Reviews of Bujtina Shpjia e Gjyshit

What a beautiful place! We spent 2 days in the mountains, and thank God we did not book in Theth, but here! Would do it again like this! (Albanian Alps means "taxi-to-Blue-eye" for many tourists. Drivers didn't understand why we want to hike from Theth-Nderlysaj. On the way you discover unique landscape and waterfalls!) This beautiful old big family-run guesthouse is in nice, silent, rural location. Great big room though we were only 2. Best sleep compared to 4 other nights n Shkoder; with fresh air and calm athmosphere. To extend our tinned supper we ordered meals for dinner which we really liked. Beer was much cheaper than in the city. Petulla breakfast was great! The family members were super nice and accommodating, I think the adorable puppy was the best memory! :) Electricity can fail sometimes, but we went for hiking so we didn't bother about this at all. If you live there it is annoying but as a tourist it was more romantic. I wish we could go back one day! Thank you everything!

Location, food and service. Also, it’s a short hike away from The Blue Eye.

Our stay here was beyond lovely. Firstly, the family that run this accommodation are so nice and went out of their way to make us feel comfortable. They made such incredible food for us and truly were some of the best people we have met along our travels. The accommodation was lovely - the room was very clean and spacious for the 2 of us. The outside area is lovely and peaceful - even though it was raining there was a cover over the tables so we were still able to enjoy the outside. The location was brilliant - very close to the Blue Eye and Lumi I Shales river but also very quiet and secluded which made it perfect for relaxing. Overall this accommodation was more that perfect and we would recommend anyone to stay here!!

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This family run guest house is a delight. I especially liked its location - the Blue Eye is about 2.5km away, and the Grunas Waterfall about 6.5km away. Nderlysaj is a lovely village, with very friendly people. I massively overestimated how long it would take me to get to, and arrived very early, which was no problem, my room was ready. They serve good coffee and breakfast was great too. It is an old traditional building with thick stone walls so it was cool in the day and warm at night. My room was spacious (it had 6 beds in it) and the bathroom had a big shower. They answered my questions both before and during my stay - I was worried that there was no road to get there, but it turns out Google maps hasn't kept up with the development there, and sure enough, just as they said, it was well sign-posted and easy to find. I would strongly recommend staying here instead of in Theth. On my way back from the waterfall I came across a lot of very hot and bothered hikers on their way back from the Blue Eye looking pretty annoyed that they still had many kilometers to go before getting home. There was also an adorable puppy who I'm not going to lie probably also heavily influenced this glowing review.

Location. Very near to the entrance for the Blue Eye. Has good food, but it also has some walking distance restaurants. Very clean. The owner and the staff are very helpful and friendly. So... for them 10/10. Good breakfast and good food.

The beds are confortable, but the room is crowded with beds. The stairs are a little bit short and it's difficult to walk upstairs with the bags. Energy and water seems to fail a lot during the day.

We've arrived around 11 pm after 31 km long hike from Lumi i Shales. After taking a shower I've asked if we can still get something to eat and owners opened kitchen and cooked great dinner for us. The visit was very pleasent. Location is great. Beds were comfortable and communication was perfect.

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Good breakfast, they drove our baggage to the guesthouse because you'd have to pass a river. English speaking receptionist. Free parking and at the beginning of the blue eye track. Few minutes drive to Theth.

They changed our room but we didn't mind as much. The toilet wasn't clean when we arrived.

Beautiful location. Lovely traditional stone house. Big garden outside space for sitting , eating out and parking. Restaurants close by and at start of Blue Eye trail. Elena who is the daughter looked after us very well, speaks perfect English and translated for her father so we could speak to him about the area etc . She is a capable and efficient young girl.

Electric power went off several times. Location was farther than we expected but more spectacular for that . Driving in Theth is quite challenging because of winding roads and lots of traffic.

Amazing place run by wonderfull people! Staff was super helpful with our every need. Room and bathroom was spacious, breakfest was simple but definitely enough:) location was just incredible, with the mountain view, just at the entrance to the trail to blue eye. Highlu reccomend! More than you can expect for that price:)

The only thing missing for us was a little fridge or at least one at the common area. That would make it a perfect 10 :)

The location is just exceptional and very quiet and peaceful, the hosts are a lovely family that makes you feel home with their kindness heartwarming gestures! Also the start of the hike to the blue eye is nearby In addition to that the homemade breakfast and food for lunch and dinner is just so tasty!

Host family were very friendly! Rooms were clean! The stay is nearby the Blue lagoon!

the nature was butiful, also the personal was very nice and friendly

maybe there could be a small cupboard in the room for clothes

Family run hotel, wonderful owners, gorgeous surroundings.

-Friendly Staff -Good Prices -Comfortable Rooms -Very Clean -Staff Spoke English -Good Breakfast

lovely authentic cottage in the middle of mountains, great location for the Blue eye/Grunas waterfalls

The hospitality was amazing! The hosts are extremely friendly and we felt immediately at "home". I'd definitely recommend staying at this accomodation. The location is also perfect. It's in a very quiet village and it's very convenient to start different hikes like the blue eye. They also offer lunch and dinner options. We especially loved their "kebab". Price-quality is this a very good find. Like mentioned in the other reviews, the room is quite big. With 2 people we stayed in a room of 6. But it wasn't a shared room or we didn't have to pay more. Perfect!

This is a quiet place with big garden. There are couple of restaurants in very short distance. Blue eye track starts next to the apartment.

Very friendly family. We had an enjoyable stay here and were well looked after.

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Very nice family, beatifull peaceful place, the daugther helped us a lot. Here english was very good and arranged many things for us. Very tastefull breakfast with pancakes. We got nice fruit from the garden and all this only 45 min hike to the beatifull blue eye. Great place, nice family!!!

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Nice people

The shower was broken but they told us to use another shower.

Location was perfect (close to start of blue eye) . Staff were helpful&friendly and traditional breakfast was very tasty. Mattress was very comfortable.

No soundproofing- could hear every conversation outside the room. Inconsiderate loud guests who were drinking in the bar downstairs of the guesthouse made it impossible to fall asleep until 1am- a curfew should be introduced. No blinds in room, so zero privacy.

Lisa was very friendly. She doesn't speak English but we managed with Google translate and a bit of Italian. The location is great for hiking to the Blue Eye but not great if you don't have your own transport.

As a solo traveller it was poor value. All I wanted was a single or double room but I paid €42 for a room with 6 beds. This is extremely expensive for Albania. It wasn't particularly clean. One of the windows was missing a pane of glass and they used a cushion to cover the hole! My room was downstairs. When people upstairs walked around their room my entire room shook! There was no electricity or internet from evening onwards. There was still no electricity when I checked out in the morning.

Incredible traditional and peaceful place in the middle of the mountains. Beautiful and quiet. But don’t expect a high end luxury hotel or room that is freshly renovated - the house and rooms are very traditional, but we loved that about it. Around 15 min. By car to Theth village. Best home we had on our Albania road-trip because you can really relax and calm down with not a lot of people around. Breakfast was also good and the family even made us an oat milk cappuccino with our own milk :)

We arrived in the dark and didn’t see the sign of the hotel from the Main Street. At one point Google maps is not showing the street so we would recommend using the app MAPS.ME! Also, because there are offline maps included. Would be great to put the sign with the apartment on the Main Street. Other than that, everything was perfect :)