Name: Kolping
Address: "3 Heroes" Quarter-Shkoder, Shkoder,, Shkoder, Shkoder, Shkoder, 4001, Albania
Rating: 7

Air conditioning

Smoke-free property

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Terrace

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Non-smoking rooms

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Cable TV

Minibar

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Italian

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Free parking

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Fax and copy machine

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Podgorica Airport

Dajbabe Monastery

Centralni Park

Natural History Museum of Montenegro

King's Park

Independence Square

Millenium Bridge

Njegosev Park

Podgorica City Stadium

Avanturisticki Park

University of Montenegro

Sveti Stefan Beach

Kraljica Beach

Becici Beach

Slovenska Beach

Mogren Beach

Jaz Beach

Ploce Beach

Kolping

Shkoder

child-bed

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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

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

Located about 10-15 minutes from the city centre and 15 minutes to the rail station. It was the latter that was my main reason as I needed to take the once a day train that leaves at 05:45 in the morning.

For  the equivalent of €25 a night, I wasn't expecting much. However I definitely was expecting more than i got. The room was dreary - dimly lit, old furniture and a cheap bed with basic linen. Bathroom was again in a sorry state, the shower obviously never cleaned out and one of the sliding doors missing. Shower gel was a large supermarket purchased litre bottle rather than individual bottles or a dispenser. Towels were old and a bit frayed.

Despite booking.com saying they took cards and Visa/MasterCard stickers on the door, they refused to take payment. They wanted payment in euro cash, I said no as I hadn't enough on my. So almost begrudgingly converted it into local currency. 

So to sum up, really not a place I'd recommend.

Poor value for money

When we arrived in the hotel we received the keys but they didn't even lead us to the room. They were too busy with talkin with each other. The room was very basic but is was OK. Wi-fi didn't function very well. The hotel is located a bit outside the center. Compering to our other experiences in Albania this stay was quite a shock. I'm sure there are a lot of better places to stay in Shkoder.

Basic hotel, unfriendly staff

We stayed at the Kolping for one night en route from Montenegro to Tirana. I'd struggle to find anything wrong with the room, but the hotel is above a restaurant/bar which I think has conference facilities and the lack of any hotel representatives to greet us or indeed converse with us throughout our stay was a bit odd. A waiter from the restaurant gave us our key and, devoid of any better instructions, we had to throw it over the fence after we'd let ourselves out at 5am! (the hotel is surrounded by a high fence and gate) 

The rooms are accessed by an external staircase at the rear of the building. On our  departure in the dark at 5am, we saw a German Shepherd sat in the rear of the courtyard. Not able to see if he was chained up or not made for a somewhat nervous few minutes of "do we, don't we" fretting as to whether or not to walk down the stairs and go for the gate. In any event, he didn't seem bothered by us.

Good points:
*Reasonably well located, easy to walk to town in 10-15 minutes or a 3 Euro cab ride if you have bags. Easy shortcut (on the map, we didn't try it) to the train station. Far enough out of town to be peaceful.
*Restaurant/bar below rooms. You can sit outside the front and have a (very cheap) drink  
*Numerous little cafes and bakeries in the area.
*Nothing wrong with the rooms and they have air con, which is a massive plus in this part of Europe. Very comfy beds and a good bathroom. Satellite TV, although English programmes limited to news channels.
*Really good guide to Shkoder in the room

Bad points:
*Total lack of communication/greeting from any hotel representatives. Waiters seemed prepared to help if they could, but their English was patchy.
*Nearest ATM is in town.

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