Discover Tirana
Restaurants, bars, tours and places to stay, across Tirana and the mountain above it.
City Guide
Discover Tirana
150+ places across Tirana. Restaurants, bars, hotels, museums and tours, in one independent guide.
Car Rental
Hire a car and get out to Kruja, Berat and the coast
Artigiano at Vila
Bakes its own bread in
Travel Tip
Carry Some Lek
The Albanian lek is a closed currency you cannot buy before arriving, and cash still matters here: markets, furgons, taxis and smaller kitchens often take nothing else. Exchange offices around the square beat the airport rate.
Licensed Tour Guide & Private Driver KB
Combines two roles usually filled
Farmacia 10
Where the city goes when
Restaurants
Blloku dining rooms & Pazari i Ri grills
Laj Thaj Self-Service Laundry 2
Built for the flats out
Kërnace Zgare Fatosi
Named for the small Korca
Rental Cars Tirana
Will hand a car over
The Velvet Bar
The one floor in the
Accommodation
Central hotels, apartments & hostels
Farmaci Ditë e Natë
The name means day and
Ria Money Transfer & Exchange
Where the students' money arrives
Zgara AlPazar
Sits directly opposite the stalls,
Friendship Monument
Read the colours and the
Attractions
Bunk'Art, the Pyramid & the Dajti cable car
Nouvelle Vague
Blackberry raki in the glass
Food & Drink
Eat Like a Local
Order what the country does best: byrek cut from the tray, qofte off the charcoal, tave kosi under its yoghurt crust, fergese in a clay dish, and trilece for pudding. Drink raki, or an Albanian red from Berat.
OSL Exchange
One window for lek, a
Nefeli Pastry Shop
Founded by a baker who
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From Blloku dining rooms and the Pazari i Ri grills to Bunk'Art, the Grand Park and the Dajti cable car. Every corner of Tirana by category.
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Common questions
Common Questions
April to early June and September to October are the best windows: warm enough to sit outside all evening, cool enough to walk the city comfortably. July and August regularly pass 35 degrees on the plain, which is when residents leave for the coast and the mountains. Tirana is a year-round city break rather than a seasonal resort, so nothing shuts in winter.
Two full days covers the city itself: one for Bunk'Art, Skanderbeg Square, the museums and Blloku, and a second for the Grand Park, Pazari i Ri and the Dajti cable car. A third day lets you take one of the day trips out to Kruja or Berat without rushing.
Tirana International Airport is at Rinas, about seventeen kilometres northwest, and the run takes roughly thirty minutes outside the rush. The airport bus runs to the centre through the day at a very low fare. Taxis wait at the rank, and pre-booked transfers meet you in arrivals, which is worth it on the late-night low-cost arrivals.
Not inside the city. The centre, Blloku and Pazari i Ri are all walkable and taxis are cheap for anything further. A hire car earns its keep only once you leave, for Kruja, Durres, Berat or the south. Parking in the centre is paid, scarce around Blloku, and the main reason not to drive in.
Blloku was closed to ordinary Albanians until 1991: guarded checkpoints, the political leadership living inside, and no public access. After the barriers came down it filled with private business faster than anywhere else in Tirana, which is why it now holds the highest concentration of restaurants and bars in the country.
Yes, and it is the easiest half day in the city. The Dajti Ekspres climbs over a thousand metres in about fifteen minutes, with the whole plain below and the Adriatic visible on a clear day. There are restaurants and walking paths at the top. It does not run in high wind, and the lower station needs a taxi from the centre.
April to early June and September to October are the best windows: warm enough to sit outside all evening, cool enough to walk the city comfortably. July and August regularly pass 35 degrees on the plain, which is when residents leave for the coast and the mountains. Tirana is a year-round city break rather than a seasonal resort, so nothing shuts in winter.
Tirana International Airport is at Rinas, about seventeen kilometres northwest, and the run takes roughly thirty minutes outside the rush. The airport bus runs to the centre through the day at a very low fare. Taxis wait at the rank, and pre-booked transfers meet you in arrivals, which is worth it on the late-night low-cost arrivals.
Blloku was closed to ordinary Albanians until 1991: guarded checkpoints, the political leadership living inside, and no public access. After the barriers came down it filled with private business faster than anywhere else in Tirana, which is why it now holds the highest concentration of restaurants and bars in the country.
Two full days covers the city itself: one for Bunk'Art, Skanderbeg Square, the museums and Blloku, and a second for the Grand Park, Pazari i Ri and the Dajti cable car. A third day lets you take one of the day trips out to Kruja or Berat without rushing.
Not inside the city. The centre, Blloku and Pazari i Ri are all walkable and taxis are cheap for anything further. A hire car earns its keep only once you leave, for Kruja, Durres, Berat or the south. Parking in the centre is paid, scarce around Blloku, and the main reason not to drive in.
Yes, and it is the easiest half day in the city. The Dajti Ekspres climbs over a thousand metres in about fifteen minutes, with the whole plain below and the Adriatic visible on a clear day. There are restaurants and walking paths at the top. It does not run in high wind, and the lower station needs a taxi from the centre.