A chance reunion with Ania’s cousin, ten degrees cooler than Albania, and one of the best-preserved medieval port towns on the Adriatic. We stopped in Trogir for a few hours – and it was hard to leave.
Kravica Waterfalls – cooling off in the heart of scorching Bosnia
The Bay of Kotor sent us off quietly. We left Montenegro before noon, crossed into Bosnia and Herzegovina and headed towards Mostar. The landscape shifted as we drove – the mountains softened, stone villages gave way to wider valleys. And…
Niegosz Mausoleum, Lovcen Pass and Kotor
Our expedition in Albania ended, and we entered Montenegro. Civilization welcomed us again 🙂 For the night we stayed near Bar at a cozy little campsite called Bartula My Olive Garden Camp. In the morning we set off towards Kotor…
Kavaja, Pa Emer camping
We reach the Kavaja district, where the stopping place is the Pa Emer campsite. This was probably the prettiest campsite we had visited in Albania. A minor challenge was that the owners didn’t speak English, so it was a bit…
Llogara pass
Slowly we headed north, this time along the coast. The route went through the seaside towns of Ksamil, Saranda, Borsh, Porto Palermo, Himarë, Dhërmi. The most spectacular point of the route, however, was the Llogara Pass, which we had to…
Butrint
Near Ksamil, next to the border with Greece, there is a small archaeological site called Butrint. This place is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. In ancient times, there was a settlement here. Later, the town developed into an important…
Ksamil
We’re at Ksamil. This was the southernmost city on the route of our Balkan trip. Ksamil is a holiday resort, so it was not surprising that all the beaches had paid sunbeds and that there were many tourists eager to…
Blue Eye / Syri i Kalter
You know those stories when you arrive at a place and what you expected is different from what you actually find? That was the case this time, when we reached the spring called Blue Eye. Located on the way from…
Gjirokastër
We started our visit to the city of Gjirokastër in an unusual way, because first we went to the hotel. This time it would not be a campsite, but a room booked through Booking.com. We got to the hotel run…
Hot springs in the Langarica river canyon
On our way to the south of Albania from the city of Berat, we stopped in the canyon of the Langarica River. Near Bënjë village there are hot thermal springs that contain sulfur, sodium, and calcium chloride, which makes bathing…