Thanks for talking about the beach club issue. It seems to be a pandemic lately, where the entire beaches are taken over by private companies. It's worse in developing countries, where it is easier to bribe the officials to get a permit to do that. I was to go to Albania for a beach break, but seeing your video I will definitely go somewhere else. It must be so hard for the Albanians not to be able to enjoy the beautiful coastline they have. Let's hope they will get their beaches back.
It’s like 5 dollars for two seats for the whole day it’s worth it all you bring is a towel and everything else is there for you. I hate going to public beaches in the US
I was the entire month of August 2021 in Sarandë and discovered that there are beautiful public beaches ( not private) north of Sarandë about 20 minutes by bus such as Bunec and Lukovë. Also 1 hour 15 minutes north of Sarandë in Himare , Dhërmi, and Vlorë, the beaches are all public, very long and with less people than in Sarandë . Tons of space to relax and enjoy the quietness of the surroundings. I just hope this won’t change in 2023 and the years to come. If you stay in Sarandë, there is one public beach in front of the town.
Umm, yeh, nah. I was in Dhermi a few years back and had your problem and the fact that everywhere they expected cash only payments. Water in Dhermi was amazing. Vlore had a public beach but the water isn’t as clear. I also found the beach club problem in Corfu town too. Try Parga and Lefkhada and prices are comparable to that of Albania but prettier surrounds. I drove back from Albania to the neighbouring country after 10 hours because of private beaches and expectations. Beautiful sea though. I’m from Australia so this was a shock to me. No private beaches here.
That is a wise decision, if you want a nice vacation, Albania is not gonna give you that. It will be a headache most of the time. Italy and Greece are way better
Glad you’re exposing the truth about this ugly trend about how they try and restrict access to beaches and try and exploit anyone who visits. Not only is it a huge turnoff but it’s bad for the environment and for tourism but also for the locals.
Was there second half of August 2022, out of 17 beaches visited in the Himara area, Gjipe was hands down the best in terms of having a relaxing beach vibe with no cabanas and no loud beach club. Likely reasons: its a 25min walk down from the car park and the "road" to supply sunbeds/cabanas etc to the beach is strictly for 4x4 lifted vehicles who have experience driving up/down the difficult route. Boat companies are not allowed to drop off/pick up people there anymore because of a 7 year old girl being killed by a boat so I think these factors explain why the beach is more peaceful than all the others.
Hiya Chris, and Carol, gorgeous intro. Good idea to get a car. Nothing worse than a red-hot coach. Gorgeous beaches. Lovely drone footage. That is a crazy amount of beach beds. Beautiful water. That was a bit savage that they told that couple to leave because they brought a shade. Bless them. Thank you for the tour around. Pretty old town. Gorgeous views. My fav chill-out time. I always look forward to watching your travels and adventures. Great video. Liked and shared, as always. Thank you for sharing. Have a wonderful week.
I stayed in Albania for 3 weeks (for the 6th time in 3 years) and with locals found beautiful public beaches with water full of fish, crabs, tiny jellyfish and limpets. We even found a completely secluded beach which we enjoyed by ourselves - each time completely alone - no one else in sight. This beaches are there if you walk a little bit and ask local people.
The beaches there are so beautiful and the coastline is long! There are indeed disputes over beach management rights in many countries! My country closed all the beaches and can only enter the paid area, the advantage is that it can avoid destroying the beach by people! I'm curious who brought the chair on the mountain, so sweet! Thank you for sharing such a beautiful video! 👍😃👏
Closed all the beaches :( that is so sad. In Oregon state in the US there are NO private beaches. Every inch of beach is public access even if it looks like it someone's property it isn't and you can put your beach towel down and relax
@@duc25xr Oregon state is great, I support partial opening, some places are private, some are public, and dangerous places should be closed! Otherwise, people sneak into unmanaged places, and accidents often happen！
what are you talking about? this is LIES. The are is many free beaches in greece. Also everyone needs a drink on the beach or a water. or music. Greece is modern country. Μοιάζεις σαν να ζεις σε άλλη χωρα.. τι μαλακίες λες?
We have been to Albania and loved it. But I guess its the time of the year when we travel. We travel either June or Sept/Oct in the Mediterranean. Still good weather, less tourists and everything much cheaper. We have been following you since the days when you got stuck in Palawan. If you get once to Norway & Svalbard, I am sure youd love it. Although its not on the cheap side.
Yeah we were thinking that it will probably be amazing during the shoulder seasons. I doubt all the beaches will be occupied by beach club sun beds during that time.
@@JumpingPlaces official beach club season is from 1.June - 31.August plus/minus a couple of days before and after. But since the summers are getting pretty much longer and hotter one can perfectly enjoy beach time from May to end September. I would actually recommend it to bypass the masses
Hi...just started following when you on your last leg in Turkey. I must admit that i just love your videos. Carol, you such a beautiful and soft spoken person..🥰 Your background music is so relaxing.. Wish you all the best in Albania. From Johannesburg..South Africa
Yes we visited another beach in the next video that was supposed have a public area but once again the beach clubs had taken over. In the next video we show Ksamil too but that place is like Disneyland. We knew that before going to Ksamil though so we weren't really disappointed, just wanted to see how it was.
@@JumpingPlaces Ksamil beaches are horrible, they hate foreigners, charge extortionate prices for everything and the beaches are man made too..... Hilarious how social media and youtubers hype the place up id rather go to Blackpool beach. You really have to drive death roads to find secret beaches and even then sometimes they are full of litter such a shame I imagine a few years ago it was so beautiful. Appreciate you guys honesty I thought you were the type to say everything is amazing but I'm wrong!!
@@timetoventureout189 But they were already put on the spot like sardines in a can ruining the view even though Ksamil was almost empty this May. I was there too.
Myself and my wife just came back from saranda and surrounding town's etc and found the whole beach club thing so disappointing up to 1000 lek for sunbeds on some beaches (with sand) in ksamil. We didn't like saranda except for the promenade area, at night it's very nicely lit up but very crowded. Like your drone footage ❤
did Albanian riviera last year spent a lot of time in Albania..really love it..I hope you guys did the the full stretch of the riviera..Especially Vuno, Dhermi,Gjipe, lukove, Qeparo, Porto Palermo and so many others all the way to greek border near Ksamil
hey there, which beaches are the ones with no sun beds? we were having a hard time finding any. all the ones on google maps that we clicked on that could be accessed by car looked like these beaches in recent pictures. the ones that you mentioned all looked the same as these from what we saw. Recent reviews said it’s gotten way worse this year, beaches that previously were places with no sun beds now have sun beds everywhere.
After seeing comments from other albanians it appears that going north of himare there are more beaches without beach clubs everywhere. but in the south between Ksamil, Sarande & Himare there aren't many anymore, during summer anyway
@@JumpingPlaces Hey :) Probably the best public beach (with no sun beds at all) with hardly any people even on peak season is in Lukove, just next to "Gate to Horizon-Bio Camping Lukove". The road is a bit bumpy but its our peace of heaven. Even Albanians are mostly going to different countries during summer because of the exact reasons you have mentioned in the videos unfortunately.
