From Durrës or Golem: Private Tirana Day or Night Tour

Highlights

• Choose your time: morning, full day with Dajti, sunset, or a night out
• Get picked up at your hotel in Durrës or Golem in your own private car
• Walk Skanderbeg Square, the Pyramid and Blloku with an English-speaking guide
• Ride the Dajti cable car for views over Tirana towards the sea
• Get a safe ride back to your hotel door after a night out in Blloku

Description

Staying in Durrës or Golem and want to see Tirana? Skip the crowded coach and the fixed morning departure. Your own car and English-speaking driver-guide pick you up at your hotel and bring you back to its door, and you choose when to go: in the morning, for a full day with the Dajti cable car, at sunset, or for a night out.

Options

Morning in Tirana (about 6 hours): your guide walks you through Skanderbeg Square, past the Et'hem Bey Mosque, the Clock Tower and the Tanners' Bridge, then on to the Pyramid of Tirana, where you can climb the steps for the view, and the Blloku quarter, once closed to ordinary Albanians. If you like, visit the House of Leaves, the museum of the communist secret police. Lunch is free time at the New Bazaar, and you are back at your hotel at about 3 PM, with the afternoon left for the beach.

Full day with the Dajti cable car (about 8 hours, not on Tuesdays): start with the Dajti Ekspres cable car up Mount Dajti for views over Tirana towards the sea, then, if you wish, visit Bunk'Art 1, the huge atomic bunker near the lower station. After lunch, your guide shows you the centre: Skanderbeg Square, the Et'hem Bey Mosque, the Pyramid and Blloku.

Tirana at sunset (about 5.5 hours): enjoy your beach day and leave in the afternoon. Climb the Pyramid in the golden light, walk through Blloku and reach Skanderbeg Square as it lights up. The New Bazaar is then yours for dinner, with your guide's tips for byrek, tavë kosi and qofte, before the ride back.

Tirana nightlife (about 5 hours, adults only): your guide shows you Blloku by night and takes you to two or three bars or clubs that suit your taste, from a cocktail or rooftop bar to a raki or live-music bar. The best part comes at the end: your driver takes you back to your hotel door, so you do not need to find a taxi to the coast at 1 AM. Your driver-guide does not drink.

The price is per car for up to 4 people. Groups of 5 to 8 travel in two cars. Entry tickets, the cable car, food and drinks are paid on site.

Includes

• Private car with English-speaking driver-guide (up to 4 people)
• Pickup and drop-off at your hotel in Durrës or Golem
• Guided walk in the centre of Tirana
• Fuel, tolls and parking

Excludes

• Dajti Ekspres cable car ticket (full-day option, paid on site)
• Museum tickets for House of Leaves or Bunk'Art 1 (optional, paid on site)
• Food and drinks
• Club entry fees (nightlife option)
• Gratuities

Important Information

• The price is per car for up to 4 people, not per person. Groups of 5 to 8 travel in two cars. Your driver-guide picks you up at your hotel in Durrës or Golem and confirms the exact pickup time on WhatsApp the day before. The Dajti cable car does not run on Tuesdays, so the full-day option is not available on Tuesdays. Cable car and museum tickets are paid on site; the museums accept cash in Albanian lek only. For the sunset option, choose the 3 PM start from October to March and the 5 PM start from April to September. The nightlife option is for adults 18 and over only. Drinks and any club entry are paid on site, and venues may apply a dress code. Your driver-guide does not drink

Easy cancellation

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund