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Access Route to the Blue Eye – Bistrica Reservoir loop from Natural Monument The Blue Eye

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Access Route to the Blue Eye – Bistrica Reservoir loop from Natural Monument The Blue Eye

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Access Route to the Blue Eye – Bistrica Reservoir loop from Natural Monument The Blue Eye

01:15

4.74km

40m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

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Start point

Restaurant

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2.17 km

Bridge at the Blue Eye (Syri i Kaltër)

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Leads to the blue eye of Albania

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2.24 km

Blue Eye Natural Spring

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Totally crowded but the influencers are having fun 🫣

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2.31 km

Spring-Fed Stream

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Here is a small tributary with fresh spring water

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2.32 km

View of Syri i Kaltër (the Blue Eye Spring)

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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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2.45 km

Access Route to the Blue Eye

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The access road is tarmacked along the entire route, making it accessible by road bike and also by pushchair if you wish to take young children.

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3.81 km

Bistrica Reservoir

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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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4.74 km

End point

Restaurant

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.93 km

506 m

249 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.73 km

1.71 km

163 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 27 August

40°C

22°C

15 %

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Comments

July 8, 2024,Blue eye

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

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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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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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Access Route to the Blue Eye – Bistrica Reservoir loop from Natural Monument The Blue Eye

Bridge at the Blue Eye (Syri i Kaltër)

Blue Eye Natural Spring

Spring-Fed Stream

View of Syri i Kaltër (the Blue Eye Spring)

Access Route to the Blue Eye

Bistrica Reservoir

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