Lëkurësi Castle

A garrison of 220 soldiers manned the castle when it was new, and a village named Lëkurës stood on the hill's western slope until the 19th century. Ali Pasha of…A garrison of 220 soldiers manned the castle when it was new, and a village named Lëkurës stood on the hill's western slope until the 19th century. Ali Pasha of Ioannina attacked the fort in the late 18th century, and it saw fighting between Albanian and Greek forces in 1878.

The ruin keeps round towers, with its south and east walls the most intact, and a restaurant now operates inside the walls. From the top the view takes in Saranda, the Ksamil islands and Butrint.