Butrint
Sarandë, Albania
Butrint is an ancient port city on a wooded peninsula in southern Albania, near the Greek border, where Greek, Roman,…
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Best ancient sites in Albania
5 ancient sites in Albania, ranked by why it makes the list from the catalogue data. Each page tells you what to see, which ticket or tour to book and when to go.
| # | Site | Country | Why it makes the list |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Butrint | Albania | A Greek theatre, Roman baths, an early Christian baptistery and a Venetian castle layered on a wooded peninsula beside the Vivari Channel. |
| 2 | Byllis | Albania | A walled Hellenistic hill city with a theatre, a stadium and early Christian basilicas high above the Vjosa valley, almost always empty. |
| 3 | Phoenice | Albania | Massive Hellenistic walls and a hillside theatre along the ridge of the Chaonian capital, with views to the Butrint lagoon and Corfu. |
| 4 | Antigonea | Albania | Burnt by Rome in 167 BC and never rebuilt, so its walls, street grid and house plans survive cleanly above the Drino valley. |
| 5 | Durres Amphitheatre | Albania | The largest amphitheatre built in the Balkans, rediscovered under houses in 1966, with vaulted galleries and a chapel of early Christian mosaics. |
Byllis
Hekal, Albania
Byllis is the ruined capital of the Illyrian Bylliones, a Greek-speaking hilltop city of the 4th century BC above the…
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Phoenice
Finiq, Albania
Phoenice is the hilltop capital of the ancient Chaonians, above the modern town of Finiq in southern Albania, about 20…
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Antigonea
Gjirokaster, Albania
Antigonea is a Hellenistic hilltop city of the Chaonians, about 600 metres up on the eastern side of the Drino valley,…
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Durres Amphitheatre
Durres, Albania
The Roman amphitheatre of Durres, begun under Trajan in the early 2nd century AD, is the largest ever built in the…
4 tickets & tours