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2024-04-24 20:26:00, Qyteti im CNA

"Vila Domenico", a restaurant and hotel inside the building with

The summer season in Korça is expected to experience an increased flow of visitors not only from Albania but from all over the world this year. CNA Tv, through numerous reports, aims to promote the beautiful city of serenades, as well as to suggest to all viewers different places they can visit to spend pleasant moments with family and friends. In the next report, we will bring one of the most frequented restaurants in the Old Market area of ??the city, as well as a hotel where you can stay with the warmth and comfort it offers.

It is about "Vila Domenico", opened in 2020, inside a building with historical values ??that makes it one of the oldest in this area. In an interview for CNA Tv, administrator Franko Lala tells more about the building, its values, as well as the special features of the hotel rooms, restaurant and traditional cuisine that can be found at "Vila Domenico".

The combination of traditional and modern make the building one of the most special, and it can also be called an art museum because of the old paintings that are placed in its premises.

"Vila Domenico", a restaurant and hotel inside the building with

"'Vila Domenico' was opened in 2020. This particular building was chosen because it has its historical values, being one of the oldest buildings in the bazaar. The furnishing is intended to preserve tradition but also combine it with modernity. It is also made it possible to be an "art" museum as well because there are old and modern paintings in all the hotel rooms, in the lobby corridors and in our restaurant."

As for the hotel, although it has 4 component rooms, it still remains a favorite for customers since each of the rooms has its own characteristics. Starting from the orientation, the balconies with a fantastic view of the bazaar, as well as with the stone and wood elements, they offer convenience and comfort to every visitor who chooses "Villa Domenico".

"Our hotel is composed of double rooms, single rooms and group rooms. Each room is different from each of them based on the south, east and west orientation. They also differ from the paintings that are placed inside them, the orientation of the balcony and interior decoration. These rooms allow you to sleep and live the tradition of Korca and modernity intertwined in one."

"Vila Domenico", a restaurant and hotel inside the building with

The restaurant with traditional dishes is the key to its attendance. Open every day of the week, what sets it apart from other restaurants in this part of the old bazaar is the carefully selected menu it offers. Franko is very pleased with this menu, highlighting two of the most requested dishes by customers that are not found in other restaurants. Mesnik and soup with kachka are the two types of cooking that attract tourists who prefer the traditional, but without neglecting meat products, as well as Italian cuisine with risotto and various pastries.

"Our restaurant is open 7 days a week, from 12 noon until 12 noon. It is open every day with the traditional menu which is based more on meat but also on Italian cuisine, with risotto and But what I want to highlight are the traditional dishes that we only find here and in no other place, such as mesnik, which contains pies baked individually and made with meat, chicken or beef the possibility of choosing "kachka" soup. People will ask what the kachka are, in Korça we tell them it's a nut soup that can only be found at our restaurant. The meat is all organic, taken from Erseka's pastures, too and dairy that is organically sourced from our surrounding villages."

"Vila Domenico", a restaurant and hotel inside the building with

For chef Nora Arifi, quality is the main thing for the "Vila Domenico" restaurant. The great dedication that the staff has to cooking and organic products has made customers remain quite satisfied and come back again. What tourists are looking for more are the fried pancakes, placagi beans, but there are those visitors who choose Italian cuisine.

"Vila Domenico's kitchen is a traditional kitchen. We first dedicate ourselves to quality, so that what the customer eats, he doesn't eat in any other restaurant in the city of Korça. The food, the fruits we get, the meat, cheese and butter are all in quality. Tourists are fond of the traditional cuisine of Korça, like the fried pancakes, we have introduced a type of petanik that we call petanik in Korça, but we have brought it with a name that the area of ??Erseka has, mesnik and i we make both chicken and meat. Of course, we have carbonara, which is ubiquitous, as well as risotto. If you have quality products, the customer's satisfaction is the first thing. Customers have left satisfied, and come back again."

"Vila Domenico", a restaurant and hotel inside the building with

The weekend organization near "Vila Domenico" focuses on the much-loved Korça serenades. Franko says that Korça is known everywhere as the city of serenades, and normally the music group that creates a fantastic atmosphere in this restaurant, where customers dance to the sounds of Korça songs while also enjoying the food, could not be missing.

"Every weekend, Friday and Saturday we have live music, mainly serenades, with a very wonderful band of chunas who have been known for years for their serenades and occasionally we have special guests. Most of the customers are foreigners, especially on weekends when we organize serenades and listening to the serenades that Korça is known for, they create a beautiful atmosphere by dancing to the sounds of the serenades and enjoying our food."

It seems that the influx of tourists will be large in this summer season that is expected to open soon in the Southeast. There are many visitors from the cities of Albania, but also those foreigners who have become loyal to staying a few days in Korça.

"Vila Domenico", a restaurant and hotel inside the building with

"Usually there are tourists who are internal and external, when I say internal I mean from the districts, Tirana, Shkodra, Vlora and Fieri, while external we have a very large influx of German, Greek and Italian tourists. Our restaurant they find it through the online platform based on the very good reviews we've had over the years. This is for foreign tourists, while the local ones have heard about it, or even through Instagram. Most of them are family members and social groups."

For the administrator, the city of Korça knows no season for visitors. With the special organization at "Vila Domenico", with traditional dishes and a comfortable sleep near the hotel, it is expected that this season will also move at a high pace and be a very beautiful season, just like in the winter season.

"Korça is one of the cities that knows no season for tourists, especially now in summer when immigrants return to their homeland and Korça becomes a very beautiful city both in winter and in summer. Now we are waiting for the summer season, I believe it will be very nice and I hope our customers remain satisfied with our service and our dishes."

"Vila Domenico" is located in the area of ??the Old Market of Korça, an area that has become a top destination and cannot be left without a close look by all visitors. If you want to spend a pleasant dinner under the sounds of serenades, this is the perfect place that we suggest you visit./ CNA Tv