Around Tirana
From Skanderbeg Square and Blloku out to Pazari i Ri, the Grand Park, Mount Dajti and the airport at Rinas.
Tirana sits on a plain between the Erzen and Lana rivers with Mount Dajti closing it off to the east, and its districts behave differently. The centre holds Skanderbeg Square, the museums and most of the landmarks; Blloku, one quarter south, carries the eating and drinking; Pazari i Ri northeast of the square is the market and the traditional kitchens around it. The Grand Park closes the boulevard at the southern end. Tirana e Re and Komuna e Parisit are residential and cheaper. Dajti and Rinas sit outside the built city, one for the view and one for the airport. Each place below links to the restaurants, accommodation, tours and services within it.
Sealed off for the party elite until 1991, now the densest run of restaurants, bars and cafes in Albania.
Skanderbeg Square and the boulevard running south from it, holding the museums, the mosque and most of the landmarks.
Tirana's rebuilt produce market northeast of Skanderbeg Square, ringed by grill houses, byrek counters and fish restaurants.
Tirana's largest green space, wrapped around an artificial lake at the southern end of the main boulevard.
The residential districts west of the centre, where neighbourhood pizzerias and apartment stays cost noticeably less.
A residential district southwest of Blloku with a strong run of restaurants and cafes, and few visitors in them.
The mountain on Tirana's eastern edge, reached in about fifteen minutes by the Dajti Ekspres cable car.
The village northwest of the city that gives Tirana International Airport its name, seventeen kilometres from the centre.