Kaltrina

Location

Saranda is an old town, first settled by the Illyrian tribe of Chaonians who named it Onchesmus. Cicero mentions it as convenient harbour with favourable winds, however it is the bay on which it is built that gives Saranda its charming look.

Near Saranda you will find the “Blue Eye” natural spring and the ruins of the ancient city of Butrint, a World Heritage Site and one of the most important archaeological finds in Albania. Also, close to Saranda is the ancient city of Finiq, which according to Edwin Jacques is found to have had one of the biggest acropolis in the ancient world, roughly 7 times larger than that of Athens.

Whilst visiting Saranda and surrounding areas you might wish to visit the archaeological site of Butrint, Ethnographic Museum, ruins of the ancient town of Onhezmi in Saranda, the ancient temple and other ruins of Foinike in Finiq village, the small Castle of Ali Pasha in Vrine village, the Church of Saint Kolli in Mesopotam village as well as the beautiful Ksamili Islands.