GJIROKASTRA AND BLUE EYE

We give you the opportunity to explore the  city of thousand stairs  Gjirokastra in combination With  the Blue Eye spring  an organized  bus tour  with a guide in your  language.

The UNESCO World Heritage Town situated in southern Albania, Gjirokastra perches on the steep side of the Drino valley overlooking an historic landscape framed by snow-capped mountains. 

This ‘city of a thousand steps’ comprises hundreds of Ottoman-style tower houses with distinctive stone roofs, wooden balconies and whitewashed stone walls.  Dominated by the sheer flanks of its vast castle, Gjirokastra is a magical city with a tumultuous past.

Blue eye spring is situated 1km far away from Saranda-Gjirokastra roadway. The average outflow of this source is 6m3/sec and its depth is 45m.The area around the lake has a very rich flora and fauna, where you can find  river trout and many wild animals like: marten, fox and different kinds of reptiles e.t.c