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The Communist Daytrip around Tirana
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The Communist Daytrip around Tirana

By Albanian Trip
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Ages 1-90, max of 24 per group
Duration: 5h
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Live guide: German, English, Italian, French
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  • Driver/guide in English and another optional language eventually
  • Driver/guide
  • Live commentary on board
What's not included
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • Food and drinks
  • Lunch


Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.
  • Tirana, Tirana, Tirana County
    Kalaja e Tiranes,Rruga Murat Toptani, Tirana, Albania
Pickup details
  • Either start from our Villa with a Star Either start from our Kalaja e Tiranes selling point at Rruga Murat Toptani
Hotel pickup offered
During checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.
    Airport pickup offered
    During checkout you will be able to select from the list of included airports.
    • Rinas Airport, Tirana Albania
    Port pickup offered
    During checkout you will be able to select from the list of included ports.
    • Durrës Port, Rruga Pavaresia 66, Durrës, Albania
    End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

      • Not wheelchair accessible
      • Infant seats available
      If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 20445P3

      • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
      • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
      • Children must be accompanied by an adult
      • Infant meals not included
      • Most travellers can participate
      • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 24 travellers

      • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

      If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 20445P3

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      Graeme Lee Pollard
      Northamptonshire, UK298 contributions
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      Jul 2018 • Solo
      This tour was absoultely fantastic! My guide Ervin was funny, polite, patient and very friendly telling me fascinating stories, showed me sights, museums and even got to eat their local cuisine. History can be too much for me to take in but it was explained simpler so it was easier to understand what it was all about.

      However, what really touched me was meeting this genuine couple who have lived in the days of the dark past expressing and shared their personal memories without fear.
      How they made through it really amazes me and to hear it coming from the experience was a true blessing, and I also believe this was an inspiration not to take life for granted by always making the most of what we've got whilst it's still there.

      Ervin did a magnificent job and we got on so well we had a few (social) beers after! It felt like I was with a friend because he was that brilliant!
      Written 4 August 2018
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      José F
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      Aug 2018 • Couples
      It was a guided tour starting in Tirana's outskirts, seeing the prefabricated concrete buildings of the sixties, then we continued to the flea market and to a very interesting conversation with the father of one of the organizers, who told us about his life during the communist regime.

      That, by itself was worth the trip, but we continued visiting the socialist art gallery and walking down the wide avenues of Tirana. We also saw the statue of the Nation's hero, and got comments of all the sorroundigs, a true abridgment of the communist days. Unfortunately, a monument to the memory of the fallen was closed those days, since that would have been the icing in the cake.

      As interesting as the monuments and places we saw, was the comments of our guide, very knowledgeable of Albanian affairs, as couldn't be otherwise. His English was also excellent.

      We only have nice words for Albanian Trip for such an amazing day.
      Written 10 September 2018
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      Siobhan N
      Madison, WI44 contributions
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      Jan 2019 • Solo
      I am so thankful for Irvin spending an entire day with me on the Communist tour, I learned so much. Irvin was incredibly accommodating, I saw at least ten different sites and that was on a Sunday! Tirana is an amazing city, I cannot recommend this tour group enough!
      Written 29 January 2019
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