Which is the better investment, Himarë or Sarandë?

It depends on what you are buying it for, which is why the verdict section above splits by audience rather than naming one winner. A place that suits a short-let investor often suits a year-round resident badly.

Drymades and Palasë beaches, Himarë, Albania

Himarë vs Sarandë

Himarë or Sarandë: which to choose in 2026

The quiet alternative to the resort conveyor - with the country’s worst title risk attached to it.

Listings in Himarë

Updated: Aug 16, 2026

Himarë against Sarandë, by the numbers

€2,701/m²

Himarë

2026-H2

€2,250/m²

Sarandë

2026-H1

−17% vs Himarë

Updated: Jan 1, 2026

Asking prices per m², zone by zone

Asking prices per m², zone by zone · 2026-H2
Zone	All stock, €/m²	Occupancy, %	Range on one scale, 2,000 to 2,701	Confidence
Himare	2,701	—		Medium
Sarande	2,000–2,500	40.9		High

HimareMedium

All stock, €/m²: 2,701
Occupancy, %: —

SarandeHigh

All stock, €/m²: 2,000–2,500
Occupancy, %: 40.9

2026-H2 · Methodology

High confidence
Medium confidence

MerrJep listings, analysed by DomLivo — MerrJep, Aug 15, 2026
Riviera Homes — Himara listings — Riviera Homes
Çmimet e Referencës — state reference price schedule — Homezone, citing Udhëzim nr. 34, 29.12.2023
Monitor.al — coastal apartment prices, agency survey — Monitor.al

Beyond the price

The things a price table cannot tell you: how long the season runs, who else is buying, and what can go wrong.

	Himarë	Sarandë
Market depth	Thin - 44 sea-view listings in the agency sample, 185 across MerrJep	A real market with agencies, resorts and a functioning resale layer
What sets the price	View and distance from the water, not floor area - a 35% discount two streets back	Distance from the sea, with a clear first-line premium
Title risk	The highest on the Riviera - 1990s restitution never resolved, a mayor arrested, an ex-mayor charged over coastal land	Ordinary Albanian coastal diligence - real, but not exceptional
Official valuation	The state revalued the town by 141% in a single revision - the largest jump in the southern sample	A lower town rate after the same revision, with the Ksamil coast banded separately above it

Market depth

Himarë: Thin - 44 sea-view listings in the agency sample, 185 across MerrJep
Sarandë: A real market with agencies, resorts and a functioning resale layer

What sets the price

Himarë: View and distance from the water, not floor area - a 35% discount two streets back
Sarandë: Distance from the sea, with a clear first-line premium

Title risk

Himarë: The highest on the Riviera - 1990s restitution never resolved, a mayor arrested, an ex-mayor charged over coastal land
Sarandë: Ordinary Albanian coastal diligence - real, but not exceptional

Official valuation

Himarë: The state revalued the town by 141% in a single revision - the largest jump in the southern sample
Sarandë: A lower town rate after the same revision, with the Ksamil coast banded separately above it

The verdict, by who you are

Buyer who wants quiet: Himarë, with a lawyer engaged before any deposit.

Short-let investor: Sarandë. Himarë is off-market and thin; you cannot build a rental business on 44 listings.

Villa buyer: Himarë. Hillside villas with a view start around €400,000 and go past €1.5m on the front.

Himarë and Sarandë, side by side

Each photograph links through to that place’s own page, with its prices and sources.

Himarë
Sarandë

Common questions

The table above carries the current asking bands for both, with their sources and the period they cover. Prices move, so the figures are dated rather than presented as permanent.