How to reach the apartment?!

Coordinates: 4119'15.228''N, 1948'22.372''E

Apartment
Formal address: Rruga Sulejman Delvina, Pall. 14, Shk. 41, Ap. 23,Tirana
Informal speaking: near Diplomat Hotel or Vasil Shanto school

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1. Entrance corridor
2. Eating & living room
3. Balcony: oven and drying
clothes outside;
4. Sleeping single room;
pc, internet switcher
5. Small corridor; first aid
kit; fire extinguisher;
cleaning supplies;
6. Toilette & Bathroom
7. Sleeping double room
8. Balcony; ironing and
drying clothes inside
9. Sleeping twin room
10. Toilette & washing
machine
11. Storing cleaning supplies

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Contacts
Jonida KIAJ (owner):
Mob.: +355 (0) 692086117;
E-mail: jonakicaj@yahoo.com;
also on facebook, viber
Jani MARKA (owner):
Mob.: +355 (0) 692264962;
E-mail: markajani@yahoo.com;
Also on facebook and viber

Internet
Wifi:
User: jani
Pass.: ronis2010
Be sure the internet switcher, just beside PC, is turned on.
You could also use directly the PC!

Exchange rates
1 Euro = ca. 140 LEK
1 $ = 125 LEK
1 = 200 LEK
(You could exchange money at the crossroad, see Fig. 4, label no. 1)

Transport
Public transport with busses, functioning on single tickets only (40 LEK),
to be paid directly (ONLY in LEK), as entering the bus to a responsible
person. There are no numbered lines, but instead named lines:
Unaza
Green busses making the ring of the city, stopping beside Lana River, 12 min from apartment.
Tirana e Re
White busses, stopping just in front Diplomat Hotel, 1-2 min from
apartment, reaching the center from Diplomati direction.
Kombinat-Kinostudio
Orange busses, 7 min from apartment, reaching the center, passing
north-south direction).
And many other bus lines covering the entire city

Figure 2
Nearby bus stations

You are
here

Unaza busline coverage: yellow dots

Tirana e Re busline coverage: blue dots
Kombinat-Kinostudio busline: red dots

Tiranas
Park

Figure 3: Coverage
of three main bus lines
Taxi service
Prices within city usually vary from 400-800 LEK; Speed Taxi: 0800 5555; City Taxi: +355 (0)
42 444 888, +355 (0) 69 9999 111, +355 (0) 67 4444 888

Figure 4

What you could visit around!

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Da Pucci

Bakeries

1. Money
exchange

8.
Grepi i Arte

3.
Gjakova
Grill

KMY
Salumi&meat
Albanian
products

4.
Saporita

CONAD
market

7.
Fish House

5.
Otium

6.
Era

Medical
Emergency
center 24 h

Eating
Meat & Pasta
Da Pucci
Normal prices; 3 minutes by walk, close the kindergarten 11, see card, or
no. 2 at Fig. 4.
Gjakova
Kosovo grill tradition; cheap prices; 5 minutes by walk close to the Selman
Stermasi stadium, no. 3 at Fig. 4.
Otium
8 minutes by walking, two stops with Unaza; no. 5 at Fig. 4.
Serendipity
A sort of Mexican restaurant; 15 minutes by
walking, or three stops with Tirana e Re.
Kora grill
Zgara Korare in Albanian language, these are widespread in the city
where you could eat rather cheap and different sorts of grilled meat
Fish
Fish House
Normal prices; 7 minutes by walk; two stops with Unaza; no. 7 at Fig. 4.
(However, in this area there are several fish restaurants.)
Grepi i Art
Expensive prices; 5 minutes by walk; no. 8 at Fig. 4.
Rozafa
Normal prices (see card). This is the restorant of the
Albanian biggest seafood company. Near the city
center, Luigj Gurakuqi street.
Melograno
Expensive prices, 20-25 minutes by walking, near to
Foreign Ministry, 6 stops with Unaza.

Pizza
Pizzeria Saporita
5 min by walking, close to the Selman Stermasi Stadium; no. 4 at Fig 4.
Piceri Era
Normal prices, maybe traditional Albanian food could be ordered, 8
minutes by walking, in Blloku area; two stops with Tirana e Re and then
walk for two minutes; no. 6 at Fig 4)
Desserts
Buka Franceze
10 min by walking; three stops with Unaza.
Pasticeri International
15 minutes by walking, or exactly three stops with
Tirana e Re.
Mon Amour
Only to buy delicious desserts; near the center.

