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So, we arrived around 8-9 pm. At the hotel we were met by the manager of Ghent, who speaks Russian (I knew this from the Internet). The next day he told us where to go and how. We don’t take a car, because we don’t drive it at home, so there was such a choice: excursions, public transport and taxis. To begin with, we chose one excursion - Butrint and Ksamil.
Butrint is an archaeological park in a laurel grove surrounded by mountains and a lake. Clean, lots of laurel shade, but nothing outstanding. We didn’t go to the ruins in Greece either, but here something “freaked out”. Confirmed our opinion - not ours.
Well, and the like. Then we were taken to Ksamil - "Albanian Seychelles". There are no pebbles, but supposedly white sand.
But opinions differ: some say that it is sand, some say that it is heavily crushed pebbles. No matter, it was nice to enter the water without shoes. Beautiful, but I did the right thing, that I did not choose Ksamil for permanent residence - there is no fusion of sea and sky, as I like. Everything is covered with small islands. And also a lot of people, sellers, like we have on the coast and gypsies, who do not ask, but demand alms. It was annoying, and this is the only beach where we did not leave things unattended.
But there are many small beaches in Ksamil. Perhaps we were brought to the most crowded, and it was also Sunday, when, in addition to tourists, they also added their own.
In general, we were dissatisfied with the organization of the excursion (it is said loudly - we were unloaded and abandoned on the beach, and some even asked to return them to Saranda) we were unhappy and decided that now our transport is a taxi.
And they did the right thing, because you can drive up to the Blue Eye and other beaches by public bus, but you will have to go along the road, oh how much. And in the heat and on such a road - you don’t want anything at all.
Our first trip was the Blue Eye. These are several sources that gush out of the ground and create a "blue eye" effect.
Here you can stay for the whole day: there are houses, cafes, a catamaran. Again, clean, all in the shade, beautiful and peaceful.
There are, of course, places that are more beautiful and impressive, and for a longer walk, but we did not linger for a long time. Breathe in the clean, intoxicating air, look at the "blue" (in a good sense) kingdom and leave again for the sea. The whole trip took about an hour and a half and cost us 30 euros for two.
And then we started going to different beaches. The first beach was Seagull (Plazh Pulbardha). All the beaches on which we were located in the bays under the rocks. Of the amenities - sun loungers, umbrellas, cafes. Well, they also understood that they needed toilets, changing rooms and showers. "Uncombed Albania", as ollennka called it.
There are two cafes here.
I would call them top and bottom. The view, of course, is more beautiful from the upper cafe. But we ordered lunch at the lower cafe and were very pleased: firstly, there was pork (and my husband already missed it)...
. . . and I enjoyed prawns in beom wine. I licked the plate.
Salad, two dishes, a glass of draft beer, a glass of wine cost us 17 euros.
We liked the beach, but we wanted to see others, so the next day we went to Mirrors (Pasgyra). Here we were not lucky at first. There was a strong storm at night and a lot of algae caught up to the shore. Therefore, it spoiled the picture, but by 11 o’clock all the algae had gone where and the sea was again like a tear. On the beach there is a part under the rocks, where there are no umbrellas and sunbeds, and so it was very dirty there. And so, all the beaches, in principle, were clean.
Only at our request to give an ashtray - they just waved their hand at us, like, and so it will do. But we didn't litter! Nowhere! You have to show an example.
On this beach, for the first time, we saw the famous Albanian pillbox bunker up close.
To say that we saw a lot of them is not true. We saw them very rarely. Either they have already been dismantled for the foundation for houses, or they were hiding from us. Only occasionally did we see them on the way and three at once when we were in the castle.
There is only one cafe on this beach. We were well fed, but here we met the gloomiest man in Albania. Either we got so caught that he didn’t have a good day, or he really is like that, but this was an exception to the rule.
And the third beach was recommended to us by Ghenta - Withered tree (Pema thater - if, of course, I correctly parsed his handwriting). This beach is behind Ksamil, just 1 mile from Corfu. It seems to be like sand, too, but God knows.
There were no waves at all, so this is a paradise for children. The entrance is sandy, deep in 30 meters, there are no waves. Therefore, like children, I did not climb out of the water. Here, with a choice of cafes, it is better than on Mirrors, but we did not choose for a long time, but went to the one that was, as it were, above our beach, in the shade of trees and tiers. You look at the sea through the trees. The beauty.
Here we were also well fed, but instead of a glass of wine, the waiter brought half a liter.
Either he did not understand, or he pretended not to understand. But we are not offended.
There is such fun on this beach - jumping from a tower, which my husband took advantage of.
These three trips cost us 67 euros (taxi only). For us, Chaika seemed the most beautiful beach, but the taste and color...
It was also possible to ride along the beaches - there are both close and distant ones, but we visited only these four (with Ksamil). Everywhere the sea was beyond praise, and this is the main thing. By the way, our hotel beach was also quite good, some of them spent their entire vacation on it.
Have a good rest and beautiful sea!
