Stephen Center

Tirana


This Tirana classic is where to come for a great burger, Tex-Mex and voluminous, great-value breakfasts. Run by Christian missionaries to Albania who do wonderful work with local orphans, Roma and people with disabilities, the Center is a superfriendly and relaxed hang-out. Delivery and takeaway options are available.


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1. Statue of the Unknown Partisan

0.19 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. Tanners' Bridge

0.24 MILES

A rather incongruous 19th-century stone bridge remains remarkably well preserved in Tirana's modern centre and is one of just a few remnants of Ottoman…

3. Clock Tower

0.25 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. Palace of Culture

0.31 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…

5. Fortress of Justinian

0.31 MILES

If you turn up Rr Murat Toptani, behind the National Gallery of Arts, you'll pass the 6m-high walls of the Fortress of Justinian, the last remnants of a…

6. Bunk'Art 2

0.33 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…

7. Et'hem Bey Mosque

0.33 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…

8. Sheshi Skënderbej

0.36 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…