Albania · FOOD & DRINK
A trip here runs out of days before it runs out of country. These 15 food & drink experiences justify the slot they take, priced and timed so the choice takes minutes.
Family-run Tirana cooking class where you cook Tave Kosi and Lakror, then eat a feast with homemade wine and raki for $41.
“One of the best cooking classes I have done! Recipes that are delicious and not to complicated so can make them at home. Would definitely recommend.”
Hands-on Albanian cooking in Tirana. Learn Tave Kosi and Lakror with lunch, coffee, wine and raki in a small-group class.
“Sindi the hostess greeted us at the door and escorted us in to the dinning area. She proceeded to introduce us to to the other people and then poured us a glass of wine. We then started cooking and having fun. Food turned out great and everyone enjoyed her teaching skills. We learned a lot and the food was delicious. Would highly recommend to everyone.”
Tirana half-day cooking class with a local chef, pershesh chicken, burek, sheqerpare, plus unlimited wine and guided raki tasting.
“Amazing cooking class, the owner is very friendly and taught us a lot about albanian cuisine and cooking in general. The food turned out really tasty, would recommend!”
Taste your way through Tirana on a small-group walking tour with byrek, market snacks, local cheeses and olive oil, and grape raki.
“The best part was just wandering the city and exploring the food with our guide and another guest. We found that we were not very fond of Albanian food, but glad to have experienced it all. The only negative was that the agency doing the tour had recently moved, and even though they were in contact with us by Whatsapp in advance of the tour, they did not mention that they had moved and while we did manage to connect with the guide, it would have helped if the agency had sent us the new location.”
Skanderbeg Square to Tirana Castle with Pace soup, coffee, grill lunch, drinks, desserts, and olive oil tastings in English.
“Excellent. Aron, our guide was terrific, very knowledgeable, and fun. He took us to several locations to introduce us to different Albanian foods. Enjoyed tasting all the different foods. GIt was like walking around the city with a friend. We had a great day. Highly recommend.”
Tirana local food walking tour with Byrek, market tastings, Albanian lunch, and grape raki, plus neighborhoods you might miss on your own.
“We really enjoyed the tour. Thanks to Markel, we not only tasted delicious local food but also learned more about the history and culture of Albania/Tirana. Highly recommended!”
Durrës countryside winery tour with Albanian grape tastings, raki and olive oil, plus hearty food pairings, ending with lake views.
“Hospitality. Great guiding, great staff and food and of course the wine😀We were picked up at the hotel.”
Traditional Albanian cooking class in Tirana with raki tasting, unlimited wine, hands-on burek and chicken, plus sheqerpare dessert.
“Such an exciting way to spend an evening and getting to taste so many authentic dishes! It surpassed my expectations and was fun to try some cooking, which I don’t do much for myself. If you have a free evening in Tirana, do this class!”
A 4-hour small-group wine tasting from Durrës with vineyard strolls, a cellar tour in Communist-era bunkers, and Albanian wine, oil, and spirits.
“Our guide in transfer was really nice. Had drink in car of Albanian local drink. He gave some history on journey. Vineyard was lovely. Wine was outstanding. Also had 2 brandy shots. Had chickens and ducks to look at too. Amazing good, cheese meat olives breads hummus and pizza. Beautiful sunset. Elena gave talk About wines and showed us around vineyard and around bunker where wine made, she was lovely.”
Cruise Butrint’s lake mussel beds, help with harvest, then enjoy a laid-back lakeside lunch with local wine in Ksamil, Albania.
“This was a great tour, beautiful boat trip on the lake, really interesting look at mussel farming - and a really nice lunch on the shores of the lake, al fresco. The guide was really knowledgeable and very friendly. I would highly recommend this trip it was great fun.”
A half-day wine and raki tasting with a vineyard walk, private lake boat ride, and pickup from Tirana or Durres.
“The driver picked us up from Tirana, but we waited for almost an hour because he blamed the traffic jam. I believe better planning could have avoided this delay. During the trip, he only talked about himself and his favorite cars instead of discussing the country and its history—or he could have simply been quiet. While driving, he constantly checked his phone and watched YouTube for music, which was very dangerous. Then, at the winery, he introduced us to an unprofessional guide who spoke for barely 10 minutes about the winery's history and production process. I expected more: a demonstration of wine tasting, how to appreciate different wine aromas, and…”
Tirana walking food tour with soup, Turkish coffee, olive oil tasting, corn-ice cream drink, and a grill feast with history. Small group.
“thanks Aaron! a very laid back tour filled with knowledge and great food and coffee!!!”
Sail from Ksamil to Butrint Lake, meet a mussel farm, separate mussels, then cook and eat with local wine in a National Park setting.
“Having let us reschedule our trip from the Thursday to Sunday (Due to taxi driver taking us to the wrong place, at no extra cost) I thought was amazing. So we arrive at the correct meeting point Sunday early to be informed by Elidon our capt that it was only two us (how considerate todo so knowing only two of us were going) Elidon is passionate about what he does and Albania his information and insight of the tour was impeccable. Once onto the island and a walk around we ate raw mussel (this is a first and was amazing ( you must try is you go)) the bbq mussel…”
10-hour small-group day trip from Tirana to Krujë and Durrës, with Skanderbeg Museum, city walls, lunch, and skip-the-line entry.
“Bellissima escursione e molto interessante la guida un bravo ragazzo preparato siamo stati veramente bene per tutta la giornata peccato per il caldo consiglio da fare in settembre o ottobre”
Guided English cooking class in Berat at Castle Park Slow Food, with hotel kitchen recipes, lunch, bottled water, and nature time.
“The cooking class was a highlight of our trip to Albania. It was very authentic, a lot of fun and a lot of food ☀️🤗 We had an amazing chef 👩🍳and she was really good in including our kids. Our host Nazira was so kind and excellent in making the experience a blast for the entire family 🤩”
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