BEACHES
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Grammata Beach
Grammata Bay is one of the most remote and extraordinary places that you can visit during your vacations in the Region of Himare and is located north of Palasa.
Dhraleo Beach
Dhraleo beach is located at the bottom of Llogara Mountain and a little north of Palasa. The beach is inside a huge delta of a river that used to bring waters from the Acroceraunian Mountains.
Perivolo Beach
Perivolo beach is one of the most beautiful beaches on the northern region of Himara, hidden in olive groves and evergreens, and surrounded by large rocks that create small and wondrous bays.
Jaliskari Beach
Dhermi beach (or Jaliskari as it is called by locals) is located on the southern part of the village of Drymades. Once this place was home to some of the most popular dance party’s all over Albania.
Gjipe Beach
The beach of Gjipe, the most remotely accessed beach of the region, is created in a very special way. Its shore it’s formed by a creek and on both sides of the beach there is a magnificent canyon (the canyon of Gjipe) with high rock formations up to 70m.
Jali Beach
Jali beach is located just before the village of Vuno, almost a 3 kilometers far from the main road. It has a large main beach with fine sand and crescent rocky ridges with blue and green colors, and two small ones occupied by some resort hotels.
Livadhi Beach
Livadhi beach is famous for its deep blue waters and the endless fields of olive trees, it is one of the largest beaches of the region, it has a stretch of 1.2 km and more than 60 meters of sand, and it’s mostly visited by campers and families for its peace and quiet.
Beaches of Himara
The center of Himare is divided in 4 different beaches. Spile is the main beach in front of the center of Himara, about 400 meters long with thick sand, being a public beach it is very populated from early in the mornings.
Llamana Beach
After the town of Himare and Potami neighborhood, a small and beautiful beach lies ahead. Stuck between rocky hills, the beach is the most frequented during the high season.
Panormi Beaches
It has more than 10 small beaches most of them hidden and accessible only by boat. The larges beach is located at the middle of the bay on the way to the castle of Ali Pasha.
Qeparo Beach
Just after the wonderful bay of Panormi lies the small and quiet village of Qeparo with its pebble beach decorated with olive and orange trees.
Borshi Beach
Borshi beach is the longest in the region of Himare and most probably in Albania with a stretch of more than 5 kilometers long and 30 meters wide sand.
Buneci Beach
A small ex-military occupied zone Buneci lies between the village of Piqeras and Lukove, a beautiful beach full of military bunkers built during the communist regime waiting for the unknown enemy.
Shpella Beach
The coastline of Lukove consist of a variety of small beaches and a large named Shpella (Cave) beach. The way to the beach is long and follows the hills down like a snake road between the olive trees giving it a unique and natural beauty.
Akroriza Beach
Akroriza beach is located on the Ionian Sea, about 10 kilometers north-west of Saranda. Due to wild untouched natural habitat, not too many people are familiar with this place.
Kakome Beach
It is located on the Ionian Coast, west of the village of Nivica, between cape of Kefali and Krorez. It represents a small, but quite picturesque bay.
LANDMARKS
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Castle of Himara
Being the capital of the ancient times old town Himara has the most important monuments and cultural history. You can visit the Castle of Himara with a fantastic view of the entire city.
Castle of Panormi
The castle of Ali Pasha at the bay of Panormi is a small fortification located on a lovely peninsula in the middle of the bay, which was also known among sailors since ancient times.
Settlement of Karos
Among the most important prehistoric sites in the Albanian territory, Karos is 450m above sea level and dates to 1200-1000 BC in the late Bronze Age.
Castle of Sopoti
East of Borshi village, it is perched on a hill, which ends on top of a rocky ridge and occupies a central position against the ancient city of Meandria, which once lay on the slopes of the hill.
The Church of All Saints
The church of All Saints is located at the entrance of the castle city of Himaranext to the Greek Acroceraunian school, just a 5 mnutes walk from the old village.
Monastery of Saint Mary
Monastery and Church of Saint Mary (Panagia) is a pure white building, located on the peak over the village of Drymades with a very distinctive architecture.
Saint Stephan's Church
St. Stephen's Church is located in the lower part of Drymades village, it is believed to be the second most ancient church of the region after that of Kasopitra.
Monastery of Saint Theodore
Just before the village of Ilias, to the left the road takes you to a former Albanian military outpost, that now is home to the Monastery of Saint Theodore.
Monastery of St. Mary in Skoutara
North of Himara, after passing the canyon of Visha, a small path leads you to the hill of Skoutara, where the monastery of Saint Mary is located between the olive trees.
Monastery of Sain Mary of Aithaliotisa
The monastery of Athali with St. Mary’s church inside is located about 10 km from the center of Himara, near Piluri village and it takes about 2 hours to walk there.
Monastery of Saint Demetrious
The national road through the olive groves leads to the center of the village, on which stands the St. Demetrious Monastery built in 1881.
Saint Mary of Kremosova
A very important object for the area is the church of the Monastery of St. Mary of Kremosova, which rises in a dominant enclave of the village Piqeras.
Monastery of Sain Mary in Kakome
Built near the village of Nivica, the Monastery "Sleeping Mary" rises in the lower part of the bay of the mountain at the Gulf of Kakome.
Church of Agia Paraskevi
The church of Agia Paraskevi (Saint Friday) is located at the lower part of Lukove village, surrounded by olives, in a state of almost ruin.
Monastery of Sain Mary of Akroriza
Akroriza beach, located near the village of Shen Vasil is home to the Monastery of Saint Mary built in the middle of the 14th century.
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