Tuesday, March 6, 2007

My little trip through Albania (2)

On Saturday morning we took the road heading to Saranda and Butrint. We stopped to see The Blue Eye (Syri i Kalter), a beautiful underwater spring of amazing blue colour.
The scenery, oak trees around it and a small bar make it an ideal place for weekend relaxations. Still, to our surprise, there were just a few visitors.




Our next stop was Saranda. As soon we could see the city we were shocked, unfortunately not in a positive way. I don’t know how the city looked like before but the recent building that is still taking place, is an unbelievable crime in terms of architecture, town planning and any form of aesthetics. Almost every house in the city is a hotel and all these hotels share the same appearance making Saranda a holiday resort of worst kind.
Unfortunately, as we were not traveling in peak of the season we were not able to experience, what people say, are good sides of the city, the summer atmosphere and excellent food.





To be continued...

5 comments:

Miss Kim said...

Hi Marco!
I also love syri i kalter- the blue eye- isn't it incredibly beautiful?

And I agree with you about Saranda.. when we went there all i wanted to do was leave! It's so sad how it is being developed.
Kim

Anonymous said...

Unfortunately, this epidemy is affecting the whole country. Look at Tirana, it has become the most ugliest city in the world. And plazhi-Durres? The same!

ET said...

ora non solo Saranda, ma tutto Albania e il paradiso di palazzinai,
Marco.:(

Unknown said...

Ciao Marco
Ho incontrato il tuo blog solo oggi pero gia voglio usare un tuo corto passagio riguardando a Saranda.

I think you have hit it on the head, and your unbiased opinion is very valuable. i believe most Albanians make bad judges when it comes to new constructions. Saranda is the perfect illustration of such mistakes.

Unknown said...

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