Tirana
Our guide will lead you through the ancient history of Tirana area, its people, culture and tradition. From the adobe type dwelling places to the Ottoman houses and communist flats, youâll experience newly modern buildings, in the city center.
The walking tour includes the new promenade, approaching the main Italian boulevard, with the view of the Art Gallery and the distinguished Italian buildings, Tirana City Hall, Statue of Skanderbeg, Ethem Bey Mosque, Skanderbeg statue, Clock Tower, National Library and Opera House and the mosaic âAlbaniansâ on top of the entrance of National Historical Museum.
Includes also one hour visit at the National Historical Museum.
Good to know
- Location:Â Tirana
- Duration:Â 9 hours
- Schedule Times:Â the tour will start at 09.00 and finish at 18:00
- Available days:Â Sunday
- Pick up/Drop off:Â Hotel
- Service type:Â Escorted bus tour with professional guide
- Difficulty:Â Moderate
Including:
- Transportation AC vehicle, including all taxes, parking and road tolls
- Professional Local Guide English speaking â according to the program
Not Including:
- Extras out of program
- Lunch or refreshment drinks
- Gratuities
- Entrance fees as detailed in the program
- Mother Teresa (Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu) is generally celebrated as the only Albanian to win a Nobel Prize, though born in Skopje in 1910 (now in Macedonia but then in the Ottoman Empire).
- Between 1950 to 1985 around 600,000 bunkers were built in Albania, they are nearly impossible to destroy so many are still in existence.
- Noding your head in Albania is a disagreement while shaking the head means âyesâ, so it can get pretty confusing for tourists.
- At its closest point Albania is only 10km away from Corfu across the Ionian Sea.
- Hoxhaâs official title was âComrade-Chairman-Prime Minister-Foreign Minister-Minister of War-Commander in Chief of the Peopleâs Armyâ â quite a mouthful!
- Under the leadership of Enver Hoxha, Albania was declared the worldâs first atheist state in 1967.
- Xhiro is the name for an evening walk in Albania. Some of the towns close roads to cars at certain times of the evening so locals can talk their daily stroll.
- Norman Wisdom was a cult figure in Albania where he was one of the few Western actors whose films were allowed in the country under Hoxhaâs dictatorship
- Officially 70% of Albanians are Muslim but the number who actively practice is much lower.
- George Kastriot Skanderbeg
- Mother Teresa
- Fan Noli
- Pope Clement XI
- Gjon Mili
- Ismail Kadare
- Ferid Murad
- Inva Mula
- Eliza Dushku
- John and Jim Belushi
- Ermonela Joha