A Photo Walk Around Durres

About 25 miles from Tirana you’ll find Durres which is Albania’s second-largest city and its main port. It’s not exactly the prettiest city one could visit, with busy cranes and docks right next to the city centre, but it has some interesting buildings and a few...

Visiting Albania’s Blue Eye

About 25 km from Saranda, on the route to Gjirokastra, you’ll find signs for ‘Syri i Kalter’ and when you do you must take the narrow little dirt road that turns off the main road. And it is a very narrow road! Follow the road along past the reservoir and you’ll come...

UNESCO World Heritage Site of Butrint

Way back in 44 BC, Caesar arrived and recognized the potential for a town on the site, even if it did require a major building program. His adopted son, Augustus, along with other family and sponsors funded the project that paid for the public works such as a new...

An Evening Stroll Around Saranda

Called one of the sunniest places in Europe with its Mediterranean climate and 270+ days of sunshine a year, Saranda is a great spot to stay if you’re looking for something a little more urban and close to some of the best sights in Albania- like the Blue Eye and...