“Essential; was between apartments, needed place for better pard of week, in a hurry: fit the bill,”
The rooms are very small, offering little space to unpack, but they are clean and modern, though not accessible in any way. Two flights of stairs lead to the landing where the rooms are, and another long flight to the terrace where breakfast is served if you’re lucky enough to book through a site that offers it. Breakfast was lovely, fancy, and plentiful, served on the rooftop terrace in the open air with ombrelloni for shade (the earlier, the better). I had stayed at a boutique hotel the night before with a full‑service restaurant and wait staff, and it didn’t compare to the quality and charm of what the ladies here served up (a family‑run B&B, the proprietress and two daughters; I can’t recall all their names but they were absolutely lovely). I arrived and was immediately served a cold soft drink and bottled water on a tray. They also called me a cab so I could get to the airport early. I would stay there again simply because the expectations are clear: I know what I’ll be getting and how I’ll be treated, and that’s always nice. I stayed at another big hotel in Durres just before, and despite the drastic downgrade in the size of the accommodations, I would stay here again. I looked out onto the street and some asshole was cruising back and forth one night at midnight on a motorbike, revving and whooping. There is nothing on this website that prepares you for the physical reality of the premises, though, which are spartan, and not as luxurious as they appear in the pictures.
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