Blue Eye Experience & Lekursi Castle Sunset from Sarand or Ksamil
- 3h 40m
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Discover the natural beauty of southern Albania on a full-day experience from Saranda or Ksamil, combining Blue Eye National Park and Lekursi Castle in one seamless tour. Start your journey from a central meeting point in Saranda and travel comfortably through scenic landscapes to the Blue Eye. Enjoy a unique one-way panoramic train ride that takes you closer to the spring, offering a relaxed and scenic approach to one of Albania’s most famous natural wonders. At the Blue Eye, you’ll have free time to admire the crystal-clear waters, take photos, enjoy a coffee, or simply relax in nature. Afterward, return at your own pace with a short walk back to the parking area. The experience continues to Lekursi Castle, where you can enjoy breathtaking sunset views over Saranda, Ksamil, Corfu, Lake Butrint, the Bistrica River, and the Ionian Sea. Return to Saranda with unforgettable memories of Albania’s most iconic coastal and natural highlights.
Inclusions
What's included
- All Fees and Taxes
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- One way by train on Blue Eye(Train is not operating from November to April)
- Blue eye entry fee
What's not
- Meals
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Itinerary
Our guide will wait you on our meeting point and then we will drive to Blue Eye Spring, during the road we will see the Bistrica river with its clear water, a lot of different trees, nature forest. After we will arrive on the parking lot we should walk around 12 min to the Blue Eye Spring(optional going by train-3€ each way).We will have time for photos, trying the cold water of Blue Eye, break time for a coffee.
Last location will be Lekursi Castle, we will be on time to catch an amazing sunset from the castle, one of the highest place of the city. From here we can see Ionian sea, Bistrica River, Butrinti Lake, Sarande City, village around Corfu and Ksamil.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
4.9
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Ratings come from 70 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
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5Brilliant 🤩 experience not to be missed
Everyone was lovely all staff chatty and genuinely caring. We was late due to taxi and they picked us up on the way at a different meeting point very grateful and the experience was great
5Amazing, great value and Ori excellent host
Extremely well organised and great value. We were travelling with two young children a 4 and 2 year old and Ori in particular was absolutely amazing with them. The girls absolutely loved her and can’t stop talking about her. Falemenderit Ori
2Great expectations
The water is too cold (10C°) so you can't sweam, we had a drink by the water. The castle is nice but overcrowded and I made more beautiful photos from the beach I was on everyday. So, the tour for us came down to the one drink by the Blue Eye, being hurded in the crowd and driving around.
5Great experience
It was a really nice trip, the guide was prepared and the experience was very enjoyable: the view at the top of the castle is beautiful in the sunset and the blue eye is a special place in the nature
55/5
Great experience in the unique Albanian nature
5Beautiful blue eye
Blue Eye is beautiful certainly worth a visit castle is a tourist trap soooo busy
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- ⚠️ Please note: Pickup times are earlier than the tour start time. If you selected pickup from Ksamil, you must be ready 25 minutes before at our meeting point. Guests who arrive late may miss the tour.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 19 travellers
- Operated by
- Open Tour Albania
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
How it compares in Saranda
- Its from-price is 61% below the median of the 172 experiences we list in Saranda.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 13 of 172.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Saranda
Saranda is a sunny port on Albania's Ionian coast, curved around a wide bay with the Greek island of Corfu in sight across the water.
Saranda climbs a steep hillside above its bay, with a palm-lined promenade at the water's edge and apartment blocks stacked up the slope. Its name is a local form of the Greek for Forty Saints, after a monastery whose ruins lie among the houses. The mosaic floor of an ancient synagogue was found near the harbour, and Lëkurësi Castle, a sixteenth-century fortress on the ridge, looks over the town towards Corfu.
Top-ranked sights in Saranda: Lekursi Castle (Kajala e Lekuresit).
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