Welcome

 to the old Illyria's and Epir lands

Welcome to the old lands of Illyria and Epir! The Illyricum Sacrum Project dedicates these pages to all the adventure seeking, free-spirited travelers who like to explore special places, make new friends, and experience various cultures. We invite you to visit our ancient lands and besides our culture, customs, and parts of our pristine nature, discover that which is indescribable and only visible to you; the images that resonate only with your soul and the feelings you can only experience here. Hello, I am Ylli Jasa, an avid explorer and a natural beauty admirer. With friends, we have been exploring special places in Albania that only very few people have ever seen. This desire of discovering the wild, unknown natural beauty has never changed within me from the times of the dictatorship when I was a journalist and through the 90s and up until now that I have been a cultural medium. We have searched for water fountains and places with healing benefits, rare plants and flowers, and people who carry along through generations the ancient knowledge of our lost civilizations. A great adventurous escape awaits you here. We will travel through the old kingdoms of Illyria and Epir, witness archaeological remains, and learn about their legends.

 On the road we will "meet" emperors like Alexander the Great, war strategists like Pirro, Teuta, queen of many kingdoms, perhaps the first of our continent, the rich and generous King Gent, the terrible vizier of 1800s Epirus, one of the most feared chieftains, the great Ali Tepelena. In this series we can't miss traveling through one of the oldest and most mystique spiritual empires, the " Oracle of Dodona". Mentioned on the Homer's book " The Odyssey" . Priestess which inherited from generations secret magical codes and read the shapes of light and shadows of particular oak leaves. Special oak leaves which the priestess choose carefully. They had the gift of clairvoyance with which they predicted in four lines events that could be changed and events which could not. The priestess predicted the future of many kingdoms, queens and kings, warriors and common people for 17 centuries in a row till the V century A.C. Many scribes, and antiquity historians have brought their works till our days. We have localized special places in the middle of oak forests when this activity is presumed to have happened. The journey goes on with a series of castles in which our hero Scanderbeg (since 1422) fought for 25 years in a row against the ottoman empire.

He won all the battles except 2 of them, in which he was betrayed. How come a bunch of "villagers" faced off an army of those dimensions?

We will see byzantine frescoes inside many churches which are jealously guarded inside the country by the destruction brought by all the wars of the past. We will travel through uncontaminated valleys in the mountains where today's anti-atomic bunkers are still hiding, endless military tunnels (abandoned ones) wild beaches outside tourist guides, we will walk above stones and crystals of some rivers that have therapeutic properties, we will taste the water of the ancient fountain "the Blue Eye" ("(It has a capacity of 6 m³ / s making it the richest fountain in the country. The water flows at a temperature of 12.75 ° C, the depth of the source has not yet been verified ..) where the San Michele Line passes. (Le Ley lines or Dragon's veins: Earth's energy flows. It originates from Cornwall, at Saint Michael's Mount, crosses France passing through Mont Saint Michel and joins La Sacra San Michele of the Val di Susa to San Michele di Coli, near Bobbio, reaching the Castle Sant'Angelo in the Gargano, passing in Albania .. The view looking unbelievable , shows a line of 2000 km which unites the five main places of worship dedicated to the Archangel Michael in Europe and, stretching for another 2000 kms, arrives in Jerusalem ..)

It is all so magical that the words expressed cannot go beyond what we will experience together, the journey, the adventure, the emotion of this escape, of this day after day exploration where time will "disappear."

Thanks to our expert guides you have the chance to visit Albania like never before. Based in your needs we can travel by( 5) five-passenger cars, off-road or minibus, but above all we will walk in nature to listen to her sacred silence.

As you could be imagining all this is out of tourism guides, specialized industry standard protocols of today's global tourism. The itineraries will be carefully tailored to your needs day by day, during all the time in our accompaniment. We will discuss the goals "on the table" during the preparatory phase right from your home.

Our "Strategy without strategy" will take you in the antiquity times , walking barefoot along the paths of nature, being part of various meditation sessions, inside the sensations of some spa pools in the middle of nature. You will try some of our wellness techniques, feel the joy of an immense ecstasy , lost from the modern civilization.

The Food, is considered one of the sacred elements of this holistic exploration of 360 grades. We are very passionate about the "mouth delight" and very fond of creating spontaneously the alchemy of food. First we would like to know if you are a vegan, vegetarian, or if you have any alimentary allergies. From the moment we have" your map of culinary desires and pleasures '"It will be our job to follow scrupulously a search for local places and foods, ( typical and 100% natural). There won't be missing the fruits of the season, the typical alcoholic drinks as raki ( a very strong schnapps) of carnelian, strawberry also called albatross, grapes, etc., new wine cellars ( Italian and Slovenian cooperation) non-alcoholic drinks like, boze, hardic, etc and some old recipes of sweet and savory that grandmothers still hold on to with a kind of mystical fanaticism.

So, from where we shall start?

Very simple, communicate with us, make your essential questions, so we can better understand what you like, what's possible to perform and to cure everything in detail although it may seem of minor importance. Tell us when you are available, the days, the number of people. Let us know what kind of interests you have and then we will make a program together. We are open and we will try to satisfy you with the maximum professionalism. Later on, we will provide you with the "kit" documentation that will serve you the practices you will follow and the total cost (airplane excluded).