Three guides, written for the three things people actually search for in Durrës: good fish, a view worth the drive, and somewhere to spend an evening. Each one is written for a specific person, not for everyone.
Guide · Durrës
How to tell a place that buys fish well from one that doesn't: whether the list moves with the deliveries, whether whole fish is sold by the kilo, whether the kitchen is open to the room. Written for the traveller who has one dinner in Durrës and does not want to waste it.
Target searches: fish restaurant durres · seafood durres · best restaurants in durres · pesce a durazzo
Guide · View
The open Adriatic under the tables, the sun going down into it, the beach below and Durrës along the bay. Which floor to ask for, when to arrive for the sunset, and why the coast in front of you is also what the kitchen cooks.
Target searches: best restaurants in durres with a view · rooftop durres · restaurant durres view
Guide · Evening
Dinner first, music after: how an evening on the rooftop at Porto Vivo actually runs, when the live music starts, and what to order if you are staying until late. Written for the group that wants one place for the whole night instead of three.
Target searches: rooftop durres live music · aperitivo durres · pre serata durres
The plan behind it
Nobody searches as "a customer". They search as a father of two on the third day of a holiday, or as somebody choosing where to take a birthday in February. Each guide is written for one of these people and answers the question they actually typed.
The family on holiday
Needs: early enough, space, something the children will eat, no surprise on the bill.
→ fish guide · view guide
The group of friends
Needs: one place for the whole night — dinner, then music, then late.
→ rooftop & music guide
The young couple
Needs: the sunset, a photograph worth keeping, a price they can plan for.
→ view guide
The couple marking something
Needs: an occasion. Anniversary, birthday, the dinner that has to be right.
→ view guide · winter piece
Tirana, at the weekend
Needs: a reason to drive forty minutes in November, when the coast is shut.
→ winter piece · Sunday lunch piece
The diaspora, back for August
Needs: somewhere to bring the family that is both Albanian and properly done.
→ fish guide · traditional dishes piece
The business dinner
Needs: a wine list, a quiet table, service that does not need chasing.
→ wine piece
The eight o'clock coffee
Needs: a coffee on the sea before anything else is open. Already searched for.
→ coffee piece
