Guided Walking Tour: Dictator's Footprints Enver Hoxha in Tirana

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1

  The tour-guide will accompany you in every room and exhibit, mostly at the sections about WWII and Communism era explaining what you'll see at each pavilion because at the museum not everything is translated in english. (Open Tuesday – Saturday 09.00 – 17.00; Price: €5/Person).

  1 hour • Admission ticket not included
• (Pass by)

  The Unknown Partisan Monument is a war memorial dedicated to the wariars that fell during WWII. The Monument is a great example of socialist realism, and depicts a soldier raising his right hand waving troops forward while holding a rifle in his left. This is a perfect spot to talk about the glorification of the partisan war and the ways dictator Enver Hoxha used it to condemn his political rivals.

  Admission ticket free
• 2
  Bunk'Art 2

  This is a good museum that has a storyline from 1914 to 1991 and tells the political events that occurs in Albania during that time. The tour-guide will accompany you in every room and exhibit, explaining what you'll see at each pavilion. (Open Monday – Sunday 09.30 – 20.00; Price: €5/Person).

  1 hour • Admission ticket not included
• 3
  Museum of Secret Surveillance

  In the House of Leaves you’ll see the espionage manufactures of the notorious state police “Sigurimi” and its work in persecuting the Albanians. The tour-guide will accompany you in every room and exhibit, explaining what you'll see at each pavilion. (Open Monday – Sunday 09.00 – 19.00; Price: €7/Person).

  1 hour • Admission ticket not included
• (Pass by)

  This is the most iconic piece of communist architecture in Tirana once dedicated to Dictator Enver Hoxha, nowadays reconcepted as Center for Technology.

  Admission ticket free
• (Pass by)

  This is the house of the Dictator. The villa was built in the “Bllok” after the 1960s, with the older part of the building mimicing 1930s architecture. The house has not changed since Hoxha died. We will discuss there how the communist establishment lived during that time and what happened after Hoxha died.

  Admission ticket free
• Postbllok - Checkpoint Monument (Pass by)

  Memorial to communist isolations conceived as an artistic installation and co-created by former dissident Fatos Lubonja and artist Ardian Isufi. Lubonja had suffered thirteen years in hard labour camp of Spac for being critical of Hoxha’s regime. Here we will talk about the communist crimes and the difficult transition to democracy.

  Admission ticket free
• 4

  Inspired by the communism era in Albania with exhibits and memorabilia all over the walls, this is a must-see place in Tirana.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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