Albanian Riviera town as well as the islands of Ksamil, Corfu Island and the Butrint Lagoon. Porto Palermo Castle located a few kilometers south of Himarë in southern Albania. It is situated in the bay of Porto Palermo. Huffington Post ranked Porto Palermo first among 15 Undiscovered European Destinations for 2014. Albanian Riviera The Albanian Riviera ( — ), also popularly known as Bregu, is a coastline along the Northeastern Ionian Sea in the Mediterranean Sea encompassing the districts of Sarandë and Vlorë in Southwestern Albania. It forms an important section of the Albanian Ionian Sea Coast dotted with the villages of
Diomede Islands zones, Big Diomede is only 21 hours ahead of Little Diomede (20 in summer; not 23 or 24 hours ahead, which is a common misconception). Because of this, the islands are sometimes called Tomorrow Island (Big Diomede) and Yesterday Island (Little Diomede). The islands are named for Saint Diomedes, whose name is derived from the Greek words Διος ("Dios"), meaning "of Zeus", and μηδομαι ("medomai"), meaning "to think, to plan". The islands are separated by an international border, which coincides with the International Date Line, about from each island, at 168°58'37"W. At their closest points, the two islands are about