Albania Archeological Tour

Duration: 7 nights/8 Days

Visits: Tirana – Kruja – Durres – Berat – Bylis – Antigone – Gjirokastra – Saranda – Vlora – Apolloni – Ardenice – Durres; Archeological sites: Albanopoli, Sinagoga, The fortified hill of Peshtan – Tepelene, Sofratika Theatre, The fortress of Vokopola, Mbjeshova Castle

Description: Archaeological research shows that Albania has been populated since the Paleolithic Age (Stone Age). The first areas settled were those with favorable climatic and geographic conditions. In Albania, the earliest settlements have been discovered in the Gajtan cavern (Shkodra), in Konispol, at Mount Dajti, and at Saranda. Fragments of Cyclopean structures were discovered at Kretsunitsa, Arinishta, and other sites in the district of Gjirokastra. The walls, partly Cyclopean, of an ancient city (perhaps Byllis) are visible at Gradishti on the picturesque Viosa River. Few traces remain of the once celebrated Dyrrhachium (today Durrës).