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in Orikum, the long beach with very fine pebbles is so popular at the weekend with Vlorans, I have found this long sought-after feeling of belonging. And although there are several restaurants, hotels and shops open late at night, the town has retained its original nature and the atmosphere of an unspoiled place where life goes on without any excessive exaltation so common to all those commercialized tourist oriented places.
In Orikum, you can start your day listening to birds singing while enjoying your breakfast, and local vegetables and fruits with no pesticides! I had almost forgotten the smell of a carrot or a tomato – yummy! A paradise for people with food allergy problems, and all these treats in such charming surroundings of mountain ranges and the sparkling Adriatic sea.
Fancy a swim? Take a 10 mins walk from the city centre and take ….the plunge into the emerald waters of the Adriatic.
According to Pseudo-Scymnus, an anonymous Greek author and geographer, the city of Orikum was settled by the lost Euboeans, who were blown off course by strong winds on their return voyage from the battle of Troy, in the 12th -14th centuries B.C. The excavation works led by Swiss-Albanian team have so far revealed a layer of ruins of a city which dates from 6th or 7th century BC. Presently, the ruins are preserved in a national park. The ancient Greek city sits on a favorable geographical position where the Adriatic and Ionian Seas meet. As well as its proximity to Italy and Greece, this made Orikum an important harbor on the Adriatic coast. Orikum was later occupied by the Romans as a defensive base in their wars against the Illyrians and the Macedonians in the 3rd century B.C.
The Park which lies at the southern end of Vlora bay shows archaeological evidence that Orikum was a developed urban center, with an amphitheater that could hold around 400 spectators. Submerged under the Orikum lagoon, the city’s elaborate network of roads can be still seen today. Cost of admission ranges from 200 lek for Albanian visitors to 700 lek for foreign visitors.
