ALBANIA or CALIFORNIA? This is Durrës 🇦🇱

In this video, I'm taking you on a tour of Durrës - the second-largest city in Albania. It's situated on the stunning Mediterranean Sea and is a true hidden gem. Join me as we explore all the amazing sights and attractions this city has to offer!
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0:00 Vertigo Restaurant
1:58 Nais Beach Hotel
3:30 Durrës Beach
4:35 Boardwalk
7:50 Volga Park
10:37 Durrës Castle
12:44 California Boulevard
14:03 Amphitheater
#albania #durres #mediterranean #solotravel

[@saythetruth1084]

I’m from Tirana , been to Durres many times, I hope Albania never joins EU ! We are much better the way we are right now , we need to protect our heritage and values from globalists!

[@alerts_ro]

You are the poorest country in Europe, good luck with protecting poverty

[@ronouwendijk1109]

You are so right

[@saythetruth1084]

@@alerts_royes we are poor but we are getting better by the day !! Selling out to globalists , it’s worse than being poor! Shows no character!! Albania, has water ( drinkable) , beaches, mountains, snowy places , hot places , amazing land to grow food ! We like to only import export with eu and freedom of movement, that all we need from eu !!

[@MrVito1180]

I honestly had the same thought recently. The moment Albania joins the EU, our heritage and land will be taken from us. It will be difficult but stay independent!

[@semprestanco81]

Agree totally !! And I feel sad for the rest of the balcans who joined euro and prices sky rocket now !!

[@user-yc2br2ln2r]

Beautiful Albania ❤

[@martincoxon1329]

Nice informative video. What month did you visit? Many thanks

[@Maartentravels]

Thank you. It was in September.

[@KS-lx7ng]

16:15 it’s because it was only discovered in the 1960’s. There were houses built on top. And there’s probably lots of other archeological discoveries to be made since the city was completely submerged under water TWICE. Cool video bro

[@Maartentravels]

Thanks for the extra info! =)

[@skaaldrVlg]

Best ❤❤traveler

[@Maartentravels]

Who has been to Durrës? 🇦🇱😁

[@DorinaGodoy-sq8hm]

🤩🤩🤩

[@DorinaGodoy-sq8hm]

🤩🤩🤩

[@Abirejan_mapping]

This where the city where i live😂

[@Maartentravels]

Awesome 😁

[@alexodaini]

I am planing to visit Albania and I will stop in Durres for a week. What is the best restaurant in Durres?

[@marcoroams]

I went to duress around this time last year… There was actually a a massive earthquake there a about 3 years ago! A lot of the buildings along the beach a uninhabitable

[@Maartentravels]

Oh damn. Didn't see anything of that.

[@adrianog4148]

they are building a huge marina with everything in durres. 2 Billion investment.

[@Arnold-fj1cy]

Nice video. The amphitheater had been abandoned for almost 450 years from 1502 and until the '60s no one knew its location and the whole place had turned into a hill full of houses. They are the last houses that are not being demolished for lack of funds, but for 10 years I believe 100 million euros will be found to restore it completely.

[@Maartentravels]

Interesting information. Thank you!

[@thedream8838]

Very true. The amphitheatre had been buried for centuries after the two major earthquakes that hit Durres, and remained unearthed until 1966 !!! They freed over OR close to two thirds, which is quite impressive, but restoring it completely would be a challenge as they would have to tear down the main street, and reconfigure the downtown. That would be like demolishing a piece of history to make room for an older one's time travel. I totally agree with Maarten about the houses surrounding the amphitheater being an eyesore, but to the credit of their owners they were already there by the time the amphitheater resurfaced. Until 1990, when no one could build without State's permission - communism, be as it may, did know one thing or two about preservation - those buildings looked nothing like they look today. They used to be smaller sized, perfectly blending with the surroundings, therefore low key enough to let the eye rest over the amphitheater. I blame the post 1990's governments, who out of negligence and obtuse greediness, allowed construction along the amphitheater's perimeter. I feel very bad every time they show footage or pics of the amphitheater looking small and ill at ease tucked in between bellowing constructions. The only way to realize or - be reminded of - its greatness is through drone views, that show a strangely circular, fuller, and robust jewel of the antiquity living up to its name, as well as to our more recent collective memory. The houses on the hill will be taken care of, in one way or another, it is the highrises scattered along the waterside in all directions, where there used to be none, that take away from the attractiveness of the view.

