so we braved the crazy albanian roads
and made it into the capital Tirana home
to 750,000 and one of the last cities
yet to be conquered by mass tourism in
this video we discovered the top things
to do and see so you can add this
lesser-known city to your itinerary so
first of all we're going to show you the
most distinctive building in the whole
of Albania itself but also one of the
most hated as well and that's this
pyramid behind us which is called the
pyramid of Enver Hoxha now that was the
old ruler here and this pyramid actually
represents a very dark past That Albania
had and that is when it was still
under communist regime yeah since then
it's been taken over by TV company and
up until two weeks ago there used to be
a little museum inside but unfortunately
because its hated that much a lot of the
unhappy locals are vandalized it so you
can no longer get inside it there's also
talk as well of it being destroyed and
rebuilt and made into something else
so if you come in to Tirana make sure
you get to see it before it gets
demolished
Where we off to now? We will be taking a stroll Through the city to discover some
more amazing attractions
so we're just going into town and we've
come across this amazing sculpture
behind us yeah and this is called the
cloud and it was donated by the Loomer
foundation to promote tourism here in
Albania yes so cool it looks like it's
made out of crosses and it literally
looks like you're floating when your on it.
okay guys so we've made it to this
mosque it is called etem bey mosque
unfortunately it's being restored
so my wait to go inside a mosque is
going to continue but it's located in
skanderbeg square which is the main
Plaza here in Tirana it's actually
the main location of some really
important buildings as well like the
library opera house the clock tower the
mosque, loads of them there's also some
nice water fountains here these statues
few monument we're gonna go and
check them out
so what did you make a Skanderbeg
square then? I mean I really liked it
has a chilled Vibe.  it seems  Where all
the locals come here and just relax
there's people playing music I like it
it's quite a big square as well so
So you don't feel kind of clustered into one
little communal Bit.  and also
there's a bit of chaos as well now and
again you'll get a local come Through on a
motorbike with no toss is given which is
why I am growing to love Albania don't
know about you yeah yeah I like this way
of life this is fun keeps you on your
toes
yeah but now we are gonna go and grab a
coffee because we need our coffee and
Tirana Albania
Has the most coffee shops of anywhere
in the world
yeah that's what we read anyway yeah we
think so but we're gonna go indulge but
it's only around about other than a
dollar of glass yeah let's go
we recommend you come and grab your
coffee at the little Street near the top
tarney shopping center yeah it's full of
very cute and very chic restaurants and
coffee shops so and there's a canopy of
trees keeping you cool as well perfect
perfect place to chill
so after having a refreshing coffee we
are now off to BUNART 2.
Bunk Art 2 is actually a real nuclear fallout
shelter that was built during the
communist regime but now they've turned
it into a museum to show you guys how
the police used to treat its enemies
yeah this meant to be quite rewarding
and it's one of the top things to do
here so we're really excited by this one
oh yeah
guys it actually gets really dark in it
and quite tired as well
so we're currently in a room that
showcases all the bugs that police try
to put in everyday items to try to spy
on people here behind as you can see
this bug at the end of the broom and
Rhys is Just trying to find one on this
table somewhere so interesting that even that
far back how they used to Hide these little bits of tech, who knows what they have now.
these door weigh a tonne
that's solid metal
so this is a decontamination chamber
strange
showers
we could do with one of them
so we just finished exploring the bunker
and it was really interesting yeah it
was interested to see how closed off the
country was which is probably why the
locals are so friendly now to tourists
so but it's definitely been through a
dark past Albania and it's good that
it's open itsself up to tourists
hopefully
better days to come so we're here now at
the third largest Orthodox Church this
is the Orthodox Cathedral of
resurrection and it was built in 2012
and it's quite magnificent structure
like they all seem to be so we're going
to go inside and take a look
so just down from the pyramids we have a
piece of the Berlin wall which was
gifted to Tirana by Berlin in 1990
really interesting to see that here this
is not something we expected we didn't
see that any of the guides did we? that was
interested we was here for this bunker
yeah this bunker here is one of 200,000
bunkers approximately in Albania
they don't really know how many there is
there could be more but you can
find them in cities and the mountains
beaches anywhere so keep an eye out
Theres also one just over there...
so we've just walked all the way through
the otherside of Tirana because there is an
amazing park which is called the grand
park of Tirana so we're gonna go for a
little chill and find a spot because
we're knackered from walking like 20
kilometers, yeah we're going to enjoy
this peace and quiet and people watch
so guys we've got a little game you can
play whilst exploring Tirana like we've
been playing yeah these paintings on
these old buildings are everywhere all
over ya and you'll find them from
anywhere from a side of the building to
an electrical box and that's because
their leader the current leader of our
and he wanted to some people here the
locals to jazz up anything that they can
see to kind of dress up all the old
communist buildings and anything I think
it's really cool adds some color to the city
okay guys thats us done chillin at the
park we're gonna head into Tirana right
now and grab a bite to eat really cool
restaurant that we found called Sky
Tower restaurant
yeah fine dining yeah name gives it away
it's supposed to have an amazing
panoramic view at the whole of Tirana so
we'll have a little bit of sunset vibes
okay so we're here at a sky bar in
Tirana and this is supposed to be at the
most expensive place it has panoramic
views it's also it's supposed to be the
tallest building in Tirana as well and
we've ordered two drinks two mains two
starters and it only came to around
about 15 Euro so it's not even that
expensive really, if we can eat here you can eat here..
we recommend if you are coming here to eat
make sure you are here for the sunset
how awesome was that sunset so pretty
blown away by it so the next thing on
our itinerary is to go and see
everywhere at night
so we're back in a skanderbeg square
and it looks even better at night than
it does in the daytime it's so lively as
well everyone's come out to play at
night this is so cool all the fountains
are lit up
there's also a carousel here. it
looks so cool here I'm so excited to
explore come on lets have a wander
think were going to get a drink..
okay guys that's that time in Tirana is
coming to an end
we've really enjoyed it and it's
definitely one of them places that's not
overrun by tourism yeah yeah and it's
really nice to see that as well as
nothing's been touched yet there's so
many things to be discovered here in
Tirana it's been amazing that we've
looked at it's been such a pleasant
surprise this city and if you want to come we encourage you
if you want to come visit Tirana
do it now before it gets overrun with
tourists it's so unspoiled
well we'll be venturing out to the coast
now apparently there's loads of unspoiled
beaches on albania's coast so that's
right up our street so don't miss the next
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