Itinerary

1. Tirana Walking Day Tour

   • We meet with our guide at 9 am, and after a short presentation, we start the walking tour starting with Scanderbeg Square. As you walk around Scanderbeg Square, you’ll see an interesting complex of buildings which reflect the periods that have influenced Tirana’s architecture. Only the Clock Tower and Et’hem Bey Mosque remain reminders of the city’s Ottoman past. The communist government left its footprint by destroying the Ottoman Bazaar and building the new Opera and Ballet House on the site.  The next stop on the itinerary is Et’hem Bey Mosque, where you’ll learn about the difficulties faced by the clergy, especially after 1967 when freedom of religious expression was prohibited. The mosque was built in 1821 by Et’hem Bey in a typical Turkish style.

   • Then, we will visit the Bunk-Art Museum, an atomic bunker built during the communist era. Continue to King’s Palace and National Martyrs Boulevard. Here, you’ll get to know a piece of the daily life of former dictator Enver Hoxha by visiting the pyramid, which is meant to be a museum of his life and the “Bllok” zone where he and other communist leaders lived. The area that was once prohibited for people is now the favourite neighbourhood for young people, businesses and coffee shops. Then we will visit Mother Teresa Square, which is around this square the Academy of Arts, Russian Design and the University of Tirana, a building built during the Second World War by the Italians at that time. This building was the station of the Italian Carabinieri and the National Football Stadium, a renovated stadium in 2019.
     Walk back to finish the tour in the center.