Albania · FOOD TOURS IN SARANDA
Good food tours in Saranda fill up weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 9 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Sail through Butrint Lake on a small traditional boat for hands-on mussel farming, then eat fresh mussels with wine at a quiet lakeside restaurant.
“An excellent tour. Great insight onto mussel cultivation and they taste delicious as did the local wine.”
Panoramic Lekuresi Castle, a walk to the Blue Eye, then wine tasting in Saranda. A 4-hour port tour with guides.
“We had a great time on this tour! Mara communicated with me on time changes with the tour and was able to accommodate us. We visited all the spots and had enough time at each location. It was amazing! the scenery is unremarkable. A really great and memorable half day tour that we did from Corfu.”
Taste local wine and raki in Saranda, then see Albania’s Blue Eye and Lekuresi Castle views, all in a small-group half-day.
“Great day trip! The Blue Eye is beautiful and the wine tasting and sunset were unexpected highlights! The wine tasting was at a cute vineyard with a lovely patio. You have 4 different wines and more rakia with great local tapas. The sunset at the castle was beautiful!”
Saranda sunset tour: winery tasting at Kantina e Verës ISAK, the mysterious Blue Eye, and Lëkurësi Castle views with a live guide.
““Lekursi and winery were incredible and full of stories. The Blue Eye was crystal clear even in January.””
Sarandë pub crawl plus a boat party with 6 shots, rooftop views, and club entry, ending at Orange Club until sunrise. 6 hours.
“Had a awesome time on the Saranda pub crawl. The boat party was super fun and the views were great. We went to few different venues and got easy entrance everywhere. Met lots of cool people and the night was just really good vibes.”
Saranda wine and raki tasting with hotel pickup, Lekursi Castle views, and a farm tour at ISAK canteen with homemade wines and spirits.
“This was a fantastic experience! We had a great guide who told us about the whole process from wine growing to the finished product. We had a tour of the vineyard and the production premises where the wine was developed and stored. It was very educational and exciting to see how the wine was made. 😀 We strongly recommend this tour!Auto-translated”
Half-day private tour from Saranda or Ksamil to Blue Eye plus organic food, local wine, and raki tasting, with hotel pickup included.
“Communication was great via WhatsApp the day before/morning of - so we knew exactly what was going on. Sead, who picked us up from our hotel was very nice & shared a lot about his life in Albania. We were dropped off at the entrance to the Blue Eye, we chose to get the train down to see it which was easy. - blue eye beautiful! We were then taken to a Cantina where a member of staff left a carafe each of white, rose & red wine on our table, that had been made at their vineyard and a few bottles of raki (traditional Albania spirit) along with some…”
A 3-hour Saranda wine and raki tasting with greenhouse produce, a tour of traditional production, and an olive oil factory stop.
“Het was leuk, maar een beetje te duur voor wat je krijgt!”
6-hour private boat tour from Sarandë to Krorez Beach with snorkeling gear, swim stops, cold drinks, and umbrellas.