We made two videos from there, both are going to be awesome :D We visited some extremely beautiful places there. the most beautiful greek islands that we have visited so far
Oh my gosh…I had Albanian riviera on my list but seeing this video it reminds me so much of the stupid Bulgarian beaches and how they turned them into one big scam…I heard from other places that Albania has changed regarding the beaches and now I am determined not to go on the riviera. I loved the mountains you showed though in your other video. Too bad though for the beaches, it is just ugly to be kicked out of a public place because you don’t want to pay a mafia person for his stupid sunbed!
Yeah another viewer just mentioned that Bulgaria is the same, we have never been there so we didn't know it was also like this. Possibly in the shoulder seasons they don't do this but not too sure. On a positive note the nature was definitely the highlight of our Albania trip, very impressive!
Too funny - I've been watching your videos on Mexico. you two sure get around! Quite disappointing about all the sunbeds on the beaches. Hopefully that will change.
Thanks for the imfo. So sad these beautiful places become spoiled by greed. I have heard there are still places on that coast more people friendly but I guess those may be less known. Understandably so. Good video though and always helpful. Thanks ✌
@@JumpingPlaces Gjipe Beach: It takes about 15-20 minutes walking to get to the beach but it is definitely worth the effort despite the scorching heat and sweat. On the way back, up the hill it is even more challenging but you won’t regret it as the beach is gorgeous. You can leave your car at the parking place which is chargeable 300 Lek. On the beach there are sun beds for rental and plenty of space to sit on your own blanket or a towel but make sure you have your own umbrella or tent to hide as there isn’t much shade nearby. A few beach bars to get refreshing drinks and crystal-clear water to cool down and have a swim. You may also take up the hiking trail into the canyon and explore the sight if you feel like. Gjipe Beach is one of the most incredible places in the coast of Albania and if you happen to drive by, make a stop and have a look around.
Another interesting day in Albania. Very winding mountain roads. Good driving Carol. Nice white sand beach if you can find a spot to sit. Great prices for food.
there are plenty of reasons to visit the Albanian Riviera - its stunning beaches (that aren't jam packed with other tourists), its world heritage sites, its weather, its food and of course the price - its extremely cheap (think Greece or Croatia without the price tag).
@@plonkerification The natural beauty of the Southern Albania RIviera (North Epirus) is the same with Epirus riviera in Greece so he is not wrong. He speaks about the natural beauty after all, not the infastructure.
@@plonkerification Yeah I know cause I live in Epirus Greece and I have visited Albania. Even though Epirus is the poorest region of Greece it's far richer than Albania. When it comes to natural beauty though I meant that they are very similar. Beautiful blue beaches with a lot of green plantation that reaches the sea. High mountains that create beautiful valleys with tradition villages and great food. If you compare the civil part though, yes you are right, as it's expected, the EU countries are far richer.
@Slovojed sry you missed touring the untouched mountains and valleys in the north, the wild limestone canyons in the south and historic cities. As for the cuisine you cant beat the prices for the variety and quality especially when coming from EU- countries. No need for dismissing the fact that Croatia and Greece only updated their infrastructure to modern standarts with EU - backed financing when being accepted in the Union. Their only contribution to the EU is being generally cheaper tourist spots than Italy, France and Spain. Yeah we are neighbours. We remember the transformation before and after the EU. Like you said the difference between Paris and Kisiniev
@@JumpingPlaces Like in the UK with cash only nail bars and the Oxford street candy shop scam. The Mexican cartels use the Playa Cancun and Playa De Maya Hotels. Balkan states are rinsing money and shifting product like nobodies business.
I think people making statements like this are just idiots.. Albania is no different to other countries like Greece, Italy, Croatia or Montenegro. Why wouldn't you bet for these countries laundring money through loungers? Where does this stop?
@@id2888 As a Criminologist and a retired professional money launderer I categorically and emphatically assure you all those countries are and the worst culprits are BANKs. Don't NIEVE!!! And don't call me an idiot. Thanks.
@@werewolvesandfriendsuk I don't think you're an idiot, I don't know you, but your comment certainly is idiotic and offensive. You have no idea of the work people do to maintain these beaches clean and safe. They earn their living and provide for their families through the work they do. They pay very high rental prices for these beaches to local authorities. Why should people demand free service and make false accusation about Albania but they wouldn't dream to do the same in other countires? Would you make same statements for London which is the world capital of money laundering? Or is it just easy to pick on few people in remote villages of Albania?
it's true, as a local resident I can't find a good place beach to swim in saranda or ksamil or any other city so many good places are occupied by different restaurants, although they are not allowed to do so according to the law but it is not respected laws shame
Sad we went out of season and it was beautiful 0 tourists atall yet in summer looks terrible they are milking it so much, charging that much for sun beds is hilarious for a country like albania, things can only go downhill from now as it seems to have skyrocketed in popularity sad reality.... Over tourism and greed really destroys places completely
July 2023 I'm not willing to pay up to a 100 $ for sunbeds depending on location. Beach is wonderful but it's still Albania and not Bahamas. The rest is daylight robbery as well. Prices are not as cheap as they were 2 years ago. Long term this is not going to work out for them. I was excited to come here but after 2 days I'm already fed up.
Private beaches? No way, that is like a cancer to any tourist country. There was attempt in Croatia one hotel made the sign like it is a private beach and people gathered and demostrated. They made pressure on local community, tgen they made a bad reviews online and like hundreds and they removed it after few days
Very interesting video! Carol, all of the driving all of the time, nota dez! Too bad about the beach club situations. É triste ver tantas cadeiras e barracas com quase ninguém. Um golpe com certeza. Can’t wait to see where you go to in Asia! Safe travels lovely people! Beijos da California!🌻
Saranda (full name: Agioi Saranda, in Greek it means 40 Saints). It is where the officially recognised Greek minority villages in south Albania (Northern Epirus) are. The place used to be part of ancient Greece, it is geographically, historically, culturally, and ethnologically connected to the northern Greek region of Epirus since antiquity and so you can find many ancient Greek monuments, theatres, churches and artifacts, while most locals are of Greek origin (e.g. Rama is half Greek lining from ethnic Greek Spuro Koleka). After the Ottoman occupation, the area was officially recognised in 1912 as the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus (another independent Greek state, such as Cyprus) by the Great Powers under the Protocol of Corfu (signed by Albania too). Following the Balkan wars, the area was given to the Greeks again under the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 (which is not met). The Greeks fought for over 6 months the Germans and Italians in the mountains, when the Albanians had sided the Axis powers, so the area is full of Greek soldiers cemetaries - being systematically vandalised by Albanians fascists. Today, although the area is recognised officially as a Greek minority area, the Albanian Gov confiscates illegally the properties and land of local Greeks, while Greek indigenous populations are being threatened and attacked for speaking Greek, raising the Greek flag or exploiting their land (these are official rights under their recognition as minority villages/population) and even killed (e.g. Katsifa's killing 3-4 years ago). Pyrros Dimas, an ethnic Greek and multi-gold Olympic weight-lifter is from Himara. Most recently the elected Greek Mayor of Himara village (Mr Beleris) has been imprisoned as he is resisting against the illegal confiscation of Greek properties. The matter has been brought to the European Commission.
