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The SH8 is the road that runs along the southern coast. It climbs over the Llogara pass and then winds above the sea all the way to Sarandë. There is no other through road on that coast.

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The SH8 is the road that runs along the southern coast. It climbs over the Llogara pass and then winds above the sea all the way to Sarandë. There is no other through road on that coast.

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Viewing platform on the road to Llogara pass
Llogara Viewing platform from above Albinfo · CC BY-SA 4.0

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City

Sarandë

The Ionian resort town facing Corfu, and the arrival point for most visitors to southern Albania.

SarandaVlore
City

Vlorë

Where the Adriatic meets the Ionian, and where Albanian independence was declared in 1912.

VloraVlore
Protected area

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.

Vlore
Village

Dhërmi

An old white village on the slope above one of the Riviera's longest pebble beaches.

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Town

Himarë

The centre of the Riviera coast: a Greek-speaking historical community, an old hill village and a string of coves.

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Related subjects

Subject

The Albanian Riviera

The 120 km of Ionian coast between the Llogara pass and Sarandë, where the Ceraunian mountains fall straight into the…

Bregdeti ShqiptarVlore
Guide

Driving in Albania

The roads are better than the reputation and the driving is worse — what that means in practice.

Guide

Driving Albania End to End

Shkodër to Sarandë is about 400 km and takes two days done properly — here is how the country splits up.

Sources

  • Wikipedia — SH 8 (Albania) — English Wikipedia · retrieved 03 Sep 2026
    Used to ground the deep-research section and as a discovery aid; not relied on alone for contested claims.
  • Wikidata — Wikidata item Q2171414 · retrieved 03 Sep 2026
    Source of the population, area and elevation figures shown in Quick facts, each with its own observation year.
  • Wikimedia Commons — Photographs · retrieved 03 Sep 2026
    Each photograph carries its own creator, licence and file link beneath it. Only public-domain, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-SA files are published.

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