Giulia Albergo Hotel

Exceptional boutique hotel in a quiet location not too far from the main street north of the harbour. Great rooms, immaculately clean, nice beds and pillars. Staff are excellent and kind. Breakfast was plenty and varied. Everything was great for my three night stay. Highly recommended.

Such a warm welcome from the friendly staff… the room was spotless and comfortable ☺️The breakfast was delicious… lots of choice and the cakes were heavenly! I also highly recommend this hotel for its central location. Walking distance from the beach, shops and ancient sites.

I honestly think that this is the best hotel I have ever stayed in (we stayed four nights), everything about it was just lovely. Location couldn't be better, it is in the centre of town/near beach but tucked down a side street so no traffic/people noise. The hotel has been totally refurbished, decor throughout is excellent and verything is pristine. Beds are very comfortable, plenty of hot water in a double shower. Breakfast is superb, huge amount of choice for a small hotel, excellent quality, and can be eaten outside on a delightful patio area. But the cherry on the top is the staff - without exception everyone was so helpful and pleasant.

Beautiful building in central but quiet position with the kindest staff you could meet. We were in touch directly via email and booked a king size room on high floor with a ‘view’ - see photo. Strange seeing beautiful old ruins made into a car park? We also got a glimpse of the Adriatic. The bed was huge and comfortable. Great bathroom - all very clean. Very grateful we could check in a bit earlier. Enjoyed the breakfast - especially the coffee which the lovely barista woman called my ‘fire’ cappuccino because I stressed I love it extra hot (as well as strong)! All main staff spoke good English. We received great service throughout - especially the helpful woman at reception (so sorry I’ve forgotten names) who arranged for taxi to take us to Preza castle then continue on with our journey to Qerret (not exactly direct but we had time) for a reasonable fixed fee. She spoke with taxi driver and the owner of the apartment we were next attending to ensure all went smoothly and was at end of phone when taxi driver later rang her with query (he spoke English as well as we speak Albanian!) She also kindly changed a large bank note of local currency even giving us some popular euros as she didn’t have enough local currency on hand. Couldn’t do enough for us. We found Durres a bit underwhelming to be honest. Much smaller than we thought. Beaches don’t impress us Aussies - we travel for charm and character which Durres lacked in our view. Amphitheatre was ok. Other ruins were scattered among ugly buildings/busy roads. Go see for yourself. Don’t let us deter you - just our opinion. In any event this lovely hotel made our stay as pleasant as possible and we highly recommend it for the quality of its staff and the recently renovated beautiful building itself.

The hotel is located on a quiet side street and there was no noise in the room at night. The rooms were large, modern and very comfortable. The only down side was that there was no kettle in the room, but apart from that everything was great. Breakfast was very good with a large selection of food. The staff were welcoming and friendly. I would definitely stay here again!