10-Hour Tirana Heritage Tour

Tirana City

Highlights

National Museum, Cemetery of Martyrs & Orthodox church

Explore the Mosque of Et’hem Beu

Tirana

architectural, museums, sightseeing

Private Tour

10 Hours

Easy

English, Italian

Description

Visit museums, boulevards, and cultural landmarks of Tirana. Explore several architectural highlights of Tirana such as the National Museum, Cemetery of Martyrs, Orthodox church, Mosque of Et’hem Beu and much more on this one day tour.

Itinerary

Hertitage City Tour Of Tirana
- Start the tour by visiting the Skanderbeg Square, the heart of the city and proudly boasts a statue of Albania’s famous Military commander: George Kastriot Skanderbeg.
- Explore the National Museum, the largest and most important museum in Albania.
- Visit Opera, the home of Albania’s cultural home, showcasing national and international productions in song and dance.
- Continue to the National Bank of Albania and the Orthodox Church.
- Discover Ex Dictator Enver Hoxha's House and Albanian Parliament.
- Visit Tabak Bridge, also known as Tanners’ Bridge, a famous stone bridge from the 18th century.
- Move to Boulevard of National Martyrs, built by the Italians.
- Discover all the main Government buildings of Albania, the Presidency, and the dictatorship symbols here.
- Proceed to the Pyramid, with its white marble walls, which was built during the Communist era.
- Have an authentic Albanian coffee.
- Continue the tour to the Mosque of Et’hem Beu.
- Trace the clock tower behind the mosque.
- Take a short souvenir shopping time.
- Proceed to the “House of Leaves” museum, built-in 1931 under German occupation during WWII; the building originally belonged to the Gestapo.
- Visit the Cemetery of Martyrs and the Memorial of “Albanian Mother".
- Explore the Museum of Bunk’Art, a former military base, was a large secret bunker that Albania's communist regime built in the 1970s to survive a nuclear bomb.
- Go to Dajti mountain by cable car, which offers a great view of the city.
- Take a short coffee break before ending the tour.