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Post by straightjacket on Apr 15, 2018 18:52:04 GMT
There is a wizz flight from Luton to Skopje, I’ve used it a few times but Skopje is miles away, there is also an airport at Lake Ohrid but I don’t believe there is a flight from the uk..? You can forget public transport in Macedonia and Albania, it’s not good your probably better off hiring a car! I’ve booked with Wonky Sheep events, a direct flight from Gatwick to Tirana, hotel with breakfast and transportation £375 which I didn’t think was that bad. I’ve been critical of wonkysheep pricing in the past but this one seems fair to be fair Speak as you find, we went to China with them - very reasonable price wise, there was 53 of us all together and I got to be honest it was nice to be around like minded fans, met some lovely people which I'm sure we will see again on future trips! |
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Post by straightjacket on Apr 15, 2018 19:36:41 GMT
We are going with Wonky Sheep events, this is the itinerary..
ALBANIA (A)
18th-21st November, 2018
4 days 3 nights
Day 1 – 18th: Early morning flight from London Gatwick direct to Tirana. Transfers from the airport to the hotel and you are free to spend the rest of your day at leisure.
Day 2 – 19th: Free day to spend at your leisure.
Day 3 – 20th : Match day. Transport will be provided to Elbasan for the match with further details to follow.
Day 4 – 21st: Transfer from the hotel to the airport to catch our lunchtime flight back to Gatwick, arriving late afternoon.
Our escorted trip includes:
Return flights from London Gatwick, minimum 3* hotel with breakfast, return airport transfers in Albania and return transport to Elbasan for the match.
Booking:
Early Bird price: £375 per person plus £4 per person booking fee.
Single travellers or groups with odd numbers will have a £50 single supplement charge for the rooms.
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Post by erasedcitizen on Apr 15, 2018 20:05:20 GMT
Seen wizz to a nearby Macedonia location, but the bus is really awkward sounding. We're on a flight connecting in Rome. There is a wizz flight from Luton to Skopje, I’ve used it a few times but Skopje is miles away, there is also an airport at Lake Ohrid but I don’t believe there is a flight from the uk..? You can forget public transport in Macedonia and Albania, it’s not good your probably better off hiring a car! I’ve booked with Wonky Sheep events, a direct flight from Gatwick to Tirana, hotel with breakfast and transportation £375 which I didn’t think was that bad. Ohrid is the one that I was talking about, you can fly direct there from the UK and it's around 60 miles away from Tirana. There are buses that go between the two cities, but a couple of articles have made me believe that it'd be incredibly awkward so anyone chancing that route may want to look into car hire. Our flights+apartment have come to approx £230pp. |
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Post by straightjacket on Apr 15, 2018 20:31:21 GMT
There is a wizz flight from Luton to Skopje, I’ve used it a few times but Skopje is miles away, there is also an airport at Lake Ohrid but I don’t believe there is a flight from the uk..? You can forget public transport in Macedonia and Albania, it’s not good your probably better off hiring a car! I’ve booked with Wonky Sheep events, a direct flight from Gatwick to Tirana, hotel with breakfast and transportation £375 which I didn’t think was that bad. Ohrid is the one that I was talking about, you can fly direct there from the UK and it's around 60 miles away from Tirana. There are buses that go between the two cities, but a couple of articles have made me believe that it'd be incredibly awkward so anyone chancing that route may want to look into car hire. Our flights+apartment have come to approx £230pp. Thats a good price!! The Hotels are better by Lake Ohrid if anyone is planning that route... I think we will have a few supporters on this trip thats why I booked early, its cheap as chips in Albania although its not the warmest time. |
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Post by manulike on Apr 15, 2018 20:34:23 GMT
TOTALLY LOVE THIS VID
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Post by CrackityJones on Apr 16, 2018 9:01:58 GMT
Reckon we'll take more than that for a friendly in Albania on a Tuesday night? Nothing surprises me with Wales Away at the moment! That's true...still I can't see many more than 500 going out to watch a second string Wales play unattractive opposition on a cold wet Tuesday near Xmas.
Saying that...me plus three booked on an early morning flight out of LHR Sunday 18th back on 21st. See you all in Rome for that party!
