Korçë County, Albania · Europe
Ersekë is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Barmash, 23km from Bënjë Thermal Baths.
Ersekë is in Korçë County, Albania, with about 7,900 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Barmash, about 8 km away.
Ersekë (Albanian definite form: Erseka), is a town and a former municipality in southeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision and the seat of the municipality Kolonjë. Founded in the 17th century, Erseka was the seat of the former Kolonjë District. The population at the 2011 censusRead more
was 3,746. Situated at the foot of the Gramos mountains, it is a small alpine town at 1050 meters in altitude, making it one of the highest towns in Albania.
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Within an hour or so of Ersekë: Bënjë Thermal Baths (23 km), Vjosa Wild River National Park (30 km), Osum Canyon (39 km), Papingo (41 km).
The nearest famous roads are Galičica Pass Road, Katara Pass and Albanian Riviera Coastal Road.
Ersekë is in Korçë County, Albania, about 8 km from Barmash.
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8 notable places within an hour's drive.
natural wonder
Free open-air hot springs beside the Ottoman-era Katiu Bridge at the mouth of the Lengarica Canyon near Përmet: half a dozen stone-ringed pools around 26-30°C, soakable year-round with canyon walls rising behind.
23 km · about 25 min drive
national park
Europe's first wild river national park protects the free-flowing, braided turquoise Vjosa; the SH75 around Përmet shadows the river through some of Albania's finest mountain scenery.
30 km · about 35 min drive
natural wonder
A 13 km slot canyon carved by the Osum river near Çorovodë, with sheer 80 m walls, waterfalls and rim-side viewpoints along the mountain road south of Berat.
39 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Stone-built Zagori villages beneath the Towers of Astraka, gateway to alpine pools and trails.
41 km · about 50 min drive
natural wonder
One of the world's deepest gorges relative to its width, plunging 1,000 meters through the wild Pindus Mountains of Epirus.
48 km · about 55 min drive
waterfall
A waterfall in a wooded gorge above the village of Bogovë in the Osum valley, reached by a short walk from a village car park.
50 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
A cluster of 46 traditional stone villages in the mountains of Epirus connected by arched stone bridges and cobbled paths.
51 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
A UNESCO-listed city of stone with distinctive Ottoman tower houses and a massive hilltop castle, known as the City of Stone.
54 km · about 65 min drive
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