Riviera Tour Borsh-Qeparo-Himare-Porto Palermo-Vuno-Dhermi

Borsh

40 min

Borsh is a maritime village, in the Albanian Riviera, in the former Lukovë municipality, Vlorë County, Albania, At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Himarë. The village is inhabited by Muslim Albanians who speak the Lab dialect of Albanian. Borsh borders with Fterra, Qeparo, Piqeras and has a population of 2500 inhabitants.

Qeparo

40 min

Qeparo is quaint village which offers visitors a look at the beautiful stone architecture of the region, and the calm, relaxing, white sandy beaches that rest alongside the clear turquoise waters.
An old legend recounting the division between the old and new Qeparo, tells of the seaside village being built where a light once flashed in the dark. Qeparo Valley, with its beautiful olives and aromatic citruses, appears on your right after passing the Porto Palermo bay. Beside the valley, sits the long beach with the beautiful turquoise sea that stretches to the horizon.

Porto Palermo Castle

1 hour

Porto Palermo Castle is a castle with an intriguing history near Himara in wonderful southern coast of Albania of the Ionian Sea. The Porto Palermo fort is situated in the closed bay of the Porto Palermo, surrounded with nicely arranged beaches, few kilometers south of Himarë, that actually makes an island connected to the mainland by a narrow strip of land. The Porto Palermo fortress served as theformer Soviet submarine base during the communist regime in Albania, and nowadays its semi abandoned tunnel and barrack attract attention of visitors, as well as the stronghold walls and gates built by the powerful Ali Pasha of Ionina.

Himare

1 hour

Himara lies along the Ionian coast of Albania. It is situated in the southwestern part of the country, from the extreme south of Llogara Pass to Qeparo Mountain in southeast, with a straight length of 22 km. The town of Himara is the capital of the region that consists of Himara town along with 7 villages: Palasa, Drymades, Ilias, Vuno, Piluri, Kudhesi and Qeparo. Continuing south from the village of Vuno, visitors will come across the small town of Himara. The town consist of two main parts, the Old Himara situated on top of the Barbaka hill and the new part built of the gulf of Spile.

Vuno

30 min

The village of Vuno with an important history, is the village where Lord Byron and other famous writer Edward Lear stoped for a while to enjoy the architecture and church murals during their travels across Albania. It doesn’t have a beach, but it is very authentic, with donkeys, hand-carts, traditional houses with their vineyards.

Dhermi

30 min

Dhërmi is a village in Vlorë County, Albania. It is part of the municipality Himarë.
The village lies 42 kilometers south of the city of Vlorë and about the same distance north of the southern city of Sarandë.
The village is built on a slope of the Ceraunian Mountains at approximately 200 meters in altitude.
It comprises three neighborhoods: Gjilek, Kondraq (also known as Kallam), and Dhërmi itself. The mountains descend to the southwest into the Ionian coast and Corfu in the distance to the south. Nearby is the village of Palasë.
Recently the coastal area has seen a boom in the construction of accommodation facilities, such as wooden villa complexes. In addition, it is considered by the Albanian youth as a nightlife destination.
It has a new large promenade by the sea , and all the facilities emerged into the wild nature .

Llamani Beach

1 hour

We will make a stop for 1 hour (free time on the beach ,eat,drink sth )