From the Port of Saranda to Butrint

Duration: 4 Hours

Highlights: The UNESCO Heritage

Description

Meet with the local guide at your cruise ship in the port of Saranda and proceed to the Archeological Site of Butrint.
Situated on the Straits of Corfu, and surrounded by a picturesque lagoon, it is one of the most remarkable archaeological sites in the Adriatic region.

The site has been occupied since at least the 9th century B.C., but legends hint to the city’s foundation by Trojan exiles.
Butrint owes its growth and early fame to a sanctuary dedicated to Asclepius, the god of medicine, founded in the 4th century BC. The sanctuary was located on the south slope of the acropolis (hill). Worshippers came to the sanctuary in order to be healed. Leaving symbolic objects and money to the god and his attendant priests. The Sanctuary was the making of Butrint and the sacred power of Butrint’s water, were to be revered as long as the town lasted.
Nearby, the recently renovated Butrint Museum houses many fascinating objects unearthed during various archeological digs.

Return to the port of Saranda.