Spile · Himarë · Albania
Five things come with the room, whichever room you take.
Breakfast on the roof. The spa. An umbrella and sun loungers on the town beach, sixty metres from the door. Parking. And the pool up on the roof, with the bar beside it. Seven room types, and the rate carries all five of those against every one of them.
The rate
The rooms differ. The rate does not.
Most hotels on this coast sell you a room and then sell you the morning, the sunbed and the parking space separately. Here the five things beside this paragraph come with whichever room you take, from the thirty-square-metre double to the seventy-five-metre suite on the top floor.
So the only real question is which room. And the rooms differ on three things: how big, which way they face, and what stands in the bathroom.
The roof
The pool, the kitchen and the bar are all on the top floor.
A lap pool on the deck, crocheted parasols along its edge, and tables set out to the glass balustrade with the bay underneath. Breakfast is served up here in the morning and the kitchen and bar carry on into the evening.
The rooms
Sorted by what stands in the bathroom.
The hotel files its own photographs in Albanian: pa vaskë, without a bath, and me vaskë, with one. Follow that and the whole inventory sorts into three positions.
A shower
Walk-in, glazed, marble to the ceiling.
- Double Room with Sea View30 m²
- Double Room with City View35 m²
- Family Room45 m²
- Junior Suite40 m²
A bath in the bathroom
Freestanding, set into the marble.
A bath in the room
Standing on the floor of the room itself, beside the bed.
- Suite 30540 m²
- Presidential Suite75 m²
The house
A terrazzo floor and a spa.
The lobby is laid in pale terrazzo with oversized grey triangles set into it, under an arched soffit, with the lifts and the floor board behind. The spa and wellness centre, and its massage room, are off a corridor of their own.
- Free WiFi throughout
- 24-hour front desk
- Room service
- Airport transfer, arranged at extra cost
- Air conditioning in every room
- Family rooms
- Lift
- English spoken
The score
Guests on Booking.com score the hotel 8.9 out of 10 — excellent. Location scores highest of the six categories they mark.
Read the reviews on Booking.com- Location9.7
- Comfort9.6
- Cleanliness9.4
- Facilities9.2
- Staff8.7
- Value for money8.6
Where it stands
Between the coast road and the pedestrian street.
Spile is the quarter of Himarë the hotel's own address names. Rruga Jorgji Bollano — the SH8 coast road — runs within twenty metres of the pin on the inland side, and the pedestrian Rruga 2 Dhjetori about thirty-five metres the other way, towards the water. The town beach starts under sixty metres off; two more lie south-east along the same shore and one west-north-west.
Getting here- Plazhi i Himarës, the public beachsouth-west · your umbrella is on it57 m
- Maraçisouth-east217 m
- Plazhi i Potamitsouth-east883 m
- Plazhi i Livadhitwest-north-west1.4 km
Straight line from the hotel's coordinate to the nearest edge of each beach as OpenStreetMap maps it.
Questions
Before you book
- Is breakfast included?
- Yes. Breakfast is part of every rate and is served on the roof — continental and buffet, with Italian, vegetarian, vegan and halal options.
- Is there a pool?
- There is a pool on the roof, with a deck, loungers and a bar beside it. Access is included in the rate.
- How far is the beach?
- Plazhi i Himarës, the town's public beach, is about sixty metres from the door in a straight line. Every rate includes one umbrella and sun loungers on it. Maraçi is a little over two hundred metres south-east along the same shore.
- Is parking available?
- Free private parking is on site, with an accessible bay. Reserve a space when you book — the number is limited.
- Is there a spa?
- Yes. The spa and wellness centre is in the building, with a massage room off the corridor, and access to it is included in the rate.
- Can I bring a pet?
- No. Pets are not allowed, and the whole hotel is smoke-free.
- What are the check-in and check-out times?
- Check in from 14:00 until 23:30. Check out by 11:00. The front desk is staffed around the clock.
- Which rooms have a bath?
- The Junior Suite with bath tub has a freestanding bath in the bathroom. Suite 305 and the Presidential Suite have a bath standing in the room itself. Every other room type has a walk-in shower.