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Coastal Drive: Kotor to the Albanian Riviera

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Things change. Border queues, ferry and bus timetables, attraction hours and mountain-road conditions can all shift between our check date (2026-10-10) and your trip. Wherever we could not open an official page we say so and name the page to check. A "(We could not confirm this on the official site when we checked — confirm it there before you book.)" tag means a fact we could not confirm and you should treat as unknown.

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One-line promise: Seven days of walled towns, bay boats, mountain switchbacks and Albanian beaches, on a budget well below the Croatian coast.
Trip length: 7 days plus a departure morning (8 nights if you fly out early on day 8).
Best months: Late May to June; mid-September to early October.
Budget band: Mid-range Europe-on-a-budget; fill in your own numbers in the cost sheet.
Best for: Confident drivers, history and beach lovers, couples and friends splitting a rental car.

At a glance

Fly in: Tivat (TIV) is closest to Kotor; Dubrovnik (DBV) is the common cheaper alternative with a border crossing out of Croatia.
Fly out: Tirana (TIA). Arrive three hours before departure per the airport. (checked Oct 10, 2026)
Advisories: Montenegro Level 1; Albania Level 2. [read 2026-10-10 — pages dated Aug 27, 2026 and Aug 26, 2026, travel.state.gov]
Lovćen entry: €3.00 per person per day. (checked Oct 10, 2026)
Bunk'Art 1 daily 09:30 to 17:30; Bunk'Art 2 daily 09:30 to 18:30. (checked Oct 10, 2026)
Butrint National Park open 08:00 to 19:30 as listed. (checked Oct 10, 2026)
Unknown to us: Kotor walls fee, Butrint ticket price, Bunk'Art ticket price, Njegoš mausoleum ticket. Fill-in blanks are in chapter 8.
Two countries, two currencies of note: Montenegro uses the euro; Albania uses the lek (euros are widely taken in tourist areas, but confirm).