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Osum Canyon, Skrapar, Albania
Osum Canyon, Skrapar, Albania · Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Canyons, waterfalls and springs

The Osum and Gjipe canyons, the waterfalls of the Alps and the Blue Eye spring.

Spring · Vlorë

The Blue Eye

A karst spring of extraordinary clarity whose bottom has never been definitively reached.

Canyon · Berat

Osum Canyon

A 26 km limestone gorge up to 80 m deep, run by raft in spring and walked in late summer.

Canyon · Vlorë

Gjipe Canyon

A narrow limestone slot that meets the sea at Gjipe beach — the Riviera's one true canyon.

Spring · Gjirokastër

Bënjë Thermal Springs

Sulphur pools beside the Ottoman Katiu bridge, at the mouth of the Lengarica canyon.

Waterfall · Shkodër

Grunas Waterfall

A 25–30 m fall in the Theth valley, and a declared natural monument.

Waterfall · Berat

Bogovë Waterfall

A cold spring-fed fall and pool in the Tomorr foothills near Berat.

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