AlbaniëTirana41°19’24” N 19°50’17” E
30 mei 2018, Albanië ⋅ ⛅ 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, thatMeer informatie
AlbaniëQarku i DurrësitKrujë41°30’42” N 19°47’11” E
31 mei 2018, Albanië ⋅ ☀️ 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 ofMeer informatie
AlbaniëQarku i DurrësitKrujë41°30’35” N 19°47’38” E
1 juni 2018, Albanië ⋅ ⛅ 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 imamMeer informatie
AlbaniëQarku i DurrësitKrujë41°30’35” N 19°47’38” E
1 juni 2018, Albanië ⋅ ⛅ 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 inMeer informatie
AlbaniëLezhë41°47’1” N 19°38’35” E
2 juni 2018, Albanië ⋅ ⛅ 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 25Meer informatie
AlbaniëDurrësPorti i Durrësit41°18’42” N 19°26’47” E
2 juni 2018, Albanië ⋅ ⛅ 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 aMeer informatie
AlbaniëQarku i FieritPovelçeKëneta e Laçajt40°42’35” N 19°25’21” E
3 juni 2018, Albanië ⋅ ☀️ 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 theMeer informatie
AlbaniëQarku i FieritUsojëMallakastër40°35’54” N 19°44’15” E
3 juni 2018, Albanië ⋅ 🌙 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.Meer informatie
AlbaniëBeratKing Mosque40°42’21” N 19°57’8” E
4 juni 2018, Albanië ⋅ ☀️ 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,Meer informatie
AlbaniëQarku i VlorësSherishtë40°28’0” N 19°32’14” E
4 juni 2018, Albanië ⋅ 🌙 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 aMeer informatie
