B&B Tirana Smile

Top choice in Tirana


The owners could not have picked a better name for this inspirational hotel. The eight rooms are bright, modern, colourful and all have light summery touches. Each has a big workspace and good beds (though bathrooms are small). The best part is the communal lounge with sofas, books and a large table where a breakfast of homemade products is served.

There's an in-house travel agency that can help with visits to other parts of Albania.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Tirana attractions

1. National History Museum

0.38 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…

2. House of Leaves

0.41 MILES

This grand old 1930s building started life as Albania's first maternity hospital, but within a few years the focus turned from creating new life to ending…

3. Sheshi Skënderbej

0.46 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…

5. Palace of Culture

0.5 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…

6. Et'hem Bey Mosque

0.51 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…

7. Bunk'Art 2

0.55 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…

8. Clock Tower

0.58 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…