7 Days in Saranda: The Full Riviera Week
A week gives you the whole riviera: the town at your own pace, boat days, a Greek island for lunch, and the coastal road north. This plan alternates busy days with beach days, the right rhythm for Saranda (Sarandë).
Day 1: Arrive & settle in
- ✦Town swim, promenade stroll (the evening xhiro), seafood dinner on the water.
Day 2: Butrint & Ksamil
- ✦Butrint's ruins early, Ksamil's beaches all afternoon, dinner by the water.
Day 3: Boat day
- ✦Day cruise to Kakome bay and hidden beaches. Bring a dry bag, sunscreen and nothing urgent.
Day 4: The Blue Eye & Gjirokastër
- ✦Inland day: the Blue Eye spring in the morning, UNESCO-listed Gjirokastër for lunch, its castle and bazaar after.
Day 5: Corfu, Greece
- ✦Ferry across (30-70 minutes, passport required, mind the one-hour time difference). Corfu Old Town, a long Greek lunch, afternoon boat back.
Day 6: The riviera road
- ✦Drive north: Porto Palermo castle, a swim at Borsh or Qeparo, the Llogara Pass if you're ambitious. One of Europe's great coastal drives.
Day 7: Your favorites, revisited
- ✦Return to the beach you loved most, souvenir shopping in town, sunset at Lëkurësi Castle, farewell raki.
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