I had heard about Albania before. My friends prefer to spend their summer holidays there. In particular, they had encouraged me to visit the beaches of the country and I thought it would be the perfect spot to spend the first ever holidays with my girlfriend.

To be honest, I hadn’t heard about Aria Beach & Resort before, but positive reviews from people all over Europe didn’t stop showing when I was looking at their booking.com web page, and when I saw such a high rating I thought I should give it a chance for shure.

In my experience, hotels’ pictures and what they say about them do not always happen to be true. Considering this was a four star hotel, I expected a lot, and let me tell you, I didn’t get dissapointed, on the contrary, me expectations were exceeted. I can say without a doubt that Aria’s will becom a permanent destination on our summer itinerary.

First of all, Karpen has a breathtaking beauty and I enjoyed our road to the hotel so much. When we arrived, someone from the staf made sure to help us and from the first moment me and my girlfriend were so surprised of how polite and cheerful everyone from the staf was.

Everything shined when we entered the room. I think that the hotel being new was beautiful, and the rooms were very pretty. As always, the frist thing you do when you get to the room is jumping to the bed to get some rest, i think you guessed it, it was super comfortable. But the most wonderful thing, was the scenery from the balcony. Such  spectacle! The Adriatic sea looked fairytale like! The bathroom had everything needed and you could understand all was curated to detail.

Now, the thing I can’t wait to try, is the food! What can I say, I’m such a food lover. I have tried almoast all the mediterranean cuisine, but I got surprised to learn you could choose from a continental menu at the hotel. And, oh God, how tasty was the food, every single day, not the slighest exception!!!

I cannot reccomend this place enough to couples like ourselves. It’s really the ideal place! Quiet, amazing amenities, breathtaking nature sorroundings and excellent service. We became friends with the staf. I want to bring my hole family next year.

I mean, my girlfriend insisted so hard to come back and have nothing against it! I love this place!