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Nightlife in Albania

Saranda night clubs

Sarandë is where a Riviera night begins: the boat leaves the promenade at sunset, the resort pools on the bay turn into parties, and Mango Club and Rock & Blues keep the town going into the small hours.

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The promenade

Everything starts on Shëtitorja Naim Frashëri, the seafront promenade. The Vikingen party boat boards here at 17:30, Rock & Blues stands about a hundred metres back from the water, and in 2026 the shuttle to Love Night at Poda in Ksamil left from Rruga Skënderbeu, in the centre, at 23:00.

South along the bay

Following the coast south, out of the centre, come the venues of the early evening: Bougainville Bay Resort, whose infinity pool hosted the Thursday sunset party from 19:00 to midnight, and Lost Seaside, where the white Sunset Edition ran on Sundays and later on Tuesdays, and which reopens in summer 2027. Mango Club, the open-air beach club of Flirt and La Guerre, is also south of the centre and ran its nights from 23:30 to 04:00.

West, by boat

Pegasus Beach Club lies on the coast west of town and in 2026 was reached by sea: a 40-minute boat transfer, included in the ticket with a drink, leaving at midnight and at one for a night from 23:00 to 04:00.

How the hours fit together

A Sarandë night has three stages: the boat from 17:30 to 21:00, the sunset and pool parties from 19:00 or 20:00 to midnight, then the clubs from 23:30. You can do one, or chain them.

Where do boat parties leave from in Saranda?

From the seafront promenade, Shëtitorja Naim Frashëri. The Vikingen boarded at 17:30 in 2026.

What time do Saranda clubs close?

Mango Club's 2026 nights ran until 04:00; the Pegasus night also finished at 04:00, and Ladies Night at Rock & Blues was billed as going on until sunrise.

Albania Guide

From day to night

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  • A long pebble beach and turquoise Ionian water below the mountains of Llogara, with a few swimmers and parasols on the shore

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Where to go out

Other zones

  • Ksamil

    Ksamil, south of Sarandë, is the Riviera's beach-club village: in 2026 Greg, Principotes and Poda ran white parties, French nights and bracelet games, and Greg's club nights went on until 04:30.

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Nightlife in Albania