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Valza Boutique Hotel Valza Boutique Hotel offers a flair for personalized and well thought out, hospitality services. It is the ultimate brand-new destination for switching off.

Valza Boutique Hotel Vlore – Albania is a brand-new (opened on 1 july 2022) hotel with 44 rooms and suites, located in Vlora Bay only a few steps away from the crystal-clear waters of the Ionian Sea. A world where the exquisite natural beauty meets the rich taste of the modern explorer. Come and discover yourself an oasis that creates the time and space for you to rediscover the meaning of relaxation. The hotel promises to provide an unforgettable experience to guests seeking a peaceful retreat in comfort and style. Our 44 stylish rooms and suites are the getaway for luxury seekers.

Everyone Knows the Mediterranean in August. But What Happens When Summer Leaves? 🌊✨Some places become quieter after summ...
08/10/2026

Everyone Knows the Mediterranean in August. But What Happens When Summer Leaves? 🌊✨

Some places become quieter after summer. Others become even more interesting.

Vlore, Albania, is both.

The sea doesn’t disappear in September. The mountains don’t lose their beauty in October. And the sunsets over Sazan Island don’t follow the tourist calendar.

What changes is the rhythm.

The beaches of Uji i Ftohtë become more peaceful. The coastline invites you to explore without rushing. The Karaburun Peninsula, the Bay of Vlora and the historic streets of the city reveal stories that are easy to overlook during the busiest summer weeks.

This is another side of the Albanian Riviera. One shaped by nature, history, local gastronomy and the simple pleasure of taking your time.

And it’s a side of Vlore we love introducing to our guests.

At Valza Boutique Hotel, our 4-star superior boutique hotel in the quiet Uji i Ftohtë neighbourhood, the Mediterranean is part of everyday life.

A slow breakfast overlooking the Bay of Vlora. A morning exploring nearby beaches. A drive along the coast. A moment in our sea-view garden. And, when seasonal service is available, Mediterranean cuisine and sunset views at Eden by Valza, our rooftop restaurant.

Not every memorable journey needs a packed itinerary.

Sometimes, it’s about finding the right place to stay in Vlore, discovering the coast beyond its most famous beaches, and experiencing Albania at a different pace.

Whether you’re planning a romantic getaway, a peaceful coastal escape or a longer journey through southern Albania, there is more to discover here than one summer can hold.

THE MEDITERRANEAN AFTER AUGUST.

Everyone knows the Mediterranean in August. Discover what happens after.

📍 Valza Boutique Hotel | Uji i Ftohtë, Vlore, Albania

🌐 Discover our boutique hotel and explore the Bay of Vlora:
https://www.valza.al/

💬 Have you ever visited the Mediterranean outside the summer season? We’d love to know which month you prefer.

1,000 reviews.4.8 out of 5. ⭐️❤️There are numbers you celebrate because they look good.And then there are numbers that m...
07/10/2026

1,000 reviews.
4.8 out of 5. ⭐️❤️

There are numbers you celebrate because they look good.

And then there are numbers that mean something much more.

Today, Valza Boutique Hotel reached 1,000 reviews on Google, while keeping a rating of 4.8 out of 5.

Apparently, 1,000 of you had something to say about us.

Thankfully, most of it was very nice. 😄

But behind that number are 1,000 different stories.

People who arrived in Vlora for the first time.
Couples who came for a few quiet days by the sea.
Families travelling together.
Guests who stayed for one night and others who stayed for a week.
People who had breakfast looking over the bay, spent an evening on our rooftop, relaxed in the garden or simply came back to their room after a long day exploring the coast.

Some of you returned again.

Some recommended us to friends.

Some brought your families the next time.

And after the holiday was over, after the suitcases were unpacked and everyday life started again, you still took a few minutes to write about your experience.

That means a lot to us.

We read your reviews.

The wonderful ones make our team smile.
The critical ones make us stop, discuss and improve.
A few have become stories we still remember and laugh about together. 😊

Because Valza has always been more than rooms, breakfast and a beautiful view.

