Durrës · 7 hours · private
€665,940 L per person · minimum 3 seats (€19817,820 L)
−10% cash · €60 per person
Photo: ADida, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Why go
Founded 627 BCE, Rome's Dyrrhachium, terminus of the Via Egnatia. The amphitheatre, found under people's houses in the 1960s, is the largest in the Balkans. Half a day to a full easy day from Tirana.
Durrës was Epidamnos to the Greeks, founded 627 BCE, and Dyrrhachium to Rome, the western terminus of the Via Egnatia.
Its amphitheatre was found in the 1960s under people's houses. It is the largest in the Balkans, 2nd century CE, built for fifteen to twenty thousand spectators.
On the ground
In pictures
The Roman amphitheatre in the middle of Durrës
The tiers of the amphitheatre with the modern city behind
The excavated arena and the streets around it
The seafront promenade at Durrës
The long beach south of the port
Swipe for more. Photographs of the places on this route, under Creative Commons licences. Full credits.
Itinerary
09:00 or 13:00
Tirana to Durrës in under an hour.
+1h
The Roman arena under the modern city.
+3h
Beach promenade or more ruins, your call.
+6h
Back to your door in Tirana.
The price
Your price
3 people · 1 car
€19817,820 L
The whole party, €66 · 5,940 L each. That is the card price.
−10% cash · €179if you pay the driver in cash on the day
How many of you?
Where do we start?
Door to door from your hotel or address in Tirana, included
How it adds up
Or pay the whole thing by card now. Free to cancel up to 24 hours before.
Included
Not included
Best months: Year-round
On foot
Your driver waits while you walk. Distance, climb and season for each, from public sources.
easyDurrës · heritage walkAmfiteatri Roman
1 km1–1.5 h
Two thousand years of history in one compact coastal town, with a well-preserved Roman amphitheatre and a Venetian fortress side by side.
Best: April to October
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Questions
Up to eight. One car seats four, so a party of five to eight goes out in both cars. The price per person is the same either way, group size never changes what each seat costs.
Pay the driver in cash on the day and save 10% on the listed price. Or pay the whole thing by card online, or leave a card deposit to hold the car and settle the rest on the day. Free to cancel up to 24 hours before.
No. Every stop on this route is reached by vehicle. If you want to walk, the driver waits, but nothing requires it.
