Ancient City of Butrint, UNESCO World Heritage site - A Must
4.7
12 Ratings
Sarandë
Explore the ancient city of Butrint, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Albania. Discover its rich history and natural beauty in a 2-3 hour visit.
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Butrint National Park - UNESCO World Heritage Site
    10th century BC
    Six different civilisation
    Ruins
What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • Professional guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (if option selected)
  • Local taxes included
  • Private transport by air-conditioned car/minivan
  • Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Entrance tickets
Additional Information

Butrint, a historical city in Vlorë County, Albania, is an ancient archaeological site situated 14 kilometres south of Sarandë. Nestled on a hill, it overlooks the Vivari Channel and is part of the Butrint National Park. Revered as one of Albania’s premier archaeological locations, Butrint is recognized for its deep cultural, historical, and natural significance. UNESCO marked Butrint as a World Heritage site in 1992 for its immense historical value and later, it was declared a National Park in 2000. The visit typically takes 2-3 hours.

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
Location
Port of Saranda
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
4.7
(12 Ratings)
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Lorraine_s
Sep 12, 2023
beautiful Butrint - Butrint is an incredible historical site. It’s also a beautiful national park. The combination is unbeatable.
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Julianne_p
Aug 7, 2023
Amazing Day at Butrint - What an amazing day at Butrint! Gerdi was a fantastic guide and took us through the whole of Butrint, explaining the ruins as we went. Since it is quite a huge park with very little information posted, I recommend booking this tour to get the full experience.
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Allan_b
Jun 4, 2023
Go to Butrint with Viator - Definitely worth a visit. We had a great guide, knowledgeable, caring and extremely pleasant. Some of the paths and steps were tricky for my wife. Girt was very patient and helpful.
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Sophiem2733
Sep 15, 2022
Brilliant - Beautiful, fascinating place to visit and Alban is very knowledgeable and nice to be around - great tour 😊
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Sophiejones2000
Aug 4, 2022
Great, personalised tour - Great Service. Our guide was fantastic - so friendly and considerate, and very knowledgeable. We hope to return and if so will definitely use Rei Tours again.
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Sakshi_d
Sep 7, 2021
A wonderous 2 hours spent exploring the ancient city - Knowledgeable and polite tour guide, we had a car pick up for four, right at our hotel and were driven straight to the site, with quick access through ticket booth and unrushed tour of the ancient city with pointing out of details and some flex time given to roam on our own. the guide was knowledgeable, polite, unobtrusive and very affable, I would highly recommend this company (REI tours) in Albania for this tour. PS-our tour guide was in communication with us due to running late due to traffic which we appreciated a lot.
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Arkzar
Mar 1, 2021
Honeyweek in Saranda - It was amazing experience to be in Albania and spent there a few days. We didnt have any organized trip but we were lucky to find Rei Tours. The Guider told a very interesting story about ancient place and gave us real lesson of history. We recomend this travel agency !!!
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Amiras959
Aug 31, 2023
Exciting - Interesting historical place. And the guide was good at softening the story. Remember good shoes, as the terrain is uneven. And there are quite a few stairs and the bridge which are uneven.
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Marie_s
Aug 4, 2023
Gert gave us the best experience in Albania - Our tour guide was amazing and gave us the best tour we could have wished for! Even the more critical ones in our group were mesmerised by his engaging storytelling - we really can’t recommend Gert enough! We had some trouble at our pick-up spot. First of all the office hadn’t received the tour we ordered the night before. We were supposed to go at 10:30, but ended up with being rebooked to 16:45. Because the guide had difficulties with locating our apartment, the tour first started at 17:30. Waiting was frustrating, especially since we only were in contact with the viator office, and not the guide directly. We were offered a refund for one of our friends who had an appointment later that night, which we appreciated. Still we would recommend to contact Gert directly, write a more general pick up point, or do the transport to Butrint by yourself. Although the waiting was frustrating, we now look back at the tour around Butrint as the best experience we had in Albania. Gert spiked our curiosity more than any history teacher has ever done!
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Jo_k
Apr 11, 2023
Memorable experience in wonderful historical site. - Butrint is located in a stunningly beautiful setting. The site itself is extensive and our guide was knowledgeable and very interesting. We were collected from our hotel on schedule and our bags were kindly stored for us in the company office. The whole trip was seamlessly organised. We really enjoyed our visit.
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