Hotel Alpin, a shaded alpine oasis on the Vlore mountainside road in Albania

We stopped to see a mountainside tourist attraction beside a handy hiking trail map. We parked in the car park of Hotel Alpin which is opposite. What a find. The place is family run and we chatted to smiling Alexander. We sat under the trees, including a special rare pine  tree with a preservation order. It drops needles everywhere, but Alexander is proud of it. 

We had a wonderful mixed salad, FOR ONE,  tomatoes, cucumber, onions, lettuce and two kinds of olives. Watch out for stones. 

 Then moussaka, for one. Enough for two people under six foot, five foot six. Contains filling potato. 

We had two single espresso coffee, with milk. Brand Franch was also on the cups and sugars.