Himara

The Riviera's table — a Greek-speaking harbour town where the fish comes off the boat

Halfway down the Riviera, Himara is the coast's most complete town — a working harbour with a seafront of restaurants, a crescent of beach, and an old town stacked on the hill behind, all of it framed by the Ceraunian mountains. Its long Greek-speaking heritage shows on the menus and in the kitchens: this is where the Albanian Riviera eats best.

The waterfront tables grill what the boats landed that morning; a short walk inland, a newer generation of chefs is working the same ingredients into genuine fine dining — Himara has become the Riviera's gastronomic reference point. Around the headlands lie the beaches: Livadhi's long sweep north of town, Potami's quieter pebbles, and small coves that a kayak or a hired boat reaches in minutes.

Ten minutes south, the peninsula fortress of Porto Palermo — built for Ali Pasha of Ioannina — closes one of the most protected bays on the coast. Himara suits travellers who want a real town around their villa: mornings on the water, long lunches, and an old town sunset from the castle walls above.

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