Greece doesn't exist.. It was made up by bavarian empire .Koine is a made up language , that's why greek parlament voted to change it from albanian native language to some made up koine that sounds spanish. It was voted in your parlament. All your 100 heros of 1821 of greece independence are arvanite (albanian) origin. That's why you changed their names. Epirus was is and will be albanian , that;s why you massacred and killed thousands of Chams (albanians from Chameria) Northen greece. Napoleon Zervas was in command who BTW was of albanian orthodox origin. That's why you won't find "greeks" in S. Italy but only arbereshe (albanians) that left during ottoman occupation.(there were no greeks back then) You're just orthodox albanians who wanted a different identity from muslim albanians but covered with all the ancient glory you could find. Don't make me go on with historical facts , just enjoy our lands without the use of your imagination online. As for the greek minority bullshit... Stop giving them "pensions" and you'll see how greek they are. #paidmercenaries.
@@vendetta4033 Exactly! It will always be a geographical, historical, cultural, administrative region located in Northern Greece, as it used to be for 3000 years. Greeker than Greece. Nothing to do with the Slavs and former Bulgarian lands where the newly founded state of Northern Macedonia is
These beach clubs with thumping music are annoying! Sad. Have you thought of going to Croatia? Also amazingly beautiful and historic. Love your vlogs , wait every night to see if there is one to watch . Very well done , thank you. X
It's the same case here in lebanon they possess every spot in the beaches all around the country we don't have any free spot to lay down under the sunlight 🇱🇧🇱🇧🇱🇧
@@JumpingPlaces I was in vacation for 2 weeks in the riviera and went to almost every beach there and there are plenty of beaches that are public although some of them less known and others only accessible by boat. If you go to the most popular beaches it's common to have to pay cause most of them are private but we have plenty of public beaches also
@@kristina1991.h was that in july/august and this year? Every beach that I checked recent pics all looked like these places during august. Even the smaller ones unless it was one that you get to by boat
We actually go to one of the smaller ones in the next video that requires a bit of a hike and was supposed to be public. So there is one part that is rented by a beach club but they also put all their sun beds on the public beach. Which beaches are the ones that aren’t like these?
είναι μια μικρή χώρα έχασε έδαφος ανάπτυξης πήγα πέρυσι δεν έχει αρχαιολογικό χώρους και γενικά δεν είναι κάτι ιδιαίτερο αλλά οι άνθρωποι μας καλοδεχτηκαν
The reason there are so many sunbeds and beach clubs popping up all along the coast is they are a lot criminal run,they make a real lot of money on them for next to no expence,that,s why they asked the couple to leave with their own umberella
Hi, do you still use GoPro 10? any heating or other issues suing it specially with wind slyer or under water? I read online there are some heating issues and bad mic sound specially after getting out of water. Thanks for sharing, take care guys
We use the GoPro hero 9 still, haven’t had any heating issues though. I think that happens to people who film straight for a long time. I usually just film quick clips and then turn the camera off. Gabriel traveler mentioned that he has the heating issue with his GoPro but I imagine that’s because he walks around filming very long sequences. Regarding the water, any action camera is bad after going under water as the mic will be wet. Once we go under the water with it we normally wait a bit for the mic to dry out before recording any audio again, we also clean the front of the mic with a towel etc
Guys you are great and Albania is beautiful! When you are going to visit Caucasian region ? Transcontinental countries like Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. There are all beautiful countries with amazing nature, food, architecture and kind people. Places like the capitols Tbilisi, Baku, Yerevan, beautiful coastal cities like Batumi, Astara (Azerbaijanian side), See Breeze and they have all very cute ancient mountain cities. Love to all nations!
I thank you for that request ....i too love that region...full of rich history like Turkey. I especially like the villagers...the sceneries are breathtaking and of cause the beautiful breads being baked every day
@@JumpingPlacesYou will surely be blessed in the near future .. in the interim am enjoying the current videos and just wish you all the best . Take care.
@@JumpingPlaces I'm sure you will. Meanwhile I will watch your objective/realistic videos about many great countries and people. Thank you a lot and take care! You are a beautiful couple. ps. let me know if you need some tips about Caucasian countries.
Just curious what you thought of Sarandë in general? For maybe a longer term stay? Not related to beaches. That is too bad about the beaches...they really should save at least one nice beach to be a public beach.
The umbrella means they can stay without having to take shelter in a pay for shade sun bed. Just sitting without an umbrella doesn’t look like competition! No wonder it’s all empty.
Dear @I D, i´ve been reading your comments and I have to disagree. I repeat : Beach Clubs are a luxury service and as every luxury commodity they should be available for everyone who WANTS to pay for them. But they are NOT a PREREQUISITE for having clean or safe beaches as you argue, and available parking space or beach showers for that matter. That falls under the tasks and duties of the local authorities who got the right to manage their corresponding coastline by the central goverment. Thats what the TAXES are paid for BY EVERY ALBANIAN CITIZEN. If you didn´t know now you do.Thats how it works in other neighbouring countries. So yes, its nice to have them as an option as I myself sometimes feel like going there. But the extensive renting out by the goverment of the mostly state owend coast line on one hand and the illegall land grab by some beach bar owners on the other has taken surreal proportions.
As far as we are talking about the free public beaches they are specifically labeled as such with signposts. In 2022, just like the previous year the municipality of Kavaje has rented out 198 sand slots to the private sector and only 40 are designated public beaches. Thats a ratio of 80 to 20. These rules of engagement have been generally applied by all local authorities along the coastline from Shengjin to Saranda. That is hard Data given by the goverment istelf. Be my guest and check it out. In regard to the "free and as public" labeled beach of Himara it streches for about 650m along the promenade and is not one of the most aesthetically pleasing ones around the area or clean just as all the other free municipality beaches aren´t. Albania for sure is not advertising itself online to the world with those ones. On the other hand it´s true that in the other 2 adjacent beaches and Potam, Qeparo, Borsh, Dhermi and ect one can still find open spaces next to private beach bars. But they are not legally labeled as free public beaches. It just happens that no private investor bid for them for the season as the waterline might have a lot of big rocks or in that part cold currents are regularly flowing. Next summer the picture might look totally different. They might be occupied too.
Now regarding the honest, hardworking beach bar businesses and the high taxes they are paying to the goverment for their seasonal licensing they are obviously still making good profits considering they keep applying for the licence every summer and over the years have extended their businessess by adding another storey to the building, an adjacent restaurant to their hotel or more sunbeds. And if they are struggeling financially since covid and inflation started let me remind you so is any other honest and hardworking tax paying business and household in the country. I won´t comment on the current sunbeds situation in Turkey since it´s been 4 years since I was there and in Italy even longer than that but I was in Greece this June/July. In almost every beautiful beach of Paros and Antiparos we indeed found beach bars but they were confined to only I wanna say 30/40 % of the beach. The rest was free to the public and not once did we see trash lying around in the piblic area. So apparently local authorities do work there. On the other hand we do not have a similiar law like the greek one stipulating that sunbeds and umbrellas are not allowed to cover more than 50 % of any beach. In reality by no means do I believe that there are no cases of abuse in Greece by private businesses bending the law to their will as corruption exist everywhere but in our country it seems like sunbed business is on steroids.
There are a lot of places in the Albanian riviera where there’s no beds and you can use your own. Saranda too has a public beach. But of course if you to a private one you have to pay for the bed.