It is the people working here every day.
It is the guests walking through our door.
It is all the small moments in between that eventually become a memory of Vlora.

Google shows us:

1,000 reviews.
4.8 out of 5.

We see something even better.

1,000 people who chose to share a small part of their journey with us.

To every guest who has stayed with us, returned to us, recommended us, encouraged us, corrected us and taken the time to write a few words:

Thank you. Truly. ❤️

We will keep reading every review.

And we will keep trying to deserve the next one.

With gratitude from all of us at
Valza Boutique Hotel, Vlora. 🌊

03/10/2026

Some moments stay with us longer than others.

A sunset over the Bay of Vlora. A table that stayed full a little longer than planned. Morning coffee above the sea. Laughter in the garden. Dinner at Eden by Valza. Quiet walks through Uji i Ftohtë. Guests arriving for the first time and others returning to see us again.

When we look back at the past months, these are the things we remember most.

Of course there were beautiful views, busy days, good food and many sunsets, but what really gave life to Valza Boutique Hotel were the people who passed through our doors.

To everyone who stayed with us, shared a meal with us, celebrated something special, brought friends or family, returned for another visit or simply stopped to enjoy an evening above Vlora, thank you.

Every one of you has become a small part of the story of Valza Boutique Hotel and Eden by Valza.

And the story continues.

With love from Uji i Ftohtë, Vlora. 🤍

At Valza Boutique Hotel, in the quieter coastal area of Uji i Ftohtë, the day can start with the Bay of Vlore outside yo...
26/09/2026

At Valza Boutique Hotel, in the quieter coastal area of Uji i Ftohtë, the day can start with the Bay of Vlore outside your window and breakfast on the rooftop, continue with a swim at one of the nearby beaches, and end with sunset dinner at Eden by Valza.

For families, the Family Sea View Suite offers something that is often difficult to find when travelling with children: real space. Two separate sleeping rooms, one with a double bed and another with two single beds, allow up to four guests to stay together without spending the entire holiday in one open room.

And location matters more in Vlore than it may first appear.

Several rocky and pebble beaches are within walking distance. The Lungomare is nearby, while staying in Uji i Ftohtë puts you on the right side of the city for driving south toward Radhimë, Orikum, Karaburun, Llogara, Dhërmi, Himarë and the Albanian Riviera.

If you are travelling by car, there is another detail that becomes very important once you arrive in Vlore: parking. Valza offers free underground parking, with additional free street parking nearby, so you can leave the car and walk to the beach or use the hotel as a base for exploring the coast.

Breakfast is included and served on the rooftop overlooking the bay, with local touches such as warm kulac with white cheese, homemade jams, eggs, yogurt and crepes.

In the evening, the same rooftop becomes Eden by Valza, where Mediterranean and modern Albanian cuisine is served as the sun sets over the Bay of Vlore.

Couples looking for a quieter sea view stay, families needing more space, road trippers searching for a hotel with parking, and travellers trying to decide where to stay in Vlore often want the same things: a good location, beaches nearby, a view worth waking up to, easy access to the Riviera and somewhere that still feels personal rather than like a large resort.

That is the idea behind Valza.

A boutique hotel in Vlore.
A sea view stay in Uji i Ftohtë.
A hotel near the beaches.
A family friendly base in Vlore.
A hotel with free parking.
And an easy starting point for discovering the southern Albanian coast.

If the Family Sea View Suite is the kind of room you are looking for, it is worth checking it early when planning the busier travel months.

Discover the Family Sea View Suite at Valza Boutique Hotel:
https://www.valza.al/valza-boutique-hotel-vlore-familiy-suite/

There is one moment at Valza and Eden worth coming back early for.It begins before sunset.The Bay of Vlore is still brig...
24/09/2026

There is one moment at Valza and Eden worth coming back early for.

It begins before sunset.

The Bay of Vlore is still bright, the mountains start to change colour, and the light moves slowly across the water. Stay a little longer and the whole scene changes. By night, the mountains are silhouettes, the coastline is glowing, and the atmosphere feels quieter and more intimate.

