Sol Tropikal Durrës

We spent 10 days at Sol Tropikal in Durrës and left with plenty of great memories. The resort offers clean, modern rooms, beautiful landscaping, and fun activities for all ages. While there were a few downsides – such as the lack of proper air conditioning, issues with the beach facilities, and one less helpful staff member – the overall experience was very positive. For the price we paid, it was well worth it, and we’re already recommending it to friends and colleagues. We’d love to return in the future! The rooms: Clean and modern furniture. Our queen sized bed had pillows that were perfectly firm, with a proper filled duvet. The bathroom was beautiful and modern, with sand tiled walls and floor, and a walk-in shower with a rain shower head. Most rooms have a neatly sized balcony, with two simple chairs and a table. There was also a minibar, sofabed, and dressers, plus hangers - so plenty of storage spaces for your clothes. There was also a smart-TV. However, the smart TV produces an awful high-pitched sound when on standby, so I recommend unplugging it when it's not in use. There was also a kettle, and complimentary teabags + instant coffee. No iron. House keeping cleaned our room every day, but only changed our bed once during our 10 day long stay. Recommendations for improvements: The only minus was that there is only a central ventilation system, and no airconditioning in our room. There was a panel which looked like it, but I believe that only was for the bathroom. As we were there only in May, when the temperatures had not yet peaked 24 degrees, I can only imagine how hot the rooms may become during the summer months. The pool area: Very aesthetically constructed. Plenty of comfortable sun beds, with a children's pool and an adult's pool. There is a pool bar at the end. For all-inclusive guests, drinks are included. For regulars, it may be a bit pricy. We opted mostly to just purchase our soft drinks at the supermarket located on the right side of the big building at the other side of the roundabout outside the hotel. Recommendations for improvements: The pool bar did not offer food (despite the online menu mentioning there is a charcoal bbq). Loud club music from the bar was a minor annoyance, especially for my grandmother. This is, however, something I believe is a cultural thing in Albania, as we experienced this everywhere. There also appeared to be a problem with some of the water fountains in the children's pool, as the water often ended up turning in the wrong direction, flooding the sun bed area. There is also no life guard, so you need to have an extra watchful eye for your kids and little ones. The private beach: The beach has a lot of potensial and room for improvement. Some days, the sun beds and umbrellas were scattered everywhere, with very few actually being usable. The beach bar appeared to be totally abandoned, and there was an unserviced lifeguard tower. The beach itself was clean of trash, but there was a lot of

After a nice tour of the south (Berat, Sarande,Gjirokaster) spend 4 days at Sol Tropical. A family member traveling from Switzerland had booked there so it was a bit predetermined for us The facility definitely shows the age. The rooms are nice, the pools are nice and that’s about it. The employers are hit and miss, mostly nice, but they cannot compensate for the shortcomings of the facilities. Most of the kitchen people tried to help with my daughter’s allergies, some had no clue what a food allergy is, but overall we felt comfortable. Since it is a bit out of the way, and you need a taxi to get out ( the only taxi in the grounds charged 10k each way for 1.5 kilometers and the taximeter would never turn on) we decided to buy the all inclusive package for 4 people. At 5 pm that when we arrived. July 1st through July 4th. So a dinner for the 7/1 and breakfast for 7/4. Less than 3 days. Apparently you can’t pay for 3 days you have to pay for 5, otherwise you have to eat out. Since I have been in many countries before in regular and all inclusive resorts, I went ahead and payed for it It was worth it, in a strange way! The restaurant room reminded me of my military days, very spartan, looked more like a nursing home dinner than a resort, nothing to match the price - but made me travel back in time which was appreciated . The food my godness, it was not tasty, and the meat cuts in general were good only if you work out and had to work your chewing muscles. The grounds are not kept, the entertainment was nonexistent and for the love of God you could have put a TV somewhere so people could watch the Euro 2024, since you were too cheap to offer it on the room TV channels At least they were open to suggestion, when they removed the rusty nail from tree trunks sticking out at kids’ head level! And Marco, please don’t worry about answering and posting a corporate stamped response, what you are going to do to improve, will not help me. With the extra money we paid for the food we never could consume as a family, pay an Albanian language teacher to give your crew a crash course in Albanian or English, cause I saw a lot of people unable to communicate with the staff All the best

This is a 4 star hotel Beds v comfortable Staff polite if a bit keen to sell you stuff on arrival and misleading initially about buses TV ******* n switches itself on but unable to get programme Reported x 3 so far Phone also doesn’t work so have to report to reception Pool in shade most of day so cold Breakfast good apartment from fruit and fruit juice Took it away at 10.01 as closing Behaves like a 3 star at most Not possible to charge drinks to room without credit card Have to wear a wrist band even though not all in package like Benidorm Only ever 1 receptionist Stray dogs by swimming pool near children

One adult with 2 children. Had 2 small bottles of water in the room. Upon asking for more water to take to the room, i was informed i would need to pay for this. Not great when i could ask for milk for my tea for free. I looked in the room menu for the fridge there was no pricing for water so not sure how this has come about. Food options weren't that great but ok. Not hot but warm at times not sure if the options had been seeved earlier in the day and kept for supper time. Unfortunately you're not able to watch the tv full screen as it keeps reverting after a minute or 2 to a smaller screen neither can you cast your phone to watch a program. The staff were always smiling, front of house were charming and a bit of a shame that we went end of season so not much entertainment.