Which beaches? People keep saying there are many but they never say the names of any lol. Yes sarande and himare both have public beaches in the main town centers but they are not the nicest since they have concrete buildings for the backdrop. We just wanted to find a nice natural one on the coast with cliff/mountain backdrops as they are the nicest. I know there are some deserted ones you can get to by boat but whenever I checked any beach that had a road going to it, it seemed to be the same thing with beach clubs everywhere
@@JumpingPlaces Gjipe beach you can go by car and then you have to walk a little bit. I don’t know if they changed it now, but what I see from the pictures it still has remained virgin and no beach clubs over there. If you ask the locals they normally help and are very friendly in Albania
A local advised us to go to a beach in the next video that had a public area only for us to find that the beach club also illegally took over the public part too lol. It is kind of hard at the moment because beaches that seemed to be fine last season now have beach clubs
i just checked that Gjipe and looks a bit better in the recent pics, a little more than half of it seems to be a beach club but there still seems to be some public areas. Basically any beach that you can get to easily by car without a hike is completely taken over by the beach clubs sunbeds from what we have checked. The only way to get to beaches not taken over is to go on some hikes i guess. maybe coming during a shoulder season is better, i doubt they would put sunbeds on every corner of the beaches when its not peak summer season
Yes it's true, in Gjipe one can still find a public spot and relax and enjoy the beautiful view that the backside of the sunbeds offer and maybe see a little blue in between them. Or just hope that no other visitors had the revelation to squeeze themselves on the narrow sides of the beach and then pack up just before the tide comes sweeping in. That's what? Around 4pm? Is this what passes as a perfectly acceptable "also public beach"? And pls don't get me started on advertising the municipality beaches like the one in Saranda located near the Port that is about 800m long by max. 10m wide. What a poor excuse for a public beach in the southern riviera.
Glad you are enjoying it! We haven't had any issue with it in any countries that we have been yet. Pretty amazing that you can get internet that way without having to visit a store or even downloading any app. Which country are you using it in?
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used to be a no-man’s-land few years ago, but it’s getting better … I predict that it’s going the become worst than Costa del Sol … bad mass tourism under a corrupt political system (that’s the Albanian version of Spain) 😉
Sunbed is a mafia industry do the math 1 bed x $ by # of beds. The Bulgarians had it down to an art. A thug would come and intimidate you to rent a sun bed and umbrella. It’s the Bulgarian biz model.
yeah that second beach had literally only like 10% of the beds filled with people at peak time. they just put the beds everywhere to make it almost impossible to visit for free
@@JumpingPlaces if you “fight back” (resist) & I did happy to sit on my towel on sand than to be blackmailed, even if you “win” you lose because it’s a very unpleasant experience and you are left with the rage 😤
Yes we didn't really want to stay there after watching a nice old couple get kicked out for going to a quiet hidden spot and minding their own business. I am not even sure if these places can do this by law, hard to find information about it online.
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Thanks for talking about the beach club issue. It seems to be a pandemic lately, where the entire beaches are taken over by private companies. It's worse in developing countries, where it is easier to bribe the officials to get a permit to do that. I was to go to Albania for a beach break, but seeing your video I will definitely go somewhere else. It must be so hard for the Albanians not to be able to enjoy the beautiful coastline they have. Let's hope they will get their beaches back.
You should still visit, it sucks but in the end of the day it's very cheap especially if you are tourist. Hopefully the beaches will become free again
It’s like 5 dollars for two seats for the whole day it’s worth it all you bring is a towel and everything else is there for you. I hate going to public beaches in the US
I was the entire month of August 2021 in Sarandë and discovered that there are beautiful public beaches ( not private) north of Sarandë about 20 minutes by bus such as Bunec and Lukovë. Also 1 hour 15 minutes north of Sarandë in Himare , Dhërmi, and Vlorë, the beaches are all public, very long and with less people than in Sarandë . Tons of space to relax and enjoy the quietness of the surroundings. I just hope this won’t change in 2023 and the years to come. If you stay in Sarandë, there is one public beach in front of the town.
Umm, yeh, nah. I was in Dhermi a few years back and had your problem and the fact that everywhere they expected cash only payments. Water in Dhermi was amazing. Vlore had a public beach but the water isn’t as clear. I also found the beach club problem in Corfu town too. Try Parga and Lefkhada and prices are comparable to that of Albania but prettier surrounds. I drove back from Albania to the neighbouring country after 10 hours because of private beaches and expectations. Beautiful sea though. I’m from Australia so this was a shock to me. No private beaches here.
That is a wise decision, if you want a nice vacation, Albania is not gonna give you that. It will be a headache most of the time. Italy and Greece are way better
Glad you’re exposing the truth about this ugly trend about how they try and restrict access to beaches and try and exploit anyone who visits.
Not only is it a huge turnoff but it’s bad for the environment and for tourism but also for the locals.
This phenomenon has happened in the last 2 to 3 years and it's disgusting
Good video.Just showing what a rip off the country is letting beaches getting privatised .Puts me completely visiting the place
Was there second half of August 2022, out of 17 beaches visited in the Himara area, Gjipe was hands down the best in terms of having a relaxing beach vibe with no cabanas and no loud beach club. Likely reasons: its a 25min walk down from the car park and the "road" to supply sunbeds/cabanas etc to the beach is strictly for 4x4 lifted vehicles who have experience driving up/down the difficult route. Boat companies are not allowed to drop off/pick up people there anymore because of a 7 year old girl being killed by a boat so I think these factors explain why the beach is more peaceful than all the others.
I like how you show the bad aspects as well as good. Always a great watch. Thanks for your hard work filmimg and posting.
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Hiya Chris, and Carol, gorgeous intro. Good idea to get a car. Nothing worse than a red-hot coach. Gorgeous beaches. Lovely drone footage. That is a crazy amount of beach beds. Beautiful water. That was a bit savage that they told that couple to leave because they brought a shade. Bless them.
Thank you for the tour around. Pretty old town. Gorgeous views. My fav chill-out time. I always look forward to watching your travels and adventures. Great video. Liked and shared, as always. Thank you for sharing. Have a wonderful week.
I stayed in Albania for 3 weeks (for the 6th time in 3 years) and with locals found beautiful public beaches with water full of fish, crabs, tiny jellyfish and limpets. We even found a completely secluded beach which we enjoyed by ourselves - each time completely alone - no one else in sight. This beaches are there if you walk a little bit and ask local people.
The beaches there are so beautiful and the coastline is long! There are indeed disputes over beach management rights in many countries!
My country closed all the beaches and can only enter the paid area, the advantage is that it can avoid destroying the beach by people!
I'm curious who brought the chair on the mountain, so sweet! Thank you for sharing such a beautiful video! 👍😃👏
Closed all the beaches :( that is so sad. In Oregon state in the US there are NO private beaches. Every inch of beach is public access even if it looks like it someone's property it isn't and you can put your beach towel down and relax
@@duc25xr Oregon state is great, I support partial opening, some places are private, some are public, and dangerous places should be closed!
Otherwise, people sneak into unmanaged places, and accidents often happen！
what are you talking about? this is LIES.
The are is many free beaches in greece.
Also everyone needs a drink on the beach or a water. or music. Greece is modern country.
Μοιάζεις σαν να ζεις σε άλλη χωρα.. τι μαλακίες λες?
@@duc25xr no the are is many free beaches in greece
Also the are is a famous beach bar and nude beachs
Greece is not much better and has a poor record when it comes to enforcing environmental laws.
