Clock Tower Tirana

Sasha at Luccia Apartments had supplied us with tons of food for a picnic lunch plus breakfast. I ate my yogurt, croissant & orange for breakfast with orange juice and saved the egg, a bit of cheese and some ham for lunch plus I took all the green olives. We left in a hired minibus for Albania and drove north of Lake Ohrid.

I was …

... mosques in Albania. The elegant minaret of the mosque is overshadowed slightly by the Kulla e Sahatit or clock tower. This tower has become a symbol of Tirana and is one of the cities oldest constructions. One of the most memorable buildings in Tirana is ...

The Tirana clock tower is only open to visitors two days a week - conveniently we happened to be there on one of those days. The ticket guy hadn't actually turned up though, but we asked someone sitting nearby who went off to find a key and let us in ...

... mysterious sausage type sandwich and showered. I packed up a few things and headed out. I trekked into town to try and climb the central clock tower but it was closed again so I jumped on a bus to head towards the local mountain. I jumped off the bus and ...

... explanations about the different occupations by foreign countries like the fascist Italy of the '30. Close to the square are the clock tower and the beautiful old Mosque. After the central square the King Zog Boulevard with the House of the Prime ...

... .  The ultimate testament to his failings can be seen just to his right-  The Et'hem bay mosque and it's accompanying clock tower.  I carried on walking for a bit until I came to the muddy stream known as the River Lana.  I promised ...

... atheism campaigns of the late 1960’s, due to it’s status as a cultural monument. Next door to the mosque was an old clock tower, designed and built in 1822 by Haxhi Et'hem Bey, the same man who built the mosque. Heading further east through a ...

... Monday, and so we crossed the square until we reached the 18th century Et'hem Bey Mosque. We headed next door to its clock tower, which for the very reasonable price of 100 lek, could be climbed. The ascent of the ninety spiraling steps wasn't that bad ...

... nbsp; It is pretty busy with lots of large modern buildings.  We walked around Skanderbeg Square in central Tirana and Louise pointed out the Clock Tower, Statue of Skanderbeg, and buildings of interest.  When we got to Enver Hoxha's Pyramid, ...

... in Tirana. Our first stop today was the Orthodox Cathedral, which is brand spanking new, having opened last year. There's a large clock tower outside the cathedral, but sadly it wasn’t open to climb up as I had hoped. We walked past Sheshi ...