Albania · Coast
Eight days from Himarë to Porto Palermo, when the road is still for goats and the water is still cold.
8 daysGroup of 10From €2,980MayCoast
May on this coast is not summer. The sea is for the committed. The tavernas that are open are the ones that stay open for the village. We walk sections of the old coastal paths, swim when the sun allows, and sleep in rooms above a family kitchen. This is not the Riviera of the posters. It is better for it.
The days
A long transfer with a proper lunch stop. Arrive Himarë in time to swim if you are stubborn.
Old mule tracks above the bay. Dinner in a courtyard that still has a grape vine.
A canyon to a beach. We carry lunch. We do not stay for the sunset party because there is not one yet.
A shorter walk, a longer swim, rooms a little further along the road.
The fortress, the bay, a fish lunch if the boats went out.
A small boat if the water is kind; a headland walk if it is not.
Up for the view back down the coast we have been using all week.
Return to Tirana. Evening flights only. We will not run for a noon departure.
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From €2,980 per person. Fitness: Coastal paths with some steep, loose sections. Swimming optional and cold.
Along the way
Before you pack
May water is 17 to 19°C. A shorty helps.
The coast road is slow. That is the point of starting early in the week.
Cash still matters in smaller places. We brief you in the booklet.
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