Himare - Docking
The quay at Himare is concrete and very high. It doesn’t offer good wind or swell protection. Yachts should check where to moor with the Harbour Master and may have to move if a fishing vessel requires the space.
Cruisers report there are several free mooring balls with solid blocks of concrete and heavy chain. Clear water and sand patches throughout the anchorage.
It can be affected by swell and wind.
Porto Palmermo
A few kilometres south of Himarë along the Albanian Riviera is Porto Palermo (25 kms north of Sarandë). This bay is still used as a military base and yachts have reported not being able to berth here. There is a high concrete pier just behind the small island/fort used by local fishing boats. If there is space yachts may be able to use it as well. There are no facilities here. There is a bay to the east of the entrance which offers good shelter for anchoring and some mooring buoys off the pier.
Porto Palermo is state-owned and a free port. Beware of pirate agents acting illegally here.
Last updated: March 2023
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We stayed a night at Porto Palermo July 2015 tied up to the huge pier there and were the only boat. Porto Palermo bar across the road is very friendly and helpful (may be changing hands in Sept 2015)
The military has chased boats out of the port a couple of months ago but there is a bay to the east of the entrance which affords good shelter. the castle of Ali Pasha is open mornings and evenings for minimal sum and is in excellent condition (take a torch or mobile phone for the dungeons!)