Food shopping
In Tirana you could easily find small shops in every corner to buy food and
water. However there are also big supermarkets, e.g. Conad (Fig. 4),
Carrefour, Bigmarket, KMY, EHV

History, Culture & Entertainment

The National History Museum
Right at the center, behind it should be a Tourist
Information Office (6th stop with Tirana e Re).

Dajti Mountain
You could pick Kombinati-Kinostudio bus line (see Fig. 3), until its final
stop, and then walk 12 minutes, or wait for the lifts minibus, to the lift
station and then climb to the mountain, 1100 m, in about 12 minutes
with lift, the price of the round trip about 700 LEK. Or you could also
pick from city center (on the right side of the Mosque) LINZA-BUNKART
or Chateau Linza direct bus lines and then walk for 5-6 minutes to the
lift station.
BUNKART
A recent museum opened in a large secret bunker that Albania's
communist regime built in the 1970s to survive a nuclear bomb has been
opened to the public For more information follow the links.
http://www.bunkart.al/en/index.php
https://www.facebook.com/BUNKART-317516905100687/?fref=ts
From city center there is LINZA-BUNKART (on the right side of the
Mosque) direct bus line.
Petrela castle
Eastward of Tirana, to be reached only with private cars or taxi.
Blloku and behind Piramida area
With a lot of bars, clubs, pubs, live music and restaurants
Blloku area: 5-10 minutes by walking, or two-three stops with Unaza, or two-three stops
with Tirana e Re;
Just to mention a few kafeterias and clubs:

Radio
Charls Bistro
Nouvelle Vague
Lollipop Club
Komiteti Kafe Muzeum
Kafe-Librari E Pr7shme

2.
CharlsBistro

Figure 5: Blloku area

1.
Radio

3.
Lollipop Club

Komiteti
Kafe Muzeum

Kafe-Librari
E Pr7shme

Piramida

Figure 6: Area behind the Piramida

Parku i Liqenit
Tiranas lake park with artificial lake, a nice area for walking; 15 minutes
by walking and the second or third stop of Tirana e Re and than proceed
south-east direction.
The historical town of
Kruja
In about one hour
with minibus could be
reached, where you
could visit the Castle
of Scanderbeg,
Albanian national
hero and a traditional
Pazar...

Bus terminal for southern Albania. Could

be reached with Tirana e Re urban line.

Bus terminal for northern Albania. Could

be reached with Unaza urban line.

Bus terminal for

Kosovo. Could be
reached with
Unaza urban
line.

Apartment

Bus terminal for south-east Albania. .

Could be reached partially with Tirana
e Re urban line.

Emergency numbers: 112 (Police, Ambulance , Fire emergency)

There are two drug stores close the apartment, one just to the building in
front of the main entrance, and the other across the street near
Diplomati Hotel. However, there are also drug stores opened 24h (near
main hospitals Mother Theresa Hospital in street rruga e Dibrs and
rruga Kongresi i Manastirit).

A few maybe useful advices

Albanian LEK
You should be aware that there is a confusion for foreigners using the
Albanian LEK, as to our every day speaking, and quite often, we add a
zero to the formal value; for instance if in the banknote is written 100
LEK, we could also say 1000 LEK. However the formal bills always show
the standard expression. Just to have an idea the average coffee price is
about 80 LEK, a bottle of water 80 LEK, a bottle of beer varying 150-500
LEK.
Driving
In Albania is quite challenging and dangerous for foreigners! Also as a
pedestrian is not easy, as usually the drivers respect the traffic light, but
NOT the white lines. Please be careful and always check when you pass
the road!!!
TAP water
Generally the TAP water is not recommended for drinking. Even though
local authorities will confirm that tap water is within drinkable
parameters, we recommend you not to drink it. Instead you can buy
water in big bottles for house usage of 5 litters or in smaller quantities.
Still you dont need to use the bought water for washing the dishes as the
tap water is not contaminated or something like this. It is just not of good
taste or perhaps it contains too much of chlorine in it.

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Remarks
We would appreciate, if possibly, you moderately
water the flowers, especially in the case youre staying
more than 4-5 days in the apartment
We would also appreciate if you could leave us
comments and reviews to help us improve our small
business
Thank You!
Concluding,
We wish you a pleasant stay in our Country and
comfortably stay at our apartment as well!

Jonida & Jani

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