This seaside village between Saranda and Dhermi has the longest beach on the Ionian Sea, at seven kilometres. Despite the paradisiacal landscape mass tourism hasn’t quite arrived at the village, giving it a sleepy and easy-going feel.
immediately behind the beach is a small plain with olive groves, and a little further back in the hills are the ruins of mosques and castles to check out.
Ali Pasha is a Venetian fortress from the 1400s, illustrating how the Ionian was a key battleground between the Ottoman Empire and a succession of European armies, from the Republic of Venice to Napoleonic forces.
