Tirana Walking Tour

Finally some sunshine, this morning setting out on a morning walking tour of Tirana so that we can get out bearings. Included on the tour was the usual history of the city and Albanian people from Roman Empire to Ottoman rule, to brief independence and communist control and the consequent fall out a Balkans war. The tour included many many stops on the way including:

Skanderbeg Square
Skanderberg statue
clock tower
Et'Hem Bey Mosque
Bunk'art 2
National Art Gallery
Tirana Castle
Saint Paul Catholic Cathedral
the pyramid
AirAlbania Stadium
Mother Teresa Square
Boulevard The Martyrs of the Nation
Postblock CheckPoint
Former Residence of Enver Hoxha
Orthodox Cathedral of the Resurrection of ChristWeiterlesen