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Four-star Skanderbeg Square, Tirana

Tirana International Hotel

The fifteen-storey block on the corner of Skanderbeg Square, built in 1979 as Hotel Tirana, refitted in 2018, with a balcony restaurant looking over the square.

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Classification
Four stars
Rooms
168
Built
1979, as Hotel Tirana
From the airport
About 25 minutes, our estimate

The hotel

The Fifteen-Storey Building.

Hotel Tirana was finished in 1979, on the site of a former Orthodox cathedral on the city's main square. The architect Valentina Pistoli built it from prefabricated concrete panels faced in white marble, fifteen floors and 56 metres high. For years it was among the tallest buildings in Albania, and people in Tirana still call it the Fifteen-Storey Building.

In the 1980s it lodged members of the Politburo, and tunnels were dug beneath it as escape routes for senior officials. An Italian company renovated it in 2001 and it reopened at four stars as the Tirana International; it was refitted again from top to bottom in 2018. Behind it, the same owner has raised a new 33-storey tower for an InterContinental, a separate hotel.

  • On the square The hotel stands on Skanderbeg Square itself, the centre of Tirana, so the city starts at the front door.
  • The balcony The "Classic" Balcony & Restaurant looks straight down over the square.
  • Meetings Fifteen function rooms spread over 3,000 square metres, by the hotel's own account the largest hotel conference centre in Albania.

Rooms & suites

Rooms over the square.

The hotel lists single and double rooms in two grades, and suites.

  • Rooms Standard and Deluxe rooms Single or double, refitted in the 2018 renovation.
  • Suites Executive Suite The top category, above the deluxe rooms.

Getting there

Flying to Tirana.

Tirana International Airport at Rinas, about fifteen kilometres north-west of the centre, handles scheduled flights and private jets alike. The drive to Skanderbeg Square takes about 25 minutes, our estimate, longer in the evening rush.

Business & First Class Airline flights The airport is an airport of entry, with customs at any hour, and the hotels on Skanderbeg Square are about fifteen kilometres away. Request a fare Private Jet Private flights Euro Jet keeps a crew lounge beside the general aviation ramp; FCG Ops and Evropa Jet Services also handle business aircraft. Slots are not required. Request a jet
Approximate flying time by midsize jet to Tirana
  • Rome 1 h 10
  • Istanbul 1 h 20
  • Geneva 1 h 55
  • London 2 h 50
  • Dubai 5 h 15

Questions

What guests ask first.

Where is the Tirana International Hotel?
On Skanderbeg Square, the main square of Tirana, in the fifteen-storey building completed in 1979.
Is the Tirana International Hotel the same as the InterContinental Tirana?
No. The InterContinental is a new tower behind it, built by the same owner as a separate hotel.
How far is the hotel from Tirana airport?
About fifteen kilometres, roughly 25 minutes by car by our estimate.
Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Tirana?
Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Tirana, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.

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Staying at Tirana International Hotel?

Book the room, then the flight.

Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Tirana, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.

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