Breakfast at the Hotel - Hotel White Dream
Known as the city of 1000 windows because of the southern orientation of all its houses built on the hillside, Berat is a town-museum which demonstrates the coexistence of different religious and cultural communities. She has beautiful sloping cobbled streets lined with old Ottoman houses with beautiful carved doors, many Byzantine churches with mural sand icons 12-15 centuries, a 13th century citadel overlooking the city and the river Osum.
In the morning at first, we will seethe Citadel overlooking the city and river below. The Citadel is one of the oldest, largest and still mostly settled in Europe. After a walk through we will visit famous Onufri’s Museum, where you will see one of the largest collection of icons in Balkans.
We will take a short drive to see the quartersMangalem and Gorica, which are by the river Osum. The small stone houses andnarrow streets look like they are glued to the side of the mountain.
In the afternoon, we visit Apollonia archaeological park, located on the western plane on the shores of the Adriatic Sea. Apollonia was an important city founded in the 6th century BC. The fame of the city attracted many personalities as the eminent roman philosopher and orator Cicero. The city grew rich on the slave trade and local agriculture, as well as its large harbor,said to have been able to hold a hundred ships at a time. The city also benefited from the local supply of asphalt. Its’decline, however, began in the 3rd century AD, when an earthquake changed the path of the river Aoos.
Return to the hotel in Durres for dinner and accommodation.
Citadel of Berat
Onufri Museum
Apollonia
Overnight Stay at Hotel Hotel Marina (Option 1) (Meal Plan - Half Board)