Free tour

🏛⏳️Discovering Durres - Free walking tour (historical & cultural)

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Durrës

Duration: 2 hours

Languages: English and Italian

Guru: Joana

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Registered on 20 July 2023

Hello everyone , I'm Joana, I was born in Durrës. I am a foreign language teacher with an experience of 15 years and as well I'm a licensed national tour guide. I love both my job immensely because I believe I have the right characteristics for teaching ,storytelling and interpreting my cultural heritage engagingly, to connect visitors with the place, and interaction with the group helps to build meanings and make sense of what is seen and observed. Fond of history, tradition, languages, and traveling. I am a cheerful, nice, down-to-earth, versatile, and sociable person who likes to share the history, culture, and traditions of her city.

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Pay-what-you-want tour, no set price, reservation and cancellation are free

Tour description

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Dear all!
This tour will last approximately 2 hours, depending on the number of walkers.
The tour will be divided into six main moments:

1) It starts at the Venetian Tower , one of the most interesting historical defensive structures of Durrës as well as a starting point for local and international tourists visiting the ci ty and from there will be proceeded toward the other successive stops.

2) On the way to the Amphitheater, the visitor cannot miss the Fortification Walls, built in blocks that have managed to survive until this very day. Those who have governed the city throughout the ages have left their mark on the way the surrounding walls were used as, ultimately, they were a security system that protected the city from various conquests throughout history.

3) Ilustration from the outside and entrance to the Amphitheater:
Putting visitors in the picture about the history that led to the construction of the Roman amphitheater built during the period of the Roman emperor Hadrian/ Trajan .

4) A short jump to the small and ancient chapel inside the amphitheater built around the VI-X century for the religious ceremonies of the Christians of Durres which coincided with the beginning of the fall of the Roman Empire.

5) A visit to the Macellum Forum (Byzantine Forum):
we will visit the archaeological site of the Byzantine Forum for a walk in the heart of ancient Durres, a bridge between East and West, the city founded by the Greeks at the end of the 7th century BC, which was a thriving Hellenistic and Roman city, Byzantine capital, and still a Venetian, Ottoman city and communist one
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6)For a journey through time, to discover the history of the Roman Baths of Durres, another important cultural asset of Durrës, listed as a cultural monument,it is worth a visit and admire one of the masterpieces of ancient engineering places dedicated to body hygiene and mental refreshment from Roman antiquity ...... to today!

Discovering Durrës through the eyes of Joana local guide, where you will meet the fusion of different cultures, different religions and traditions that make this city a unique tourist destination.

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

8C6W+2XW, Durrës, Albania

I will be at Veliera Square (the convex dome ) close to the Venetian tower equipped with the tourist guide badge.

Outside visit

Muret e Kalase

Next on our way to the Amphitheater, the visitor cannot miss the City Walls, built in blocks that have managed to survive until this very day. Those who have governed the city throughout the ages have left their mark on the way the surrounding walls were used as, ultimately, they were a security system that protected the city from various conquests throughout history. The massive walls seen today were built by Anastasius I, the Byzantine emperor of the 4th century A.D, who defended the city from invaders.

Outside visit

Venetian Tower of Durrës

Our tour starts at the Venetian tower,one of the most interesting historical defensive structures of Durrës. A part of the Byzantine fortress of Durrës (declared a monument of culture of the first category), which was considered one of the most powerful fortresses of the west coast of the Adriatic sea .

Outside visit

Sheshi Liria

Then continuing our promenade towards Liria square observing the most important landmarks of this square like the Municipallity, the Great Mosque, "Aleksander Moisiu "theatre.

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).