Ecovolis – Explore Tirana by bike

The area around Tirana has been inhabited since the Paleolithic period. The oldest finds in the city come from Roman times: walls and a mosaic from a Roman villa from the 2nd or 3rd century that was converted into a church. In the 6th century, the Roman Emperor Justinian I had a fortress built, the walls of which can still be seen in the city centre today.

Tirana is the cultural, political and economic center of the centrally organized state Albania and is the seat of several institutions, organizations and parties. So there are the parliament and the country's government.

Tirana was first mentioned in Venetian documents in the present name form in the years 1372 and 1418. For the first time in 1431/32 the Ottomans did a registry of soils and residents. Consequently, there were 60 villages with around 1000 houses and 7300 residents in this region.
The Mullet originating local landowners Sulejman Pasha Bargjini built the Sylejman Pasha Mosque, a caravanserai (Han), a bakery and a hammam at its present location in 1614, and because of that deemed to be the city founder of Tirana.

Bicycle lanes are being set up on more and more streets. The Ecovolis bike rental system was launched in 2011. Bicycles are rented at several stations for a small fee.