Rocabella Hotel
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.
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