I have traveled more than a million miles, and I have used any number of private guides. Dori is the best one I have found. He is an excellent driver and an informative guide. His English is flawless. He knows the countries, the cities, and especially the sites that are of interest to visitors.
From the end of December 2023 to the beginning of January 2024 I used Dori as my guide for most of my sightseeing tours in Albania.
When I first inquired about his tours, he responded immediately and made it extremely easy to make reservations.
I took day tours to Berat, Apollonia and Bashtova (fortress), as well as overnight tours to Southern Albania (Butrint, Saranda, Gjirokastër, as well as some lesser-known small towns on the way) and Ohrid (Ohrid town in North Macedonia as well as some nearby villages around Ohrid lake in both North Macedonia and Albania). All of these tours were extremely memorable and amazing. I really enjoyed all of them.
Dori was extremely knowledgeable, enthusiastic, as well as an extremely safe driver. He always provided many interesting facts about all of the places we visited as well as facts about places we would pass by on the road. I never felt rushed at any time I was visiting any of the sites. He also takes really good photos (I always like having photos of myself at the sites I visit). In addition, Dori always showed me things that were lesser known (whenever there were any), which added to the experience.
Albania is a very underrated country. It has so many interesting sites and places to visit. The people are very welcoming and friendly, and I always felt very safe in all the places I visited. Also, be sure to visit one of the Communist era bunkers if you are able to. There are thousands of them throughout Albania and they are extremely interesting.
I could not have had a better guide than Dori and would highly recommend him to anyone visiting Albania. You will not be disappointed!
Dorian Disha (Dory), a very easy guide for Paul in his charms.
We are a group of 3 couples who went to Northern Greece, Zagoria to celebrate 70 years. We hired Dori's services. Despite Dori's Albanian origins, he is fluent in English and Greek (speaking, writing and reading). Dori knows how to say the right words in Hebrew at the right time, good morning, how are you..... something that was important to us since we do not speak/understand Greek. During the planning of the trip, we received several options from Dori, the contact with him was via WhatsApp (writing and speaking in English). He was always available, explored what our expectations were and showed great sensitivity to Judaism.
Dori was waiting for us at the airport in Thessaloniki and from here the trip flowed according to the plan that every evening we received information about what was going to happen the next day and if necessary he showed flexibility regarding any changes we wanted. We saw almost all the famous stone bridges of the Zagoria district, we visited the waterfalls and the beautiful villages of Zagoria, we saw the Vikos Canyon from several impressive angles, we were in Meteora and we ended up in the Olympus reserve. Dori knew about every synagogue in the area and the history behind it.
Dori showed great proficiency, it is difficult to describe Dori's investment in everything. Literally everything. In taking care of every detail, in content and knowledge, in the layout of the geographical, ethnic and historical background of each site, in adjusting the difficulty of the tour to the ability of the group, to arrival and departure from the hotel, to meals, to coffee, he really took care of us like a family, and all with a smile, with humor, with humanity. It's hard not to like Dory, he's just a good person. Thank you and see you on the next trip .......... Nitsa, Tova, Sarah, Kalman, Shimon and Yehuda.