Oricum
5 giugno 2018, Albania ⋅ ⛅ 24 °CA quick trip this morning to the site of Oricum, a 6th century port on the Adriatic coast. As the coastline has changed over the years much of the site is now underwater and in any case it is in anLeggi altro
A quick trip this morning to the site of Oricum, a 6th century port on the Adriatic coast. As the coastline has changed over the years much of the site is now underwater and in any case it is in anLeggi altro
Arrived here in time to rest, have a icecream and a cup of tea and sit in the sun. It's been a hard couple of days so it was good to get a bit of downtime. Tomorrow we have a long visit to theLeggi altro
Wherever we go the sites are covered in wild flowers and we come across animals and bugs of interest. There great bushes and trees covered in flame red flowers that I am told are campsis. Spectacular!
Took this pic from our hotel balcony. Can't believe that this camera of ours can do this!
Butrint is probably the highlight of the trip - a UNESCO world heritage site with overlays of remains from 4C BC through to 16C AD. Mercifully the weather today was a mix of cloud and sun so our 4Leggi altro
The largest building at Butrint is a 6C AD basilica still standing to pretty much it's full wall height. It too has a mosaic floor which is covered over except for one corner. One of the gates in theLeggi altro
Pics of things we saw at Butrint.
Out of Saranda on the road to Gjirokastra after about an hour we stopped at a beautiful spot which is the head of a number of really strong springs. The biggest is called the blue eye, it is so clearLeggi altro
Antigonea is another hilltop site that was built by Pyrrhus, King of the Epirotes in honour of his wife Antigone. It is valuable as is was destroyed by the Romans in 168BC and not re-built by anyoneLeggi altro
Gjirokaster is another UNESCO world heritage site. Again it is a town of Ottoman houses around an earlier castle, like Berat, but they look quite different as the houses all have thick grey stone roofLeggi altro