Discover Tirana and Kruja from Durres - Full-Day Tour

Start the tour from Clock Tower at Skanderbeg Square, (photo stop at Skanderbeg’s Monument), National Museum (the huge mosaic on the front represent the Albanian history development and the stages of this development are presented on respective pavilions).

Then you continue to see other important buildings: Palace of Culture/Opera/National Library, Mosque of Ethem Bey, the Clock Tower, Bunkart 2, National Art Gallery, Tirana Castle, Parliament, Ura e Tabakeve, Catholic Cathedral Namazgjah Mosque, main government buildings, the Pyramid, Prime Minister building, Palace of congresses, Mother Teresa Square and Archaeological Museum (there are presented many archaeological discoveries since the Stone Age up to the Medieval).

Then Polytechnic University, the Presidential palace, Cold War Corner (one Bunker, part of the famous Spac Political Prison, and a piece from the Berlin Wall).

We will also see the Ex-Blloku (which used to be the most beautiful and protected zone where the ex-communist leader's families lived). Proceed to Youth Park, Taiwan, Orthodox Cathedral (optional visit to Christian Heritage Souvenir shop), and House of Leaves Surveillance Museum. The tour ends at the National Bank (in Skanderbeg Square).

Afterward, we will visit Durres, its city center, amphitheater, and the Archaeological Museum, situated near the sea and rich in objects excavated in Durres. We also visit the Roman Baths behind the Aleksander Moisiu Theatre on the central square.

• All Visits are from the outside.

The second part of this tour is Kruja a small town perched high on the face of a hill considered “the Adriatic Sea’s Balcony”, because of its altitude above mean sea level (approximately 1000 m). Kruja was the center of 15th-century Albanian resistance to the Ottomans under the leadership of national hero Gjerg Kastrioti “Skanderbeg”.

Visit the unique Skanderbeg Museum inside the restored castle and the Ethnographical Museum. The street leading up to the castle is built in the style of a Turkish bazaar; we can stroll along the old bazaar which has a wonderful selection of authentic antiques and souvenirs.

Itinerary

08:00 - Tirana Walking Tour

12:30 - Lunchtime

13:30 - Kruja

14:40 - Kruja Tour and visit at Old Bazar

17:00 - 18:00- Early dinner in a restaurant in Kruja

18:50 - Arrive ending point