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Services in Ksamil.

Four islets, water the colour of the Maldives, and the Riviera's most wanted villas

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Ksamil is the image that made the world look at Albania: a cluster of four wooded islets scattered across shallows so pale they read as tropical, a swimming distance from a village of olive groves at the southern tip of the Riviera. The Butrint lagoon lies behind, Corfu floats in front, and the water in between does things Ionian water is not supposed to do.

Fame has consequences, and Ksamil's beaches are busy in August — which is exactly why the smart money has moved uphill. A new generation of villas with private pools now sits in the olive terraces above the village, taking the turquoise as scenery rather than queueing for it. From a villa terrace, high season becomes a view.

The location remains the Riviera's best hand: Butrint's UNESCO ruins ten minutes away, Saranda's marina twenty, secluded coves like Pulëbardha and Mirror Beach on the road between, and a private boat can have you at the islets before the first sunbeds fill.

3 cars · delivered on site
Q8 3.0 TDIPremium SUV · Tirana → Saranda one-way
Audi

Q8 3.0 TDI

From €200 / day
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TouaregPremium 4x4 · the Riviera roads
Volkswagen

Touareg

From €180 / day
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Q3 SportbackCompact premium · Ksamil & Saranda
Audi

Q3 Sportback

From €60 / day
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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Ksamil is 20 minutes south of Saranda by road. The quickest arrival is Corfu airport plus the 30-minute fast ferry to Saranda, then a short private transfer; from Tirana airport allow around four and a half hours by car.

The village beaches are genuinely busy in July and August. The solution is built into the geography: stay in a hillside villa with a pool, swim at the islets by private boat in the morning, and use the quieter coves — Pulëbardha, Mirror Beach — in the afternoon. In June and September the problem largely disappears.

By private boat or RIB from Ksamil or Saranda, early in the day. The islets are barely offshore, so a half-day charter comfortably combines them with the Vivari Channel toward Butrint and the coves north of the village.

Yes — the fast ferry from Saranda, 20 minutes away, reaches Corfu Town in about 30 minutes, and private boats cross the strait in season. Leave after breakfast, lunch under the Liston arcades, and be back at the villa pool before evening.

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