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Potami BeachMondi Goro

Potam · Himarë · Albania

Your sunbeds are already on the beach.

A small hotel and taverna on the shingle of Potami Beach. Every room comes with its own pair of sunbeds in front of the house.

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Thatched umbrellas and blue-cushioned sunbeds on the pebbles, with clear turquoise water, a moored motorboat and the wooded headland at the south end of the bay
01The sunbeds, from the shingle
The restaurant terrace under a timber roof and a saffron awning, wooden tables and white chairs on a flagstone floor, the sea beyond the railing
02The terrace under the awning
The hotel seen from the hillside: a terracotta-roofed building with stone piers and balconies at the edge of the shingle, a long line of umbrellas running north along the bay
03The house from the hill

The beach in front

Each room has two sunbeds kept for it under the umbrellas in front of the house, so the morning starts on the shingle instead of on a search for a free one. The terrace is a few steps behind them, and the water a few steps ahead.

From the road to the water

From the road to the waterA cross-section of the site: the coast road behind, the three-storey house under its terracotta roof, the restaurant terrace under its awning, a row of tamarisks, the shingle with the room's two sunbeds under an umbrella, and the sea. About ≈ 40 m from the house to the water.Coast roadThe house: three floors of roomsTerrace and tableTamarisksYour two sunbedsIonian Sea≈ 40 m to the water
Not to scale. The house faces west over the bay; north along the shingle, Himarë centre is 1.5 km on foot.
The restaurant terrace under a timber roof and a saffron awning, wooden tables and white chairs on a flagstone floor, the sea beyond the railing
The terrace under the awning

The table

A taverna on the terrace, over the shingle.

The hotel runs its own restaurant and bar under a timber roof and the awning this page takes its colour from. The floor is flagstone set with river pebbles, the chairs are white, and the railing at the far end is all that stands between the tables and the beach.

The rooms

Three floors, white sheets, the sea a staircase away.

The top floor sleeps under the timber roof; the newer rooms are grey and white with pine-boarded walls; the ground-floor rooms open onto shaded flagstone patios facing the tamarisks. Many take a double bed and a single, which suits a family of three.

In every room

  • Air conditioning
  • Private bathroomwith a shower, toiletries and a hairdryer
  • Flat-screen TV
  • Minibar
  • Free WiFi
  • Two sunbeds on the beachkept for the room

Around the house

  • Restaurant and baron the terrace over the beach
  • Private beach areaumbrellas and sunbeds in front of the house
  • Free private parking
  • Family roomsa double and a single in one room
  • Balconiesin some rooms; ground-floor rooms open onto flagstone patios
A room under a pitched timber ceiling with a double bed and a single bed, pale tiled floor and a balcony door with a purple curtain
01Top floor, under the timber roof
A grey-walled room with a double bed and a single, folded yellow towels, a pine-boarded wall and two small framed prints
02A double and a single, grey walls
A room with a double bed and a single bed in pale oak, a bright painted canvas above them and an air conditioner on the wall
03Pale oak and a painted canvas
A room with a single and a double bed, a rose-coloured wall, wall lamps and an orange cushion
04A rose-walled room
Inside a room's door: a dark wardrobe, a dressing table with mirror and hairdryer, a small fridge and a wall-mounted television
05Wardrobe, mirror, fridge and TV
A bathroom with grey marble-effect tiles, a pedestal basin, a toilet and a frosted window
06A shower room
A small painted table and two chairs on a balcony beside a window, a potted succulent on the table
07A first-floor balcony
A ground-floor window with its shutter raised, framing tamarisk trunks and umbrellas on the beach
08A ground-floor window onto the tamarisks
An open balcony door framing umbrellas on the beach and the blue sea beyond
09A balcony door, and the beach below it

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The house by day

Looking out from a covered ground-floor patio past potted plants and a low stone wall to tamarisk trees and umbrellas on the beach
04From a ground-floor patio, the beach through the tamarisks
A ground-floor room door on a covered flagstone patio with a timber ceiling, a stone pier and a small table and chairs
05A ground-floor door onto the flagstones
The beach seen from an upper floor: umbrellas and sunbeds along the shingle, the clear bay and two wooded headlands
06The bay from an upper floor
An upper balcony with a table and wicker chair looking inland over the coast road to the hills behind Potam
07The other side: an upper balcony facing the hills

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The place

The quiet end of the bay.

Potami Beach curves north to Himarë town; the hotel stands near its southern end, where a wooded headland closes the bay and the sun goes down beside it.

The water
≈ 40 m
Across the terrace and the tamarisks, then the shingle.
Prinos
≈ 400 m
The next cove north, along the shore.
Himarë centre
1.5 km
About twenty minutes on foot around the bay.
Himarë Castle
5.8 km
By road, up to the old town on the hill.
DirectionsGetting here
The long pebble curve of Potami Beach running north to the white houses of Himarë under the mountains
North along the shingle to Himarë

Practical

Questions people ask.

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Where is Hotel Potami Beach – Mondi Goro?

On Potami Beach (Potam), at the southern end of Himarë in Vlorë County, Albania. The house stands at the edge of the shingle, about forty metres from the water, with Himarë town centre roughly a twenty-minute walk north around the bay. The Plus Code is 3QV4+73 Himarë.

How do I book a room?

Write to the hotel at mondgoro@gmail.com, or send a message on Instagram to @hotel_potami_beach, with your dates and how many of you are coming. Rooms are not sold online at the moment, so the hotel answers you directly with availability.

Is the hotel on the beach?

Yes. The restaurant terrace looks straight onto Potami Beach, with a row of tamarisks between the flagstones and the shingle. Each room comes with its own pair of sunbeds in the hotel's beach area in front of the house, so there is nothing to claim early in the morning.

Is there a restaurant?

Yes. The hotel runs a restaurant and bar on a covered terrace above the beach, under a timber roof and a saffron awning. The tables run right up to the railing, with the shingle and the sea on the other side of it.

What is in the rooms?

Air conditioning, a private bathroom with a shower, toiletries and a hairdryer, a flat-screen TV, a minibar and free WiFi. Several rooms take a double bed and a single, which suits families. Some rooms have a balcony; the ground-floor rooms open onto shaded flagstone patios.

Is there parking?

Yes, free private parking for guests. Potam is reached on the coast road south of Himarë; the drive to the castle in the old town is about six kilometres, and the walk into the town centre along the bay is about one and a half kilometres.

Does the hotel have a pool?

No. The sea is the pool: the house sits on Potami Beach, a pebble bay with clear water and a wooded headland closing it to the south. Umbrellas and sunbeds in front of the house come with the rooms.

To stay

Write to us with your dates.

Rooms are booked directly with the hotel. Send your dates and how many of you are coming, by email or on Instagram, and the hotel answers with what is free.

mondgoro@gmail.com

Write to usMessage @hotel_potami_beach
The sun low over a calm sea, its reflection running towards the shore, a dark headland on the right
The sun going down beside the headland