Description of the Tour:

In our Classic Tirana ½ day tour, we will have the opportunity to show to our guest the main attraction this city offer and all the entire tour will be accompanied by information on the city’s history, with the main periods that have been associated it for decades, giving a focus of life during the Communist era and that one oftoday’s story.

Highlight of the tour in 14 stops + inside visit of the National Museum.

1. Skanderbeg This is the heart of the city and proudly boasts a statue of Albania’s

famous George Kastriot Skanderbeg.

2. National Museum – the biggest and the most important museum in Albania ( visit included) We will star our visit at the National Historic Museum in Tirana offering an in-depth introduction to Albanian History from prehistoric times to present day visiting there the different pavilions like: Pavilion of Antiquity, Pavilion of the Middle Ages, Pavilion of Renaissance, Pavilion of Independence, Pavilion of Iconography, Pavilion of the National Liberation Antifascist War, Pavilion of Communist Terror, and Pavilion of Mother Teresa.
3. Opera – the home of Albania’s cultural home showing national and international productions in song and

4.      National bank on Albania

5. Orthodox church & Taiwan
6. The Block – is Tirana’s most stylish area – used under the Communist regime to give friends and families of the ruling party a place to live and relax. We will see the house of the ex- dictator EnverHoxha, and the dictature symbols in the main boulevard.
7. Boulevard Deshmoret e Kombit –Tirana’s great boulevards built by the
8. The Pyramid –built during communism times with white marble walls honoring the ex- dictator Enver
9. Mosque – the central mosque is known as Mosque of Et’hem Beu is an old mosque in the

center of the city.

10. Clock Tower – behind the mosque is the tall clock tower and the symbol of the
11. New Bazaar, a multifunctional area with almost all services, divided into five areas: Fish Marks, Green Marks (Fruits), mainly products coming from the outskirts of Tirana, the Neutral Zone, the shops residential areas around the area, which have been converted into service areas, creative areas, entertainment venues, mainly concerts, street art, animators, fairs, open cinemas, open exhibitions, etc.

12.   Castle of Tirana – The newest touristic place where we will have a coffee break –

typical Albanian coffee break

13.   Souvenir shopping time in the same area of Castle of Tirana

14. Bunk’Art 2

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