New MotoeXplorer Balkans & Albania scouting drive Aug-Sept 2025
Route notes & GPS co-ordinates will be available for Independent travelers – for 2026.
(you can follow our own drive on the MotoeXplorer facebook page)
Motorcycle scout ride / drive UK EU to Albania 10-15 days
options to continue in region, explore more of the Balkans, Turkey and the Silk Road or return to UK
Available as a detailed route pack – from October 2025
A perfect road trip as an introduction to driving the Silk Road – (as far as you like, e.g Georgia, Stans, China, Laos, Thailand) much of these routes – we have experience and can assist with.
Complete circuit East Europe / Balkans ride / drive, well suited for 2 to 3 weeks
Partners / friends who prefer not to travel so many miles, could also meet you at either Tirana, Albania, or Corfu. Lots of ferry services to Corfu and the other Greek Islands. Or fly out to / from Budapest – as another great option for sharing part of the adventure.
coming soon, road book and maps for exploring the Balkans & Silk Road
ideal for free-spirit explorer / adventurers
Outward route
Ride route goes from UK-Dunkerque, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania, Greece & beyond (optional!) 10 days travelling up to Albania, +1 or 2 days or longer in Albania.
Waypoints, plus flexible days so that we can vary our preferences as we travel, true explorer style.
Return / onward routes
From day 11; you could relax longer in Albania, explore further, or even take the short ferry crossing to Corfu, explore the Island. Ideal for any partners who like the relaxing sun, but prefer not to pillion so far.
The routes are co-ordinated to enable overlanders to be more flexible and have lower, exploring further independently or perhaps meet with fellow overlanders at specific waypoints through Greece, Bulgaria, Romania (the best!) Slovakia, Czech (or chose your own flexible routes) & back by the Rhine & Germany to UK.
Map of the Balkans & Black Sea region shows some of the routes you can explore with me, either after Albania, or on longers expedtions into Turkey and the Silk Road.
Island Motorbike holidays
Fly ride, you ride and partner flys! it’s like win-win 🙂 a motorcycling adventure and relaxing Island holiday combined. From Albania, there are endless onward and return travel options – like how about seeing more of Greece, visit an Island or 2, then take a relaxing ferry over to Italy and continue a shorter ride home via the Italian Lakes and Dolomites / Alps and Austria all within easy reach – you are literally spoilt for choice with great quality hotels and fabulous motorbiking routes.
Motorbike / Motor overland touring to Albania
Overland touring to Albania, goes through eastern Europe and the Balkans, exploring off the beaten track, mountain & coast roads of Albania.
Route notes and driver maps – coming soon
Partners / pillions who prefer not to travel so many miles, can also meet us at either Tirana, Albania, or Corfu. Lots of ferry services to Corfu and the other Greek Islands.
Drive to Albania includes: hotels, route notes, GPS co-ordinates, nice places to eat and visit
ROUTES
route map, (updating)
The route will go through France quickly into Belgium, then a nice slower pace in Germany, the Black forest and Tirol, Austria, across the Alps into Slovenia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania, (with plenty of rest and spare days to explore) The return / onward stages can take us riding by Mount Olympus Greece and the majestic stunning Greek coast.
For travelers returning to UK/Europe
From the Greek coast, you can use some of my ride notes to continue your tour returning to eastern Europe with a choice of varied routes. The riding gets even better, through the whole length of Romania, (it includes all of the best roads and regions, fabulous moto adventures) then back into the Carpathians, (it’s an option to visit Budapest) go more directly west or take longer in the region, after going through more of the Carpathians up to Slovakia.
You can go further into the Slovakian Tatra mountains. A nice idea is to take 3 more nights to explore this wonderful region, before you head south west, riding back into the sun – Czechia and the Romantic Road through central Germany, finishing alongside the Rhine. The final drive takes us through still more fabulous riding, by the Eifel and Mosel regions, across to a good location outside of Trier, which makes a perfect base to head back towards any port of your choosing.
Or after Albania / Greece – Independent Silk Road explorers might also opt to continue into Istanbul for your first taste of Asia.
Also possible to leave bikes in location, for later ride/s, or ship bikes back / onward freight from Albania.