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Hotel Keisa

Dhërmi beach · Albanian Riviera

The front of Hotel Keisa looking up: cream render, a frosted glass canopy fanned over the entrance door, white balcony rails above it and a full-height column of cobalt glass panes on the right against a clear blue sky

Hotel Keisa, 65 metres from the sand at Dhërmi

Twenty-seven rooms in a tall cream house one row back from the beach, with a roof terrace over the whole bay.

Roof to sand

Six stops on the way down, from the terrace over the bay to the water's edge.

  1. RThe roofA tiled terrace over the whole bay.The baybelow

    The top of the house is a roof terrace, floored in terracotta tile and railed in steel, with the whole curve of Dhërmi beach laid out below it and the sea to the horizon. Come up in the morning before the beach fills, or in the evening when the globe lamps along the rail come on.

    The terracotta-tiled roof terrace of Hotel Keisa behind a steel rail with globe lamps, looking over rooftops to the long pale curve of Dhërmi beach and the seaA view from an upper floor down between buildings and pine trees to the beach bars and umbrellas of Dhërmi beach and the open sea under a pale evening sky
  2. TThe top floorDoubles under a pitched timber ceiling.Timberoverhead

    The highest rooms sit under the roof itself: a pitched ceiling of dark timber over a white double bed, red curtains at the window.

    A top-floor double room at Hotel Keisa under a pitched timber ceiling, with red curtains, a white bed with a black headboard and two wooden chairsThe view from a window at Hotel Keisa over olive trees and low rooftops to Dhërmi beach and the coast running north
  3. 27The roomsDoubles, twins, and a double with a single.27rooms

    Twenty-seven rooms on the floors between, along white corridors. Each has air conditioning, a flat-screen TV with satellite channels and its own shower room, and they open onto balconies, some of them over the roofs to the sea.

    A double room at Hotel Keisa with a white bed and black quilted headboard, two white armchairs, red curtains at the balcony door and a flat-screen TVAn open balcony door in a lilac-walled recess at Hotel Keisa, framing green hills, the end of the bay and a strip of seaA long white corridor at Hotel Keisa with grey tiled floor and room doors along one side
  4. GThe ground floorReception, the keys on the wall, the garden.Fountainin the garden

    In under the glass canopy to a curved white reception desk with the room keys on the wall behind it. Outside, a path of pink flower pots, a lawn with a stone fountain and white benches.

    The curved white reception desk at Hotel Keisa with a Roman-numeral wall clock, a rack of room-key boxes and potted plantsA round stone fountain on a lawn in the front garden of Hotel Keisa, with flowering shrubs, benches and the cream building with its blue glass column behindThe entrance path to Hotel Keisa lined with pink flower pots and a white rail, leading to the door under the blue glass column
  5. PThe laneParking at the house, a short walk to the promenade.Parkingat the house

    There is parking at the house. From the gate it is a short walk down to the promenade and its palms, past the beach bars that line the sand. The hotel's own directions are two words: near Havana.

    A dirt lane running down between a stone wall and scrub to parked cars and the sea at Dhërmi beachThe cream front of Hotel Keisa with its balconies, the glass stair column running up the middle, the fan-shaped glass canopy over the door and a clipped hedge along the front
  6. ~The sandDhërmi beach: pale pebbles, clear water.65 mto the sand

    About 65 metres from the house the sand begins, and the water's edge is about 130 metres away. Dhërmi beach runs for kilometres either way: fine pale pebbles, umbrellas and loungers along the bars, and water that turns turquoise a few steps out.

    White umbrellas and loungers on the pale pebbles of Dhërmi beach under a deep blue sky, with turquoise water behindAn aerial view over the sea and Dhërmi beach: rows of umbrellas, the promenade with palms, and behind them the tall cream-and-lilac block of Hotel Keisa with its blue glass column

The rooms

Three ways to sleep, twenty-seven doors

A double room at Hotel Keisa with a white bed and black quilted headboard, two white armchairs, red curtains at the balcony door and a flat-screen TV

Double

One double bed

A double bed with a quilted headboard, armchairs by the balcony door.

A twin room at Hotel Keisa with two white single beds, a wall-mounted TV, a white desk and red curtains at the window

Twin

Two single beds

Two singles side by side, a desk, the TV on the wall.

A bright room at Hotel Keisa with a double bed and a single bed, a white wardrobe, a TV on a white stand, a small fridge and an air conditioner over the door

Double and single

One double and one single bed

Room for three, with a wardrobe and a small fridge.

In every room

  • Air conditioning
  • Flat-screen TV with satellite channels
  • Private shower room with a bidet
  • Hairdryer and towels
  • Free toiletries

In the house

  • Roof terrace over the bay
  • Front garden with a fountain
  • Parking on site
  • Reception
See the rooms
An aerial view over the sea and Dhërmi beach: rows of umbrellas, the promenade with palms, and behind them the tall cream-and-lilac block of Hotel Keisa with its blue glass column

From the air: the sea, the umbrellas, the promenade, then the house.

From the air

One row back from Dhërmi beach

65 m
Dhërmi beach, the sand · past the promenade
130 m
The water's edge · straight down
3.0 km
Gjipe beach · the canyon cove to the south-east
3.1 km
Drymades beach · north-west along the bay
5.7 km
Jale beach · south-east, past Gjipe
9.9 km
Himarë · south-east down the coast

Straight-line distances from the house.

Finding it

Near Havana, on the beach road

Come down from the SH8 to Dhërmi beach and follow the beach road: the house is the tall cream one with the blue glass column, one row back from the promenade.

Plazh, Dhërmi 9999, Albania
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Questions

Before you write

How far is Hotel Keisa from Dhërmi beach?

Very close. Hotel Keisa stands one row back from Dhërmi beach, near the Havana beach bar: the sand starts about 65 metres from the house and the water's edge is about 130 metres away, a walk of a minute or two past the promenade and the beach bars.

How do I book a room at Hotel Keisa?

Write to the hotel directly at keisahotel2014@gmail.com or call +355 69 407 7612. The booking bar on this site opens an email with your dates and the number of guests already filled in, so all you add is your name. The hotel replies with what is free for those nights.

What kind of rooms does Hotel Keisa have?

Hotel Keisa has 27 rooms: doubles, twins, and rooms with a double and a single bed for three. Every room has air conditioning, a flat-screen satellite TV and its own shower room. Rooms open onto balconies, and the top-floor rooms sit under a pitched timber ceiling.

Is there parking at Hotel Keisa?

Yes. Hotel Keisa has parking on site, at the house itself, so you can leave the car there for the whole stay and do the rest on foot: the sand, the promenade and the beach bars of Dhërmi are all a minute or two from the door.

How do I get to Hotel Keisa?

Drive south from Vlorë on the SH8 coast road, through the Llogara Tunnel, and take the turning down to Dhërmi beach. The hotel is on the beach road near Havana, one row back from the sand. In Google Maps, search for Hotel Keisa, Dhërmi, or use the directions link on this page.

What is near Hotel Keisa?

Dhërmi beach is in front of the house. Within a few kilometres are Gjipe, a cove at the mouth of a canyon about 3 km south-east; Drymades beach about 3 km north-west along the bay; Jale about 6 km away; and the town of Himarë about 10 km down the coast.