Greece shares land borders with Albania.
Epirus ( [ ɪˈpaɪrəs ] Ήπειρος , Ípeiros ) , formally the Epirus Region ( Περιφέρεια Ηπείρου , Periféreia Ipeírou ) , is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region in northwestern Greece . It borders the regions of West Macedonia and Thessaly to the east , West Greece to the south , the Ionian Sea and Ionian Islands to the west and Albania to the north . Greece . Situated on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula , it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest , the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north , and Turkey to the northeast .