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Post by superunknown on Apr 16, 2018 9:07:46 GMT
Nothing surprises me with Wales Away at the moment! That's true...still I can't see many more than 500 going out to watch a second string Wales play unattractive opposition on a cold wet Tuesday near Xmas.
Saying that...me plus three booked on an early morning flight out of LHR Sunday 18th back on 21st. See you all in Rome for that party!
You'll be on the same one as us I imagine. 07:25 from LHR, into Tirana for 14:55? |
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Post by CrackityJones on Apr 16, 2018 9:39:50 GMT
Yeah that's the one...early start but means we get another evening on the cocktails right??
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Post by CrackityJones on Apr 16, 2018 9:50:37 GMT
Booked a hotel 3 nights for two with breakfast via booking.com for £107. Lots of others going for similar price and cheaper. Gotta love an Eastern European away trip.
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Post by turkpower on Apr 16, 2018 12:06:07 GMT
Bit left field:
Return flight Bristol - Bari around £100
Return cruise Bari - Durres around £100
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Post by superunknown on Apr 16, 2018 12:26:52 GMT
Bit left field: Return flight Bristol - Bari around £100 Return cruise Bari - Durres around £100 We were looking at that but didn't fancy the 9 hour ferry. Interesting route though if you don't mind the long hours on the ferry. |
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Post by superunknown on Apr 16, 2018 12:27:40 GMT
Yeah that's the one...early start but means we get another evening on the cocktails right?? You read my mind. |
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Post by superunknown on Apr 16, 2018 12:38:42 GMT
Booked a hotel 3 nights for two with breakfast via booking.com for £107. Lots of others going for similar price and cheaper. Gotta love an Eastern European away trip. I was baffled when I saw on a few facebook posts that people wished the fixtures were reversed and we had Spain away and Albania at home. Do Spain anytime, how many chances will you get to go to Albania? |
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Post by straightjacket on Apr 16, 2018 14:30:52 GMT
Booked a hotel 3 nights for two with breakfast via booking.com for £107. Lots of others going for similar price and cheaper. Gotta love an Eastern European away trip. I was baffled when I saw on a few facebook posts that people wished the fixtures were reversed and we had Spain away and Albania at home. Do Spain anytime, how many chances will you get to go to Albania? But there's bugger all in Albania and at least the weather would be better in Spain. |
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Post by superunknown on Apr 16, 2018 14:40:21 GMT
There was bugger all in Moldova, still had an amazing trip. Looks more to do in Albania as well. They’re what you make of them.
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Post by straightjacket on Apr 16, 2018 14:46:08 GMT
There was bugger all in Moldova, still had an amazing trip. Looks more to do in Albania as well. They’re what you make of them. Nothing in Moldova, just one street with a few pubs  , I think people are thinking more of the Weather as it will be cold in Albania that time of year. |
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Post by superunknown on Apr 16, 2018 14:49:44 GMT
There was bugger all in Moldova, still had an amazing trip. Looks more to do in Albania as well. They’re what you make of them. Nothing in Moldova, just one street with a few pubs , I think people are thinking more of the Weather as it will be cold in Albania that time of year. We took a trip to a brandy distillery in Transnistria, like I said it's what you make of them.
The average for November is about 9-10 degrees Celsius, t shirt weather for a few of us, can't see that deterring many.
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Post by straightjacket on Apr 16, 2018 14:53:56 GMT
Nothing in Moldova, just one street with a few pubs , I think people are thinking more of the Weather as it will be cold in Albania that time of year. We took a trip to a brandy distillery in Transnistria, like I said it's what you make of them.
The average for November is about 9-10 degrees Celsius, t shirt weather for a few of us, can't see that deterring many.
It definitely won't deter many, I was just answering the question as to why some people would prefer to play Spain away and Albania at home. |
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Post by erasedcitizen on Apr 16, 2018 15:10:27 GMT
Yeah that's the one...early start but means we get another evening on the cocktails right?? See you on it. |
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Post by cymroircarn on Apr 16, 2018 17:31:02 GMT
There was bugger all in Moldova, still had an amazing trip. Looks more to do in Albania as well. They’re what you make of them. Not into wine then? The wine tour we did in Moldova was amazing! |
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Post by cymroircarn on Apr 16, 2018 17:32:36 GMT
We took a trip to a brandy distillery in Transnistria, like I said it's what you make of them.
