Butrint is a National Archaeology Park about 30-45 minutes south of Saranda. It became a UNESCO World Hertiage site in 1992, a national park in 2001 and a Ramsar Wetland Site of International Importance in 2003. It has one of best self guided trails and visitor brochure we have seen.
About 300km or 6 and 1/2 hours (that is about 50km/hr or 30mph) from Durres, is Saranda, a small town of about 30,000. It is built on the hillside and spills down into the sea. Saranda is one of the cleanest cities we have seen in Albania and the water along the city is also… Continue reading Saranda
At the end of October we attended a Language Refresher in Pogradec, a small community on the edge of Lake Ohrid and near the Macedonian border.
Lezha & Shkodra Finally an outing. The last week of September, Durres hosted the International Conference on Roman Ceramics (RFCF) and all of the archaeologists from the museum were involved some way. As a result of their involvement, Criss got to attend.