Postenani Steam Spring

Unlike most entries in Albania's thermal inventory, Postenani is not a bathing spot but a fumarole - a natural vent releasing hot sulphurous steam and gas from a tectonic fault crossing the Postenan limestone anticline, near Postenan village in Leskovik, Kolonjë, in one of the country's most geothermally active zones. Geothermal surveys estimate reservoir temperatures at depth around 80°C, though the steam's surface emission temperature is not separately documented. The site was recorded by the British traveller and writer Edith Durham during her 1905 travels through the region, and locals historically visited the vent seeking relief from rheumatism by exposing themselves to its steam. Today it remains remote, reached along a narrow cliff-face path with real drop hazards, and is rarely visited - travelers seeking an actual soaking pool in the area are directed instead to the Sarandoporo springs about 10 km south.