This is the rhythm that connects Valza Boutique Hotel and Eden by Valza.

In the morning, hotel guests start the day with breakfast above the bay. Later, the same space becomes Eden, our rooftop restaurant in Vlore, welcoming both hotel guests and outside visitors for drinks and dinner as daylight slowly gives way to evening.

Not every room at Valza faces the sea. Some overlook the Bay of Vlore, while others face the mountains or the surrounding neighbourhood.

But one of the most memorable views here does not belong to a room number.

It belongs to the experience.

After several seasons, we have learned that hospitality is often remembered through simple moments: the first coffee of the morning, the changing light over the bay, coming back early enough to catch sunset, or staying at dinner a little longer because nobody feels ready to leave.

For guests looking for a boutique hotel in Vlore, a sea-view stay, or a rooftop restaurant in Uji i Ftohtë, these shared moments are part of what makes the experience complete.

Valza gives you a place to stay.

Eden gives the evening its rhythm.

And between them, the Bay of Vlore becomes part of the memory.

Some views belong to a room. Others belong to the stay.

Valza Boutique Hotel × Eden by Valza
Uji i Ftohtë, Vlore, Albania

When Work Needs a Different Setting: Retreats & Offsites in VloreWhat if the most valuable part of a retreat begins when...
21/09/2026

When Work Needs a Different Setting: Retreats & Offsites in Vlore

What if the most valuable part of a retreat begins when the agenda ends?

This photograph was not staged to show what a company retreat at Valza could look like.

It happened here.

One long table. A group that had spent the day together. Dinner at Eden by Valza. Conversations continuing as the evening settled over the Bay of Vlore.

For us, this is what a successful retreat or company offsite can become.

Not simply accommodation and a meeting. Not the same working day moved to another building. But a few days designed around a shared purpose, with enough space for people to focus, experience something together and reconnect.

At Valza Boutique Hotel, we don’t simply accommodate retreats and organized group stays. We help organize them around the purpose of the group.

A corporate team may come for strategy and planning. A leadership or executive group may need focused time away from everyday routines. Another company may be organizing workshops, team building, incentive travel or a professional gathering. Other groups may come together around creativity, wellbeing, learning or a shared interest.

Different objectives need different programmes.

Accommodation and breakfast can create the base. Meetings, workshops and strategy sessions can be coordinated around the day. Group lunches and dinners can follow the programme. Activities, excursions and local experiences can become part of the journey.

And then there is Vlore itself.

A morning strategy session can become an afternoon along the Albanian coast. Karaburun and Sazan can bring the group to the sea. Llogara changes the landscape completely. Zvërnec brings nature and culture into the programme. Gastronomy, outdoor activities and local experiences can add another dimension to a corporate retreat or team-building stay.

Then everyone returns to the same base.

Having Eden by Valza on the rooftop of the hotel means a welcome meal, group lunch, corporate dinner or final evening can become part of the same experience, overlooking the Bay of Vlore.

For the person organizing the retreat, this matters:

Fewer locations. Fewer transfers. Fewer moving parts.

Accommodation, breakfast, working time, dining, activities and practical coordination can work around one programme.

For the people taking part, the value is different:

More time together.

Because team building does not always look like team building.

Sometimes it happens during an activity.

Sometimes during the conversation after a workshop.

Sometimes while discovering somewhere new together.

And sometimes it looks exactly like this photograph: one long table, good food, a Mediterranean evening and a conversation that continues because nobody is watching the agenda anymore.

Corporate retreats. Company offsites. Leadership and executive retreats. Strategy sessions. Team building. Incentive travel. Professional gatherings. Creative and wellness retreats. Special-interest and purpose-led groups.

Different reasons for travelling together. One principle:

The programme should follow the purpose, not the other way around.

Spring and autumn make this particularly interesting in Vlore. When the summer rhythm slows, the coast remains, but there is more space to work, explore, gather and experience the destination differently.

