KRUJA CITY TOUR -4 – 5h

Pick up from your hotel in Tirana for the Sightseeing Tour of Kruja.

The medieval town of Kruja, one of the principal historic cities in Albania. The name and the importance of the city are closely related to the 25 years of activity of Albania national hero, Skanderbeg, who in the fifteenth century made Kruja a bastion of uncompromising resistance against the Ottoman. The Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg Museum is situated inside the castle walls, which date back to the fifth and sixth centuries A.D. The museum itself was inaugurated in 1981. Within the walls of the castle are also the Ethnographic Museum and the Dollma Tekke. Near the castle’s entrance is a traditional market, which dates back to the period of Skanderbeg. Here, tourists can find Albanian craft products such as embroidered items, carpeting, silver objects, copper, alabaster, filigree, traditional clothing, antiques at the traditional Old Baazar of Kruja .

After the tour return back to your hotel in Tirana.