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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Ancient Cities in Albania
Albania's ancient cities are Greek and Hellenistic towns of Epirus and Illyria, little built over and visited by few, unlike the busier sites across the Greek border.
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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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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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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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Butrint, on a wooded peninsula by a lagoon near Saranda, layers a Greek theatre, Roman baths, a Byzantine baptistery and a Venetian castle in one shady walk. Phoenice, 20 minutes from Saranda, has massive walls, a hillside theatre and views to Corfu; Antigonea above the Drino valley keeps a street grid burnt by Rome in 167 BC and never rebuilt; Byllis rings a theatre and a stadium with walls 2.25 km long. Only Butrint is easy by bus; the others need a car.