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Villa Gjeçaj

Name: Villa Gjeçaj
Address: Fushat e Gjeçajve, Theth valley, Theth, Shkodër County, AL
Telephone: 0672046333
Price range: €€

Updated 2026Fushat e Gjeçajve, Theth valley

A guesthouse and alpine-cuisine restaurant on the Gjeçaj meadow, where a glass-walled dining room looks straight out to the peaks. Rooms sit above the restaurant, and dinners lean on local cheese, trout and mountain vegetables. The Gjeçaj family run it themselves, and the kitchen is built on what the valley produces, meat from the nearby pastures, dairy from local families, vegetables from valley gardens, cooked slowly over real fire rather than dressed up. Rooms are quoted from around €50 a night, though mountain rates shift with the season, so confirm before you travel. It is now listed as Gjeçaj Guesthouse and Restaurant, the same family property under a new name, and they have taken in travellers since 2007. There are five rooms with private bathrooms and heating, some with balconies, and breakfast is included in the rate while lunch and dinner are served in the restaurant. Aida looks after guests alongside the rest of the family and the team, and they speak English, Italian and Albanian. The house sits in the heart of the village, within walking distance of the church and the lock-in tower, with paths from the door towards the river, the old stone bridges and a watermill.

Glass-walled dining room framing the mountains at Villa Gjeçaj in Theth — Villa Gjeçaj

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Gjeçaj

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About

Where you'll stay

A guesthouse and alpine-cuisine restaurant on the Gjeçaj meadow, where a glass-walled dining room looks straight out to the peaks. Rooms sit above the restaurant, and dinners lean on local cheese, trout and mountain vegetables. The Gjeçaj family run it themselves, and the kitchen is built on what the valley produces, meat from the nearby pastures, dairy from local families, vegetables from valley gardens, cooked slowly over real fire rather than dressed up. Rooms are quoted from around €50 a night, though mountain rates shift with the season, so confirm before you travel. It is now listed as Gjeçaj Guesthouse and Restaurant, the same family property under a new name, and they have taken in travellers since 2007. There are five rooms with private bathrooms and heating, some with balconies, and breakfast is included in the rate while lunch and dinner are served in the restaurant. Aida looks after guests alongside the rest of the family and the team, and they speak English, Italian and Albanian. The house sits in the heart of the village, within walking distance of the church and the lock-in tower, with paths from the door towards the river, the old stone bridges and a watermill.

“Guesthouse with a glass-walled restaurant facing the peaks”

Amenities

Timber rooms above the restaurant

glass-walled dining room with mountain views

alpine-cuisine restaurant

garden patio

Getting There

Location

Fushat e Gjeçajve, Theth valley, Theth

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