Di tích lịch sử · Vlorë
Butrint
A Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Venetian and Ottoman city layered on one wooded peninsula — Albania's first UNESCO site.
Thành phố · Vlorë
Sarandë
The Ionian resort town facing Corfu, and the arrival point for most visitors to southern Albania.
Thị trấn · Vlorë
Ksamil
Four small islands and very clear shallow water; the most photographed and most crowded stretch of the Albanian coast.
Khu vực được bảo vệ · Vlorë
Butrint National Park
A wetland and forest park wrapped around the archaeological city, on the Vivari channel.
Thành phố · Vlorë
Vlorë
Where the Adriatic meets the Ionian, and where Albanian independence was declared in 1912.
Dãy núi · Vlorë
Ceraunian Mountains
The coastal ridge that makes the Riviera: 2,000 m peaks rising directly out of the Ionian.
Bãi biển · Vlorë
Ksamil Beaches
Shallow, very clear water and four low islets a short swim offshore.
Thị trấn · Vlorë
Himarë
The centre of the Riviera coast: a Greek-speaking historical community, an old hill village and a string of coves.
Hồ · Vlorë
Narta Lagoon
Albania's second-largest lagoon, with working saltpans and the island monastery of Zvërnec.
Di tích lịch sử · Vlorë
Amantia
An Illyrian hill city whose stadium — cut into the slope — is among the best preserved in the region.
Khu vực được bảo vệ · Vlorë
Karaburun-Sazan Marine Park
Albania's only marine national park: sea caves, wrecks and the country's clearest water.
Khu vực được bảo vệ · Vlorë
Llogara National Park
A pine-forested pass at 1,027 m where the road drops from mountain forest to the Ionian in a few kilometres.
Bãi biển · Vlorë
Dhërmi Beach
A long white pebble shore under the Ceraunian ridge, and the Riviera's main nightlife strip.
Di tích lịch sử · Vlorë
Porto Palermo Castle
A triangular fortress on a causeway peninsula, built for Ali Pasha of Tepelena.
Thị trấn · Vlorë
Delvinë
A hill town above the Sarandë plain with a mixed Albanian and Greek population.
Suối · Vlorë
The Blue Eye
A karst spring of extraordinary clarity whose bottom has never been definitively reached.
Bãi biển · Vlorë
Gjipe Beach
A pebble beach at the mouth of a limestone canyon, reachable only on foot or by boat.
Bãi biển · Vlorë
Grama Bay
A remote bay on the Karaburun peninsula whose cliffs carry Greek and Latin inscriptions cut by ancient sailors.
Bãi biển · Vlorë
Palasë Beach
The first Riviera beach south of the Llogara pass, below the road's most dramatic descent.
Bãi biển · Vlorë
Borsh Beach
At roughly 7 km, the longest single beach on the Riviera, backed by one of Albania's largest olive groves.
Bãi biển · Vlorë
Drymades Beach
The pine-backed northern half of the Dhërmi bay, slightly quieter than the main strip.
Thị trấn · Vlorë
Konispol
Albania's southernmost town, on the Greek border near the Butrint wetlands.
Bãi biển · Vlorë
Lukovë and Bunec
A run of small coves — Bunec, Krorëz and Shpella — below the village of Lukovë.
Bãi biển · Vlorë
Radhimë Beach
The sheltered eastern shore of the Bay of Vlorë, facing the Karaburun peninsula.
Thị trấn · Vlorë
Finiq
A municipality of villages near Sarandë, containing the Blue Eye and the ancient site of Phoenice.
Làng · Vlorë
Dhërmi
An old white village on the slope above one of the Riviera's longest pebble beaches.
Bãi biển · Vlorë
Mirror Beach (Pasqyrat)
Rock shelves and a small pebble strip where the water is unusually still.
Bãi biển · Vlorë
Porto Palermo Bay
A near-enclosed bay wrapped around Ali Pasha's triangular fortress on its own peninsula.
Bãi biển · Vlorë
Pulëbardha Beach
A small cove between Sarandë and Ksamil, reached by a rough track.
Hẻm núi · Vlorë
Gjipe Canyon
A narrow limestone slot that meets the sea at Gjipe beach — the Riviera's one true canyon.
Bãi biển · Vlorë
Livadhi Beach
The broad bay immediately south of Himarë, the most developed beach on that stretch.
Bãi biển · Vlorë
Filikuri Beach
A hidden cove with a sea cave, most easily reached by boat from Himarë.
Bãi biển · Vlorë
Potami Beach
A compact bay just north of Himarë, backed by cliffs and olive slopes.
Bãi biển · Vlorë
Uji i Ftohtë
Vlorë's own beach quarter, named for the cold springs that surface there.
Bãi biển · Vlorë
Kakome Bay
A deep, clear bay north of Sarandë, long the subject of a contested development.
Núi · Vlorë
Maja e Çikës
The 2,045 m high point of the Ceraunian ridge, directly above the Riviera coast.
Bãi biển · Vlorë
Jal Beach
Two adjacent pebble coves below Vuno, long a summer-camping spot for young Albanians.
