Bistrica Reservoir – "Blue Eye" loop from Natural Monument The Blue Eye

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Albania

Vlorë

Bistrica Reservoir – "Blue Eye" loop from Natural Monument The Blue Eye

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Bistrica Reservoir – "Blue Eye" loop from Natural Monument The Blue Eye

01:11

4.42km

50m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 6, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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654 m

Bistrica Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

The stop for the "Bimmelbahn" is located directly at the dam - or you can walk about 1.5 km to the "Blue Eye"

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1.53 km

Bridge at the Blue Eye (Syri i Kaltër)

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Leads to the blue eye of Albania

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2.06 km

Blue Eye Natural Spring

Highlight • Natural Monument

Totally crowded but the influencers are having fun 🫣

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2.13 km

Spring-Fed Stream

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Here is a small tributary with fresh spring water

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2.14 km

View of Syri i Kaltër (the Blue Eye Spring)

Highlight • Natural Monument

This excursion is particularly worthwhile in the early morning hours (access possible from 8 a.m. for 50 lek). After a 1.5 km long hike you reach this breathtaking water spring from which around 6000 liters per second (!) flow out.

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2.29 km

Blue Eye (Syri i Kaltër)

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A karst spring around 50 m deep in the middle of a fairytale pine forest. 6 cubic meters of water bubble up per second. The "Blue Eye" is supposedly the …

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3.93 km

"Blue Eye"

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The Blue Eye spring is an emblematic place in the south of Albania due to the incredible turquoise color of its waters. Due to its great depth and colour, as …

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4.42 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.76 km

594 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.68 km

1.10 km

442 m

170 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Thursday 12 November

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Comments

June 11, 2023,The Blue Eye

Especially a tourist walk to a spring in the karst rock in the shape of an "eye". Surroundings certainly so beautiful.

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May 20, 2025,🇦🇱 Albanien: Spaziergang zum "Blauen Auge"

We went to the source of the Bistrica River, known as the "Blue Eye." The spring ejects approximately 5 to 8 m³ of water per second. The water comes from a natural cave that extends at least 50 meters underground. Divers have descended this deep and measured the depth. However, they suspect that this cave extends much deeper into the …

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April 20, 2022,Albanien - Quelle "Blaues Auge" 20.04.2022

Today we went to the source called "Blue Eye". A little paradise in the mountains. Since the season hasn't started yet, our small group were the only visitors. Only the hard-working landscape gardeners and construction workers made sure that the coming visitors could feel comfortable.

Collection: komoot.de/collection/1499355/-albanien-2022

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May 30, 2023,Syri i Kaltër/Albanien: Spaziergang zur Karstquelle und zurück

The karst spring "Blue Eye" is the most water-rich spring in Albania. Access is no longer permitted. There is a large parking lot (0-3 hours 200 leks, 3-4 hours 300 leks, 8-24 hours 800 leks - how much it costs 4-8 hours is not clear), and the walk to the spring costs 50 leks (less than 50 cents).

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June 8, 2025,Blue Eye NP

After walking for 15/20 minutes in the full sun, we arrive. The "Blue Eye" is a water source and natural phenomenon that occurs in the village of Muzinë in the municipality of Finiq, in the south of Albania. The clear blue water of the river, a popular tourist attraction, it is also quite busy. The water is super clear and …

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July 8, 2024,Blue eye

Unfortunately, you can't walk around the lake. The path ends in the forest.

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September 13, 2024,🇦🇱 Albanien: Wanderung im Nationalpark zum "Blauen Auge"

Between today's Europe-wide rainy weather fronts, we stop at the spring, which is also called the "Blue Eye". And we catch a window of sunshine again 😁

The water here emerges with high pressure from a spring drop in the middle. The turquoise water at the edge and the dark blue core give the spring its name. The water shoots …

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September 28, 2024,Albanië 🇦🇱- the Blue Eye

Yesterday we went to the Blue Eye and to Gjirokaster. The "Blue Eye" (Albanian:
Syri i Kalter) is a water spring and natural phenomenon that
occurs in the village of Muzine in the municipality of Finia, southern Albania. Here a freshwater spring has formed that is possibly more than fifty meters deep and from which, under high pressure, 6 m' …

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