Reviews of Guri i Lekës Guesthouse

Stunning location and our host was super friendly and helpful. He communicated well with us to help with our journey to the location. Room was comfortable and clean and food was good.

So beautiful and peaceful. The staff were absolutely brilliant. The bathroom is big, clean and well-finished with a good shower. Campfires at night and a friendly puppy - what more could you ask for?!

There was nothing I didn’t like but there were steep steps to the room and the bedroom was pretty small, but everything else more than made up for it. I actually liked the steps but my husband doesn’t have great balance.

Great location on the river, boat transfer is booked and scheduled with the hotel. Staff was super nice, rooms were clean.

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Staff were super friendly. The location is great a bit inside and not where you get off the boats. Breakfast was very nice, have sunbeds available. We enjoyed it!

We stayed two nights in this wonderful location. The room was pretty small, yet had a fantastic view overlooking the river. The hosts were wonderful and breakfast was excellent. Communication was super easy. Albania at its best.

Great location and hosts, we had free access to the sun-beds which were great during the day. Great for a 1-2 night stay.

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The hospitality was amazing, the workers were so kind, breakfast was great, the river was STUNNING

A little warm in the room, but the least of our worries

Beautiful property.

The place is super cool, the team is amazingly and friendly. Very recommend

We had the most wonderful stay at this accommodation. Definitely the best choice in Shala River! The staff went above and beyond to make sure we were comfortable—they even brought over an extra day bed so our group could sit together, filled up our water bottles with ice cold water, replaced our towels daily. They helped organise our transport, which made everything so smooth and stress-free. The breakfast each morning was absolutely delicious, and the room was spotlessly clean. But the real highlight was how genuinely kind and welcoming the staff were. It really felt like they cared about making our experience memorable. Highly recommend staying here if you’re visiting Shala River—it’s a peaceful, beautiful spot with amazing hospitality!

Location and attached bar/cafe good food/inexpensive.

Basic rooms.

Beautiful location. Excellent communication pre-arrival. . Yum breakfast. Lovely team looking after you. The parking arrangements worked well (see below). Room was spotless. Things that important to know: If you are driving, everyone has to drop their car at a carpark before the tunnel to the tiny harbour where you find the boat to take you to G i L. The parking looks less official than the others but the family are absolutely lovely. They were ready to take us one hour before the boat as promised. The tiny harbour is VERY busy, but everyone is super helpful and our boat was there on time. The journey to Shala river is stunning. There is a 5-10 min walk from where the boat drops you which might be tricky if you have a buggy or infirm (mixture of stones, pebbles and sand). You walk pass a surprising number of guesthouses. G I L is nearly at the end which is lovely and quieter. Dinner is reasonable if you are staying overnight. But you have options to eat in other places. There are beautiful walks into the valley above. Our favourite was walking upstream along the river, pass the last guest house and a little bar. Take water shoes as the water is crystal clear but big smooth pebbles on the bottom. G i Lekes is very calm and chilled out (even if one or two of the other guest houses were a bit noisy with their music. Everywhere was pretty peaceful by 9 or 10pm.

Guru and Lekes provide wonderful accommodation, so there is nothing to worry about here. It is clear that there are a few more guesthouses being developed so my only comment will be that I hope the developments are carefully planned to minimise environmental impact.

Location was great! Close enough to enjoy everything that was going on at the top end of the river and then nice to enjoy the peacefulness of where the guest house is. Staff were very kind and accommodating. Room was lovely and a modern big bathroom.

Room was a bit small but didn’t really matter because you’re hardly in it! And Wi-Fi connection was a bit sparse but other than that amazing!!

The view over the Lumi I shales is amazing, the staff is so lovely and helpful. Food was also great, boat transfer was organised perfectly and we really enjoyed the fireplace at night.

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Very clean, very helpful staff/owner, slightly quieter end of the ‘beach’

Menu could have slightly more variety.

The rooms were lovely, and really close to the beach. Overall the staff were extremely friendly and helpful and made the whole trip. Would come back 100%

The location was very central amongst other hotels/restaurants. The staff were excellent- in particular, Flori, he was very accommodating and friendly. He collected us and dropped us at the boat which was lovely. The room was perfect for 2 nights.

The shower was either super super hot or cold - but when it’s warm weather it didn’t matter too much. It’s definitely on the pricier side but for the amazing location and what you wake up too is understandable.