Sol Tropikal Durres

Some of the hotel has been renovated, the pool area is modern and elevated with nice views of the sea in the background. The rooms were modern and recently built, although they could be cleaner. Other parts of the resort we're clearly being rebuilt / renovated, which was a shame. The beach is private although quite small and a bit dirty, it needs some maintenance and attention. The biggest let down is the food, the buffet food is all quite bland and tasteless, it is also very cold, even if you are the first to go in for breakfast or dinner. The Italian food at the Citarella restaurant is much better but still not as nice as authentic Italian cuisine. We upgraded to all-inclusive for €38 per person, per night, but in reality we did not gain much. There is a lack of availability of snacks in between lunch and dinner, despite it specifying they would be available, often we were hungry and found ourselves braced for dinner at 7:30pm sharp like all the other guests. On the app, website and in person they also said there would be a BBQ / available at the Breeze beach bar but there was no food available which compounded our disappointment with the food.

In the luxury travel space, there’s a multitude of boring and tired clichés that are so overused that they no longer mean anything. So many mid-market hotels are marketing themselves as “luxury” though far from it. Like i promised the room service team, I today want to speak high of SOL Tropikal hotel in Duress, a bona fide luxury experience. It has not been difficult to convey the lushness and grandeur of this hotel. My five days experience at SOL TROPIKAL was a giant leap. Artisanal, farm-to-table, hidden gem, paradise, you name it, this place cuts through all the clutter of other “luxury” hotels. They backed their promises with action and execution. SOL TROPIKAL are the masters in selling great customer experience: comfort, relaxation and celebration. The ambiance of it all just made me wish if only we could live forever and come back. Would certainly visit again. Satisfaction guaranteed. The staff did not take time to make us settle and feel at home Every member of staff delivered. Fabrizio, Sofia, Ana, Ramiz Joni. Albania, Markelina, Flutura did not only match our expectations but exceeded it. Thank you for going above and beyond to make our stay here enjoyable and one to remember forever. The list is endless. We are sad to leave you guys.

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 haunted 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

Rooms decent..pool decent..however there are alot of broken tiles around edge of pool and will just be a matter of time before someone cuts them selves on their arms/ hands..also the steps leading into pool which are very slippy and dangerous. Saw lots nearly falling back over and banging their heads..one lady who we talked to had to go to hospital and it ruined her 1st 4 days..green algie around edges of steps needs sorting