Ancient City of BUTRINT, ALBANIA 🇦🇱 ~ Underrated UNESCO World Heritage Site!

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The ancient city of Butrint, Albania is located only 18 km south of Saranda.
The 2500-year-old ancient city ruins inside Butrint National Park are some of the most underrated archeological sites in the region. Butrint National Park is of great importance for Albania and well worth visiting!

Inside the park, there are different artifacts and structures dating from the Iron Age up until the Middle Ages. It is a great place for lovers of nature and archeology and has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Signs inside the park are well marked in English. There are brochures in multiple languages next to the ticket office at the entrance with a map and descriptions of each site.

You can easily spend 2-3 hours inside Butrint, especially if you read every sign. Some points of interest inside include the Roman Theater, the Baptistery, the Great Basilica, the Lion Gate, and the castle with a museum inside.

You may want to do the brochure’s suggested route backward and start with the castle, as this is where the majority of the well-preserved artifacts can be found (entrance is included in your ticket price).

The park covers 94 square kilometers of lakes, swamps, and islands. There are over 1200 plant and animal species which are under the protection of the national park.

You can also take a boat ride on Lake Butrint with a local boatman. You can find the boats just outside the front entrance by the parking lot. This coastal lake has an outlet to the sea via a canal of about 4 kilometers. The lake is used for mussel farming and is surrounded by hills with orchards and local flora. You will also spot many birds.

The Castle of Ali Pasha Tepelena is on a small island along the mouth of the Vivari Channel and can only be reached by boat but is worth visiting if you have the time. It is a peaceful and beautiful place.

Butrint National Park is a great half-day trip from Saranda, Albania.

How to get there: The ancient city of Butrint, Albania is located only 18 km south of Saranda. You can reach Butrint by bus, which departs nearby the local farmers market in the center of Saranda. It takes about 40 minutes to reach Butrint by bus.

Ticket price: 1000 Lek (about 9.61 USD)

*Note: We went as Sonia's friends and only paid the boat driver, but we recommend her as a guide.

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00:38 - Butrint FROM SPACE
00:58 - Race for the bus
01:08 - Bus Map
02:00 - Into Butrint National Park
02:29 - Brief history of Butrint Ancient City
02:50 - Venetian Tower
03:33 - Chapel of Asclepius
04:10 - Butrint Ancient Theatre
05:03 - Ancient Villa
05:17 - Butrint Baptistry
05:49 - Butrint City Walls
06:13 - The Great Basilica
06:59 - The Lion Gate
07:30 - The wrong way?
08:42 - There are stairs!?
09:24 - Venetian Castle
10:01 - Race for the bus 2
10:24 - Bonus Butrint Adventures
10:51 - Castle of Ali Pasha Tepelena
11:56 - Kitties!
12:05 - Back to Saranda

[Twocantravel]

Are you into visiting UNESCO World Heritage Sites when you travel? Let us know!

[bigbigplanet]

Hi Jen and Stevo! Hola de Mexico. Miss you guys. Love the vid and the channel ❤

[trendingwwwandw]

Nice video! I love Albania and want to visit there! 👍 😍💖

[ВладимирНиконов-щж]

Briefly: Butrint was located at the junction of the sea and river routes. After the defeat in the war with Ancient Rome, all the inhabitants became Roman slaves, a Roman estate was located on the site of the city.
Only the walls of large stone blocks and the lower part of the theater with lion paws remained from the old town. The hatred of the Romans was so great that the Greeks knocked down all the heads in the cemetery.

[albertkastrioti]

This city Butrint is Albanian build and Albanian people build when this city was built the Romans was on trees 🌲 still climbing 😀😉long live Big Albania 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱⛪️✝️🦅🦅🦅🦅☝️