This is a tour that will show you the medieval and modern capital of Albania. Kruja town, is very nice and has the Turkish Style Bazaar, Ethnographic Museum and Skanderbeg Museum. We will have time for shopping in the Bazaar. We will visit the Ethnographic Museum to see how it was the way of living in the XVIII century. Afterwards we will visit the Skanderbeg Museum which is dedicated to our National Hero. When we come back to Tirana we visit a modern European capital city with some nice Italian Fascist Architectural style buildings that represent the main governmental institutions.
Pickup included
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.
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
Finally we make our way through Kruja’s famous Bazaar full of traditional handicrafts and souvenirs.
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Please arrive at the pick up point 20 minutes before departure time.
Our tour representative will be 10-15 minutes before departure to pick you up at the hotel you are staying.