Three outdoor rooms, none of them indoors: a reed-roofed deck at the front with the sea in it, a stone patio behind for the tennis table, and a garden of sun loungers under the village.
The front of the hostel is a timber deck under a reed canopy thick enough to keep the sun out entirely, with a rail, a climbing vine and then the shore road. Past the road, pebbles. It is the coolest place on the property between noon and five, which is why nobody leaves it.
The full-size pool table is under the same roof on a stone floor, with pine benches along the open side and a slatted screen at the back. From most of the shots you are looking straight out at the water, which is either an advantage or an excuse.
Behind the building the ground rises. There is a stone patio with a tennis table on it, out of the sun, and beyond that a lawn of wooden pallet loungers on artificial turf, shaded by a fig tree, a stand of yuccas and one green-and-white parasol.
The table, with the sea behind it
Benches, screen, and a long afternoon
Table tennis, out of the sun
Below the houses
The fig tree at the back of the garden
Everything on site
What is actually here
Free
WiFi in every area
Security lockers
In the room
Air conditioning
Linens included
Charging plugs
Shower
The kitchen
Shared kitchen
Fridge and freezer
Stove
Sink
Pots and pans
Utensils
Toaster
Outside
Beachfront
Sun deck
Outdoor terrace
Garden
Outdoor furniture
Panoramic views
Inside
Common room
Shared lounge and TV area
Pool table
Table tennis
Live sport on the screen
At reception
Tours and travel desk
Safe
Lockers
Reception at limited hours
There is no parking on the property, and breakfast is not included — the shared kitchen is fully fitted instead, and Himarë's supermarkets are 1.4 km up the coast.
What happens
Booked at the desk, not online
Boat parties and karaoke
The two things Oasis carried down from the town hostel to the beach. Neither runs to a timetable you can read in advance — they turn up on the week they turn up, and the desk knows first.
The bus to Gjipe
A hostel-run bus down the coast to Gjipe, the canyon beach between Dhërmi and Himarë with no road to the sand. It runs on consecutive days through the busy weeks and is booked with the rest of the day trips.
The tours desk
Day trips and boat excursions are arranged at reception rather than online, which is also where to ask about the ones that are not on any list.
Pool, ping-pong and the screen
A full-size table under the reeds with the sea behind it, a tennis table on the stone patio, and live sport on the screen in the lounge when there is any.
