2025 Albania and Greece Tour

October 24 - November 2, 2025

Love Albania in partnership with Love Spain and Love Greece are pleased to present our 2025 Albania and Greece Tour itinerary from October 24 - November 2, 2025 below.. The trip will require a beginner to moderate overall level of fitness to be able to complete the trip. All daily routes are carefully chosen for their exceptional and unique beauty and overall interest. Cycling routes are in Albania, Macedonia, and Greece. Interspersed will be several simple hiking and sightseeing days making for a pleasurable all around experience with significant interaction with the local populations. Road bicycles are strongly recommended.  We will mostly be basing out of one hotel in Korce, Albania but will spend one night at a luxury hotel in Meteora, Greece. Come join us for the adventure of a lifetime!

Itinerary

Friday, October 24

All participants should arrive into Tirana, Albania which will be followed by a 3 hour drive to Korce in southeast Albania where everyone will be lodged at the Vintage Boutique Hotel near the Korce Adventure Center. We will be lodged at this hotel every day except one on this trip. We are doing this on purpose to limit the complexity of logistics and involve many more Korce-area local participants in the daily activities in an affordable way in conjunction with the Korce Adventure Center.

Saturday, october 25

After breakfast, we will take a 10-minute drive to the beginning of the Goat Stone Trail, which is about a 10 kilometer hike of moderate difficulty. Here is a link to a description of the trail.

sunday, october 26

After breakfast in Korce, we will drive from Korce to Pogradec and do the stunningly beautiful 90-kilometer ride clockwise around Lake Ohrid. The route takes us into Macedonia for stops in the towns of Struga and Ohrid before looping back around into Albania to finish where we started in Pogradec after which we will again drive back to Korce. We have done this ride in the past and it has proven to be among the most popular rides we have ever done. The Strava route for the day is here.

monday, october 27

After breakfast, we will depart on a driving excursion to the village town of Voskopoja, which is 22 kilometers from Korce. Voskopoja was a historic and religious town and still contains many centuries-old Orthodox churches that contain beautiful religious art from their era. We will have a guided tour led by a famous historian of the town. Here is a link for more information about Voskopoja.

tuesday, October 28

After breakfast, we will depart on a 40-minute drive to do the 9 kilometer Guri I Kamjes hike near Pogradec. The hike goes through beautiful mountain scenery past sandstone rock outcroppings. Here is a description of the hike.

wednesday, october 29

After breakfast in Korce, we will drive to the Albanian-Greek border and compete a 59-kilometer ride finishing in a bean growing agricultural region where we will tour several bean farms near Agios Germanos. The Strava route for the day is here.

thursday, october 30

We will drive to Greece and ride a 67 kilometer route finishing in the town of Meteora, home to a series of spectacular monasteries built on top of enormous stone pillars that jut into the sky - one of the iconic sites in northern Greece. The Strava route is here. We will be staying the night at the luxurious Divani Meteora Hotel.

friday, october 31

After a car transfer from Meteora to Las Kastoria, our last cycling day on the trip will be a delightful 76-kilometer ride circling Lake Kastoria in Greece and finishing at the Greece-Albania border. The Strava route for the day is here.

saturday, november 1 And Sunday, November 2

Saturday will be a day in Korce to celebrate the trip’s conclusion, enjoy all the new friends and visit the Korce Adventure Center who will be co-responsible for organizing this trip. We expect a good group of Albanians and other Balkan participants to join us on the trip, at least for some of the days, so we will all have a chance to meet up again, pack our bags, enjoy the local food, and prepare to leave early Sunday. We may even plan a broader community activity this day in coordination with the Korce Adventure Center. Participants should fly home from Tirana, Albania on Sunday, November 2. We hope that you have a wonderful trip of a lifetime in this beautiful part of southeast Europe!

Registration and Payment

In order to become an official participant in the 2025 Albania and Greece Tour, everyone must register and pay below.  Scroll down on the registration filling in all items as you go.  Once you have completed the registration, proceed to make your payment. Final registration and payment deadline is October 1, 2025.  

The total cost of the 2025 Greece and Albania Cycling Tour beginning on October 24, 2025 and ending on November 2, 2025 is 795 euros.   This payment does not include a credit card processing fee (additional 6%), which is also required if paying by credit card.  Payment covers all internal travel during the trip (with the small exceptions noted below), vehicle backup, lodging, and breakfasts during the entirety of the trip starting from lodging on the night of October 24, 2025 and ending with breakfast on November 2, 2025.  Lodging will normally be very high quality hotels (double occupancy and occasionally triple occupancy unless noted otherwise). 

Payment does not cover international air travel, lunches, dinners, tips, snacks, drinks, entrance fees, and incidentals. It will not cover your transport to your departure airport at the end of the trip. In all cases, we will work with you to help ensure you choose ideal flights for both arrival and departure at the beginning and end of your trip to ensure your transitions are as smooth and easy, and upon request, advise you so that your international travel is as cheap and comfortable as possible.

Please note that you may also pay by wire transfer, which could save you some money as the fees, especially on Wise.com are less than the credit card transaction fee. Please read instructions below in the payment section to see which option (wire transfer or credit card payment) you feel most comfortable with.

Thank you for your interest in the 2025 Albania and Greece Tour.  If you have any questions or we can help you in any way, please do not hesitate to get in touch via the Contact Us page.  Please note that you will not be considered fully registered for the 2025 Albania and Greece Tour until you have fully completed and submitted your registration below, emailed your passport, and made your trip payment.  In the past, places have filled up quickly so the earlier you register and pay the better.