Day 01
Walk Through Tirana's Historic Squares and Landmarks
- Firstly, visit Mother Teresa Square, the second-largest square in Tirana, Albania. It is named after Mother Teresa, the Albanian-born Indian Roman Catholic nun, missionary, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. It surely holds a great deal of history.
- Then go to the Pyramid of Tirana, a structure and former museum located in Tirana, the capital of Albania. It opened as a museum in 1988 and became a conference center in 1991 following the collapse of Communism. During the 1999 Kosovo War, the building was used as a NATO base.
- After that, visit the former residence of Enver Hoxha in Blloku, a three-story home that once belonged to Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha. The interior is now closed to the general public, but a walk along the street reveals the communist architecture that was so prevalent at the time.
- Then head towards the Museum of Secret Surveillance, also known as the House of Leaves, a historical museum in Tirana, Albania. It opened on 23 May 2017 in the building that served as the Sigurimi headquarters during the communist era.
- Then move forward to the Resurrection Cathedral, an Albanian Orthodox church situated in the center of Tirana, Albania. It is considered among the largest Eastern Orthodox churches in the Balkans.
- End your tour by visiting Skanderbeg Square, the epicenter of the capital, surrounded by some of the most important buildings in the country. The space was initially designed in a circular shape by three architects from Mussolini's Italy: Florentano de Fausto, Gherardo Bosio, and Armando Brasini. It was in 1937 that the square was given the name of the Albanian national hero.
