Sar'Otel

Tirana


Bordering on being a boutique offering, this central 19-room hotel has comfortable rooms with polished wood floors and bunches of flowers adding an injection of colour. There's a convivial covered patio cafe (open to all), a small indoor pool and a full range of spa facilities.


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Nearby Tirana attractions

1. Statue of the Unknown Partisan

0.18 MILES

The socialist realist Statue of the Unknown Partisan, just off Sheshi Skënderbej, seems to be aiming his weapons at the Parliament building (1924) down…

2. Palace of Culture

0.19 MILES

To the east of Sheshi Skënderbej is the white stone Palace of Culture, which has a theatre, shops and art galleries. Construction of the palace began as a…

3. Clock Tower

0.2 MILES

Tirana's 35m-tall clock tower was completed by Ottoman architects in 1822, and it was for years the tallest building in the capital, sounding a bell every…

4. Et'hem Bey Mosque

0.24 MILES

To one side of Sheshi Skënderbej, the 1789–1823 Et'hem Bey Mosque was spared destruction during the atheism campaign of the late 1960s because of its…

5. Sheshi Skënderbej

0.25 MILES

Sheshi Skënderbej is the best place to start witnessing Tirana's daily goings-on. Until it was pulled down by an angry mob in 1991, a 10m-high bronze…

6. National History Museum

0.26 MILES

The largest museum in Albania holds many of the country's archaeological treasures and a replica of Skanderbeg's massive sword (how he held it, rode his…

8. Bunk'Art 2

0.28 MILES

The little cousin to the main Bunk'Art, this museum, which is within a communist-era bunker and underground tunnel system below the Ministry of Internal…