UNESCO Gjirokastra A Self Guided Audio Tour

New3 hFree cancellationBy VoiceMap Audio Tours

About this activity

Four Gjirokastër natives shaped this Albanian hill town — a guerrilla fighter, a novelist, a pasha, and a pioneering feminist writer. A communist dictatorship shadowed all of them. This self-guided audio tour follows their stories through the UNESCO-listed City of Stones.

Starting at Çerçiz Topulli Square, where seven fighters once held off 200 Ottoman soldiers, you'll climb through the old bazaar to Ismail Kadare's childhood home. The 19th-century Skënduli House has 64 windows, four Turkish baths, and a pomegranate-carved wedding room. At Musine Kokalari's house museum, you'll learn how Albania's first female political writer paid for defending democracy with decades of exile. It ends at Gjirokastër Castle, above the ruins of ancient Antigonea, where a downed American spy plane sits on display.

This tour is perfect for history lovers. Download the VoiceMap app and enter your voucher code from the confirmation email to start touring at your own pace.

What's included

✓Directions to the starting point so that when you're in the right place, the tour will start
✓Lifetime access to this tour in English before your booking date and after it
✓Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
✓Flexibility to explore at your own pace with a self-guided GPS tour
✓The VoiceMap App for Android and iOS

Not included

✕Smartphone and headphones

Meeting and pickup

This tour starts at Parking Girokaster. Before arrival, please install the mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.

Good to know

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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