Tirana is the capital and largest city of Albania and as well the heart of Albania's cultural, economic and governmental activity. According to official estimates, there are about 420 thousand inhabitants in Tirana. Established in 1614 Tirane became the capital of Albania in 1920.

Tirana was founded in 1614 by Ottoman general Sulejman Pasha, who built a mosque, a bakery and a Turkish bath. He named the city Tehran, in honor of his military victory at Tehran in Persia (now Iran). However, there are early means of a castle in Dajti mountain, named Tirkan, in the sixth century, in the writings of a Byzantine historian.

The small town was chosen for the temporary capital of Albania (as a compromise between the South and North Albania) by the provisional government in January 1920. In November 1944, the communist government of Enver Hoxha was established in Tirana after the liberation from German occupation.

The urban population, which was estimated to be only 12 thousand in 1910 increased to 30 thousand in 1930 and even 60 thousand in 1945. despite years of foreign occupation and war. During the 1950s, Albania has experienced a period of exceptional industrial growth, with an increase in population to 137 thousand in 1960. In the late 1990s, Tirana experienced the fastest population influx, because Albanians from the north of the country in large numbers migrated to the capital in the hope of a better life.

In 2004, Edi Rama, the mayor of Tirana, won the award for the best mayor of the world. Many agree that this contributed to his vision of Tirana as a clear project to change the city's facade, to one's taste perhaps even gaudy and clashing colors, but apparently well received by foreign media and the inhabitants of the Albanian capital city.

The reason of these drastic changes were drab which prevailed in Tirana until Rama's arrival, because the city during Enver Hoxha was extremely rusty, and all the buildings in the city have lost their facades, which has affected the general mood in the city.

Despite problems Tirana has a visible progress. The construction of the first real tourist attraction, as one of the longest cable car in Europe, which it can reach the second highest peak in the vicinity of Tirana, started. The cable car was made but there is still a shortage of quality supporting facilities. Another attraction is the rotating restaurant on top of the highest building. Unfortunately, potential and existing attractions still not valorized.

Please note that we received reports regarding travelers being scammed by local hustlers on Tirana bus station. All bus lines from BusTicket4.me are official and without any possibility of passenger fraud.

Kotor Bus Station operates within AD "Autoboka" Kotor.

Company AD "Autoobka" Kotor was established on November 27 1947 entitled "ZET BEFORE", and performed the transport of passengers and transport of goods.

"Autoboka" is the owner of the bus station in Kotor, which was built in 1981 and offers services in domestic and international traffic.

Bus station Kotor has a high B category with 10 platforms, parking for taxi vehicles, as well as parking space for guests station.

Within the bus station is air-conditioned waiting room, where there is a cash machine, cloakroom, ticket office, travel agency, cafe, kiosk selling newspapers and other facilities.

Contact information:

Address: Skaljari Kotor, 85330
Phone: +382 (0) 32 325 809

Box Offices Opening hours from 06:00 to 20:00.

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