Albania, beautiful country and
Friendly people.
Greetings from France ❤️💐
You got it all wrong buddy
Među građanima Srbije Albanija je sve popularnija destinacija.❤
Can’t wait for Corfu! You guys may enjoy the TV series “the Durrells in Corfu”..great videos guys💕
You should have tried the furgon (van) for transportation, they are normally runnin AC, faster and less people.
Like in Turkey. It's annoying knowing that 80% of beaches are private by clubs. It's forbidden in Brazil.
Wow!! Sarande looks just beautiful!!! 👌👌👌😍 Thank you very much for sharing!! Greetings from Barcelona 👍❤☺🇪🇸
Amo la Espagna 🇦🇱♥️🇪🇦
We have been to Albania and loved it. But I guess its the time of the year when we travel. We travel either June or Sept/Oct in the Mediterranean. Still good weather, less tourists and everything much cheaper. We have been following you since the days when you got stuck in Palawan. If you get once to Norway & Svalbard, I am sure youd love it. Although its not on the cheap side.
Yeah we were thinking that it will probably be amazing during the shoulder seasons. I doubt all the beaches will be occupied by beach club sun beds during that time.
@@JumpingPlaces official beach club season is from 1.June - 31.August plus/minus a couple of days before and after. But since the summers are getting pretty much longer and hotter one can perfectly enjoy beach time from May to end September. I would actually recommend it to bypass the masses
Hi...just started following when you on your last leg in Turkey.
I must admit that i just love your videos.
Carol, you such a beautiful and soft spoken person..🥰
Your background music is so relaxing..
Wish you all the best in Albania.
From Johannesburg..South Africa
Cheers! We need to head to South Africa at some point 😁
@@JumpingPlaces I totally agree with you.
Looking forward to that day..
Really, really so impressed with your reply...😀
Görüşürüz
I know on Positano (Amalfi Coast) Italy they have an area roped of from the general area with beach lounges for the locals and they don’t have to pay.
UNBELIEVABLY similar to Lebanon 🇱🇧
With also the fact that beach clubs took over most of public beaches
Yep.. thou there is the Army beach..
Which one u mean by army beach?
@@cyrillemrad4950 Just watch out for the mines
Wonderful beaches but this situation with all the beach clubs is really ugly. And it is even worse on Ksamil, spoiled one of the nicest coastlines...
Yes we visited another beach in the next video that was supposed have a public area but once again the beach clubs had taken over. In the next video we show Ksamil too but that place is like Disneyland. We knew that before going to Ksamil though so we weren't really disappointed, just wanted to see how it was.
Ksamil was perfect in May! Barely anyone there, warm enough to lay out in the sun, didn't make us pay for beach chairs.
@@JumpingPlaces Ksamil beaches are horrible, they hate foreigners, charge extortionate prices for everything and the beaches are man made too..... Hilarious how social media and youtubers hype the place up id rather go to Blackpool beach. You really have to drive death roads to find secret beaches and even then sometimes they are full of litter such a shame I imagine a few years ago it was so beautiful.
Appreciate you guys honesty I thought you were the type to say everything is amazing but I'm wrong!!
@@timetoventureout189 But they were already put on the spot like sardines in a can ruining the view even though Ksamil was almost empty this May. I was there too.
pershendetje. shum te veqante jeni. ju deshiroj gjithe te mirat jet. shendeti i pari
I like the views along the driving road, and good beach, I always watch your videos
Myself and my wife just came back from saranda and surrounding town's etc and found the whole beach club thing so disappointing up to 1000 lek for sunbeds on some beaches (with sand) in ksamil. We didn't like saranda except for the promenade area, at night it's very nicely lit up but very crowded. Like your drone footage ❤
Awesome, thank you. This is on my bucket list... Safe travels
Water looks fabulous -- so clear. Beaches overall too rocky. Appreciate the drone shots. Oh yes, and Carol, as always, looks fabulous.
Yes, I also like his drone shots, best quality video
The beach in northern Albania are all sand
@@georgeskanderbeg3242 we wish that we could go there, w like sand beach
Love Albania 🇦🇱 from Iraq 🇮🇶
Omg i Love Saranda and Butrint in Albania i Just go there from Korfu and I have good memories
Thank you. Your video on the beaches was really informative. I may skip the beaches and head to the lakes!
You’ve got to do boat tours. They take you to coves and bays that are the best places to swim in.
shume rrespekte. ju duh me gjithe. zemer.
did Albanian riviera last year spent a lot of time in Albania..really love it..I hope you guys did the the full stretch of the riviera..Especially Vuno, Dhermi,Gjipe, lukove, Qeparo, Porto Palermo and so many others all the way to greek border near Ksamil
Looks like you have been to all "commercial" beaches !! there are plenty of small beaches with hardly no one and surely no sun beds..next time :)
hey there, which beaches are the ones with no sun beds? we were having a hard time finding any. all the ones on google maps that we clicked on that could be accessed by car looked like these beaches in recent pictures. the ones that you mentioned all looked the same as these from what we saw. Recent reviews said it’s gotten way worse this year, beaches that previously were places with no sun beds now have sun beds everywhere.
After seeing comments from other albanians it appears that going north of himare there are more beaches without beach clubs everywhere. but in the south between Ksamil, Sarande & Himare there aren't many anymore, during summer anyway
@@JumpingPlaces Hey :) Probably the best public beach (with no sun beds at all) with hardly any people even on peak season is in Lukove, just next to "Gate to Horizon-Bio Camping Lukove". The road is a bit bumpy but its our peace of heaven. Even Albanians are mostly going to different countries during summer because of the exact reasons you have mentioned in the videos unfortunately.
Excited for Corfu. It's my favorite island in the world ❤ Hope you enjoy it.
We made two videos from there, both are going to be awesome :D We visited some extremely beautiful places there. the most beautiful greek islands that we have visited so far
@@JumpingPlaces corfus is part of Albanian not Greek lol
@@Speed1-t2s Corfu is Greece not Albania
@@tomhart603 corfuz till Janina is part of Albania go and read
@@Speed1-t2s do you mean Corfu the greek island or are you talking about something else ?
Oh my gosh…I had Albanian riviera on my list but seeing this video it reminds me so much of the stupid Bulgarian beaches and how they turned them into one big scam…I heard from other places that Albania has changed regarding the beaches and now I am determined not to go on the riviera. I loved the mountains you showed though in your other video.
Too bad though for the beaches, it is just ugly to be kicked out of a public place because you don’t want to pay a mafia person for his stupid sunbed!
Yeah another viewer just mentioned that Bulgaria is the same, we have never been there so we didn't know it was also like this. Possibly in the shoulder seasons they don't do this but not too sure. On a positive note the nature was definitely the highlight of our Albania trip, very impressive!
you can go to famous beaches in Greece and pay 100 euros for a sunbed and be happy.
@@nikosnikos8184 even there nobody will kick you out of the beach.
you are telling lies.
yes, mafia rules there.. corruption is a huge problem in bulgaria.
what happened to you is common enough.
