- Skanderbeg Square - Skanderbeg Square is the central plaza in Tirana, Albania, named after the national hero Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu. Covering around 40,000 square meters, the square is dominated by the Scanderbeg Monument. During the Italian occupation, architects Florestano Di Fausto and Armando Brasini designed Tirana’s city plan in a Neo-Renaissance style, featuring angular solutions and giant order fascias. Key buildings around the square include the Tirana International Hotel, the Palace of Culture, the National Opera, the National Library, the National Bank, the Ethem Bey Mosque, the Clock Tower, City Hall, and several ministries including Infrastructure, Agriculture, Economy, and Energy, as well as the National Historical Museum.
- BunkArt 2 - Bunk’art 2 chronicles the history of the Albanian Ministry of Internal Affairs from 1912 to 1991, unveiling the secrets of “Sigurimi,” the political police used by Enver Hoxha’s regime for harsh persecution. It is the first major video museum exhibition dedicated to the victims of communist terror.
- Enver Hoxha Pyramid - Opened on 14 October 1988, the structure initially served as the Enver Hoxha Museum, dedicated to the legacy of the long-time Communist leader of Albania who had died three years earlier. The Pyramid was co-designed by Hoxha’s daughter Pranvera Hoxha, her husband Klement Kolaneci, and architects Pirro Vaso and Vladimir Bregu. At the time of its construction, it was considered the most expensive individual structure in Albania. Although sometimes referred to sardonically as the “Enver Hoxha Mausoleum,” this was never its intended purpose.
- Pazari i Ri - Established in 1939, the New Bazaar prospered over the years, becoming a vital trading center after the Old Bazaar was demolished in 1959. Located in one of Tirana’s oldest areas, it remains a major market for meat, fish, vegetables, and fruits. Operating 24 hours a day, it focuses on product trade in the morning and culinary activities in the afternoon, with surrounding restaurants and cultural events like festivals and fairs.
- Mount Dajti - Just outside the city, an Austrian-built cable car takes you to the top of Dajti Mountain on the longest cableway in the Balkans. Our website offers all the information needed to plan your visit, including ticket prices, opening times, public transport tips, maps, and parking details. Learn about our hospitality services, such as the Dajti Tower Hotel & Cliff-top Restaurant “Ballkoni Dajtit,” and the various activities available at the mountain’s summit.
- Professional guide
- Cable car on Dajti monunt 8 euro
- Bunkart 6 euros
If you’re more into clubbing than hiking, Tirana is definitely worth visiting. First, visiting Skanderbeg Square, named after the national hero who briefly ensured Albania was independent of the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth century, is undoubtedly one of the things to do in Tirana. The second thing to do is Visit a not-so-ancient pyramid which is in a short walk from Skanderbeg Square. Built in 1987 by the daughter of Albania’s dictator Enver Hoxha (who tyrannically ruled Albania from 1944–85) as a museum to her father, it now sits derelict, stripped of the tiles that once covered it and splattered with graffiti. In this tour you are going to Feel the Albanian hospitality Being invited for a coffee or a rakija (a plum brandy) is a local custom and you’ll find Albanians friendly towards foreign visitors. Having been isolated from the rest of the world for the latter half of the twentieth century, many are curious about the influx of travellers.
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