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Tirana is growing up fast. After a few prepubescent years of fooling around with the wrong friends, and some petty crime in the 1990s and some half-hearted first attempts at using make-up immediately afterwards, the city is now emerging as a young lady getting ready to show the world what she’s all about. The beautician’s tips are beginning to take effect, as stunning new buildings rise from the dust, now with surprising architecture and well-applied colour schemes.

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OUR Tirana HIGHLIGHTS

  • Era

    Era
    Tirana - Restaurants - Albanian
    Meaning 'wind' in the best sense of the word, this popular and foreigner-friendly spot makes for a good casual lunch or dinner. The Albanian food is excellent; try the stuffed eggplant a
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  • Lollipop

    Lollipop
    Tirana - Nightlife - Clubs
    An achingly trendy club for Tirana's coolest people, with lots of brushed steel, sofas in vivid red and blinding white and polka dots on the wall. At the weekend the DJs come out and do their thi
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  • Et'hem Bey Mosque

    Et'hem Bey Mosque
    Tirana - Sightseeing - Ottoman Tirana
    Perhaps the only real sight in Tirana, this pretty mosque is right on the city's main square, making it hard to miss. Construction of the 'Xhamia e Haxhi Ethem Beut' mosque started in 179
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Latest Tirana Comments

  • Lollipop
    Hahaha - u don't need wireless to be cool because it's a club and indeed it's a very good one, in a nice place with good music and good people :) Really cool place.[...]
  • Mount Dajti
    The best thing ever.
    [...]
  • Shanghai
    I love it the BEST restaurant in Tirana.[...]
  • Canon
    I can't wait to go there again, it's such a nice place where people dance and really enjoy themselves listening to the rocking DJ set... great party![...]
  • Rock 'n Roll
    Really great bar. Great atmosphere and music.[...]
  • Serendipity
    Thank you Ada...well said![...]
  • Vila 31
    Best regards from the Vila 31 staff.
    [...]
  • Amor
    Amor is an amazing restaurant. I went there after a full breakfast and lunch (with family), had a trio of pasta and a perfectly cooked Fillet Mignon on a roasted red pepper sauce and it was delish. The portions were just right. We also had some amaz[...]
  • Sofra e Ariut
    It is absolutely discraceful that this restaurant is allowed to keep bears in small cages as a novelty for customers. It is cruel and typical of the discraceful way many Albanians view animals. Albania will never attract English tourists to come on [...]
  • Orthodox Church
    The title of the church is not "the Holy Evangelist", but "the Evangelism" i.e. "the Annunciation" (of the Angel to Virgin Mary). The Greek word "Evangelismos" means "Annunciation".

    TIYP says: Thanks, Irenaeus!
    [...]
  • Cathedral of St. Paul
    The figure with Mother Teresa is certainly not Pope John Paul II. He (as all popes) used to wear a white hat and dress. He is the Catholic Archbishop of Tirana-Durres Mgr. Rrok Kola Mirdita, on whose initiative St.Paul's Cathedral was built.

    TIYP says: Pope John Paul II is not the person depicted next to her, but on another window in the church.[...]
  • Kolonat
    Bravo Kolonat, bravo.[...]
  • Wine Spirit
    Wine Spirit has become my expat haunt. There is wireless internet available, excellent food from a first-class chef, and the perfect combination of spirits both intellectual and alcoholic! The owner and staff are friendly, engaging, and a ric[...]
  • Millennium 2 Cinema
    You should add the website address of cinema millennium.

    IYP TEAM: it's already there - click on the website link on the right!
    [...]
  • Yamato
    The Yamato is not in Tirana...!! Maybe there is a QTU City in Vlora where you can get sushi but there is none in Tirana.

    Dear Alen - you can trust the experts, there really is a Japanese restaurant in Tirana at this address. Maybe you're confused with the QTU mall along the highway - the restaurant is inside the smaller QTU city centre mall.
    Regards, Tirana In Your Pocket team.
    [...]
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