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Golem is a long sandy beach south of Durrës with a lot of hotels. It is one of the busiest beach areas in the country in summer.

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Golem is a long sandy beach south of Durrës with a lot of hotels. It is one of the busiest beach areas in the country in summer.

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Golemi Albania
Golemi 03 Edukatori · CC BY 4.0
Train station in Golem , Albania
Golem train station Albania Jan Pešula · CC0
Shkëmbi i Kavajës – a rock South of Durrës, Albania, just at the beach between Durrës Plazh and Golem
Shkëmbi i Kavajës Albinfo · CC0

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City

Durrës

Albania's principal port and its oldest continuously inhabited city, founded as Epidamnos in 627 BC.

DurrësiDurres
Town

Kavajë

A market town behind the Adriatic dunes, near the wide beaches of Golem and Spille.

KavajaTirane
Beach

Spille Beach

A quieter sand beach south of Kavajë, backed by farmland rather than hotels.

Tirane
Beach

Golem and Mali i Robit

The continuation of the Durrës sand south past Qerret and Mali i Robit.

Tirane

Related subjects

Beach

Durrës Beach

A continuous sand strip running south from the city — the busiest beach in Albania by visitor numbers.

Durres

Sources

  • WikipediaGolem (disambiguation) — 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.
  • WikidataWikidata item Q253730 · retrieved 03 Sep 2026
    Source of the population, area and elevation figures shown in Quick facts, each with its own observation year.
  • Wikimedia CommonsPhotographs · 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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