If you are planning a corporate retreat, company offsite, leadership retreat, team-building experience, incentive trip or purpose-led group stay in Albania, tell us why your group is coming to Vlore.

We can help shape the stay around it.

Work together. Explore together. Eat together.

Sometimes the best reason to take a team somewhere different is what happens when the agenda ends and everyone stays at the table.

Valza Boutique Hotel & Eden by Valza
Uji i Ftohtë | Vlore | Albania

Corporate Retreats, Offsites & Team Experiences at Valza⁠

Different Journeys, One Place to Come Together 🎻Some stories begin before anyone says a word.A bicycle waiting outside t...
20/09/2026

Different Journeys, One Place to Come Together 🎻

Some stories begin before anyone says a word.

A bicycle waiting outside the hotel. A suitcase crossing the lobby. A musical instrument resting quietly before the next journey begins.

This week, the lobby at Valza Boutique Hotel filled with instruments as we welcomed a young orchestra from Italy visiting Vlore as part of a cultural journey.

Only days earlier, the scene looked completely different. An international cycling group had arrived with bicycles, ready to explore Vlore and the Albanian coast.

Different countries. Different passions. Different reasons to travel.

But something connects them: they travel together.

And for us, that is where group hospitality begins.

Every group arrives with its own purpose and its own rhythm. Cycling and active travel groups may spend their days exploring the coast. Cultural and educational groups follow programmes built around shared experiences. Youth groups and organized tours have their own schedules. Corporate retreats and special interest groups may combine activities, meetings, meals and time together.

The hotel should not interrupt that rhythm. It should help make it easier.

At Valza Boutique Hotel in Uji i Ftohtë, we approach group stays in Vlore as more than simply providing accommodation.

It means creating a comfortable base where everyone can arrive together and start the next day over breakfast. It means coordinating group lunches and dinners around activities, excursions and schedules. It means helping with the practical details that become more important when many people are travelling together.

And when the day’s programme ends, Eden by Valza gives the group another place to come together, sharing a meal overlooking the Bay of Vlore.

Cyclists. Young musicians. Cultural and educational groups. Organized tours. Corporate groups. Retreats. Special interest travel.

They may have very little in common when they arrive.

Except one important thing.

They have chosen to experience something together.

We do not believe every group should fit the same journey. We believe the stay should follow the rhythm of the group.

Sometimes that rhythm is measured in kilometres along the Albanian coast.

Sometimes in places discovered together.

Sometimes in conversations around the same table.

And sometimes, like today, in notes waiting to be played. 🎻

Different people. Different passions. Different journeys.

One place to stay, gather and experience Vlore together.

📍 Valza Boutique Hotel
Uji i Ftohtë | Vlore | Albania

Group accommodation • Cultural & educational travel • Active groups • Organized tours • Corporate retreats • Special interest groups • Group dining

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Autumn in Vlore: When the Coast Becomes a Playground for Groups 🍂🚴There is another side of Vlore that begins to reveal i...
19/09/2026

Autumn in Vlore: When the Coast Becomes a Playground for Groups 🍂🚴

There is another side of Vlore that begins to reveal itself when the summer rhythm slows down.

This week, we welcomed a cycling group from Germany to Valza Boutique Hotel. They chose Uji i Ftohtë as their base while exploring Vlore and the surrounding Albanian coast together on two wheels.

Their stay tells a bigger story about autumn travel in Albania.

The sea is still here. The Bay of Vlore remains part of every day. But the way you experience the destination begins to change.

The coast becomes a place to move through rather than simply a place to stop.

Cycling along the bay. Walking and hiking. Exploring Karaburun and Llogara. Following the coastline south towards Radhimë and Orikum. Discovering landscapes, local food and places that are easier to appreciate when the pace becomes slower.

And cycling is only one possibility.

Autumn in Vlore creates space for cycling clubs, hiking and walking groups, active holidays, wellness and yoga retreats, corporate retreats, photography trips, cultural tours, special interest travel and small organized groups looking for more than the traditional summer beach experience.

