Albania Sketches: My Days in Saranda

Saranda is the gem of Albania's Mediterranean coastline. It wraps itself around a bay like a half-moon with extended arms. Looking outward across the main channel of the Ionian Sea, it looks across to the Greek island of Corfu. Looking inward is a view upward as the city scales the mountain, with streets imitating the shape of the bay.

Saranda is the playground for visitors from throughout the Balkan countries and Eastern Europe.