Grand Hotel Europa in Shkoder

havuz bakımdaydı ve odalar kısmen eski malzemelerle doluydu. Temizlik orta sayılır, kahvaltı çeşidi iyiydi, akşam yemeği tur anlaşmalı fix menüydü ve eh işte denilebilir düzeydeydi. 5 yıldız kavramında türkiyedekiler ile kıyaskanamaz.

Stayed only one night in Shkoder. This hotel was perfectly fine. The receptionist was on top of things and very friendly. I just wondered why she had to keep our passports overnight. The room was otherwise comfortable -- with a queen-sized bed, a small desk, wooden floors -- except that it was rather stuffy. I couldn't get the A/C to work, which was probably because they had already switched it to heating. I slept with the window open, to be woken up by the muezzin calling the faithful to prayer before sunrise. The hotel décor, including in the room, was quite busy -- some might say kitschy -- but it had its charm. For instance, in the lobby, there was a large bust of a gorilla (don't ask). The location is smack in the middle of the small town. The university where we had most of our meetings is just across the street. There's a lively walking street just behind with a decent selection of restaurants and cafés (the Italian one we found was excellent). Interestingly, when we returned to the hotel just after 10 pm everything was dark: the lobby, the reception, the bar... We had to let ourselves in and forget about any notion of a nightcap. All in all, if you happen to be in Shkoder, do take the opportunity to stay at the Grand Hotel Europa.