The average for November is about 9-10 degrees Celsius, t shirt weather for a few of us, can't see that deterring many.
It definitely won't deter many, I was just answering the question as to why some people would prefer to play Spain away and Albania at home. The casual Wales Away fan would prefer Spain because it would be a chance to see Wales play a big nation away and top up their tan (tongue in cheek before I get slated!!!!!) Albania is more for the Wales Away regular, somewhere different. As someone else said, you can go to Spain anytime, Albania is an adventure into the unknown! When was the last time we played them, 1995? Not many fans would have been there before. I still have the programme from the home game. Was only about 4 pages! |
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Post by holmesdaleultra on Apr 16, 2018 17:38:37 GMT
Been to Albania when i was younger with my parents its not far from Corfu, you can see it and it takes about 30 minutes on the ferry.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2018 18:16:03 GMT
The Welsh FA will gauge interest as usual. 500 will happen easily if we have a good display in the next run of games.
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Post by manulike on Apr 16, 2018 20:14:19 GMT
Bit left field: Return flight Bristol - Bari around £100 Return cruise Bari - Durres around £100 Excellent idea! You also must take the renewed train service from Durres directly to the stadium. Seat61 has a brand new 2018 update that its a 1325 departure and arrives Elbasan at 1610. That train ride will make the entire trip - I will take the one-hour detour bus from Tirana especially to Durres to take it ;-) |
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Post by jonathandearth on Apr 17, 2018 10:41:36 GMT
Ohrid in Macedonia is only 60 miles away from Elbasan
My mate and I have booked direct flights from Luton with Wizz Air - £112
Ohrid looks beautiful.
Weather should be nearer 15 degrees C
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Post by phillywelsh83 on Apr 17, 2018 11:30:18 GMT
Been to Albania when i was younger with my parents its not far from Corfu, you can see it and it takes about 30 minutes on the ferry. It is, but no direct flights to Corfu that time of year. So would have to go Athens or Thessaloniki and then onwards i would think. |
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Post by cymroircarn on Apr 17, 2018 11:30:28 GMT
Ohrid in Macedonia is only 60 miles away from Elbasan My mate and I have booked direct flights from Luton with Wizz Air - £112 Ohrid looks beautiful. Weather should be nearer 15 degrees C Nice option! How do you plan to get there from Macedonia? |
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Post by straightjacket on Apr 17, 2018 14:01:07 GMT
Ohrid in Macedonia is only 60 miles away from Elbasan My mate and I have booked direct flights from Luton with Wizz Air - £112 Ohrid looks beautiful. Weather should be nearer 15 degrees C Ohrid is beautiful, the hotels will be much better there also, if you get chance do take a boat trip on the lake! |
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Post by gwernybwch on Apr 17, 2018 20:05:48 GMT
Ohrid in Macedonia is only 60 miles away from Elbasan My mate and I have booked direct flights from Luton with Wizz Air - £112 Ohrid looks beautiful. Weather should be nearer 15 degrees C Nice option! How do you plan to get there from Macedonia? I'd be interested to know how you plan to get from Ohrid to Elbasan as well. I took a locals bus from Skopje to Thessaloniki (Greece) when we played there in 2013. The bus, the trip and crossing the border was fine. The only thing that I struggled with was booking the ticket as few spoke English and all the information was in Cyrillic. |
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Post by manulike on Apr 17, 2018 21:20:13 GMT
Nice option! How do you plan to get there from Macedonia? I'd be interested to know how you plan to get from Ohrid to Elbasan as well. I took a locals bus from Skopje to Thessaloniki (Greece) when we played there in 2013. The bus, the trip and crossing the border was fine. The only thing that I struggled with was booking the ticket as few spoke English and all the information was in Cyrillic. Ohrid "St. Paul the Apostle" Airport ... Sun 18/11/18 13:40 London LTN 16:40 Ohrid OHD 2:00 h / DIRECT / £60 From a quick browse on TripAdvisor it looks very straightforward. Take any furgon/minibus on the route from Skopje to Tirana, but leave the bus at Struga - just 15km/20 minutes away. From Struga to Elbasan it appears to be very easy one hour ride. |
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, I think people are thinking more of the Weather as it will be cold in Albania that time of year. 
