All our Albania guides tagged beaches.
Albanian rules reserve part of the coast as public beach. What that means in practice, why it varies by municipality, and what sunbeds cost in peak season.
Saranda vs Ksamil as a base on the Albanian Riviera: beaches, hotels, restaurants, transport, day trips and crowds, with a clear verdict per traveller.
The coast is warm and calm, the drives are shorter than the map suggests, and a cable car out of Tirana buys you an afternoon that nobody complains about.
The best spots on the Albanian Riviera, from the islands of Ksamil to Dhërmi, hidden Gjipe, laid-back Himarë and lively Saranda, and how to link them.
A coast that runs from flat Adriatic sand in the north to Ionian coves under a mountain road in the south, and the beaches worth the drive.
Ksamil is the turquoise islet photograph everyone arrives for. Whether you should also sleep there, rather than in Saranda, is another question.