Reviews of El Mare Hotel 3 stars
Rruga Butrinti, 9701 Sarandë, Albania

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Reviewed: 25 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewThe staff was super nice and helpful. I asked if they had dairy free milk and they didn't and the next day they bought it for me!
The rooms are a bit old
Thank you so much. You are welcome.
Reviewed: 23 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewVery comfortable and very clean
Everything was ok
Thank you so much. Se nou next year and more days.
Reviewed: 14 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewIt is very close to the beach and it takes two minute to get to the umbrellas. The breakfast has multiple choice and they try to vary it every day. The room has a great view and clean and they change towels everyday.
The hotel is at the end of a downhill so it is tiring to get all the way up both by car and on foot. The rooms are a little bit old.
Thank you. You are welcome anytime.
Reviewed: 7 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewWe loved that it is outside of Saranda crowds, has access to a few lovely beach areas just un front of the hotel. The breakfast was tasty and home made with enough options, the kids enjoyed the little playground in the garden.
Thank you ! We’re glad you enjoyed the peaceful location and homemade breakfast. Hope to welcome you again!
Reviewed: 21 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 14 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewEl Mare Hotel exceeded our expectations. Our room had an amazing sea view and spacious balcony. Hotel owner and other employees are super friendly and helpful. I have never encountered such hospitality anywhere before. Very good breakfast- they offered a lot of different options. Rooms are really clean. Nearby beaches are great as well. We would go back anytime :)
City centre is little far away but we even enjoyed the 40 minute walk.
Thank you for your lovely review! We’re so glad you enjoyed the sea view, breakfast, and our hospitality. It was a pleasure to host you, and we’d love to welcome you back anytime!
Reviewed: 13 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewThe location is amazing. Easy to walk downtown at night. The hotel is right by the beach. Clean and spacious rooms. And the garden is cosy for having breakfast in the morning or a glass of wine in the evening. But the absolute best thing is the host! He is an amazingly warmhearted person who made our stay wonderful! Helped us with everything, made us feel at home. Such an amazing person! ❤️ Will definately recommend anyone to stay here. And we will definately want to come back.
Thank you so much for your kind words! We’re thrilled you enjoyed your stay and felt at home. It was a pleasure hosting you, and we hope to welcome you back soon!
Reviewed: 5 June 2025 · Stayed in June 2025
Verified reviewWe are vacationing in Saranda and booked a staying at El Mare hotel. What a great experience . Wonderful cozy hotel 50 ft walk to the beach relaxing and amazing sea and amazing sunset from our balcony, we enjoyed the morning breakfast on the beautiful garden view. Very clean and spacious rooms comfortable bed delicious and generous breakfast, freshly baked every morning. We felt like home! Blerti and Linda are great hosts , you can tell they’re running the hotel with love knowledge and great communication. We really appreciate them for their hospitality and we strongly recommend to our friends!
Thank you very much. You are always welcome.
Reviewed: 8 May 2025 · Stayed in May 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 8 October 2024 · Stayed in October 2024
Verified reviewEverithing! Simple and clean! The staff is polite, discrete, kind and professional! Super breakfast! You can feel that they put the heart into it!
Thank you very much. You are always welcome.
Reviewed: 6 October 2024 · Stayed in September 2024
Verified reviewReviewed: 2 October 2024 · Stayed in October 2024
Verified reviewReviewed: 2 October 2024 · Stayed in September 2024
Verified reviewVery kind hosting family. A little playground for the kids. Very good breakfast. Nice view.
An electric kettle (water boiler) in the room would be useful.
Thank you so much for your review and your advice. You are welcome
Reviewed: 1 October 2024 · Stayed in September 2024
Verified reviewWonderful stay! The 2 main employees, men, at the desk and breakfast, were absolutely lovely, so attentive and nice, offering extra eggs and sausage at breakfast etc. We arrived a day late as I’d had food poisoning at another place in the north, and when we got there they said we didn’t have to pay for the first night we’d reserved but not stayed, so kind! The room was very clean, really big and had a nice view to the beach. Great location and quiet.
Every morning there was an extremely loud noise like a dryer or extractor fan going at ninety for 2 hours from like 7am to 9am and it was so noisy! We found it difficult to sleep, it took over the whole room.
Thank you for your review. You are always welcome
Reviewed: 25 September 2024 · Stayed in September 2024
Verified reviewThe hotel was lovely all staff friendly or room was beautiful ❤️ bed so comfy, the bath products were so frangant. Our evening meal was exceptional 5* and breakfast was great with a great variety of foods
All was great.
Thank you very much. You are always welcome
Reviewed: 22 September 2024 · Stayed in September 2024
Verified reviewThe breakfast was diverse and plentiful You could hear the waves because it’s close to the beach
There was a bad smell in the bathroom at times (pee)
Thank you for your review. This is the first time i face this kind of complain. Anyway we will look at this problem.
Reviewed: 16 September 2024 · Stayed in September 2024
Verified reviewVery nice small hotel operated by a local family. Excelent breakfast, beautiful sea view from the balcony and a private beach just in front of the hotel. A lot of restaurants and supermarkets nearby, daily room service.
The room we had was a bit tiny, without any place to dry swimsuits. But we could manage - we used the balcony chairs :-)
Thank you very much. We appreciate your advice, next your we will figure it out for sure.
Reviewed: 14 September 2024 · Stayed in September 2024
Verified reviewStaff were very helpful with check in/out and anything else we needed. The room we had had a very large balcony with lovely views.
The breakfast was fairly standard but there were a lot of flies and some of the items definitely sat out too long, especially towards the end of breakfast times.
Thank you. You are welcome
Reviewed: 11 September 2024 · Stayed in September 2024
Verified reviewThe hotel is on the seashore: the owner is extremely friendly and accommodating. The breakfast is varied, excellent and tasty. The rooms are spacious and clean. The terrace with a view of the sea and the city is excellent. All recommendations for this hotel.
Thank you very much. You are always welcome!
Reviewed: 6 September 2024 · Stayed in September 2024
Verified reviewReviewed: 31 August 2024 · Stayed in August 2024
Verified reviewThe room was very clean and comfortable for us.
Thank you very much. You are always welcome.
Reviewed: 15 August 2024 · Stayed in August 2024
Verified reviewReviewed: 7 August 2024 · Stayed in August 2024
Verified reviewReviewed: 7 August 2024 · Stayed in August 2024
Verified reviewThe staff is amazing, when we arrived immidiately they served us cold water and coffee (imagine how it felt in 35C and after 8h road trip😩). Veryyyy welcoming family, they made us feel like home. The room was super clean with a wonderful sea view balcony!! Location is 1000/10!!! Fantastic, right in the beach!! Highly recommend!!
That we didn’t stay more😔
Thank you very much. You are always welcome at our hotel. Hope to see you soon again.