The hotel is brand new and needs a lot of improvement

Written: 25 july 2021
Travel time: 15 — 22 july 2021
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For business travel
Your rating of this hotel:
4.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 5.0
Service: 4.0
Cleanliness: 4.0
Food: 3.0
Amenities: 2.0
Our choice, I don't even know why, All inclusive Aria karpen resort 5*.
PROS:
+ The hotel is new and as they wrote with "their" beach;
There are few people on the beach. To the depth you need to go 50-100 meters.
+ Very quiet place. You can walk to wild and untouched beaches.
+ There is a swimming pool on site, but it is not working now (it has been filled with water for a week).
+ There is a spa and massage, a fitness room.
+ You can rent a bike.
+ The room has a shower, hairdryer, refrigerator, TV, separate air conditioning.
+ There are attendants who are fluent in Russian.
MINUSES:

- Transfer for 5*...includes pick-up and drop-off collection for all hotels in Durres. And after an hour, an unpleasant excursion through the small streets by a large bus, another transfer or waiting for a bus without a guide and communication at a gas station for another bus or minibus, and then a journey of 20-30 minutes. It turns out at first the resettlement of all 2-3-4-5 *, but in Durres. The whole journey airport-hotel and back takes 2-2.5 hours.
- You need to go to the beach through the parking lot (15-20 m). There is no shower on the beach, you can't wash your feet off the sand. There are no toilets or changing rooms.
- You need to bring your own beach towels.
- There is NOTHING for children.
- Nearby (500 m) there is only one mini-market (rural grocery store) and taking only breakfast at the hotel is not an option. There is nowhere to cook, and the rules state that it is forbidden to bring food into the rooms.
- Food at the hotel is monotonous. Constantly the same. There is no local flavor on the menu, there is not much choice either.
- Menu:
Breakfast
* 2-3 dishes of shredded vegetables (lean oil, olive oil, balsamic sauce, salt are on each table)
* omelette (not portioned ...Everything just lies in a shaft)
* fried eggs are also a shaft
*two varieties of sausages...Often overcooked
*two types of cheese
*two types of sausage
*can be stewed zucchini and eggplant
*croissants or puff pastry
*one type of fruit (orange, nectarine), but they are often not enough for everyone
*nuggets
*french fries
DINNER
• salads, cuts, vegetables, nuggets, french fries without changes
• two types of puree soup (fish, vegetable)
• fish (just fried whole, was spoiled for one day, and often burned)
• pasta (once paella)
• watermelon and melon (finely chopped and dumped on a tray)
• two types of cakes
DINNER
• repeated lunch menu
In the menu, burnt products that are taken out into the hall are considered the norm.

- From attractions within walking distance...Sea
- The Internet is available in the hotel and rooms, but it constantly knocks it out and it will not work out calmly.
- In the room, the bed is not changed, it is remade again. Change of towels every day, but for some reason selectively. Of the two sets, only one is changed.
- Drinking water in the boiler at the reception and dining room. There was no water, no pitchers, no kettle in the room. Drinking water in a bottle is paid.

- There are many Italian channels among the TV channels, one is English. There are no Russian-language channels.
- Please note that all keys in the hotel are electronic. Often the light in the hotel goes out for two or three hours ...All the doors are open and the cameras are turned off. (no back-up power supply)

A hotel for reflection and a relaxing holiday without children and understanding that work is still worse.
The hotel can not recommend for a holiday.
If you happen to be there already...Take full day excursions. The country is very interesting. Many interesting places. There is NOTHING to stay in this hotel.
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