Sarandë
This walkable Ionian Sea town on the Albanian Riviera, Sarandë sits on a horseshoe bay between mountains and deep blue Mediterranean waters, with a food-and-drink scene concentrated along a seafront promenade. The ancient city of Butrint, a UNESCO World Heritage site, lies just outside town. Known in antiquity as Onchesmus and later renamed after a Byzantine monastery of the Forty Saints, Sarandë enjoys a Mediterranean climate with more than 300 sunny days a year and is reachable by ferry from the Greek island of Corfu.
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- Population22,613
- Nearest water from center 2.4 km1.5 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 2.2 km1.4 mi
Sarandë: quick answers
Where is Sarandë?
Sarandë is in Vlorë, Albania, about 25 km16 miles in a straight line from Gjirokastër.
How do you get to Sarandë?
The nearest airport is Kerkyra (Corfu) (CFU), about 1 hr 47 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Sarandë?
The warmest month is August, averaging 25°C78°F across day and night; the coolest is January, at 7°C44°F. The wettest month is November, with about 228 mm9.0 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Sarandë?
OpenStreetMap lists 2 museums, 96 restaurants, 36 cafés and 6 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.