{"id":3263,"date":"2019-08-12T16:47:33","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T16:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clients.mrmule.com\/lbsbworld.com\/?p=3263"},"modified":"2019-08-12T16:47:33","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T16:47:33","slug":"what-to-do-in-berat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/client.mrmule.com\/lbsbworld.com\/what-to-do-in-berat\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do in Berat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Berat is a popular stop for any tourists in Albania, and for a reason. The historical part of this town is beautiful. With the small white and black houses on the mountain side, and a living castle at the top with breathtaking views over the mountainous area.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Views over the area around Berat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What to do in Berat<\/h2>\n

We spent 2 nights in Berat which is plenty if you only come to see the historic part of the town. But there\u2019s also treks etc. to take in the nearby area.<\/p>\n

All places mentioned in this post can be found on our Albania travel map<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Berat Castle<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s a bit of a hike to get up here, as it\u2019s on top of a mountain, but definitely worth the effort. It\u2019s a living castle, as in there\u2019s normal people living in houses inside the castle walls. There is not really a castle anymore, but it\u2019s still an interesting place to visit. There\u2019s a small fee to pay when you\u2019re a tourist, but I\u2019m not sure if the ticket booth is always open.. you can probably walk in other ways to without having to pay, but it\u2019s such a small fee so it doesn\u2019t really matter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The views from here are amazing, Berat is situated in a mountainous area which is breathtaking. There\u2019s also an orthodox church on a hill and loads of small alleys and areas to walk through. In a few places there is still parts of the castle left which you can explore.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Old town of Berat<\/h3>\n

This is why most people come to Berat to see. The small white and black houses on the side of a hill. It is super cute, like something for a fairytale. And a walk inside old town is like going back in time, cobbled small alleys. In the evening it becomes even more like a fairytale with the yellow-ish lights casting a very mystical light on the houses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Berat old town<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Where to eat in Berat\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

When in old town, you also have to try Lili\u2019s restaurant. It\u2019s a tiny place with only 3 tables in fall and winter, and 5 during summers. It\u2019s at the back of the owner Lili\u2019s house, where his wife is cooking home made Albanian food. There is only a few dishes to try from, but it was all great. Lili himself is super friendly and will most likely talk to you for a bit, and after dinner share one or two Raki (local alcohol in balkan) with you as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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More Albania!<\/h2>\n

Make sure to see our Albania page<\/a>\u00a0with all our travel tips, travel map and all\u00a0our blog posts about Albania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Berat is a popular stop for any tourists in Albania, and for a reason. The historical part of this town is beautiful. With the small white and black houses on the mountain side, and a living castle at the top with breathtaking views over the mountainous area.\u00a0 What to do in Berat We spent 2 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[62,67,64,5],"class_list":["post-3263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-albania","tag-albania","tag-berat","tag-europe","tag-travel-guide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/client.mrmule.com\/lbsbworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/client.mrmule.com\/lbsbworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/client.mrmule.com\/lbsbworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/client.mrmule.com\/lbsbworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/client.mrmule.com\/lbsbworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/client.mrmule.com\/lbsbworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/client.mrmule.com\/lbsbworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/client.mrmule.com\/lbsbworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/client.mrmule.com\/lbsbworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/client.mrmule.com\/lbsbworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}