From the Port of Durres to Kruja

Duration: 6 hours

Highlights: The Historical town of Kruja

Description

Meet with the local guide at your cruise ship in Durres and drive towards Kruja, the historical city which lays on a panoramic view on the top of a hill, 600 km above sea level. With a combination of nature, history, archeology, traditional food and lifestyle, Kruja is one of the most beautiful tourist spots in Albania.

Visits in Kruja:
• Museum of the national Hero, Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg
• Ethnographic Museum
• Teqja e Domllas
• The bazaar of Kruja

You will reach the small town after driving for nearly 40 minutes. Kruja is notable from its stony streets and traditional buildings. The tour begins with the visit in the Castle, the citadel of the National hero, Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg. It is build 548 m above sea level and gives a spectacular view of the surroundings. Inside the fortes is build the National Museum “Gjergj Kastriot Skenderbeu”, which counts such pavilions as antiquity and early middle age pavilion, Albanian Princedom pavilion, pavilion of Ottoman Invasion and Resistance to this invasion, Medieval Fortress pavilion, Albanian resistance, Scanderbeg’s office equipment and library. Placed in a characteristic urban building of 1764 you can also visit the Ethnographic Museum of Kruja. After the visits it’s time to get closer to Albanian traditions and lifestyle, by visiting the bazaar. It is a one street of shops, with wooden buildings and a mixture of cafés and small souvenir and antique shops.

Return to the port of Durres.