after breakfast our tour will continue to archeological park of apollonia. here during the walking tour we will visit the ruins of the ancient city, the monastery of saint mary and the archeological museum. the ancient city of apollonia of illyria was founded at the beginning of the vii century bc. by greek colons coming by the cities of corinth and corcyra. apollonia became an emporium of merchandising between greeks an illyrians and was taken by aristotle as a model in his analysis of oligarchy due to the distinct and separate greek and illyrian communities. the city prospered very much in roman times. it was a vital stronghold in caesar's civil war with pompey and also important in early christian history as the resident bishop attended the councils of ephesus and chalkis in 431 and 451. the discovered monuments on the site are: the fortification wall of the city, the prytaneon, the bouleterion, the big and small stoas, the odeion, the theatre, the nympheum and many more. the museum of apollonia is hosted in the nearby monastery of the xiv century when can be visit also the church of st. mary. after the visit, drive to berat in the charming and unesco protected town of berat. upon arrival in berat we will start the walking tour of the town to visit the upper castle with its characteristic houses and the museum of the icons. walking down in the lower part of the town we will visit the medieval centre and some very beautiful examples of byzantine churches and ottoman mosques. berat is also known as ?the town of a thousand windows? due to the many large buildings that decorate the houses of the old town. the town is still renowned for its historic architecture and particular beauty and is declared as a world heritage site by unesco. historical berat consist of three quarters. the quarters of gorica and mangalem are situated on the slopes of two hills that are divided by the river osum. the castle (fortress) quarter stands on the top of the magalemi hill and is enclosed by a fortification wall that dates back to the iv century bc. the town has several xvi century mosques, very well decorated and a very large numbers of byzantine orthodox churches. several of the churches has frescoes by the well-known painter onufri and his school and from other later famous schools of frescos and icons of the balkan area. of particular interest are: the icons museum located in the old cathedral church of the castle and the ethnographic museum hosted in an old house in the mangalem quarter. overnight in berat