Livadh road · Himarë · Albanian Riviera

The sea from every balcony, up the hill from Livadhi.

Four self-catering apartment types in one white house among the olive trees, a short walk down to the beach and a short drive into Himarë.

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Mihalis Apartments at sundown: a white five-level block with balconies on every floor, standing in olive trees and cypresses on the hill above the Ionian, a headland on the right horizon — The house from the hill behind it, at sundown.40.10241 N · 19.73465 E

01 · Where it stands

Between two beaches, on the hill.

The house stands on the slope that separates Livadhi from Himarë's own bay, on the Livadh road. Livadhi is the long pebble beach below the balconies, downhill through the olives; Spile, the town's seafront, is over the hill the other way. Up here it is quiet, and the view runs out to the open Ionian.

360 m
Livadhi beachwest, in a straight line, downhill: 650 m
Spile beach, Himarëeast, in a straight line, over the hill: 1.7 km
Himarë centreby road from Spile, the red line on the card

A glass balcony table with a small cactus in a bowl and two wicker chairs, above a wooded slope that runs down to the bay and a headland — Fig. 01A balcony table, the slope, the bay.

02 · Arriving

Stone walls, a gravel track, and a lion on each gatepost.

The front of Mihalis Apartments in evening light: four balcony storeys with sand-coloured window surrounds, behind an iron gate whose stone posts each carry a white lion — Fig. 02The front gate. A white lion sits on each post.

A gravel track running between dry-stone walls to the side gate of Mihalis Apartments at dusk, white bird statues on the gateposts and the block rising behind them — Fig. 03The last stretch: gravel, stone walls, the side gate.

Mihalis Apartments at night, a light under every balcony slab, seen past a stone gatepost topped with a white statue — Fig. 04At night every slab edge is lit.

Two black wicker chairs and a glass table on a balcony, facing a calm sea with a low headland on the left — Fig. 05Two chairs and the horizon.

03 · The family

The hosts are what guests score highest.

Mihalis Apartments is let by a private host, the family behind the name, and of every category guests rate here the hosts come out on top. They speak Greek, English and Albanian, they ask to know your arrival time in advance, and the phone number on the card is theirs.

+355 69 470 8564 giolakutula@gmail.com

04 · The apartments

Four types, from a room for two to seventy square metres.

All four in detail

01 · 70 m² · sleeps 5 · kitchen
Deluxe Apartment
The largest of the four, refitted: an open living room and kitchen with a marble-effect counter, a bedroom, a bathroom with a tub, and a balcony over the bay.
The deluxe apartment
02 · 60 m² · sleeps 4 · kitchen
Apartment
A full apartment for a family of four: a kitchen with a dining table, a bedroom with a single beside the double, and a balcony facing the sea.
The apartment
03 · 60 m² · sleeps 4 · kitchen
Apartment – Ground Floor
The same size on the ground floor, with a wood-fronted kitchen, a bathroom with a tub, and the olive grove outside the door.
The apartment – ground floor
04 · 30 m² · sleeps 2 · no kitchen
Penthouse Apartment
The smallest, at the top of the stairs: one room for two with a shower room, a refrigerator and a kettle rather than a kitchen, and a terrace over the sea.
The penthouse apartment