Going Places, Near & Far…Biking Albania: Saranda & the Albanian Riviera The Island Now 8 years ago Himare, a Communist-era fishing village is an emerging beach town on Albania’s Ionian seacoast© 2016 Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.comSupport local journalism by subscribing to your Blank Slate Media community newspaper for just $50 a year. Karen Rubin