Tirana · 9.5 hours · private
€25422,847 L for the car · up to 4 people
−10% cash · €229 for the car
Why go
Tirana in one day, from the Bovilla viewpoint to the five floors of Bunk'Art 1 and the cable car up Dajti. No hiking required.
Bovilla supplies Tirana's drinking water and sits under the limestone wall of Gamti, forty minutes north of the city on tarmac and gravel.
Bunk'Art 1 is the five-storey nuclear bunker built for the party leadership under Dajti, opened as a museum of the dictatorship in 2014.
The Dajti Ekspres cable car climbs from Linza to 1,050 metres in about fifteen minutes, over the pine forest of the national park.
On the ground
In pictures
The turquoise arms of the Bovilla reservoir
A bunk room inside the Bunk'Art museum
A cabin of the Dajti Ekspres cable car
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Itinerary
08:00
An hour from your door, the last stretch on dirt and gravel, taken slowly.
09:00
Up the rock stairs to the viewpoint. Morning light on the water and the Gamti wall, before the midday glare.
10:30
An hour and a quarter down the mountain and across to the Linza side, at the cable car base.
11:45
About an hour and a half through the five floors of the bunker, the corridors, the leadership rooms and the assembly hall.
13:30
The fifteen-minute cable car ride over the forest to 1,050 metres.
13:45
At the restaurant on the cliff at the upper station, with the city under you.
15:00
A relaxed walk on the trails behind the complex rather than a long climb.
17:00
The cable car back down in the late light, then your door.
The price
Your price
1 person · 1 car
€25422,847 L
The whole trip. That is the card price.
−10% cash · €229if you pay the driver in cash on the day
How many of you?
Where do we start?
Door to door from your hotel or address in Tirana, included
How it adds up
Or pay the whole thing by card now. Free to cancel up to 24 hours before.
Included
Not included
Best months: Year-round; clearest light April to October
On foot
Your driver waits while you walk. Distance, climb and season for each, from public sources.
easyMount Dajti · hikeMaja e Tujanit
5.5 km↑ 475 m2–3 h
A scenic cable car ride up, then a moderate walk to the highest easily-reached point in Dajti National Park, with views from the city to the coast.
Best: April to October
easyMount Dajti · viewpointDajti Ekspres
4.7 km one way↑ 1050 m0.3–0.5 h
The Balkans' longest cable car lifts you above Tirana for mountain air and views, one of the fastest ways to leave the city behind for an hour.
Best: year-round
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Questions
Up to eight. One car takes four at 24,000 lek for the day; from five people the second car comes too, at 48,000 lek.
The Bunk'Art 1 ticket and the cable car fare, both bought on the day. The car, the driver and the whole day are in the price.
Only the rock stairs at Bovilla, a few minutes, and a flat walk in the forest on Dajti. Nothing long, nothing steep.
Yes. The House of Leaves or the Pyramid fit the same slot if you would rather stay in the centre.