Is not a public space, is a privately owned business. Is like going to a restaurant and demand you stay there for free.
albania is left hand or right hand drive?planning next year to visit. amazing views
Too funny - I've been watching your videos on Mexico. you two sure get around! Quite disappointing about all the sunbeds on the beaches. Hopefully that will change.
hi thanks for your tour,what you told me so far I will scratch this off my to do list
I think it would still be great in the shoulder seasons, just don’t really recommend it in the summer unless you like the beach club atmosphere
Thanks for the imfo. So sad these beautiful places become spoiled by greed. I have heard there are still places on that coast more people friendly but I guess those may be less known. Understandably so. Good video though and always helpful. Thanks ✌
No they are know but I guess the guys didn’t make a lot of research
@@Eli99505 we did search quite a lot but had a hard time finding any, please let us know the names of the beaches
@@JumpingPlaces Gjipe Beach: It takes about 15-20 minutes walking to get to the beach but it is definitely worth the effort despite the scorching heat and sweat. On the way back, up the hill it is even more challenging but you won’t regret it as the beach is gorgeous. You can leave your car at the parking place which is chargeable 300 Lek. On the beach there are sun beds for rental and plenty of space to sit on your own blanket or a towel but make sure you have your own umbrella or tent to hide as there isn’t much shade nearby. A few beach bars to get refreshing drinks and crystal-clear water to cool down and have a swim. You may also take up the hiking trail into the canyon and explore the sight if you feel like. Gjipe Beach is one of the most incredible places in the coast of Albania and if you happen to drive by, make a stop and have a look around.
Hello Chris and Carol. Beautiful intro of that beautiful place from above. Awesome place in Albania. Have a good time and have fun.
Thanks so much
Thanks for the tour. Always interesting! 🙏
Another interesting day in Albania. Very winding mountain roads. Good driving Carol. Nice white sand beach if you can find a spot to sit. Great prices for food.
You called the Aegean sea the Asian sea. Run bro, the Greeks are behind you! :p
there are plenty of reasons to visit the Albanian Riviera - its stunning beaches (that aren't jam packed with other tourists), its world heritage sites, its weather, its food and of course the price - its extremely cheap (think Greece or Croatia without the price tag).
it's like comparing Paris with Kisiniev Moldova let's be serious.
@@plonkerification The natural beauty of the Southern Albania RIviera (North Epirus) is the same with Epirus riviera in Greece so he is not wrong. He speaks about the natural beauty after all, not the infastructure.
@@G_Kchrst I was in Albania 3 yeras ago... very nice beaches and that is it. Croatia and Greece are a space ship.
@@plonkerification Yeah I know cause I live in Epirus Greece and I have visited Albania. Even though Epirus is the poorest region of Greece it's far richer than Albania. When it comes to natural beauty though I meant that they are very similar. Beautiful blue beaches with a lot of green plantation that reaches the sea. High mountains that create beautiful valleys with tradition villages and great food. If you compare the civil part though, yes you are right, as it's expected, the EU countries are far richer.
@Slovojed sry you missed touring the untouched mountains and valleys in the north, the wild limestone canyons in the south and historic cities. As for the cuisine you cant beat the prices for the variety and quality especially when coming from EU- countries. No need for dismissing the fact that Croatia and Greece only updated their infrastructure to modern standarts with EU - backed financing when being accepted in the Union. Their only contribution to the EU is being generally cheaper tourist spots than Italy, France and Spain. Yeah we are neighbours. We remember the transformation before and after the EU. Like you said the difference between Paris and Kisiniev
I bet they use the loungers to launder money. I reckon if you look at their deposits and the number of beds you will find the beaches are very busy.
Another person from Albania said that they think the exact same thing is going on.
@@JumpingPlaces Like in the UK with cash only nail bars and the Oxford street candy shop scam. The Mexican cartels use the Playa Cancun and Playa De Maya Hotels. Balkan states are rinsing money and shifting product like nobodies business.
I think people making statements like this are just idiots.. Albania is no different to other countries like Greece, Italy, Croatia or Montenegro. Why wouldn't you bet for these countries laundring money through loungers? Where does this stop?
@@id2888 As a Criminologist and a retired professional money launderer I categorically and emphatically assure you all those countries are and the worst culprits are BANKs. Don't NIEVE!!! And don't call me an idiot. Thanks.
@@werewolvesandfriendsuk I don't think you're an idiot, I don't know you, but your comment certainly is idiotic and offensive. You have no idea of the work people do to maintain these beaches clean and safe. They earn their living and provide for their families through the work they do. They pay very high rental prices for these beaches to local authorities. Why should people demand free service and make false accusation about Albania but they wouldn't dream to do the same in other countires? Would you make same statements for London which is the world capital of money laundering? Or is it just easy to pick on few people in remote villages of Albania?
if. you want to swim in the best water the Mediterranean can offer, go to almaza bay or ceaser bay Egypt
Nice, honest input! So, so sad that the beaches are all commercialized! Again it's just money that matters, locals have no say!
it's true, as a local resident I can't find a good place beach to swim in saranda or ksamil or any other city so many good places are occupied by different restaurants, although they are not allowed to do so according to the law but it is not respected laws shame
Maybe u guys try croatia, split or dubrovnik cos its on our list too as a traveller.
Love your work you guys do. Keeping me inspired ✨️
Sad we went out of season and it was beautiful 0 tourists atall yet in summer looks terrible they are milking it so much, charging that much for sun beds is hilarious for a country like albania, things can only go downhill from now as it seems to have skyrocketed in popularity sad reality....
Over tourism and greed really destroys places completely
I recommend👍👍👍 Ksamil is also great👍👍👍🌴Super Albania👍
Where did you rent the car from? Can you please mention the company?
Great vid, won’t be visiting there though for a beach holiday, ruined.
July 2023
I'm not willing to pay up to a 100 $ for sunbeds depending on location.
Beach is wonderful but it's still Albania and not Bahamas.
The rest is daylight robbery as well. Prices are not as cheap as they were 2 years ago.
Long term this is not going to work out for them.
I was excited to come here but after 2 days I'm already fed up.
There are many native Americans that would agree on several levels. In New Mother Earth, we'll live in genuine love peace and harmony !❤
Thanks for visiting 👐🇦🇱❤️ ALBANIA ❤️🇦🇱👐
Private beaches? No way, that is like a cancer to any tourist country. There was attempt in Croatia one hotel made the sign like it is a private beach and people gathered and demostrated. They made pressure on local community, tgen they made a bad reviews online and like hundreds and they removed it after few days
Thanks for the helpful consumer advice! ❤🙏
Very interesting video! Carol, all of the driving all of the time, nota dez! Too bad about the beach club situations. É triste ver tantas cadeiras e barracas com quase ninguém. Um golpe com certeza. Can’t wait to see where you go to in Asia! Safe travels lovely people! Beijos da California!🌻
Saranda (full name: Agioi Saranda, in Greek it means 40 Saints). It is where the officially recognised Greek minority villages in south Albania (Northern Epirus) are. The place used to be part of ancient Greece, it is geographically, historically, culturally, and ethnologically connected to the northern Greek region of Epirus since antiquity and so you can find many ancient Greek monuments, theatres, churches and artifacts, while most locals are of Greek origin (e.g. Rama is half Greek lining from ethnic Greek Spuro Koleka). After the Ottoman occupation, the area was officially recognised in 1912 as the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus (another independent Greek state, such as Cyprus) by the Great Powers under the Protocol of Corfu (signed by Albania too). Following the Balkan wars, the area was given to the Greeks again under the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 (which is not met). The Greeks fought for over 6 months the Germans and Italians in the mountains, when the Albanians had sided the Axis powers, so the area is full of Greek soldiers cemetaries - being systematically vandalised by Albanians fascists. Today, although the area is recognised officially as a Greek minority area, the Albanian Gov confiscates illegally the properties and land of local Greeks, while Greek indigenous populations are being threatened and attacked for speaking Greek, raising the Greek flag or exploiting their land (these are official rights under their recognition as minority villages/population) and even killed (e.g. Katsifa's killing 3-4 years ago). Pyrros Dimas, an ethnic Greek and multi-gold Olympic weight-lifter is from Himara. Most recently the elected Greek Mayor of Himara village (Mr Beleris) has been imprisoned as he is resisting against the illegal confiscation of Greek properties. The matter has been brought to the European Commission.
