The year · October is underlined
| Region | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orikum |
Getting there
car. Half an hour south of Vlorë on the SH8, before the road climbs to the Llogara pass. Most people come for a boat rather than for the town, and the boats leave early.
Parking: Parking at the marina and along the front.
Photography
Best light: golden, sunset.
The Pashaliman naval base is on this bay and is a serious enforcement zone: do not fly here. On the ground, the lagoon behind the town takes the evening light. Ask the AAC about the national requirement before you travel.
Drone: restricted. A permit or an exemption applies here.
Orikum is a small town at the southern end of Vlorë bay, where the plain runs out and the Llogara climb begins. It has a marina, a lagoon behind it, and the remains of Orikos, a Greek harbour town that is one of the older classical sites on this coast.
The reason most travellers end up here is the boats. Karaburun and Sazan are day trips from this quay and from Vlorë, and the season for them runs roughly May to October, because the boats do not go out in winter.
It is also next door to the Pashaliman naval base, which matters in one practical way: this is not a place to fly a drone, and that is enforced.
Nearby
AI imageVlorëThe city where the Riviera starts and where independence was declared, reached by road: the airport here still has no scheduled flights.
AI imageKaraburun PeninsulaThe longest uninhabited coast in Albania, sea caves and cliffs with no road onto any of it, and boats only from roughly May to October.
AI imageSazan IslandAlbania's largest island and a closed military base for most of the last century, visitable only on an organised boat and only in season.