
Daniel was a very safe driver (which you will need when going to Kosovo) and a very knowledgeable guide. He told us a lot about the complicated history of the region and was open to every question. We had a great day and a lot of fun with him and really enjoyed our short glimpse of Kosovo. Especially Prizren was such a charming place to visit and the lunch in Pristina was fantastic. Absolutely recommend!
