Sources thermales de Holta

The Holta Canyon Hot Springs in the Gramsh district of central Albania emerge in the spectacular gorge of the Shkumbin River, where the bicarbonate-rich spring water bubbles from the riverbank in a setting of towering limestone cliffs, ancient terraced cultivation, and forests of oak and hornbeam that descend from the Albanian central highlands to the canyon floor. The thermal springs of Holta, known to the local Bektashi and Orthodox Albanian communities who have inhabited these mountain valleys for centuries, provide natural bathing experiences in one of Albania's most dramatic and least-visited gorge landscapes, accessible by a challenging mountain track from the small town of Gramsh above the canyon. The Holta Canyon's combination of spectacular Balkan limestone scenery, traditional Albanian mountain culture, and the natural thermal springs rising from ancient geological formations in the heart of the Albanian Alps creates an experience of genuine mountain wilderness thermal bathing rarely encountered in this rapidly developing Balkan nation.