Tirana and Kruja Castle

Highlights:

• Private tour in Tirana with guide, car and driver

• Visit National History Museum

• Visit Kruja Castle and Ethnographic Museum

• Visit Turkish bazaar

• Day trips Albania

Overview:

Full-day tour from Tirana, morning city sightseeing tour and afternoon tour to the impressive Kruja Castle, for a glimpse into Albania's past

Description:

Private Tirana city tour and Kruja excursion, Albania

Meet your English-speaking local guide at your hotel for a full-day private sightseeing tour of Tirana and excursion to 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 artifacts and the Belle of Durres, a Greek mosaic of a beautiful woman. Admire the intricate carvings that adorn the E`them 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 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 a small tekke, a temple built in 1789 for a religious sect called Bektashi who are popular here. Return to your hotel in Tirana.

Price includes:

• English speaking 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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