Immerse yourself in the rich history of Albania on this tour of medieval Kruja and modern Tirana. Explore the Turkish-style bazaar, visit the Ethnographic and Skanderbeg Museums, and marvel at the Italian Fascist architectural style buildings in the capital city.
- Ethnographic Museum of Kruja - We will visit a typical albanian house of the XVIII century where we can see the way how the family would live in that period.
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Muzeu Kombëtar Gjergj Kastrioti - Kruja is a centre of Albanian resistance against the Ottomans under our National Hero Scanderbeg. He kept the Ottoman armies from crossing into Western Europe for 25 years, thus earning the title
Athleta Christi awarded by the Pope of the time. This is shown all in the Skanderbeg Museum - Old Bazaar (Pazari i Vjeter) - Finally we make our way through Kruja’s famous Bazaar full of traditional handicrafts and souvenirs.
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Tirana - After the visits return to Tirana to take a driven tour of the capital where the majority of monuments will be explained including the colourful buildings, which were a way of uplifting the dull grey and depressing communist built apartment blocks. We will stop just in front of the Prime Minister’s office to explore the area known as the Block which until 1991 was a
no go zone for ordinary Albanians due to the fact that all the members of the Politburo including the dictator himself had their villas there. Afterwards we will visit an old characteristic house of Tirana which happens to be also the house of a famous Albanian painter. We will visit the old sitting room with an inside ottoman style balcony and fireplace where many of the paintings have been displayed. We proceed on foot to visit another house built during the turn of the century to view interesting artefacts from the communist past of the country. We end our tour of the capital with a visit at the socialist realism art section of the National Art Gallery, to see the use of art as propaganda during the rule of a totalitarian regime. End of our service.
- Entrance to Skanderbeg Museum included
- Personal guide/driver available in preferred language
- Access to Ethnographic Museum
- Comfortable tour with in-vehicle air conditioning
- All fees and taxes covered
- Lunch
- Gratuities for guide/driver
- Everything that is not specified in the section “Included”
This is an excursion that takes you through Albania’s historical and contemporary capital. The town of Kruja showcases its Turkish-style Bazaar, the Ethnographic Museum, and the Skanderbeg Museum, all of which we will explore. There will be time allocated for shopping in the Bazaar. We will drop by the Ethnographic Museum to get a glimpse of 18th-century life. Subsequently, we will tour the Skanderbeg Museum in honor of our national hero. Upon our return to Tirana, we will observe a modern European capital city marked by beautiful Italian Fascist Architectural style buildings, symbolizing the main governmental institutions.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
