Tongoisland

The place

Tongo is a small rocky island off the southern tip of the Albanian Ionian coast, near Cape Stillo at the entrance to the Bay of Ftelia. It's uninhabited and modest (roughly 250 by 100 metres) with the Greek sea border only some fifty metres past its far shore. The water around it is clear and full of life, which is why people come to snorkel. There's no road; you reach it by boat, anchor, and swim. In recent seasons sunbeds and a beach bar have appeared, so it's busier than it once was.