Beyond Albania | Cycling Tours

Beyond Albania is a cycling tour operator based in Tirana, Albania. They were set up by a team of guides with 15 years of combined experience in travel and hospitality, brought together by a shared passion for the outdoors, including hiking, mountain biking and scuba diving. They chose to focus on cycling as the best way to experience Albania's weather, landscape and roads, and the team is fronted by guides Erlis and Idit.

Their catalogue is small and focused: five multi-day tours across Albania and its Western Balkan neighbours. The signature trip is the 10-day Albanian UNESCO Cycling Tour, a 460 km circuit of southern Albania taking in Gjirokastra and the ancient ruins of Butrint, which is also sold as a cheaper self-guided version. They also run 10-day guided tours through Montenegro and through North Macedonia and Kosovo, plus a premium nine-day Authentic Albania e-bike tour in the country's south-east built around food tastings, cooking classes and guided cultural visits. Group sizes are capped at between 8 and 20 riders depending on the tour.

Guided tours include a multilingual cycling guide, a luggage support vehicle, hotel and guesthouse accommodation, most meals and hybrid bike hire with panniers, with e-bikes available for a supplement. Any tour can be requested as a private departure or adapted into a custom itinerary. They also offer standalone bike rental.