Grand Hotel Europa

There was a music festival right next to the hotel and the music was unbelievably loud up until midnight. The hotel refused to move us, even though they had rooms available on numerous hotel booking sites. The calls to prayer from the adjacent mosque began at Dawn so we had virtually no sleep.

I booked this hotel because it advertised as having a swimming pool. It does, but was closed whilst we visited and apparently is closed most of the time. The public areas are very lavish. Rooms are on the small side…certainly not 5 stars. Staff very helpful.

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.

We were in this hotel for 3 days and it was everything excellent. The rooms were clean and everything in order. Front desk very nice and also the service very professional. I highly recommend this hotel for who want to visit Shkoder you are in the heart of the city.

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.