Londoner_1990_x
July 5, 2025
We had a thoroughly enjoyable time at Royal G and have a serious case of the blues upon returning home. Will start with some thank you's and then provide a quick fire overview of our stay! Big shoutout to: Festim, who works incredibly hard - thank you for looking after us on the beach, Daisy and Claus in the all-inclusive bar area for their brilliant service & all of the catering staff and the cleaners (especially cleaning team on 4th floor) who all do a fantastic job day-in day-out. Location: 25 min drive from Tirana airport, beach front, 15 min walk from the main ***** in Durres. Room: Lovely and equipped with a fridge and safe. One of the cleanest hotels I've ever stayed in. You are never more than a few feet away from a cleaner and a mop. Pool: nice but as you can see in the pictures it doesn't get much sun, so if you want to sunbathe head straight over to the beach. Festim will be on hand to look after you! Spa: beautiful but quite cold. Food/drink: we were all-inclusive 10am-10pm and it was fabulous, no two days were the same, there was a great variety of fresh food on offer every day. Only suggestions would be to store the snacks (pizza etc.) available outside of meal times in heated containers. There is also nowhere in the local area to get food late night so it would be great if there was some snacks available to purchase in the hotel past 10pm. General tips: - not a huge amount of night life in the area, catch a cab to Zins/Aqua/Oma a 15 min drive away - beautiful sea-front bars/clubs/shisha spots. - The Grill Father is a hidden gem, lovely pizza bar just across the road. - Some stray dogs in the area (not a huge amount like Thailand etc.) for those with a phobia but they keep themselves to themselves unless you offer them food.