2024
KRUJA CITADEL
Fortifications and ramparts to visit
4.2/5
• 5 reviews
Of Byzantine origin, it was Skanderbeg's stronghold against the Ottomans. ...Read more
Kruja
2024
STATUE OF SKANDERBEG
Columns and statues to see
3.9/5
• 7 reviews
The country's most famous statue in its largest square. Bronze by Odhise ...Read more
Tirana
2024
KRUJA'S OLD BAZAAR
Markets
4/5
• 2 reviews
Old Ottoman shopping street. Workshops and stores sell everything from ...Read more
Kruja
2024
TANNERS' BRIDGE
Works of art to see
4/5
• 2 reviews
A rare Ottoman relic in Tirana, this 18th-century bridge was used to ...Read more
Tirana
2024
STADE NATIONAL
Contemporary architecture
4/5
• 1 review
Largest stadium in the country. To be rebuilt in 2019. 112 m high tower ...Read more
Tirana
2024
TIRANA PYRAMID
Contemporary architecture
3.5/5
• 4 reviews
Emblematic monument erected in 1988 as a mausoleum for Enver Hoxha. It is ...Read more
Tirana
2024
CLOCK TOWER
Towers to visit
3/5
• 3 reviews
Behind the Et'hem Bey mosque. Small clock-making museum and ...Read more
Tirana
2024
MOSAIC OF TIRANA
Ancient monuments
3/5
• 1 review
A small, unique archaeological site in Tirana, home to a Greek mosaic, a ...Read more
Tirana
2024
FORTRESS OF PREZA
Fortifications and ramparts to visit
Byzantine fortress dominated by a 16th-century mosque. Beautiful views over ...Read more
Preza
2024
MOSAIC AT THE NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM
Contemporary architecture
Large 565m2 mosaic from the Communist era. Dating from 1981, it depicts ...Read more
Tirana
2024
KRYEMINISTRIA
Public buildings to visit
Office of the Albanian Prime Minister. Former Italian army headquarters. ...Read more
Tirana
2024
PALAIS DES CONGRÈS
Contemporary architecture
Brutalist-style building from 1986 on boulevard des Martyrs-de-la-Nation. ...Read more
Tirana
2024
STATUE DE SKANDERBEG
Columns and statues to see
Representing the national hero, this 6 m high bronze statue dates back to ...Read more
Kruja
2024
PALACE OF CULTURE
Palaces to visit
Stalinist building on Skanderbeg Square housing the opera house, the ...Read more
Tirana
2024
BOFILL TOWER
Contemporary architecture
205-metre-high tower to the east of Skanderbeg Square, scheduled for 2026. ...Read more
Tirana
2024
APPARTEMENT DE KADARÉ
Places associated with famous people to visit
Museum in the large apartment where Ismail Kadaré lived from 1974 to 1992. ...Read more
Tirana
2024
AKADEMIA E FILMIT DHE MULTIMEDIAS MARUBI
Schools colleges and universities to visit
Read moreThis film school (Akademia e Filmit dhe Multimedias Marubi) bears the name of Albania's pioneer of photography, Pietro Marubi (1834-1903), and is located in the street named after the great Austrian actor of Albanian origin Alexander Moissi (1878-1935), in the heart of the former film studios of the communist regime. It regularly organizes free screenings and exhibitions, notably as part of the Cinéma des pays francophones cycle in March. Bus: line 15a, get off at Kinostudio.
Tirana
2024
PETRELA CASTLE
Castles to visit
In the 15th century, this small castle of Byzantine origin was the ...Read more
Petrela
2024
VILLA DE SALI SHIJAKU
Art gallery exhibition space foundation and cultural center
Villa of the painter Sali Shijaku (b. 1933). He no longer lives there, but ...Read more
Tirana