WALKING WITH THE VLACH Following in these nomads footsteps will lead you along the past into the lovely countryside of the Vjosa valley. These trails are part of longer border itineraries that in Albania start from the Ionian coast around Saranda, across the mountainous regions of Zagori and Përmet ending at Mount Gramoz in Kolonja. In the past, Vlach families would camp here in rich and extensive pasture lands. Originally, the journeys continued beyond the present national borders into the mountainous regions of Greece and Macedonia.