Sol Tropikal Durrës

Located in a picturesque area near the beach and public transport, the property features modern, spacious rooms with premium amenities and a large balcony. Guests value the thoughtful touches like extra blankets.

Friendly staff at the bars and house keeping. Mostly clean rooms and lots of smiles from the staff. That was the positive parts. We stayed in a suite with a sea view in the building furthest away from the many noisy events around the restaurant and reception area, and luckily experienced only minimal noise disturbances at night. Unfortunately, noise is a major issue that others have also reported. At the pool, loud music plays through poor-quality speakers from 10am until closing time. In the suite, the sockets on one side of the bed didn’t work, two of the spotlights flickered and went out, a tap was loose, the soap dispensers didn’t function, and despite promises from two receptionists, we never saw a handyman. The welcome brochure is a photocopy of a photocopy and is almost unreadable. The many skilled members of the animation team are great at getting guests involved, but even outside of pool dancing and water aerobics, the music is excessively loud. In the restaurant, it is unbearable to stay for long due to the poor acoustics, which could easily be improved with some acoustic panels on the ceiling and walls. The pool is not vacuumed and contains a lot of sand, and several glass panels around the pool area are broken and seem dangerous. Towels must be collected and exchanged at reception, but on several occasions they ran out of towels. The friendly receptionist, however, was unable to confirm whether I was allowed to use the room towels instead. The staff are friendly, but not particularly efficient. We reported a dangerous broken highchair three times and witnessed at least one other couple nearly see their baby fall out of the same chair – yet the chair was never removed by staff. In the à la carte restaurant, we gave up on eating there a couple of times because no staff came to our table at all. The food is more boring than in most places, and only the main course at dinner varies. Don’t expect any service from the staff standing in groups of two or three along the walls, waiting to clear the tables. The beach is lovely and shallow, everything is clean and tidy. The Bali beds, at €80 per day, were very worn, and the curtains (which we had to pull ourselves) were torn and barely functional. There was no service whatsoever, and the beach bar was closed. We will never return, and at these prices, we cannot recommend anyone to visit this place. To the hotel: we know you will reply that you take our review seriously and that you will do everything you can to improve. Just as you promised to fix the issues in the room, to remove the dangerous highchair, and to call when fresh towels were available. Please – repair the broken glass panels, install some acoustic panels, and turn down the music when your excellent animation team is not performing.

Best experience in my city Durres! I had a great time here. To many activities at Sol Tropical.Best service from bartender Daniel.