Himara travel guide

Himarë (also Himara, Χειμάρρα) is a town and a region in southern Albania, opposite the north end of the Greek island of Corfu.
Himarë lies in the northern part of the Balkan region of Epirus, which is politically divided between Greece and Albania. According to the municipality of Himara, 85% of the population of approximately 11,000 claim Greek as their mother tongue, while the only study held after the fall of communism, contucted by South European Pact says that the Greek comunity is "very small" but does not provide exact figures. Apart from the town of Himarë, the district includes eight other villages: Dhermi/Δρυμάδες, (the second largest settlement of the region), Palase/Παλάσα, Vuno/Βούνο, Pilur/Πύλιουρι, Qeparo/Κηπαρό, Shen Vasil/Άγιος Βασίλειος, Kudhes/Κούδεσι, and Ilias/Προφήτης Ηλίας. (...) more....