Verne
Dhërmi

Just as Journey to the Centre of the Earth begins with a descent into the unknown, so too does Hotel Verne invite its guests downwards into the steep cliffs of Dhërmi, where they find themselves in a labyrinth of rooms, courtyards, staircases, and passageways – not the perilous volcanic tubes of Jules Verne's subterranean fiction, but a decidedly primordial realm below the earth’s surface.

The hotel is quite literally grounded in its surroundings, a relationship made visible where the rock has been excavated and left exposed in rough-hewn relief. This dialogue between architecture and earth continues throughout: the tone of the rock is echoed in stone lintels above windows and doors, while the majority of walls are finished in soft-pink stucco. The resulting palette renders the hotel nearly invisible from afar, its roofline embedded in the landscape and punctuated by shallow pools of water.

The layout follows a grid half the size of the neighbouring villas at Red Sol Resort. This structure creates a framework for the guest rooms but is not rigid: certain sections of the grid are broken to create intermediate courtyards – small, open spaces that allow light, air, and moments of social interaction.

At the heart of the complex is a larger building housing shared amenities, including a bar, restaurant, and rooftop pool. This structure rises above the guest rooms and the ground level, encouraging movement upward and views seaward to reconnect guests with the landscape around them.