Greece doesn't exist.. It was made up by bavarian empire .Koine is a made up language , that's why greek parlament voted to change it from albanian native language to some made up koine that sounds spanish.
It was voted in your parlament.
All your 100 heros of 1821 of greece independence are arvanite (albanian) origin. That's why you changed their names.
Epirus was is and will be albanian , that;s why you massacred and killed thousands of Chams (albanians from Chameria) Northen greece. Napoleon Zervas was in command who BTW was of albanian orthodox origin.
That's why you won't find "greeks" in S. Italy but only arbereshe (albanians) that left during ottoman occupation.(there were no greeks back then)
You're just orthodox albanians who wanted a different identity from muslim albanians but covered with all the ancient glory you could find.
Don't make me go on with historical facts , just enjoy our lands without the use of your imagination online.
As for the greek minority bullshit... Stop giving them "pensions" and you'll see how greek they are. #paidmercenaries.
Macedonia will never be North Macedonia
@@vendetta4033 Exactly! It will always be a geographical, historical, cultural, administrative region located in Northern Greece, as it used to be for 3000 years. Greeker than Greece. Nothing to do with the Slavs and former Bulgarian lands where the newly founded state of Northern Macedonia is
Never was and never will be
@@vendetta4033 You are Bulgarians by God, pseudoMakedonski by Tito 😂😂😂
By law, there are no private beaches in Albania, all beach areas are state property. But companies can lease beaches.
You should visit Ohrid Macedonia as well it's near and it's definitely worth...
These beach clubs with thumping music are annoying! Sad.
Have you thought of going to Croatia? Also amazingly beautiful and historic.
Love your vlogs , wait every night to see if there is one to watch . Very well done , thank you. X
Very beautifull city of sarande, i wanted to be there🍻🍻👍
It's the same case here in lebanon they possess every spot in the beaches all around the country we don't have any free spot to lay down under the sunlight 🇱🇧🇱🇧🇱🇧
Yes we noticed some beach clubs there but we were still able to find quite a few public spots there. Here seemed almost impossible to find one.
@@JumpingPlaces I was in vacation for 2 weeks in the riviera and went to almost every beach there and there are plenty of beaches that are public although some of them less known and others only accessible by boat. If you go to the most popular beaches it's common to have to pay cause most of them are private but we have plenty of public beaches also
@@kristina1991.h was that in july/august and this year? Every beach that I checked recent pics all looked like these places during august. Even the smaller ones unless it was one that you get to by boat
We actually go to one of the smaller ones in the next video that requires a bit of a hike and was supposed to be public. So there is one part that is rented by a beach club but they also put all their sun beds on the public beach. Which beaches are the ones that aren’t like these?
@@JumpingPlaces that was last year actually and yes it was in July. I haven't been there this year.
You followed us to Dalyan, we're following you to Albania.
είναι μια μικρή χώρα έχασε έδαφος ανάπτυξης πήγα πέρυσι δεν έχει αρχαιολογικό χώρους και γενικά δεν είναι κάτι ιδιαίτερο αλλά οι άνθρωποι μας καλοδεχτηκαν
Thanks for this amazing video. It's outstanding!!
We have a small Coleman tent, much better than a mobster run umbrella racket!
I actually like these beach clubs if the prices are reasonable. The obnoxious music might be more of an issue though ;)
Looking forward to the Corfu videos! Just got home from there, it is truly a wonderland. Which parts of Corfu are you visiting?
Stayed in Roda so mainly explored the north part down to the main old town of Corfu. Will have 2 videos coming from corfu soon!
We definitely agree that it is a wonderland! The most beautiful greek island that we have been to so far!
Amazing video thankyou from 🇦🇱
Do have details about rent a car? Boa did you rent? Do you known if its possible rent in Sarande and return in Tirana?
Albanian Riviera vs Turkish Riviera Which one’s better?
Thankyou for dhes program
The reason there are so many sunbeds and beach clubs popping up all along the coast is they are a lot criminal run,they make a real lot of money on them for next to no expence,that,s why they asked the couple to leave with their own umberella
Really liked your video,nice and laid back
Thenkyou for dhes program YouAte Beatyful couple 👍🇺🇲🇦🇱♥️🙏😎
When was this filmed? When where you in Ksamil?
Seems like a safe country to travel around without a guide. Same side driving is big plus.
Does Levadi beach has any apartments nearby?or its wild beach ?
Hi, do you still use GoPro 10? any heating or other issues suing it specially with wind slyer or under water? I read online there are some heating issues and bad mic sound specially after getting out of water. Thanks for sharing, take care guys
We use the GoPro hero 9 still, haven’t had any heating issues though. I think that happens to people who film straight for a long time. I usually just film quick clips and then turn the camera off. Gabriel traveler mentioned that he has the heating issue with his GoPro but I imagine that’s because he walks around filming very long sequences. Regarding the water, any action camera is bad after going under water as the mic will be wet. Once we go under the water with it we normally wait a bit for the mic to dry out before recording any audio again, we also clean the front of the mic with a towel etc
Wow thank you both for sharing tthis amazing trip
Our pleasure!
Guys you are great and Albania is beautiful! When you are going to visit Caucasian region ? Transcontinental countries like Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. There are all beautiful countries with amazing nature, food, architecture and kind people. Places like the capitols Tbilisi, Baku, Yerevan, beautiful coastal cities like Batumi, Astara (Azerbaijanian side), See Breeze and they have all very cute ancient mountain cities. Love to all nations!
hey there, it is not in next plans right now but I am sure we will get to that region at some point :D
I thank you for that request ....i too love that region...full of rich history like Turkey.
I especially like the villagers...the sceneries are breathtaking and of cause the beautiful breads being baked every day
@@JumpingPlacesYou will surely be blessed in the near future ..
in the interim am enjoying the current videos and just wish you all the best .
Take care.
@@JumpingPlaces I'm sure you will. Meanwhile I will watch your objective/realistic videos about many great countries and people. Thank you a lot and take care! You are a beautiful couple.
ps. let me know if you need some tips about Caucasian countries.
@@zubeidahrahiman1422 yesss it's a wonderful region with many kind people.
Albania is indeed very beautiful.It would be nice though for the authorities to regulate the beaches so is not so commercialized
Just curious what you thought of Sarandë in general? For maybe a longer term stay? Not related to beaches. That is too bad about the beaches...they really should save at least one nice beach to be a public beach.