For groups, choosing the right base becomes part of the journey.

Valza Boutique Hotel offers 40 rooms with different configurations for couples, friends and groups, breakfast each morning, free indoor and outdoor parking and a quiet setting in Uji i Ftohtë, positioned between Vlore and the coastal routes leading south.

From here, a group can create its own rhythm.

Breakfast together.
Explore together.
Return together.
Then gather around the same table again.

After a day outdoors, the evening can continue at Eden by Valza rooftop, overlooking the Bay of Vlore with seasonal food, w**e and time to share the stories of the day.

Because group travel is not only about where you go.

It is about what you experience together along the way.

Active days. Slow evenings. Shared experiences.

Autumn in Vlore is not simply a quieter version of summer.

It is a different way to experience the Albanian coast. And sometimes, the best way to discover it is together.

📍 Valza Boutique Hotel
Uji i Ftohtë | Vlore | Albania

Discover Valza Boutique Hotel and explore Vlore from Uji i Ftohtë⁠

September in Vlore, Albania, is when summer begins to slow down without really leaving.The sea is still inviting for swi...
18/09/2026

September in Vlore, Albania, is when summer begins to slow down without really leaving.

The sea is still inviting for swimming, the beaches are quieter, the evenings are more relaxed and the light over the Bay of Vlora becomes one of the most beautiful parts of the day.

In Uji i Ftohtë, on the southern side of Vlore, the city gradually meets the coastline leading toward Radhimë, Orikum and the Albanian Riviera. It is a part of Vlore where you can stay connected to the city while having small beaches, clear water and the road south close by.

A September day here can start with breakfast overlooking the bay at Valza Boutique Hotel, continue with a swim at a nearby beach, a coastal drive or a boat trip toward Karaburun Peninsula and Sazan Island.

Then comes sunset.

Eden by Valza is the rooftop restaurant at Valza Boutique Hotel, overlooking the Bay of Vlora. Here, the landscape becomes part of dinner, with modern Albanian and Mediterranean cuisine, seasonal local ingredients, seafood and cocktails served as the evening light moves across the water.

For travelers looking for where to stay in Vlore, beaches near the city, places to explore along the Albanian coast or a rooftop restaurant for sunset dinner, Uji i Ftohtë brings these experiences naturally together.

Valza is the place to stay and explore from.

Eden is where the day continues above the bay.

Morning by the sea. A day discovering Vlore. Sunset from the rooftop. Dinner overlooking the water.

A September day in Vlore, from sea to sunset.

📍 Uji i Ftohtë, Vlore, Albania
Valza Boutique Hotel × Eden by Valza

September in Vlore: Summer Is Still HereSeptember may be quieter, but the Vlore coast is still very much alive. The sea ...
12/09/2026

September in Vlore: Summer Is Still Here

September may be quieter, but the Vlore coast is still very much alive. The sea remains warm, the beaches are easier to enjoy, and the city finally slows down enough to experience it properly.

If you are searching for where to stay in Vlore, Uji i Ftohtë is one of the best areas to choose. Valza Boutique Hotel is close to several beaches, near Lungomare and ideally positioned for exploring the southern coast. It is a strong option for travelers looking for the best hotel near beaches in Vlore, a hotel in Uji i Ftohtë Vlore, a sea view hotel in Vlore, or simply the best area to stay in Vlore near beaches.

A September day here can start with breakfast, continue with swimming and exploring the coast, and finish above the city.

For those wondering where to eat in Vlore, Eden by Valza is located on the hotel rooftop, overlooking the Bay of Vlore. Mediterranean cuisine, seasonal seafood and local ingredients make it a natural choice for anyone searching for the best rooftop restaurant in Vlore, a sea view restaurant in Vlore, a romantic restaurant in Vlore, or a memorable sunset dinner in Vlore.

Stay near the beach. Swim while summer is still here. Return before sunset. Then let dinner become part of the view.

Valza Boutique Hotel + Eden by Valza
Uji i Ftohtë, Vlore, Albania

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Vlorë
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