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Sarande Highlights Day Trip: Butrint, Ksamil, Blue Eye, and Lekuresi Castle
4.7
100 Ratings
Sarandë
This one-day journey offers you a memorable blend of history, culture, tranquility, and stunning scenes of nature. An all-encompassing trip that will guide you through the major points of interest in the Sarande area.
This one-day journey offers you a memorable blend of history, culture, tranquility, and stunning scenes of nature. An all-encompassing trip that will guide you through the major points of interest in the Sarande area.
Duration:
7 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Butrint National Park - A visit to the ruins of Butrint.
- Plazhi Ksamilit - A coffee break or lunch time(optional) by the sea. A quick walk, photo shooting in the most beautiful beaches of the south of Albania
- The Blue Eye - 60mins visit into the Natural Park of Blue Eye, enjoying the beauties of a dense green forest mixed with the…
- Butrint National Park - A visit to the ruins of Butrint.
- Plazhi Ksamilit - A coffee break or lunch time(optional) by the sea. A quick walk, photo shooting in the most beautiful beaches of the south of Albania
- The Blue Eye - 60mins visit into the Natural Park of Blue Eye, enjoying the beauties of a dense green forest mixed with the amazing springs.
- Lekuresi Castle - A castle at the top of the mountain, with an enormeous panorama of the whole area. Built in 1537 from the Ottoman Empire. Used to be a military base till 90s. Nowdays a tourist attraction. Don’t miss it.
What's Included
- Pick-up/drop-off at your address
- On-board WiFi
- Entrance tickets to Blue Eye Park
- Professional tour guide
- Entrance ticket to Butrint (10 euro)
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Pick-up/drop-off at your address
- On-board WiFi
- Entrance tickets to Blue Eye Park
- Professional tour guide
- Entrance ticket to Butrint (10 euro)
- In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
- Meals.
- Train ticket in Blue Eye(6euro)
- Meals.
- Train ticket in Blue Eye(6euro)
Location
Saranda Ferry Terminal
Rei Tours office, inside Saranda Ferry Terminal
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(100 Ratings)
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Emily
Jul 19, 2025
Highly recommend - Really enjoyed this trip. Great tour guides. Very friendly. Very knowledgeable. We fitted in loads of things. We were a mixed group. Some familiar with Albania some first time visit and this worked for all of us. Very comfortable car. Very safe driver. Lovely tour guides. Highly recommend.
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J8950hlalexandern
Jul 16, 2025
Nice trip - Ruins were wonderful, our ferry was late and they accommodated us. Driving was a bit exhausting due to bad Saturday beach traffic
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Ceciedani
Jul 10, 2025
A journey through centuries of history and the beauty of an unspoilt naturei - We chose this organized tour and I must say we did not regret it at all! The knowledgeable guide accompanied us on the tour of Butrint immersing us in centuries of history, we admired the unspoilt beauty of the blue Eye to conclude our tour with the castle of lekursi from which we admired the view of the city of Saranda. Thank you Gert!! Highly recommended!
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G7122jfmartins
Jul 9, 2025
Day trip with Rei Tours - By far my favorit was Butrint, but I'm a history nerd and the view from Lekuresi was fenomenal, but I felt that the 'Blue Eye' was a bit over rated. The guide was knowledgeable, spoke several languages, was very nice, open and helpful.
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Jolene_p
Jul 8, 2025
Very enjoyable day! - Excellent tour. The sites at Butrint were very interesting and our tour guide was very knowledgeable. He made the tour much more engaging. The Blue Eye was underwhelming to be honest. Not much to see there.
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Kolnerelisabeth
Jun 27, 2025
Nice, varied tour with a little of everything - Nice varied tour with local, knowledgeable guide. The tour of the ruins of Butrint was very interesting. Then good combo of stops at the beach, drives in the countryside, lunch stop at affordable, local Albanian restaurant and cooling finish in scenic Blue Eye.
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Ribvale
Jun 24, 2025
Albanian day out around Sarandë - Great day out. Tony our guide was fantastic. Knowledgeable and very friendly. Nice mini bus, small group of 6 of us. Thanks
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David_k
Jun 19, 2025
See all the important parts of Sarandé - Tony was a great guide…and best to go with a tour because I wouldn’t want to drive on the roads here. Pick-up and drop-off at our hotel, received highlights of all the places, including entrance fees. We only had to pay the €6/person to ride the train from the entrance of the Blue Eye park to the actual spring head waters. (The train is one of those “kiddie trains” used for tours around city streets.)
Perfect amount of time in all the places, but no time for lunch built into the schedule…so eat a good breakfast or bring snacks. Plenty of time to get a drink, but not a sit-down lunch. Again… our guide Tony was great.
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Vespergirl
Jul 17, 2025
Worth it, but Tour company needs to be prompt. - The tour itself was great. The sights and things we did was very good. My only issue is that the tour didn't start on time and didn't end on time - giving us time to explore Seranda at the end of the day. Please try to accommodate peoples time better.
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Kingson_c
Jul 1, 2025
Need better planning for Butrint tour - I usually give constructive reviews. So, please take this positively.
All well went except at Butrint. Butrint was supposed to be the highlight of my trip but it was disappointing. There was so much rush by the guide from one point to another. We didnt get enough time to walk on our own inside the complex, or take pictures. We were just running from one spot to another. Undoubtedly, the guide was very knowledgeable but wish he could give us some free time to enjoy the complex on our own.
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