Phoenice
Above the Bistricë valley near Sarandë, Phoenice was once capital of the Chaonian tribe and later a Byzantine stronghold, though only a small fraction of the ancient city has been excavated so far. What draws visitors up the hillside is less the scattered stone than the setting: the theatre sits in a natural bowl with sweeping valley views, best at sunset, and the concrete casemates nearby date from the Cold War, not the wars people often assume. At 300 lek entry and with barely over a hundred reviews, it stays wonderfully uncrowded — a quiet detour from Sarandë rather than a headline stop.
- Era
- Hellenistic
- Period
- BC 5th
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