Berat Full-Day Tour from Durrës with English Speaking Guide

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1. We pick up all the travellers from all the Hotels in Durrës area. Driving to Berat. It is a 2.5 hours’ drive until we reach Berat. The tour starts in the lower part of the city. First, we visit the Bachelor’s Mosque. The 19th-century Bachelors' Mosque is down by the Osumi River. It was built for unmarried shop assistants and junior craftsmen, and is perched between some fine Ottoman-era shopfronts along the river.

   30 minInngang inkludert

2. The narrow stone paths go uphill in-between characteristic houses. It is where local ladies are selling traditionally handcrafted linen dating from their grandmother’s times. Some of the ladies will introduce us to some of the techniques of how they handcrafted all the linens. What makes the city and especially the castle more interesting is the fact that people are still living there, as centuries before. Berat Castle, also referred to as the Citadel of Berat and castle quarter, is a fortress overlooking the town of Berat.

   1 tInngang inkludert

3. Visit the "Onufri" Museum dedicated to Byzantine art and iconography, located inside the castle. Onufri was the most famous church painter. Unique in his style for the mix of red, orange and gold color, a technique that it is still undiscovered.

   30 minInngang inkludert

4. Visit the Ethnographic Museum, situated within a striking, typical 18th century two-story Berat residence, that contains a diversity of everyday objects from throughout history of the city.

   20 minInngang inkludert

5. Visit the Lead Mosque, a 16th-century historical mosque. Its name comes from the lead coating of its sphere-shaped domes.

   10 minInngang inkludert

6. Gorica Bridge over the Osum river is a landmark in the city of Berat, Albania. It is one of the oldest and most popular Ottoman bridges in Albania.

   10 min

7. Quarter of Gorica, the ancient quarter is a small grouping of old homes and buildings on the side of hill. They are notable for their half-whitewashed stone walls and many windows facing the river. Drive back to Durrës and drop of to the Hotels in Durrës area.

   20 min

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How it compares in Tirana

• Its from-price is 55% below the median of the 271 dagsturer we list in Tirana.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 171 of 271.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Tirana

Tirana er Albanias fargerike, livlige hovedstad, med malte bygninger, ottomanske og italienske landemerker, kaldkrigsbunkere og kaféer overalt.

Skanderbeg-plassen, et enormt åpent torg, er byens hjerte, omgitt av Et'hem Bey-moskeen med sine fine freskoer, klokketårnet og Nasjonalmuseet for historie med det gigantiske mosaikkbildet fra sosialisttiden. I nærheten er Pyramiden i Tirana en slående betongrest fra de kommunistiske tiårene.

Top-ranked sights in Tirana: Skanderbeg Square (Sheshi Skënderbej), Pyramid of Tirana (Enver Hoxha Pyramid), Et'hem Bey Mosque (Xhamia e Et'hem Beut).

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