Hotel berhampiran Mount of Borshi, Delvine District

We spent one night at the Kalemi Hotel. It is an old Ottoman house with a lot of character and charm. The room is very large, very quiet and the view of the city is breathtaking. A very warm welcome, very good breakfast, wifi which works very well...everything was perfect. Only small point, a little difficult to find because the streets of Gjirokastër are quite ”complicated” with a car. But, parking is at your disposal. I especially wanted to warmly thank the hotel staff : I had forgotten a gold chain in the room. I contacted them and they graciously sent it back to my home in France. I found it in my mailbox when I returned. A big thank-you.

Nonostante la posizione vicino la parte vecchia di Argirocastro, sul sito di booking veniva indicato tra i servizi anche parcheggio, quando in realtà la strada per arrivare alla struttura è molto complicata, a meno che tu non sia uno del posto per via della strada in pietra e per via delle salite molto ripide. Inoltre, quella zona specifica è praticamente priva di parcheggi, e i pochi presenti sono già occupati o tenuti occupati dai locali con dei sassi a terra.. unico modo per raggiungere la struttura tranquillamente è in taxi o con un bus poco consigliabile. Il ragazzo dell' hotel che ci ha visto particolarmente arrabbiati, in quanto abbiamo dovuto parcheggiare lontano e portarci tutti i bagagli in salita, preso dalla pietà e forse dalla paura di una brutta recensione, mi ha gentilmente accompagnato a prendere l'auto e farmi parcheggiare in un suo posto. Peccato però che poi la mia auto sia stata chiusa dall'auto che avrebbe dovuto occupare il posto, impedendoci poi di recuperare l'auto più tardi, se non la mattina dopo al momento del check out.. struttura in generale carina, una bella colazione, ma almeno toglierei tra i servizi il parcheggio e il parcheggio gratuito in strada, in quanto così non è propriamente stato! Ci vorrebbe trasparenza e indicare che la zona non è facile da raggiungere in macchina e che ci sono pochi posti in zona, perché io ad esempio lo avessi letto, non lo avrei scelto, ma almeno ci sarebbe stata sincerità.

We had simply the best stay. However, I think there are small areas of improvement. Let's start from the beginning. 1. Amazing staff and everyone who works in this hotel. Super friendly and welcoming. Like all of them go the extra mile to give you the best service. 2. Super clean - spotless rooms and hotel in general. This is joined with the topic above. Housekeepers did their job amazingly. I always judge hotels by bathrooms and damn they were clean. 3. Cool private beach and chill. Usually in Albania, you have to pay for sunbeds but as you're the guest you get it for free. 4. View from the side room was wow. Overlooking Corfu in the evening it was super nice to chill on the balcony. Small feedback from our side. 1. Breakfast was good but it needs a bit of pump up for 4 a star hotel. Every day for 7 days it was 100% the same food. It would be nice to pump it up slightly as the rest of things are up to the standard. 2. Sounds silly but important. The pillows in the room are super thin and hard. I had to sleep on a green decor pillow only because my neck was falling apart. It's a preference of each individual but would be nice to have one fluffy pillow or at least two. Overall amazing experience for the price and an amazing stay. We loved it and will recommend it to our friends.

Amazing location. Close to everything. 1 minute away from the beach too. We booked the suite which also had a jacuzzi. It was clean, fresh, big and the view was breathtaking. You can see the whole city and the sea. The staff was extremly helpful, kind and paid attention to every detail. The breakfast was so delicious and you could find a lot of variety of food and drinks. 10/10 and will always be my ”go to” whenever I come back to Saranda😃😍