# Camping Himara

> An olive-grove campsite on the terraced hillside above Livadhi, in the municipality of Himarë on
> the Albanian Riviera. It is not a beachfront camp: the pitches sit between olive trees on dry-stone
> terraces set back behind the coast road, and Livadhi Beach is a short walk downhill.

## Facts

- Type: campground. Tent pitches, plus space for campervans, motorhomes and caravans
- Location: Rruga Lere, Livadhi, Himarë 9495, Vlorë County, Albania
- Coordinates: 40.1133248 N, 19.7212529 E (Google Maps place pin, corroborated within ~8 m by the coordinates Booking.com publishes for the same listing)
- Phone / WhatsApp: +355 69 316 1332
- Own website: https://www.campinghimara.al/
- Season: open May to November
- Booking.com score: 8.9 (Excellent). Google's own panel reads 4.2
- Booking.com sub-scores: staff 9.9, location 9.3, value 9.1, comfort 8.5, cleanliness 8.2, facilities 8.1, free WiFi 2.5
- Booking: https://www.booking.com/hotel/al/camping-himara.html
- Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Camping+HIMARA/@40.1133248,19.7212529,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x135b2f998fc3b551:0x2305a4e2784129fc

## On site

- Tent pitches under olive trees, on flat ground made by dry-stone terraces
- Tents to rent, made up with a mattress, a pillow and bed sheets; Booking lists the rented tent as sleeping two
- Room for campervans, motorhomes and caravans, plus cars and motorbikes
- Hot showers and toilets (shared)
- 230 V European electric hook-up, charged as an extra
- Washing machine, charged as an extra
- Fresh water for refilling and washing up; drinking water at the bar
- Bar and small restaurant: coffee, beer, wine, cocktails, breakfast, vegetarian plates, fresh fish and Albanian home cooking
- Free WiFi
- Parking on site
- Pets welcome
- Reception speaks English, French and Italian

## Worth knowing

- Motorhomes are limited to 8 m long and 3.8 m high
- Bathrooms are shared
- Electricity and laundry are extras
- The camp is uphill from the beach — downhill on the way there, uphill on the way back
- Closed from December to April
- Guests score the free WiFi lowest of everything rated on Booking.com

## Nearby

- Livadhi Beach: about eight minutes on foot by the camp's own reckoning, six by Booking.com's
- Aquarium Beach: a small cove the camp puts at a twenty-minute walk
- Jale Beach: north along the SH8
- Gjipe Beach: the canyon beach north of Dhërmi
- Porto Palermo: the castle on its bay south of Himarë, and the Cold War submarine tunnel beside it

## Not published here

- Nightly rates. The campsite publishes a full price list on its own site; prices change and are not
  repeated on this page.