Butrint National Park
Ancient ruins, lagoon and wetlands on Albania's far southern Ionian coast
Butrint's Roman theatre, Lion Gate and baptistery stand in evergreen woodland on a peninsula between Lake Butrint and the Vivari Channel. The park pairs these ruins from the Iron Age to the Middle Ages with reed beds, salt marshes and the Ksamil islands.
Things to do
- On footWalk through the Lion Gate and up to the Roman theatre below the Acropolis
- HeritageLook out over the Vivari Channel to the Castle of Ali Pasha Tepelena
- On the waterTake a boat to the rocky Islands of Ksamil and watch for dolphins
- WildlifeWatch birds around Lake Butrint and its reed beds