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TIRANA Walking Tour: Discover the ever-changing capital city 10% OFF
Tirana, Albania, Europe
$31.99
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Overview
Tirana, Albania's capital, stands out with its unique high-rise architecture and vibrant public spaces, reflecting a 'Dolce Vita' atmosphere. This half-day walking tour showcases the city's rich history and modern transformation.
- 🏛️ Visit Skanderbeg Square, the heart of Tirana, where you will learn about Albania's complex history and see significant buildings like the National Historic Museum and the Old Clock Tower.
- 🕰️ Climb the Clock Tower, built in 1840, for a panoramic view of the city after ascending just 90 steps to this iconic cultural monument.
- 🕌 Explore the Et'hem Bey Mosque, a beautifully restored religious site from 1823, and hear about its significance in Albania's Islamic heritage.
- 🏰 Walk through Rruga Murat Toptani towards Tirana Castle, where you can see remnants of ancient walls and enjoy the lively atmosphere filled with cafés and art galleries.
- 🌉 Marvel at the Tanners' Bridge, an 18th-century Ottoman stone footbridge, which showcases the fine bridge construction of its era and serves as a vital link to the eastern highlands.
- 🎨 Admire the Albanian National Gallery of Arts from the outside, known for its collection of social realism masterpieces and surrounding statues of notable Eastern European leaders.
- 🍸 Discover Blloku, a trendy area filled with bars, cafes, and boutiques, once a restricted zone for the Communist elite, now a hub of modern nightlife.
- 💼 Benefit from a qualified guide who will share fascinating insights and stories throughout the tour, enhancing your understanding of Tirana's history.
- 🚶♂️ Enjoy a city tour of Tirana that is accessible for all, with wheelchair-friendly options available for transportation and sightseeing.
- 💰 Optional extras include tips, food and drinks, and hotel pickup and drop-off for added convenience.
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TIRANA Walking Tour: Discover the ever-changing capital city
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
- • Qualified guide
- • City Tour of Tirana
- Optional activity costs
- Tips and gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meeting point
Our guide will meet you at the entrance of the Tirana International Hotel at the designeted time.
Return details
Our guide will meet you at the entrance of the Tirana International Hotel at the designeted time.
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Skanderbeg SquareThe complexity of Albanian history can be witnessed first hand at the very heart of the capital city of Tirana - the famous Skanderbeg Square, which takes its name by our national medieval hero. Constantly changing its urban face, this tour of the Skenderbeg square will offer a fantastic understanding of the Albania's layered historical development of the 20th century. We will share facts and curiosities about the main buildings that surround the square: The National Historic Museum, The National Opera House, the Old Clock Tower and the Et'hem Bej Mosque.
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Clock TowerOpened to tourists in 1996, only 90 steps is what it takes to reach the top of one of the cultural monuments of the capital city of Tirana. Build in 1840 during the times of the Ottoman Empire, even though this landmark building is currently surrounded by the ongoing construction of high raisers, it still offers a rare panoramic of the city center. Standing 35 meters tall, it used to be Tirana's tallest building until 1970.
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Xhamia Et'hem BejEt'hem Bey Mosque its the only religious monument to date that survived the viscous Albanian Cultural Revolution. Build in 1823 it remains as one of the most distinguished landmarks of the Tirana's city center. Tourists and believers can rejoice at the newly restored floral patterns and vivid frescos. The tour guide will share insider information and curiosities on the nuanced history of Islam religion in Albania.
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Rruga Murat ToptaniA walk to the Tirana Castle is perfect for every time of the year! Recent excavations during the years 2001 and 2008, reveled traces of Tirana's castle walls dating back to the Emperor Justinian's period of IV – VI of our era. Sadly little remains to be seen of the castle walls given that it has seen many wars and destruction to date. Yet, nowadays its highly frequented by all ages for it has become the hearth of arts and artisans, beaming with lovely cafés, restaurants and art galleries, worth visiting at any time of day and night, all year around.
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Tanners' BridgeUra e Tabakëve aka The Tanners' Bridge is an 18th-century Ottoman period stone footbridge located near the Albanian Parliament. Once a vital bridge that linked Tirana with the eastern highlands, it stands as a testimony of Tirana's area fine bridge construction. It was mainly used by farmers to bring produce and livestock, hence its name "tabakë" in Albanian - the profession that includes both butchering and tanning. The Tabakëve bridge crossed the Lana stream until the 1930s when the river was diverted, and than the historical bridge sadly fell into disrepair. A testimony of Tirana's urban development in the 18th century, Ura e Tabakëve is considered as one of the most important cultural heritage monuments of the city, and in the 1990's it underwent a serious restoration. In addition to showcasing the bridge's foundations, cleaning up and restoring its original stones, an artificial pond was recreated on both sides of the bridge which has since remained in use by pedestrians only.
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National Gallery of ArtThe Albanian National Gallery of Arts - GKA was established on January 11th, 1954 and it is a treasure trove full of formidable social realism masterpieces and the best that figurative arts of Albania has to offer worldwide. While temporary closed for its deserved expansion, it still offers a great opportunity to observe its sparse and minimalist design from the outside, and especially the well hidden social realist statues of the Eastern Europe Communist leaders like Stalin and Lenin in its vicinity. In front of the Albanian National Gallery of Arts stands REJA aka The Cloud, designed by the famed Japanese architect, Sou Fujimoto, that has become the beloved home of late night film screenings, performative arts festivals, as well as live concerts.
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BllokuEverything one has heard or read about Tirana's Blloku it is true as it is the city's must-visit gravitational pole with its remarkable face-lift, now blooming with hip bars and cafes, a nightlife to be envied, full of trendy restaurants, luxury boutiques and upscale residential units. Yet before this hot spot gave the capital a feeling of La Dolce Vita, during the Communist rule, Blloku as its name suggests, was a closed-off precinct for the party elite, with the modest, modern style villa of Albania's long-ruling dictator Enver Hoxha in its heart. Beside the infamous house where the fate of so many people during the regime was sealed, the same area is also home to the monumental Presidenca e Republikës - the office of the Albanian president.
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TIRANA Walking Tour: Discover the ever-changing capital city 10% OFF
Tirana, Albania, Europe
$31.99
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!