Berat walking tour and lunch in a local family

Berat walking tour and lunch in a local family

Culinary and City tour Of Berat– As the Walking Tour of Berat is one of our bestsellers for very first time this year we thought to give you a real taste from Berat during your city tour . To know better a country is through its people and its food ,meeting locals ,go in their homes and eat lunch or dinner with them. We have a wide choice from the culinary tours ,and this tour is for those who have a short time in Berat

The culinary and city tour of Berat will take you in a family who lives inside the Castle of Berat . There we will eat the traditional food prepared with lot of love from the family and hear more about their stories or the way of living . In the same time our city tours include the visit of the all historic district of Berat . Do the walking tour of downtown ,visit the medieval Islamic Complex ,Tour of Onufri Museum and all important monuments of Berat .

Our tour guides are all locals and they will share you the stories that you dont find in internet .

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

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

Castle of Berat is one of the biggest in Balkans and has so much to offer . Its unique because life goes on without interruption since IV century BC even now day people lives in Castle During our trip we will visit the Castle quarter's biggest church, Church of the Dormition of St Mary (Kisha Fjetja e Shën Mërisë), is the site of the Onufri Museum. St Theodore church , close to the citadel gates; the substantial and picturesque Church of the Holy Trinity, below the upper fortress; and the little chapels of St Mary Blachernae and St Nicholas. Some of the churches date back to the 13th century. Also keep an eye out for the Red Mosque, by the southern Kala walls, which was the first in Berat and dates back to the 15th century. Visit the view point of the citadel and go inside a local family for lunch

Although the fortress is open 24 hours, all visitors have to purchase an entry ticket from the main entrance gate and the ticket booth

Duration: 2 hours

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

The Onufri National Museum (Muzeu Kombëtar Ikonografik Onufri) is a small iconography exhibition inside the Church of St. Mary of on the grounds of the Berat citadel. The museum was named to honor Onufri, an Albanian painting Headmaster of XVI Century.

The museum features on display 173 objects chosen from a found of 1500 objects belonging to the found of Albanian Churches and Monasteries as well as to Berat. From these objects, 106 are icons by Albanian icon painters of the XVI – XX centuries: Onufri, Onufri’s son, Nicola, David Selenica, Kostandin Shpataraku and Cetirs (Gjergj, Nicola, Johan, Naum, Gjergj junior), as well as some anonymous painters. The other 67 items of the collection are liturgical objects.Visit of museum with a professional tour guide to know more about the history ,art and religion in Albania

Duration: 1 hour

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

The King Mosque (Xhamia Mbret) is part of the Islamic Center complex of Berat. It was built by Sultan Bajaziti II in the fifteenth century, and it became Cultural Monument in 1948. The mosque features an impressive ceiling mural in the prayer hall, with rosettes inscribed with suras from the Qur’an. A fresco below the ceiling contains 99 beautiful names of God.

There is also a prayer porch built in the late XVIIIth century by Usta Dush Barka. The upper part of the minaret was rebuilt in recent years. From outside the mosque is totally plastered and the stucco is painted to imitate its masonry. Visit of the Mosque with the professional tour guide to know more about Islam in Albania and ottomans

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Quarter Of Gorica, Berat Albania

One of the oldest quarters of Berat an UNESCO heritage site . Famous for its Bridge ,old houses and the spectacular views of Manglem Quarter . A short introduction about the quarter ,its history architecture and religion . Walk in the narrow cobbled paths

Duration: 30 minutes