Tirana and Kruja Castle, Durres

Highlights:

• Private excursion in Albania with guide, car and driver

• Visit National History Museum

• Visit Kruja Castle and Ethnographic Museum

 

Overview:

Full-day private excursion from Durres to Tirana and to the medieval fortress at Kruja

Description:

Private shore excursion in Albania to Tirana and Kruja from Durres

Meet your English-speaking local guide at your hotel or cruise ship in Durres for a full-day private excursion to Tirana and Kruja. At Skanderbeg Square, named after the national hero who defended Albania from the Ottomans, visit the National Historical Museum to see its collection of traditional costumes and other artefacts and the Belle of Durres, a Greek mosaic of a beautiful woman. Admire the intricate carvings that adorn the Ethan Bey Mosque, and visit the catholic churches of St Peter and St Maria. See the Clock Tower, the old stone Tabakeve and Terzive Bridges before heading north to Kruja, an hour from Tirana. Here is an impressive medieval castle that houses a museum dedicated to Skanderbeg, and an Ethnographic Museum in a typical Ottoman house which displays how citizens lived for 300 years, with costumes and jewellery also on show. The famous turkish bazaar of Kruja has cobbled streets and wooden shops selling traditional goods, and after a stroll through it arrive at Dollma tekke, a temple built in 1789 for a religious sect called Bektashi who are popular here. Return to your hotel or cruise ship in Durres.

Price includes:

• English speaking local guide
• Private vehicle with driver
• Entrance fees as mentioned above
• Hotel pick-up and drop-off

Not included:

• Entrance fees, meals not mentioned above
• Personal expenses
• Travel insurance
• Gratuities to driver/guide

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