АлбанияTirana41°19’24” N 19°50’17” E
30 мая 2018 г., Албания ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Arrived OK in Tirana, but it seems a long journey. Our train from mill hill was cancelled so we had to wait half a hour for the next one, then when we changed at Farringdon for the gatwick train, thatЧитать далее
АлбанияQarku i DurrësitKrujë41°30’42” N 19°47’11” E
31 мая 2018 г., Албания ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We have a day on our own here before we join up with rest of the party tomorrow. It's a lovely old hill town on the side of a mountain. We took a short taxi ride to the site of the Illyrian city ofЧитать далее
АлбанияQarku i DurrësitKrujë41°30’35” N 19°47’38” E
1 июня 2018 г., Албания ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
We walked up to top of the citadel this morning and looked at the places that we thought the group would not have time to see after they arrived this afternoon. In particular the tomb of a shi'a imamЧитать далее
АлбанияQarku i DurrësitKrujë41°30’35” N 19°47’38” E
1 июня 2018 г., Албания ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
During the afternoon we joined up with rest of the group to go back to the citadel and see the other bits. There are fantastic views from the top and you can see why it was an important stronghold inЧитать далее
АлбанияLezhë41°47’1” N 19°38’35” E
2 июня 2018 г., Албания ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
This morning we went north to Lezhe which is most famous in Albania as the burial place of Skanderbeg - the hero of Albania from the 14c, credited with winning battles against the Ottomans for 25Читать далее
АлбанияDurrësPorti i Durrësit41°18’42” N 19°26’47” E
2 июня 2018 г., Албания ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
After a massive lunch at a lovely restaurant by a lake we went on to Durres on the coast. There were probably Illyrians living here first but the Greeks came over from Corfu in 7c BC and founded aЧитать далее
АлбанияQarku i FieritPovelçeKëneta e Laçajt40°42’35” N 19°25’21” E
3 июня 2018 г., Албания ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Another long hot day with visits to 2 spectacular sites. But first this morning we stopped at a Communist era bunker, one of 300,000 Hoxha built across Albania fearing a Russian invasion after theЧитать далее
АлбанияQarku i FieritUsojëMallakastër40°35’54” N 19°44’15” E
3 июня 2018 г., Албания ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
An hour and a half from Apollonia is another hilltop site at Byllis. This was the home of an Illyrian tribe called the Byllines an it was never colonised by the Greeks but was invaded by the Romans.Читать далее
АлбанияBeratKing Mosque40°42’21” N 19°57’8” E
4 июня 2018 г., Албания ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
This morning we walked around the ottoman era city of Berat, which is a UNESCO heritage site. It's a jumble of ottoman houses in a river valley overlooked by a citadel which has Illyrian foundations,Читать далее
АлбанияQarku i VlorësSherishtë40°28’0” N 19°32’14” E
4 июня 2018 г., Албания ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
Our visit this afternoon was to a site rarely visited - it's not even in the guide books. Now we know why. The journey there and back is on an unmade road for an hour in each direction, climbing up aЧитать далее
