Tirana Walking Tour: Hidden Gems, History & Local Life
A walking tour of Tirana departing near the Bank of Albania in Skanderbeg Square. The itinerary includes the National History Museum, Et'hem Bey Mosque, the Clock Tower, Bunk'Art 2, Tirana Castle, the Pyramid, Blloku, Youth Park and the House of Leaves Museum. The experience is designed in a relaxed and interactive format focused on history, culture, traditions and everyday life.
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Bunk'Art 2 stands beside Skanderbeg Square beneath an administrative building in central Tirana. Its entrance reproduces the shape of one of the small bunkers still found across Albania, but the route leads into a genuine shelter built for the Ministry of the Interior.
Et'hem Bey Mosque stands at one corner of Skanderbeg Square beside the Clock Tower. It is small compared with the modern buildings around it, but its paintings and history make it one of Tirana’s most important monuments.
House of Leaves The House of Leaves looks like an elegant home surrounded by greenery in the centre of Tirana. Yet behind that domestic appearance, one of the most secret centres of Albania’s communist surveillance system operated for decades.
The Pyramid of Tirana is one of the buildings that best summarises Albania’s transformations. It opened in 1988 as a museum dedicated to Enver Hoxha, the communist leader who had ruled the country for decades.