Top Gjirokaster Private Sightseeing Tours

This private tour showcases a rarely-discussed aspect of life in Gjirokaster, Albania during the Cold War. Visit the Cold War Tunnel, used by the political leaders of the time, as well as the City Castle's prison building. Hear stories and confessions of the people who lived and worked during this difficult period in Albania's national story.

THIS IS THE ONLY LITERATURE TOUR IN ALBANIA. It will be lead by experts in the field of literature or by well-known critics. It introduces untold and unwritten stories seen by a local prospective. This tour impresses participants with Ismail Kadare's childhood, memories and influences. He wrote those books because he lived in such an interactive and controversial environment. All the stops of this walk can attach his readers with the starting point of his early writings. We offer unique local characters and their unknown lives for the visitors, characters that inspired Kadare to describe "secrets" from his angle of the world. This is a tour not only about literature but also about history, architectures, war, co-living, facts and thoughts. The way this tour engages your mind introducing quotes from Kadare's books is deep and thrilling. You understand that Kadare's books aren't just ordinary literature.