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Karaburun is a long, empty piece of land sticking out into the sea near Vlorë. Nobody lives there. For most of the 1900s it was a military area and people could not visit. Now it is protected, and boats take visitors to its caves and bays.

Simple explanation

Karaburun is a long, empty piece of land sticking out into the sea near Vlorë. Nobody lives there. For most of the 1900s it was a military area and people could not visit. Now it is protected, and boats take visitors to its caves and bays.

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A road on the southern edge of the Karaburun peninsula, Albania
Karaburun, cesta I would appreciate being notified if… · CC BY 4.0
A road on the southern edge of the Karaburun peninsula, Albania
Karaburun, cesta II I would appreciate being notified if… · CC BY 4.0

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City

Vlorë

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

VloraVlore
Protected area

Karaburun-Sazan Marine Park

Albania's only marine national park: sea caves, wrecks and the country's clearest water.

Vlore
Beach

Grama Bay

A remote bay on the Karaburun peninsula whose cliffs carry Greek and Latin inscriptions cut by ancient sailors.

Vlore
Beach

Radhimë Beach

The sheltered eastern shore of the Bay of Vlorë, facing the Karaburun peninsula.

Vlore
Town

Orikum

A marina town at the foot of Llogara, beside the ancient harbour of Oricum.

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Subject

Sazan Island

Albania's largest island: a former Italian and then Soviet-era military base at the mouth of the Bay of Vlorë.

Vlore

Related subjects

Protected area

Karaburun-Sazan Marine Park

Albania's only marine national park: sea caves, wrecks and the country's clearest water.

Vlore

Sources

  • Wikipedia — Karaburun Peninsula — 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 Q6367664 · 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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