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Quick answer: A private boat tour with Ajla Boat costs the same €20 per person as the group tour, runs 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

TL;DR: Soldiers Beach (Plazhi i Ushtarit) is a small, stone-covered cove about 9 km north of Saranda, accessible almost exclusively by boat. The water is

TL;DR: Monastery Beach is a quiet, secluded cove less than 8 km from Saranda on the road towards Butrint. It sits on Ajla Boat’s private

TL;DR: Gremina Beach is a series of rocky coves on Albania’s northern Ionian coast, accessible only by boat from Saranda. The water is clear, the

TL;DR: Saranda boat parties are not nightclub events on water. They run as group day tours with music and swimming stops along the Riviera, or

TL;DR: Shpella e Breshkave, the Turtle Cave, is a sea cave north of Saranda with turtle-shaped rock formations at the entrance and unusually blue water

TL;DR: Plazhi i Pasqyrave Mirror Beach, is a small pebble cove between Saranda and Ksamil whose water was ranked the bluest in the world in

TL;DR: Krorëz is one of Albania’s last truly wild beaches, no roads, no parking, reachable only by boat or a tough hike. The secret to

TL;DR: Saranda is best used as a base, the real draws are a 10-stop boat tour along the roadless Albanian Riviera, Butrint’s UNESCO ruins, and

TL;DR: Kakome Beach is one of the most secluded beaches on the Albanian Riviera, completely car-free, surrounded by green hills, and only reachable by boat.