Apollonia, Qyteti Antik Ilir

Loved the place ancient . Full of history. Special . Worth going .

Most beautiful think I’ve seen in Albania as an albanian. Breathtaking! Totally understand why a civilization was built here.

I confess I do love an archaeological site. But Apollonia does a really impressive job of transforming this large site into an actual lived-in city, whilst also maintaining pleasant grounds with landscaping and wild flowers in abundance. The signage has clearly been updated with CGI images of how the ruins would have appeared (particularly impressive with the Arch and two-storey promenade) and the portico and odeon are hugely impressive in their own right. The monastery and museum are also very photogenic and nice to walk around (a young couple were having wedding photos there), though the museum's collection of busts and pottery could be better curated. Most excitingly for me, I stood in the Library where Octavius Augustus most likely studied - top celeb-spotting! Well worth a visit

Well preserved archaeological site. Definitely worth a detour. You can access the place via the theater which is a bit outside the park.
Cost: 600 leke
There is a lot to see and the museum with the sites provide decent amount of details on history.
About 1h30 for full visit with walking all around the site

Nice place, lots of information shared on information tables. Lots of interesting ancient building remains. Informative and well ordered muzeum. Very good overlook to the surroundings.

Not very big but nice for an afternoon walk around 👍 I loved the buildings structures. Restaurant at the top of the hill don't miss it lol..

Its a wonderful ancient city. Highly recommended.

Awesome historic ruins to explore and its well looked after

Very impressive.it was really good the decision to visit it.

It was very quiet when we visited late Saturday afternoon, we had a lovely walk around the ruins. The small museum is very interesting and had some lovely finds to display, there are other nice buildings.

Worth visiting

One of the highlights of our trip in Albania. Very quiet from tourists, beautiful Greek ruins that are very well kept.

Absolutely beautiful.

Close to Fier and if you stay there it is nice to visit

Beautiful archeological site, worth visiting

Apollonia  was an ancient Greek city and former bishopric in Illyria. located on the right bank of the Aous river (modern-dayVjosë). Its ruins are situated in the Fier region, near the village of Pojani (Polina), in modern-day Albania. Apollonia was founded in 588 BCE by Greek colonists from Corfu andCorinth, on a site initially occupied by Illyrian tribes and was perhaps the most important of the several classical towns known asApollonia. Apollonia flourished in the Roman period and was home to a renowned school of philosophy, but began to decline in the 3rd century AD when its harbor started silting up as a result of an earthquake. It was abandoned by the end of Late Antiquity.

Amazing place to visit. Absolutely amazing

Loved exploring this 96 hectare walled ruin.

Wonderful place, a lot of antique history

An amazing place full of energy and history. Definitely worth visiting 🥰🙏🙏🙏