[@bletrick3352]

Durres has a lot of potential still even tho it has been getting massacred urbanistically since communism fell. At the very least they need to completely renovate the old town which I'm surprised it hasn't happened already considering Korca, Vlora and Gjirokastras old towns have been beautifully restored. The second thing they could do is change some of the bland buildings and put some neo-renaissance style facades on them, expensive but worth it.

[@Maartentravels]

Thanks for sharing this!

[@shea5702]

It's the Adriatic Sea.

[@Crissy_Renee]

I came here looking for this comment. Now I can stop scrolling. Thank you!

[@latifamadu4529]

Still saving money to visit Albania 😢

[@mentormimani7649]

That sea is not Mediterrian sea, but Adriatic sea. Greetings ✋️

[@dorinabicaku9855]

Adriatikun mesdheu e mer kshu qe ai sakt esht

[@thedream8838]

Lali, Adriatiku, Joni, Egjeu, Tirreni, Mar Ligure are all names for various sections of the Mediterranean. To be so "quick to judgement" because our friend, like most visitors from non-Mediterranean countries, uses the generic name instead of the brand 😁😁😁is like "Hey, this is not Albania. This is Tirana".

[@Idrk_what_to_say_yall]

If u go to durres again i recommend the restaurant named:gate 03 but make sure to bring friends!!!

[@susihuber5793]

❤

[@lz6764]

Nice video. How do you reduce the shake when videoing, and what camera do you use?

[@Maartentravels]

Thank you. I'm using a gopro.

[@USERPRO205]

😮

[@lucerooi7337]

Hi Maarten is this on summer ? Or November greetings

[@Maartentravels]

This was September.

[@lucerooi7337]

Thank you 😊

[@Resmith18SR]

Those strange looking balls by the sea were from the old people there.😂😂😂

[@AlbertWeingardt]

How are the wheater in September in Durres ?

[@KS-lx7ng]

good summer weather

[@GymTrainig]

👏

[@Maartentravels]

Thank you!

[@australiaprisonisland9156]

The only giveaway is the Mosque. Can you be more specific?

[@DorinaGodoy-sq8hm]

Lol I think is better Florida is beautiful too kind like Durrësi enjoy 🤩🤩🤩

[@fabiokastrati]

Fortunately there’s a project on the way which plans to make the amphitheater a proper antique site and honor it. Every house you mentioned that is too close, will be demolished and the families will be compensated . This is one of the consequences of the regime change in the early 90s. People built their homes wherever they felt like it unfortunately. Nice video by the way, watched it till the end 😁

[@Maartentravels]

So interesting 😁 Thank you so much!

[@censura1210]

lol stop throwing this bullshit here, almost nobody ever gets compensated in Albania, and even those who do, they often get half of the real value or less. The demolition mafia in full coordination with the mafia government never compensates anybody. It's all about stealing and confiscating their properties in the name of "modern development".

[@marsidanajdeni]

It's so shameful to have build so close to the ancient site of the amphitheater. Albanians need to learn to preserve their heritage. They lack so much empathy when it comes to historical sites and respecting property in general. Hopefully things will get better.

[@Maartentravels]

I've heard they will restore the site better.

[@marsidanajdeni]

@@Maartentravels Political propaganda, it has been said for years. You saw it yourself how they keep it... I am born in Tirana, where all those new constructions without any criteria is dirty money in full laundry process between government and mafia. I hope things change, I have not lived there in a very very long time.

[@AlbertWeingardt]

How are the wheater in September in Durres ?

[@user-irj1nxa3cof2z]

Up to mid September it’s summer