Tirana – a somehow new town for Albanian standards; just about 350 years old! The mosque of Et’hem Bey, Ottoman founder of the city, is one of the oldest monuments, but the mosaic you can visit in the Zogu i Zi, dates back to more than 2000 years B.C. and shows the very ancient roots of the civilisation that chose this area to build a community. Nowadays it is the capital of the country, one of the most rapidly changing cities in Europe in an economic boom and a must for visitors that are interested in understanding from the Albanian story.
A city of movement, business, shopping, throbbing nightlife and fascinating museums. Restaurants, theatres, politics, sports, music and culture also play a large part of the experience. An appropriate modern representation perhaps – of what Albania should and should not be. It has the highest concentration of Mercedes per capita in the world and is the capital of one of the poorest of the European countries: It could certainly never be classed as boring.
Contact us for a private tour of Tirana and let us show you the town where we were born. The town that has lived in the last 40 years in two different worlds. Let us show you parts of its unusual history!
Do not miss:
- The National Museum
- The Archaeological Museum
- The Sky Tower and its roof top bar
- The Lake Park
- The traditional Tirana houses
- The National Gallery of Arts
