Free Tours en Shkodër

I totally recommend the tour with Paola. She offers a lot of information about Shkodra and Albania and you really feel her passion about her city and country as well as the joy it brings her to tell tourists about it.

Paola is just great, your rarely find person so local and so much in love with own culture. Voices of Shkoder is a special excursion to visit, a lot of love and local insights was put in it. Ask as many questions as you can, you will get much more than just by listening. Paola is there to answer all your questions. Thanks again, we will definitely remember your excursion under rainy Shkoder weather.

Great tour, entertaining stories!

Was a great walking tour, Paola was entertaining as well as informative. We learnt a lot about the history, architecture & people of Shkoder. Would highly recommend.

I learned a lot about Albania, even though I’d been in the country for a couple weeks already. We enjoyed our guide’s humor and responsiveness to our questions.

Kiri was full of the history about the beautiful city of Shkoder. Definitely recommend this tour especially if you want to learn about the history of Shkodër.

Thank uou, we really enjoyed the tour

Paola was friendly, great at answering all questions and so knowledgeable! It was great to see the city in a new light and learn about the various history of Northern Albania in more depth. She also gave some recommendations for food/coffee/pastries which was an extra bonus. I would encourage anyone visiting to do a tour with Paola - it makes you feel like you’ve seen and understood the city thoroughly.

We took the free walking tour "Voices of Shkodra" with Paola – and it was an experience that brought us closer to Shkodra and Albania in a way we would never have experienced on our own. The tour was varied, in-depth, and at the same time incredibly entertaining. We particularly liked how Paola repeatedly wove personal stories into the tour – such as the anecdote about the water pump, which used to be something like the "Tinder of Shkodra." This made the tour lively and very relatable. Also unforgettable was the moment when we happened upon a wedding car parade and Paola introduced us directly to the wedding traditions. Suddenly, an everyday moment became a fascinating insight into local culture. We learned how beards (or lack thereof) could be used to identify social differences, both past and present – ​​and then spent the whole day observing the men in the city for their beard growth. 😅 We were particularly impressed by how often Albania has changed throughout its history – and how little we knew about it. The Kanun, for example, fascinated and horrified us in equal measure. At the end of the tour, we were reminded of how close the places of worship in Shkodra are to one another, the mosque, the Catholic church, and the Orthodox church, and how naturally religions coexist here. The feeling that you are Albanian first and only then Catholic, Muslim, or Orthodox, deeply impressed us. Paola took a lot of time, answered every question, and also explained current social issues to us. We would take a tour with her again anytime and enthusiastically recommend her to anyone who wants to experience Shkodra with heart, depth, and humor.

Paola was a superb guide, very knowledgeable and all around pleasant. We felt we got a very good grasp of Shköder and the general history of Albania in those two hours. When we asked follow-up questions, she always had an answer.

We enjoyed our tour and our guide answered questions and provided good information. Thank you.

Our guide was so knowledgeable and passionate about Albania and Shkoder- it was a fascinating tour with so much information.

Nice tour

She was a terrific guide. Very interesting, informative, and pleasant. I would highly recommend.

The tour wirh Kiri was fantastic. Ze knew a lot and told about history and the resilience of the Albanian people. Sche answeared all the questions and took her time.

It was an amazing tour with so many historical and personal details. I highly recommend this tour!

Paula gave us a wonderful walking tour of Shkodër. She was friendly, knowledgeable, and showed us the city’s highlights with great stories. Highly recommended!

The tour was really good. Paola knew a lot about the story of albania and shkodra specifically. She always answered all of our questions and had some really good recommendations for the city as well. I would definitely recommend doing this tour with her.

Thank you Paola for the nice and informative tour, the insights to your country and the many many answered questions! :)

Muy ameno, guía muy profesional

Nice tour

Sehr engagierter Guide, der viel zu erzählen hat, sehr viel geschichtlicher Hintergrund, weniger ein klassischer Stadtrundgang

Shkoder badly damaged during the communist years with most of the old buildings destroyed. Very interesting to hear the story of the area. The guide was very enthusiastic and had lots of interesting facts. Recommended.

This tour with Paola around Shkodra was incredible. We were only a small group of two which meant any and all questions about the city itself or the country we had for Paola could be answered. You can tell how much she loves this city and took us to its highlights, whilst being informative and entertaining. Shkodra has become a favourite city of mine thanks in part to Paola!

We really enjoyed our tour with Paola. She explained a lot of architectural sites, buildings, their historical background for us and always made the connection to the people of that area and time period. Clear and patient voice in proper english. Highly recommended.