Hotel Apollon Sarande

Its right at the beach and most locations are easy to reach by walk

Our stay at this hotel was extremely disappointing and would not recommend this hotel at all. The first room we were given smelled heavily of cigarettes, when we first complained about this, the receptionist informed us that the previous guests had smoked in their rooms and was not helpful at all. The hotel should not have given out a room that they knew had been heavily contaminated by previous guests. The toilet also has yellow stains on the toilet seat, infested with flies and in need of a paint job and some repairs e.g. broken door handle. After complaining several times, we were finally moved to another room. The second room we were given smelt like sewage, and the AC did not work, making it very uncomfortable to sleep and stay in. We were finally moved to a third room. Having to move hotel rooms twice within 3 days absolutely ruined our experience and caused a lot of disruption. The third room was overall better than the previous two, but did have some issues with AC but these were resolved by the staff. We were told by a member of staff that we were “unlucky”. I would suggest that this hotel gets their act together and offer a level worthy of what they charge, rather than calling paying customers unlucky. For most of the trip we didn’t have hot water, just lukewarm, despite running the water for 10 mins as advised by the staff. On the last night we finally were gifted with hot water, however this was also the evening that the internet went down for a few hours. The breakfast was equally disappointing. The food and coffee were being kept warm using tea lights, which was completely inadequate, which meant the food and coffee were cold, and only ever slightly warm. Imagine eating cold eggs: extremely unappetising. Additionally, there were very few food options available. Overall, a very unpleasant experience and I would not recommend this hotel to anyone. Please do not waste your money visiting this hotel, we have tried to pursue a refund but the hotel has resisted despite offering horrendous experience. The staff were friendly and kind, but were always good at providing solutions.

Newly refurbished hotel with lovely views out to sea. Some of the staff were friendly and very helpful, some slightly blunt and borderline rude. Food in the hotel was good, and the bar down on the beach good too. Beach area was very crowded with sun loungers packed in to the max (but this is pretty common across Sarande). If you are looking for a chilled out beach attached to your hotel, this is probably not it. If you want something a bit more lively with lots of people around the this might be more your scene.

Fantastic staff and rooms for a week long stay. Great beach. Walking distance to main promenade. Lots of shops and restaurants nearby.

Nice personal and good rooms. Clean and nice.

We just came back from our 6-night stay in Hotel Apollon and to sum everything up, this hotel puzzled us in many ways - both positively and negatively. Good things: - Quiet location. Has a stunning small beach near. - Guys and a girl working at the bar in the beach were all lovely and approachable. These are the kind of people you need in your hotel - honest and hardworking. - Breakfast was repetitive, but decent in general. Bad things: - They initially gave us a room that meant we were next to the noisy lift and that our balcony was facing a restaurant. We said no and they happily changed our room without any issues. - Room was subpar in so many ways - first, the shower was designed so badly that whenever you take a shower, the entire bathroom gets wet. Not well-designed. You need lots of towel to soak the water out in the floor. - The air-conditioning in the room was bad. On a random second, the temperature changes from 16 degrees to 25 degrees without you changing it and you just feel the room getting warm. On so many occasions, we’d wake up sweating. Just bad nights. - We requested spare pillows but said hotel has ran out. Funny. - We had a dinner one night and when we were about to pay, they said cash only as their machine is broken. My partner insisted that all day we have been paying by card and that we don’t have any cash left. And you know what happened next - card machine suddenly started to work. Miraculously.

I did like the hotel and the stuff everyone was nice

We had simply the best stay. However, I think there are small areas of improvement. Let's start from the beginning. 1. Amazing staff and everyone who works in this hotel. Super friendly and welcoming. Like all of them go the extra mile to give you the best service. 2. Super clean - spotless rooms and hotel in general. This is joined with the topic above. Housekeepers did their job amazingly. I always judge hotels by bathrooms and damn they were clean. 3. Cool private beach and chill. Usually in Albania, you have to pay for sunbeds but as you're the guest you get it for free. 4. View from the side room was wow. Overlooking Corfu in the evening it was super nice to chill on the balcony. Small feedback from our side. 1. Breakfast was good but it needs a bit of pump up for 4 a star hotel. Every day for 7 days it was 100% the same food. It would be nice to pump it up slightly as the rest of things are up to the standard. 2. Sounds silly but important. The pillows in the room are super thin and hard. I had to sleep on a green decor pillow only because my neck was falling apart. It's a preference of each individual but would be nice to have one fluffy pillow or at least two. Overall amazing experience for the price and an amazing stay. We loved it and will recommend it to our friends.

We had high hopes for this hotel, but it felt very short to what was expected. Clumsy check-in with only one girl attending at the highest peek of turn-overs, and also a bit rude due to the pressure. 45 Minutes later her responsible came in and it was even worse. The hotel looks very high-end but then reality sets in... The room doors don't close tightly so you ear every little thing going on ... hair dryers, babies crying, showers, you name it. Not a good breakfast, almost like a school cafeteria. A bit far from the center of Sarandé but for us that was OK. Small but pretty pebble beach, with too much sunbeds. Parking included which is good.