EXPLORE THE MOST IMPORTANT ATTRACTIONS OF OUR CAPITAL IN ONE DAY!!
Tirana is the capital and largest city of Albania since 1920. The city is host to many public institutions and public and private universities, and is the centre of the political, economic, and cultural life of the country.
The area occupied by Tirana has been populated since Paleolithic times, dating back 10,000 to 30,000 years ago, as suggested by evidence from tools found near Mount Dajt‘s quarry and in Pellumbasi Cave. As argued by various archaeologists, Tirana and its suburbs are filled with Illyrian toponyms as its precincts are some of the earliest regions in Albania to have been inhabited. The oldest discovery in downtown Tirana was a Roman house, later transformed into an aisle less church with a mosaic-floor, dating back to the 3rd century A.D., with other remains found near a medieval temple at Shengjin Fountain in eastern suburbs. A castle possibly called Tirkan or Theranda, whose remnants are found along Murat Toptani Street, was built by Emperor Justinian in 520 AD and restored by Ahmed Pasha Toptani in the 18th century.
The city was founded in 1614 by Sulejman Pasha Bargjini, a native feudal lord from Mullet and the name of Tirana was mentioned for the first time in 1418 in a Venetian document.
Highlights of the tour:
We start our tour from one of the main boulevards Blv. Zogu I, following to Scanderbeg’s Square, visiting the most important buildings and monuments on the city center:
-Scanderbeg’s Statue
-The National Museum and it’s beautiful mosaic facade.
(optional visit on the museum)
-The Et’hemBey Mosque and the Clock Tower
-The Palace of Culture
Continuing along “The boulevard of the Marthyrs”,
we will visit also:
-The art gallery
-The monument of Independence
-The Orthodox Cathedral
-The St. Paul’s Cathedral
-The Pyramid
-The Prime Minister’s Residence
-The Postblloku/Checkpoint memorial
-The Palace of Congresses
-The President’s Palace
-Grand Park. (opsional coffee break)
-The Bllok (block) area
– Tanner’s Bridge (Ura e Tabakeve)
– Visit the Tirana Mosaic
-Opsional lunch at Tirana traditional restaurants.