We enjoyed 😉 your ❤ sharing your experiences 😀 the amazing views and especially the aerial shot ... 😀 👍 Enjoy y Salud ♥
Thanks for watching! 😊🙏🏼
#1 Albania 🇦🇱
Poor Carol… ALWAYS stuck having to drive 😔
Yes unfortunately no quick way for Chris to get his drivers license without having to stop for a few months 😔
The umbrella means they can stay without having to take shelter in a pay for shade sun bed. Just sitting without an umbrella doesn’t look like competition! No wonder it’s all empty.
Dear @I D, i´ve been reading your comments and I have to disagree. I repeat :
Beach Clubs are a luxury service and as every luxury commodity they should be available for everyone who WANTS to pay for them. But they are NOT a PREREQUISITE for having clean or safe beaches as you argue, and available parking space or beach showers for that matter. That falls under the tasks and duties of the local authorities who got the right to manage their corresponding coastline by the central goverment. Thats what the TAXES are paid for BY EVERY ALBANIAN CITIZEN. If you didn´t know now you do.Thats how it works in other neighbouring countries.
So yes, its nice to have them as an option as I myself sometimes feel like going there. But the extensive renting out by the goverment of the mostly state owend coast line on one hand and the illegall land grab by some beach bar owners on the other has taken surreal proportions.
As far as we are talking about the free public beaches they are specifically labeled as such with signposts. In 2022, just like the previous year the municipality of Kavaje has rented out 198 sand slots to the private sector and only 40 are designated public beaches. Thats a ratio of 80 to 20. These rules of engagement have been generally applied by all local authorities along the coastline from Shengjin to Saranda. That is hard Data given by the goverment istelf. Be my guest and check it out.
In regard to the "free and as public" labeled beach of Himara it streches for about 650m along the promenade and is not one of the most aesthetically pleasing ones around the area or clean just as all the other free municipality beaches aren´t. Albania for sure is not advertising itself online to the world with those ones.
On the other hand it´s true that in the other 2 adjacent beaches and Potam, Qeparo, Borsh, Dhermi and ect one can still find open spaces next to private beach bars. But they are not legally labeled as free public beaches. It just happens that no private investor bid for them for the season as the waterline might have a lot of big rocks or in that part cold currents are regularly flowing. Next summer the picture might look totally different. They might be occupied too.
Now regarding the honest, hardworking beach bar businesses and the high taxes they are paying to the goverment for their seasonal licensing they are obviously still making good profits considering they keep applying for the licence every summer and over the years have extended their businessess by adding another storey to the building, an adjacent restaurant to their hotel or more sunbeds. And if they are struggeling financially since covid and inflation started let me remind you so is any other honest and hardworking tax paying business and household in the country.
I won´t comment on the current sunbeds situation in Turkey since it´s been 4 years since I was there and in Italy even longer than that but I was in Greece this June/July. In almost every beautiful beach of Paros and Antiparos we indeed found beach bars but they were confined to only I wanna say 30/40 % of the beach. The rest was free to the public and not once did we see trash lying around in the piblic area. So apparently local authorities do work there.
On the other hand we do not have a similiar law like the greek one stipulating that sunbeds and umbrellas are not allowed to cover more than 50 % of any beach. In reality by no means do I believe that there are no cases of abuse in Greece by private businesses bending the law to their will as corruption exist everywhere but in our country it seems like sunbed business is on steroids.
Your voice is amazing
Great video!.. congrats 👏
Looks like we’ll be skipping Albania too now given lack of beach access. Such a shame that they are destroying their tourism sector for many people😥
I’m Albanian too and it make me feel sick the fact that we don’t have private beaches like other countries 😡😡😡 selfish people I would say.
There are a lot of places in the Albanian riviera where there’s no beds and you can use your own. Saranda too has a public beach. But of course if you to a private one you have to pay for the bed.
Which beaches? People keep saying there are many but they never say the names of any lol. Yes sarande and himare both have public beaches in the main town centers but they are not the nicest since they have concrete buildings for the backdrop. We just wanted to find a nice natural one on the coast with cliff/mountain backdrops as they are the nicest. I know there are some deserted ones you can get to by boat but whenever I checked any beach that had a road going to it, it seemed to be the same thing with beach clubs everywhere
@@JumpingPlaces Gjipe beach you can go by car and then you have to walk a little bit. I don’t know if they changed it now, but what I see from the pictures it still has remained virgin and no beach clubs over there. If you ask the locals they normally help and are very friendly in Albania
A local advised us to go to a beach in the next video that had a public area only for us to find that the beach club also illegally took over the public part too lol. It is kind of hard at the moment because beaches that seemed to be fine last season now have beach clubs
i just checked that Gjipe and looks a bit better in the recent pics, a little more than half of it seems to be a beach club but there still seems to be some public areas. Basically any beach that you can get to easily by car without a hike is completely taken over by the beach clubs sunbeds from what we have checked. The only way to get to beaches not taken over is to go on some hikes i guess. maybe coming during a shoulder season is better, i doubt they would put sunbeds on every corner of the beaches when its not peak summer season
Yes it's true, in Gjipe one can still find a public spot and relax and enjoy the beautiful view that the backside of the sunbeds offer and maybe see a little blue in between them. Or just hope that no other visitors had the revelation to squeeze themselves on the narrow sides of the beach and then pack up just before the tide comes sweeping in. That's what? Around 4pm? Is this what passes as a perfectly acceptable "also public beach"? And pls don't get me started on advertising the municipality beaches like the one in Saranda located near the Port that is about 800m long by max. 10m wide. What a poor excuse for a public beach in the southern riviera.
Thanks for sharing friends and thanks for Holafly!! iT'S AMAZING!!!
Glad you are enjoying it! We haven't had any issue with it in any countries that we have been yet. Pretty amazing that you can get internet that way without having to visit a store or even downloading any app. Which country are you using it in?
@@JumpingPlaces We live in Mexico but had to go to the states and we said let’s use jumping places code and get Holafly. What an easy procedure and no issues at all!! Very happy you guys mentioned this app and keep up the good Fun work !! Blessings from Puerto Vallarta 🇲🇽🇲🇽🙏
Wow!carol is the best...❤❤❤
used to be a no-man’s-land few years ago, but it’s getting better … I predict that it’s going the become worst than Costa del Sol … bad mass tourism under a corrupt political system (that’s the Albanian version of Spain) 😉
thanks for sharing beautiful video.
Awesome video and information
Sunbed is a mafia industry do the math 1 bed x $ by # of beds. The Bulgarians had it down to an art. A thug would come and intimidate you to rent a sun bed and umbrella. It’s the Bulgarian biz model.
yeah that second beach had literally only like 10% of the beds filled with people at peak time. they just put the beds everywhere to make it almost impossible to visit for free
@@JumpingPlaces if you “fight back” (resist) & I did happy to sit on my towel on sand than to be blackmailed, even if you “win” you lose because it’s a very unpleasant experience and you are left with the rage 😤
Yes we didn't really want to stay there after watching a nice old couple get kicked out for going to a quiet hidden spot and minding their own business. I am not even sure if these places can do this by law, hard to find information about it online.
@@jakoflynn2560 that's so true!!! that's why even albanians are starting to boycott the riviera and going abroad.
@@anidrini2405 it’s the problem with any mafia (corruption), a narrow interest group that is parasitic and eventually they kill the golden goose
What a good video showing what Albania is realy like. Some peole will start rebelling What about the locals