Free tour

The history of Tirana, the Capital of Albania, Free Walking Tour by Eni & Aldo

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Tirana

Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes

Languages: English and Italian

Guru: Eni

Registered on 13 October 2023

Hello! We are Eni and Aldo, your local expert guides for Tirana. I graduated in Business Administration but my hobbies are history and culinary, so I decided to become a professional guide. Aldo is more on history and sports. Tirana, the capital of Albania, offers a perfect walking tour and many landscapes for whoever wants to spend their holidays in an active mood and adventure in new cultures and traditions. Our philosophy is to show our country and the whole region how we see and feel it.

Free booking and cancellation

Pay-what-you-wish tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free

Tour description

A walking tour of Tirana is a good chance to learn about its history and visit the most interesting historical and cultural places. As our capital, Tirana is the best representative of its varied history, especially the communist era. We will go places and tell stories from the Roman Empire, Ottoman Empire, and Communist era to the present, focusing on making the tour unforgettable.

We are a team of two Guides Aldo & Eni, and depending on the availability one of us will guide the Walking Tour.

During the tour, you will visit and pass by these locations:

Skanderbeg Square
National Historical Museum.
Palace of Culture.
Et'hem Bey Mosque
Clock Tower
Bunkart 2 (Former antinuclear secret tunnel).
The Cloud installation.
Murat Toptani pedestrian.
Tirana Castle.
Toptani Shopping Center
US travelers will see George W. Bush Street
Parliament of Albania.
Albanian Flag and the numbers of people who suffered during dark times of the communist area.
The Great Namazgah Mosque.
Saint Paul Catholic Cathedral
Pyramid of Tirana
Prime Minister's office
Checkpoint memorial, a bunker, A piece of Berlin Wall in Tirana
The Blloku area
The villa of former dictator Enver Hoxha
Taiwan Center
House of Leaves (Museum of Secret Surveillance).
The Resurrection of Christ, Orthodox Cathedral.

Let me know if you still have free time we can have a drink somewhere around the youth park and talk more about Tirana giving some tips on where to go and what to do. Later it will be your turn to show me your city virtually. Love you all.

Important notes:

1. The tour is scheduled to last about 2.5 Hours, but depending on the walking rhythm of the group, it may take a bit longer.

2. Depending on the weather conditions and any personal issues there will be days that I may cancel the walking tour, I will notify you the day before the tour is scheduled, so in any case, you will have the possibility to book a tour with another Guru, we are a lot in Tirana.

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

Sheshi Skënderbej 1, Tirana, Albania

"Parku Europa" I will be on the back side of the Skanderbeg Monument (The Men on the Horse) There are some places to sit and trees to protect you from the sunshine.

Outside visit

Skanderbeg Square

Scanderbeg Square is the center of Tirana, with many historical buildings surrounding it. The history explains itself here starting with Ottomans mosque, continuing with Zog Kingdom times, Communist buildings and recent year.

Outside visit

Et'hem Bej Mosque

Outside visit

The Clock Tower of Tirana

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours don't have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).