Hotel Heming-uej exterior with the Old Man and the Sea mural in Durrës, Albania
L'Albergo — The Hotel

Wake up to
the sea.

Apartment-style seafront suites directly above the restaurant. A full kitchen, a wide balcony, the Adriatic at the end of the corridor.

Durrës · AlbaniaSeafront · Year-round
I.
The Idea

A small house
on the water.

Hotel Heming-uej is built like a quiet boat moored to the Durrës promenade — small enough to feel personal, close enough to the sea that the salt finds you in your sleep.

Downstairs, the restaurant. Upstairs, your apartment. Outside the door, the Adriatic. There is nothing else to arrange.

II.
The Suite

More like
an apartment.

Each suite opens into a full living room with sofa, dining table, and a private kitchenette — fridge, hob, kettle, the small comforts that turn a hotel stay into a way of living. Stay a night, or settle in for a week.

Suite living room with open kitchenette, sofa, and dining table
Entryway of suite 201 looking through to the living area
Hallway entry to suite 103 leading into the lounge
Wide view of suite living room with kitchen and dining
Open-plan suite with kitchen and living room flowing together
Suite with bedroom open to the lounge area
Suite with corner sectional sofa and curtained window
Suite with grey sectional sofa and tiled flooring
Spacious suite with large sectional and warm light
Suite with dining table, kitchen and feature painting
Studio apartment with open-plan kitchen and lounge
Suite with electric fireplace TV and warm wood detail
Suite wardrobe with full-height storage and TV nook
Wide view of suite wardrobe and built-in TV unit
Wide editorial view of an open-plan suite
III.
The Kitchen

A kettle,
a quiet morning.

Every suite has its own kitchenette — fridge, two-burner hob, sink, kettle, and a Heming-uej mug waiting on the counter. Make your own coffee, plate your own breakfast, set your own pace.

Branded Hotel Heming-uej mug beside the in-room kettle
Compact in-suite kitchenette with white cabinets
Kitchenette detail with kettle, glassware and blue accents
IV.
The Bedroom

A balcony for
long mornings.

Bedrooms open straight onto a private terrace — wide enough for two chairs, a coffee, and the slow ritual of watching the day arrive over the water. Pull the curtains, slide the door, and the Adriatic is already in the room.

Bedroom with double bed and sea-view balcony doors
Bedroom doorway opening onto the sea-view balcony
Bedroom with sea-view window and side tables
Sea-view bedroom with double bed and balcony
Bedroom with bedside lamp and Adriatic view
Wide bedroom with full-height balcony doors
Bedroom in warm afternoon light with curtains drawn
Bedroom with built-in wardrobe and crisp made bed
Private balcony with two chairs and a small table facing the Adriatic
Balcony at sunset over the Durrës beach
Balcony view with the Hotel Heming-uej signage in the foreground
Balcony view across the Adriatic at midday
Wide sea-view balcony at the hotel
V.
The Bath

Marble, light,
and quiet.

Each suite has a full ensuite bathroom in book-matched marble — walk-in showers, generous mirrors, the small luxuries that turn a stay into a holiday. No two bathrooms are quite alike.

White marble bathroom with walk-in shower
Green marble bathroom with shower and twin basins
Dark green marble bathroom with rectangular lit mirror
Grey marble bathroom with lit rectangular mirror
Heavily veined white marble bathroom with walk-in shower
Dark marble bathroom with round backlit mirror
Round backlit mirror against grey-green marble
Black tile bathroom with rectangular lit mirror
Bathroom detail with illuminated mirror and hairdryer
VI.
Breakfast

Coffee with
a horizon.

Mornings start downstairs — fresh bread, eggs the way you like them, citrus, espresso. Take a table indoors, or carry it onto the sand and watch the Adriatic shake off the night.

Generous breakfast spread inside the restaurant
Breakfast served on a beachfront table with the Adriatic behind
VII.
The Lobby

Where the
old man waits.

The lobby is a small homage — Ernest Hemingway's portrait on the wall, his story along the corridor, the cool of marble underfoot. A reminder that good rooms, like good books, reward those who linger.

Hotel lobby with large Hemingway portrait mural
Wood-panelled reception desk with marble flooring
Hemingway biographical wall with archival photographs
VIII.
The Location

On the
promenade.

The hotel sits on the seafront walk of Durrës — palms, espresso bars, the long Adriatic horizon. Walk left for the old town, walk right along the sand for as long as the evening allows.

Aerial view of the Heming-uej beach club at sunset on the Durrës coastline
Durrës seafront promenade lined with palm trees
Reserve a Suite

Stay a night.
Or a season.

Book directly with us by phone for personal enquiries, or reserve instantly through Booking.com.

+355 068 602 2222