Right on the beach at Durres, the Adriatik Hotel, BW Premier Collection, Durres, Albania, is a historic seafront hotel set in sixteen acres of gardens, with comfortable rooms, free Wi-Fi, two restaurants, outdoor bars, a tennis court, seawater pools, an indoor pool and a spa.
The spa's hammam, sauna and treatment rooms, along with the gardens and beach, make for restful days by the Adriatic, and the centre and port of Durres lie about five minutes away. The capital, Tirana, is roughly forty minutes off.
Durres is Albania's lively port city, set on a long sandy bay on the Adriatic coast. A vast Roman amphitheater, among the largest in the Balkans, lies hidden in the old town; the seafront promenade and beaches stretch for kilometers along the bay, and Byzantine walls and an archaeological museum recall the ancient harbour. Beach resorts and green hills run along the Adriatic coast nearby.