Terme Këlcyrë
- Location
- Këlcyrë, Albania
- Water type
- bicarbonate
- Temperature
- 38 °C
- pH
- 7.1
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Terme Kelcyre sits above the Vjosa river valley in southern Albania, where bicarbonated mineral springs have been used for generations by local communities in a landscape of limestone gorges, medieval bridges, and Ottoman-era fortifications that remains largely unknown to international visitors. The Vjosa, rising as the Aoos in Greece and flowing without a single dam to the Adriatic, is the last major wild river in Europe, and the creation of the Vjosa National Park in 2023 to protect its free-flowing ecosystem gave the surrounding region international conservation significance. Bathing in the thermal springs of Kelcyre while overlooking the unimpeded flow of Europe's wildest river offers a genuinely off-the-beaten-path wellness experience in the heart of the Albanian riviera hinterland.