The Balkan Explorer - Experience Tirana like a Local

You 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.

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 after so many changes during the last centuries.

Duration: 20 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 take a short stop and a traditional coffee here ;)

Duration: 30 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

Pass By: 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. Nowadays, the present state will tell you much more.

Stop At: Tirana, Tirana, Tirana County

Ish-Blloku or commonly Blloku is an upmarket area in Tirana, widely known as an entertainment destination with its boutiques, shops, restaurants, trendy bars, pubs, and cafes.
Ish-Blloku has been called the "playground of the young Albanian elite".
It became very attractive after the fall of Communism in Albania, because during the communist period it was a restricted residential area for the members of the Albanian politburo, ordinary Albanians would not be allowed in. In Blloku you can still find the residence of Albania’s communist leader Enver Hoxha.

Duration: 20 minutes