Kleopatra Sunlight Hotel

It's not everyone's cup of tea, but a hotel where the waitress is taking the leftovers from the restaurant to feed the cats? It gets my vote! It's a short walk to the beach. The hotel is about at the end of the shops, and if you walk east on any street from here, you will find an infinite variety of shops, cafes, bike hire, tattooists, excursion bookings, you name it. The shops the locals use are on the north side of town. There is a great open air gym about 15 minutes' walk away on the seafront, and a more basic one a bit closer. You will get a wake-up call at 7am when the faithful are called to prayer. The hotel is next to the bus station, so it's not the quietest spot. I was there in winter, I have no idea how busy it gets in summer. Staff are lovely. The hotel is a bit run down, but for the price, you can't really go wrong. I enjoyed the food: plenty for a vegetarian to eat and there's always dessert! I can't recommend the house wine, but the beer was lovely. Not strong, so I could drink lots. Mostly I just ate and slept in the hotel. There's wifi in the lobby, and when everyone's in the restaurant, it grinds to a halt. The room had only two electric sockets, and the fridge was plugged into one of those. I didn't use the pool or the hamam. All the books in the lobby are in German. When you find the juice bar on the sea front straight down from the hotel, try the Ginger Mix. Best thing ever!

Disgusting. Food shocking. Staff rude. Dirty hotel, do not book to stay here, there is so many better hotels nearby, the staff were very rude and barely spoke a word of English. Full of Russians and locals who were also very rude.

The hotel is pretty basic. We were allocated to another hotel in fact which is about 100m down the road, so can’t compare with the rooms in the main one. The first impression of both hotels - they need massive refurbishment. The hotel we stayed had problems with the lift, however internet on reception was way better than in the main one. To clean the room, we needed to ask at reception, and the cleaning standard was not consistent. In 9 nights I had my room cleaned twice. First time everything was fine, second time they did not bother with doing the bed or cleaning properly, just threw the towels on the bed and possibly cleaned the floor. No internet, air con, to in the room. Actually they are there but you need to pay extra to use them. Bed is comfortable though, the hotel is 5 minutes walk from the beach, 20 mins walk to the cable car, 30 mins walk to the centre. I walked everywhere, but public transport is also available pretty conveniently. Pool: did not use, but saw it’s being cleaned daily. Food: lots of vegetables, only one kind of protein for lunch and dinner (can be fish (once during my stay), chicken, chicken giblets (liver, hearts, etc), nuggets and so-called Albanian liver. You will not get fat. Beach: lovely but sun beds are at extra cost. They offer better price at reception per day, but when you come to the beach with your ticket, you will not get front row, simply because the beach stuff reserve it for those who pay more (which is pretty annoying and disrespectful). Hotel staff: friendly and helpful.