Private Full-Day Tour in Tirana, History, Arts and Traditional Lunch

ou will have the chance to admire the modern architecture of Scanderbeg Square, Ministrial Buildings constructed during 1930s, visit the most recent and conterporan turist destinations - the New Bazzar, Kalaja e Tiranës Complex, Toptani Pedestrian street, the former communist dictator's, Enver Hoxha's Lider Museum - the Piramid.

Later you will walk through the fanciest quarter in Tirana, which it was banned to common people till late of 1980s. In the heart of this quarter, you will pass by and see the former Residence of Enver Hoxha. And last but not least, you will visit the Ismail Kadare house Museum.

Ismail Kadare is an Albanian novelist, poet, essayist and playwright. He has been a leading literary figure in Albania since the 1960s. He has been focused on poetry until the publication of one of his novels, "The General of the Dead Army", which made him famous outside of Albania. In 1996, he became a lifetime member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques of France.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Skanderbeg Square, At the center of Tirana, Tirana Albania

The Scanderbeg Square, conceived before the Second World War by Italian architect A.Brasini, became the host site of Stalin's statues, Skanderbeg and Enver Hoxha's ones, but finally only the Skanderbeg Statue is present nowadays. During this tour you will learn how the square got the modern look it has today.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Museum of Secret Surveillance, Rruga Deshmoret e 4 Shkurtit House of Leaves, Tirana Albania

As the history of Albania itself under the Communist dictatorship that was installed at the end of World War II and continued for almost half a century, the House of Leaves also, was covered for a long time with all sorts of legends, a lot of whispers of people, covered with bushes' leaves, covering the misstery…
This museum will unfold simultaneously aspects of Albanian society in the conditions of a regime that aimed at the total control over the human bodies and souls.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Rruga Murat Toptani, Tirana Albania

The pedestrian "Murat Toptani" as a trail is of historical value and can be considered as a natural, museum and historical gallery.
It traverses several monumental artifacts that make it quite historic, such as the Fortress of Tirana, the headquarters of the Academy of Sciences, the park that can be considered the country's first national park, the old National Library, and the former Political Persecutor's Building followed in the end by Tanners Bridge. Walking along the way you can find as well some of the latest touristic destinations; Kalaja e Tiranes, the National Gallery of Arts, the Residence of the Albanian Royal Family, etc.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Pazari i Ri, Shenasi Dishnica, Tirana 1001 Albania

In the New Bazaar today there are almost all services, divided into five areas:
Meat and Fish Markets, Green Markata (Fruit - Vegetables), Neutral area, Creative area, The Transit Zone is the area around the Bazaar, which has received development from the Bazaar. All areas interact and interact with each other.
In the Shopping Area you can find all kinds of services, bars, traditional restaurants, hotels, street food, different cuisine trends, etc.
The good news here is: we will have a traditional lunch here ;)

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: National Gallery of Art, Bulevardi Deshmoret e Kombit, Tirana 1001 Albania

The National Gallery of Arts hosts a diverse collection, which includes about 4,500 works by Albanian and foreign artists.
It operates in two main directions: the permanent exhibition line and the opening of temporary exhibitions of Albanian and foreign artists.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Enver Hoxha Pyramid, Boulevard Deshmoret e Kombit, Tirana Albania

Once known as Enver Hoxha Museum it was inaugurated in 1988 and has served as the heritage museum of Enver Hoxha till 1991. It resembles an egyptian pyramid dedicated to the pharaons. However,from above it reveals the shape of communist star spreading its rays. Nowdays, the present state will tell you much more.

Duration: 15 minutes