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Stop At: Berat Castle, Rruga Mihal Komnena, Berat 5001 Albania

Visit Berat Castle Berat Castle, a fortress landmark in the city of Berat, Albania, lies high above the Osum River. The castle dates back 2,500 years and records of its first conquering were accomplished by the Romans in 200 B.C. After many centuries of stone reinforcement, the exterior (perimeter) was enlarged slowly over time, under Byzantine conquerors, in the 5th, 6th, and 13th centuries. Currently, the castle is in restoration due in part to a UNESCO World Heritage Site acknowledgment. (This is a welcome "gift" for the residents of the castle who have been left underserved as the city below has gotten much attention.) Inside Berat castle houses many historical elements. A Mosque, "Red Mosque", which can be identified by its lonely minaret (a staircase inside provides access to the top), more than 20 Christian churches, and a central museum which surrounds one of the largest Orthodox churches with many 16th century paintings, by "Master Onufri", and a decorative alter inside. (Many churches in Albania were destroyed during the Communist years as an "Atheist State" was declared during Enver Hoxha's reign.) Other architectural elements are courtyards, a large cistern in the center, and numerous houses of stone in which the residents of the castle still occupy today; this is an absolute specialty in castle heavy Europe as it's one of the last remaining!

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: National Iconographic Museum Onufri, Located in the Inner Part of Saint Mary Church in Berat Castel, Berat Albania

Visit Onufri Museum From 27 February 1986 Onufri National Museum is located in the inner part of “Saint Mary Church” in Berat Castel. The Cathedral is rebuilt during 1797, and it is the most representative monument of post-Byzantine architecture in Berat town. The Museum is called “Onufri”, in honor of the Albanian painting Headmaster of XVI Century. The museum collection is constituted with 173 objects chosen from a fund of 1500 objects, belonging to the fund of Albanian Churches and Monasteries as well as to Berat, where you can find 106 Icons and 67 Liturgical objects, created from Albanian Iconographical painters during XIV-XX–th Centuries: Onufri, Onufri’s son, Nikola, Cypriot Onufri, David Selenica, Kostandin Shpataraku and Cetirs (Gjergj, Johan, Nikola, Naum and Gjergj junior) and from a lot of anonymous painters.



Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Ruins of the Red Mosque, PW4W+R9F, Berat, Albania

Visit The Red Mosque, by the southern Kala walls, was the first mosque in Berat and dates back to the 15th century.

Duration: 3 minutes

Stop At: Bulevardi Republika, Berat Albania

Walkthrough the famous pedestrian street of Berat

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: The King Mosque, Rruga Kurt Pasha, Berat Albania

he 16th-century Sultan's Mosque is one of the oldest in Albania. The Helveti teqe (a place of worship for those practicing the Bektashi branch of Islam) behind the mosque has a beautifully carved ceiling and was specially designed with acoustic holes to improve the quality of sound during meetings. The Helvetia, like the Bektashi, are a dervish order, or brotherhood, of Muslim mystics



Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Mangalem, Berat, Albania

isit The Mangalemi quarter, better known as the "City of 1000 Windows", dates back centuries to the Ottoman ruling period and the architectural elements of each home clearly illustrate this. If one was to compare the ancient construction of the Mangalemi quarter to present day, residential architecture, the differences of highly-placed windows to slow intruder advances, stairwells winding particular directions to allow sword strike advantage for the owner, and animal storage areas would be found



Duration: 10 minutes

• Lunch - People are living inside the castle and we would like to take you into a local house to taste their Food and deserts and to learn more about the tradition
• Air-conditioned vehicle
• All Fees and Taxes
• Entry/Admission - Berat Castle
• Entry/Admission - National Iconographic Museum Onufri
• Entry/Admission - The King Mosque

• Personal expenses

• Not wheelchair accessible
• Infant seats available
• Most travelers can participate
• Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
• Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
• Gear/equipment sanitized between use
• Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
• Guides required to regularly wash hands
• Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
• This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
• This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
• This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers
• Confirmation will be received at time of booking

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