Today is our last day in Himarë and still so many beaches left to explore. First stop this morning was Borsh Beach. Not quite as developed yet which was nice. To access the beach you drive through a whole grove of old olive trees which I’m still pretty mesmerized by. Also neither Jesse nor I can get enough of the stunning mountains surrounding the coastline. We decided it means we are getting old because as kids our parents would always take note of “boring things” like trees and mountains and as a child you never really get what the fuss is about!




Found ourselves an abandoned cabana. Jesse and I are always too tight to pay for shade!  The tourist season is nearly done here now so many businesses have closed for the winter. Seems premature as the days are still hitting a top of 30c.


On the short drive back to the bnb for naps (something I’m relying on pretty heavily as Amadeus is still waking every 90 minutes over night!) We stopped in at Porto Palermo Castle. Built by Ali Pasha Tepelena during the early 19th century. This cheered up Gio thankfully who was fairly out of sorts up until this point.

While we napped Jesse couldn’t pass up the opportunity to cook some cevapi for lunch on the BBQ.

After lunch we set off to explore Llamani beach just 10 or so minutes drive down the road. However we hadn’t realized it’s completely privatized and costs $25 just to enter.  Hard pass from these cheapskate travelers. We weren’t even tempted given all the other great beaches within 30 minutes drive. At least we spotted these cute goats on the way there.

Noelle was thrilled to find our favourite gelato spot had chocolate back in stock today! She settled for caramel yesterday but our “regular” girl doesn’t appreciate any of the fangled European flavours as much as the rest of us.

Back to Potami beach, which is our local one. Just 5 minutes walk down some very steep steps. Kids were keen for a play in some sand for a change. Gio spotted this couples “awesome rock castle setup” and got chatting to them. They were a lovely couple from Brazil and Ukraine settled in Portugal. Turns out they’re heading the same way as us tomorrow so we may end up catching up somewhere over the next couple of days.