Worth a Detour
Sarandë
The Riviera's lively main town, curving around a bay with a palm-lined promenade and ferries to Corfu.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Sarandë promenadeDirections
- Getting There
- Ferries from Corfu; buses from Tirana take about 5 hours.
Why Go
The ancient port of Onchesmos lies under the modern town, where the ruins of a 5th-century synagogue and basilica sit among apartment blocks. Above the town, the hilltop Lëkurësi Castle gives a sunset view over the bay to Corfu.
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About 15 miles away
A stone-roofed Ottoman town below a large castle, a UNESCO site.
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