Saranda to Konispol guided tour

Half day tour from Saranda to Konispol Are you looking for an authentic experience in the Albania countryside? myTour takes you to get to know the countryside of Konispol and the small villages in the surrounding area. We are on the border between Albania and Greece and you are going to visit citrus groves and cultivated fields, but also a complex of caves inhabited since the Paleolithic era.

Konispol and the rural side of AlbaniaDeparture at 9 am from Saranda and arrival in Konispol in about 40 minutes. Approaching Konispol we immediately notice the change in the landscape. We are in a region with a strong agricultural connotation, where the rhythm is still marked by the seasons and the tranquility is earned after hard work in the fields. Konispol is a land producing delicious oranges and mandarins, a land of dances in traditional costumes, a land of music festivals dedicated to borders, and to encounters between cultures. During our tour we will discover these and other activities, always keeping in mind that, today, the real treasures are above all the cultural and natural ones. Moving from village to village we will also discover that the local tradition is based on a unique hospitality all its own. Hospitality that manifests itself above all while dining at the table. In these parts centuries-old recipes are reproduced with painstaking passion, the result of the encounter between Albanian and Greek cuisine.

Visit Konispol - historical-geographic information At the extreme south of Albania, on a hill about 400 meters high, there is the town of Konispol, divided into several hamlets (Çiflik, Markat and Xarrë). The southernmost settlement in the province of Vlora and the whole of Albania is also where we can find influence of Greek culture. The first to move here were the Caoni, a Greek tribe from Epirus. Thanks to the fertility of the soil, olive trees and citrus plants were grown here, which were then traded through the Greek port of Igoumenitsa.

Even today, Konispol Albania still maintains links with Greece, whose northern border is just a kilometer away. On a cultural level, however, this community retains a strong identity. The population is dedicated to the cultivation of vines, olives and citrus fruits and for the most part are Muslim. Albanians of the Cham ethnic group, from the Chameria region in Epirus, have lived in these parts since the dawn of time.

•Due the moderate amount of walking to reach the main attraction sites could be better to wear comfortable shoes and clothes.

•We suggest this tour to customers who are able to climb and descend streets and stairs.. 

•This tour is not suitable for customers in wheelchair. 

•In case of hot weather we suggest you to bring a cap with you

•Reach the meeting point 15 minutes before the departure time.