Ancient City of Butrint: UNESCO Site

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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: 24 hours

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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…

Location

Port of Saranda

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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4peas_11

May 31, 2025

Wonderful experience - We had a great visit to Butrint as part of a day trip from Corfu. Very interesting site with Roman ruins and other remains intact. Well explained by tour guide. Site is quite big, but mostly under trees so you can get some cover from sun. Remember to wear good shoes/trainers as some uneven and rocky parts and some steps/steep inclines.

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Daniel_a

May 9, 2025

Professional Guide made our tour remarkable - Our guide, Toni is a very wonderful person. So far, our trip to the Ancient city of Butrint has been the highlight of our stay in Albania. We loved how he explained the history of the site, he went over and beyond to make our tour a remarkable experience. His explanations were very detailed, in a way that you could imagine sceneries from the days of the Roman Empire. His jokes were also top-notch.

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Paul_m

Jun 13, 2024

Exciting visit into the past. - The different ruins were all interesting but our guide Tony's descriptions and explanations of historical context brought them all into vivid life.

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Carmelo_d

Jun 10, 2024

A tour to remember. Value for money. - A wonderful place to visit especially for history lovers. Awesome remains. Walking constantly in the shade of the trees made it easy and comfortable. Our guide Alban was great with good command of english. He knows his job very well. Agreat guide.

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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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Deborah_w

May 22, 2025

Visiting the Butrint site... - Visiting the Butrint site was wonderful and our guide was knowledgeable, but I woud have liked more time in Butrint to explore. The visit to Butrint was packaged up with some other sites in southern Albania that I wasn't interested in, and this put time pressure on the Butrint component.

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Dianelevene

Oct 12, 2024

Nice Tour - We had a lovely tour and enjoyed the site. It was more climbing than I expected but it was a very interesting tour. We thought the guide gave a good overview of what we were seeing.

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Julia_w

Jul 5, 2024

Great tour but poor arrangements by Viator - Our tour guide Tony was excellent and his information and knowledge really brought the site to life for us hence the very good score. I would recommend Butrint as a site to visit. However the booking through Viator needs some improvement and I would score Viator much lower. We had booked the tour for 3.30pm. Shortly before this we had a message saying they couldn’t do the tour due to the heat and asking us the swap to the next day. We eventually managed to book for 5.30pm but the tour guide told us they only usually do tours in the morning so this does need resolving between Viator and the local tour company. Also the car had no useable seat belts in the back.

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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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