Dhermi is amazing, but a bit of a trek. Sarande is in the south and accessible from Greece. Durres is about 30 mins from Tirana, so easy to get to from the airport. The whole coast is beautiful and the North has untouched, remote forest and lakes for great hiking.

valona or saranda, I’m albanian you won’t need a 5 star hotel as hotels priced 100 euro room per night are amazing. but you can search on Google there are few top rated hotels in the ionian sea

The Western coast of Albania is all touched by sea.
Beginning all the way from north in a small beach-town called Velipoje renowned for its curative sand.
Going down south there are a lot of sandy beaches like :Gjiri i Lalezit, Durres beach, Golem, Mali Robit , Spille etc.
And the south is filled with crystal sea and rocky clear beaches like Vlore , Orikum, Palase, Dhermi, Qeparo , Borsh , Sarande, Ksamil etc.
And each of these places has its own hidden beaches that you can reach by personal or rented boats.
As for the Hotels we here dont have yet Four Seasons or Starwood , but we have Marriot, Hyatt , Plaza, Hilton , Melia and a lot of not worldwide known but the same hotels if not better standard like these that i mentioned.