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Full-Day Communism Tour Of Tirana

  • Tour Category

    Private Tour

  • Tour Types

    Education, History, Story Telling

  • Duration

    1 Day

  • Activity Level

    Medium

  • Language

    Albanian, English, Italian, Romanian

Description

Join our full-day Communism Tour of Tirana, starting from your hotel. Explore the Cold War history at BunkerArt 1, perched on a hill. Discover BunkerArt 2, a secretive former tunnel of the Interior Ministry, as you journey through Tirana's center. The tour concludes at the iconic Post-Bllok monument, unveiling Albania's communist past.

Highlights
  • Explore BunkerArt 1's Cold War history atop Tirana's hills
  • Journey through Skanderbeg Square to discover the secretive BunkerArt 2
  • Conclude the tour at the symbolic Post-Bllok monument
  • Communism Tour of Tirana expand_more
    • Our tour begins from your hotel and proceeds to our first destination, BunkerArt 1, situated on a hill in Tirana, in the direction of Dajti Mount, using my private car. 
    • After visiting the Anti-Atomic Bunker, we will head through the center of Tirana, passing by Skanderbeg Square to visit BunkerArt 2. Here, we will explore another communist site located within a former tunnel of the Interior Ministry of Albania. 
    • Our tour will conclude at the Post-Bllok monument, facing Rogner Hotel, which is the former entrance to the Bllok Zone (the area where Communist members of Albania resided, which was off-limits to the public during the Communist era). 

    This marks the end of our tour.

What's Included
  • Tour guide to all three sites 
  • Private car from Tirana to Bunkerart 1 and back to the center
  • Assistance tour 
  • Water 0.5 l
What's Excluded
  • Tickets for Bunkerart 1 (300 lekë) and tickets for Bunkerart 2 (600 lekë) 
  • Meal
Know before you go
  • In June 1978, the dictator Enver Hoxha opened to the public the anti-nuclear bunker built by the communist government. A 5-floor palace underground, with 106 rooms and an assembly hall, now turned into a historical and art center called "BUNK'ART". The passageways, the areas provided for the meetings of the General Staff of the Army in case of war, the rooms where was thought would sleep the communist ex-dictator Enver Hoxha and the former Prime Minister Mehmet Shehu in case of a nuclear attack, the gigantic hall dedicated to the meetings of the Political Bureau which also contains an Albanian typical Buffe are transformed into a video museum exhibition and into art. Starting from April 2016, BUNK'ART is now made permanent, becoming a unique attraction site for tourists in the region, showing Albanian life during the 45 years of communism.
  • Bunk'art 2 reconstructs the history of the Albanian Ministry of Internal Affairs from 1912 to 1991 and reveals the secrets of “Sigurimi”, the political police that was the harsh persecution weapon used by the regime of Enver Hoxha. Bunk'art 2 is the first major video museum exhibition dedicated to the victims of communist terror.
  • The Postbllok Memorial includes three pieces. One is a set of concrete girders taken from Spaç Prison, where Lubonja was imprisoned for a time. The girders are lined up in a row as they would have been in the prison halls. 
Cancellation Policy

For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -

Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price Details
Adult
1 To 2 EUR 170 Per Person
Child
1 To 2 EUR 140 Per Person

This is a private tour

Private Tour Price EUR 150
Maximum no. of people 1
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