Name: Lion Gate Hotel
Address: Rruga Jonianet, Sarande, Sarande, Sarande, 9702, Albania
Rating: 7

Air conditioning

24-hour reception

Currency exchange

Smoke-free property

Heating

Ticket assistance

No elevators

General

Non-smoking rooms

Room service

Family room

Cable TV

Minibar

Shower/Bathtub

Linens

Rooms

Ironing

Laundry

Concierge services

Luggage storage

Services and amenities

Breakfast

Restaurant

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

English

Languages Spoken

Tour assistance

Tourist services

Casino

Recreation

Beach/pool towels

Next to the beach

Pool and beach

Family/Kid Friendly

Kids

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Extra decontamination measures

Personal protection equipment for guests

Additional measures against COVID-19

Health and Safety Measures

Location

At the hotel

Room amenities

Acharavi Beach

Barbati Beach

Dassia Beach

Sidari Beach

Canal d'Amour

Saint Spyridon Church

Old Fortress

New Fortress

Corfu City Hall

Port of Corfu

Corfu Archaeological Museum

Ioannis Kapodistrias Airport

Paleokastritsa Beach

Paleokastritsa Monastery

Glyfada Beach

Achilleion

Pelekas Beach

Corfu Shell Museum

Agios Gordios Beach

Ancient Roman Baths

Port of Igoumenitsa

Kavos Beach

Lion Gate Hotel

Sarande

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

10-beds

11-beds

12-beds

13-beds

14-beds

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3-beds

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38-beds

39-beds

4-beds

40-beds

5-beds

6-beds

7-beds

8-beds

9-beds

king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

2-bedrooms

3-bedrooms

4-bedrooms

5-bedrooms

6-bedrooms

not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

I and my wife have stayed on a couple of occasions and found the staff to be pleasant and the rooms clean and tidy and modern unlike the ones we have stayed in in GREECE. This hotel has a great location.

Great

The hotel is very very nicely located and most of the rooms overlook the Saranda bay that is just gorgeous in the morning and at night. It is very clean and has spacious, nice rooms. There is air conditioning and the rooms are cleaned every day. I thought I would have to pay in cash but was able to pay by card. It is approximately 15 meters from the water and close to some very fine restaurants that provide a variety of fish and meat dishes. The hotel staff is very welcoming and friendly. They will help with any question about the city or what to do to enjoy it.

In the heart of the city!

The Lion Gate is a villa with only 9 rooms , most of them with a huge balcony and 10 meters from the water , directly on the beach promenade . The view from my 4. floor room was so amazing . The brand new interior with fridge , quiet A/C and a huge King Size bed made my stay very pleasent . A big help was the very friendly young lady at the front desk by the name of FLO , She helped me with her knowledge in FLUENT English to make my 4 day vacation to be perfect . Next door is a steak house with superb grilled meats , the prices are so very low ( grilled lamb with all trimmings for 6 € . The same with all the other restaurants and cafe's . Beer , soda or coffee for 1 € to 1.30 € . Camel lights 1.80 € a pack ( made in Germany ) EVERY night come the locals down to the promenade and enjoy a long walk by the sea which i had noticed in all other albanian cities . I was told : We are not rich BUT we live life . A rare motivation to be found in this world and i honor this point of view.....this makes Albania so special ! It only takes 30 min. from Corfu and you are in a different world....worth every minute of your stay.

A classy little hotel in a superb location

We found the staff at the small Hotel Lion Gate to be extremely welcoming and kind. The room was large, spacious, and recently renovated with everything that you would expect.  Its location also counts as one of the plus-points, due to being right on the pedestrian-only seafront promenade. 

Our approach was to use the hotel as a base from which to visit the beach, go to Corfu, Butrint, and the 'blue eye' spring in the nearby nature reserve. It served this purpose very well indeed. The hotel has no restaurant itself, so breakfast is served just 20 meters away, around the corner at 'Banana Cafe'. The reception at the hotel provide guests with a voucher each morning, as the breakfast is included in the very reasonably priced rooms (expensive for Albanian standards, but cheaper than average for Saranda).   

The small size of the hotel and it's location was not all positive however. There is no dedicated private parking at the hotel (we were lucky enough to find a space nearby on the street) -  I would not describe this as any more than an inconvenience, though. Secondly, there is no lift in the hotel. That's also not the end of the world, I guess we were just unlucky to be on the 5th (top) floor. It also doesn't have its own beach area or pool. 

If you're looking for somewhere at the heart of Saranda, and don't mind those little drawbacks, then you will be more than satisfied with your stay.

A good hotel, getting the basics right

Booked 5 days, 4 nights here. Wasn't asked for credit card or anything at check in. Second day, while passing the lobby, I was asked to pay. Fine. Came down with my credit card. "Sorry, the machine does not work". Well, I don't have enough cash, and getting cash at the ATM will cost me a fee. "OK, machine will work tomorrow". Of course it didn't, and I had to get cash in the ATM. They agreed to pay my bank's cash withdrawel fee.
During the 5days/4 nights, I house keeping did not clean my room, restock shampoo and toilet paper, or change towels.
On the booking site's webpage, it says that they offer free bikes. They don't. It also claims that there is a bar, restaurant, tour desk on site. Not true either.

Large flat screen tv, but only local channels. Aircon, fridge, wifi.

Room is nice, balcony too. I stayed in room #10.

Lion Gate Hotel

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