Must-SeeGjirokastër
About 18 miles away
A stone-roofed Ottoman town below a large castle, a UNESCO site.
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Porto Palermo Castle
A triangular stone fortress built by the warlord Ali Pasha on a tiny peninsula in a sheltered bay.
- Open
- Every day in season
- Price
- Paid; a small fee
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Porto Palermo Bay, south of HimarëDirections
- Getting There
- About 15 minutes by car south of Himarë.
Why Go
Ali Pasha of Tepelena, who ruled much of the region for the Ottomans around 1800, built this compact fort, the best preserved of his garrisons. Climb to the roof for the view over the bay, where a tunnel cut for Cold War submarines hides in the cliffs opposite.
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