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

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.