Skenduli House in Tepelene

Great tour by the family ancestor! Lovely example of this type of architecture, definitely recommend!!

Worth it when in Gjirokastër. Not expensive and a presentation will be made in English by à member of the owning family

Lovely history that i havent known before i was soo happy too visit such a beautiful place

Excellent tour guide and beautiful Ottoman-style house to visit while in Gjirokastër!

We had a very nice time visiting this jewel of albanian style 17th century house! The owner (9th generation of the Skënduli familygave us an interesting tour and made the effort to translate everything in French (he also speak Italian and English)! For a very small entrance fee (200 lekits definitely worth it.

A nice place to visit while in Gjirokastra. Got a guided tour for 200 lek per person, where we were shown around all the rooms in the house.Probably a must-see if you want to experience some of the old Ottoman architecture.

Kind of Museum of a traditional household of a rich family. Interesting but not spectacular

Pictures without the stories and meaning dont make it justice. We had a great time and the ticketlady was so kind and guided us around and told us the stories and thought behind the rooms and details around the house. It was magnificent. I strongly recomend a visit here preferably with the giude to explain things as it really gives a much richer experience.

A fascinating tour given by the house owners daughter, with lots of information about her ancestors way of life. Shes a very engaging guide with a strong personal connection and the house and setting is beautiful and well preserved.

Skenduli House was build during the Ottoman Empire in 1823. This house is preserved how the Skenduli family used to live in Gjirokastra during the 19th century. This house is open for visitors, furthermore the descendant of the House is Nasip Skenduli and the owner of the house. If you want to visit a beautiful house with the architecture of the 19 century you are in the right place. The house of Skenduli is not the only house in Gjirokaster that has this architecture, so all the houses in this city they have the same architectural structure. The architectural style of the houses of Gjirokastra and the whole city is under UNESCO world heritage since 2005.I highly suggest to see the beautiful houses and cultural sites, and Gjirokaster Fortress which is also under Unesco.

Stunning heritage building and very informative tour by a guide coming from the family actually owning this architectural treasure!

After experiencing a lot of kindness in Albania, I hate that my first review has to be this.Ill start with the good: the woman who gave the tour provided a lot of good historical and cultural context to the different rooms, so dont pass up the offer for a tour when you enter. After the tour, I asked if I could go take pictures on my own, to which she said yes, but just not in the one specific room with the door closed. So I went around taking pictures with my phone (no professional camera or a GoPro or anything like that).Now the bad: there is an older man who kept following me around, saying "no videos." He doesnt speak English, so I showed him my panorama, thinking that he probably mistook my movement for recording a video. I then continued to other rooms to take pictures. There are a lot of rooms, so Im taking about 2-4 pictures per room.After I was almost done, he started yelling "no photos no photos," while there are other people and groups doing the exact same thing. The only difference is that theyre taking photos during the tour instead of after.So there it is: a good house-museum, spoiled by the personnel.

A three store beautiful house from the early 19th c. Some of the rooms are furnished according to its initial use. The main room is really beautiful. Worth the visit for 200 l.The person that worked there gave us a beautiful tour around the house

Engaging tour! Interesting to see and learn about the different rooms of the house

Looked nice from the outside but like many of the sights in the city, except the castle, it is closed! I wanted to go to the ethnographic museum but this was closed too. The roads all round are being dug up. I guess its all going towards tourism in summer, which is a shame.

The best

It is worth paying a visit when in Gjirokastra.You will get amazed by the way how familys lived in the 17-18th century

Unique house with much history. Really great guided tour and cheap entrance. Well worth a visit. We really enjoyed it!

Amazing house, incredible guide with extensive knowledge, must visit.

We were lured in by a neighbour, but we were positively surprised. The tour guide was knowledgeable about the house and its history and was very able to answer our questions in English. We enjoyed the house, especially the special room (see for yourself). Well worth the money!

Come here instead of Zenate house , it’s much more accessible , beautiful, friendlier staff and you get a tour by the owner .

its so nice to see the old history of Albanian people and their homes, their culture, just surprised me, highly recommend to visit this place

Impressive mansion this the 18th century. The owne / descendant from the Skenduli family guided us (in French)

I highly recommend visiting this beautiful and large house from year of 1700. Also, the current owner speaks only Greek, while his daughter can speak on English but I recommend bringing your local tour guide for better translation.Entry is 200 leke or 2 euros and trust me, its worth it.The house has 3 floors, first is the bunker, whole room as a natural fridge, storage room, second is the "winter floor" with chimneys and interesting toilet and "serving" system thats out of this age.And final the third or "summer" floor with a beautiful salon with the amazing balcony, room for newlyweds, special room for women and last and the most important room where you cannot take photos, the ceremony room which is the most beautiful room in the whole house.Visit it, you wont regret.

Beaurifull house and very good explabation about the life in ancient times. It deserves a guided visit!

Nice old house. We had an informative 20min guided tour which was just right.

Really ancient ottoman empire type of architecture.It is getting renovated by now.@Worldwide Traveller you should come try to visit this city as well

A late Ottoman fortified house, Skenduli House is a very good surviving example of this type of historical housing in town.

Maybe this is one of the main reasons why you should visit Gjirokastra. 300 years old house and perfectly designed for living as a rich family. The house had 44 windows and 9 fire-places that tell about prosperity of the family. The rooms have secret connections with each others and the house has a water deposit inside that collects water from the rain.The host is a descendent of the family and speaks with passion in albanian, english, italian, french and greek.

One of the best places to visit in Gjirokastër. It is fascinating; its originality, structure, functionality can leave you speechless. The entry is so cheap for its historical and priceless value of Skenduli House. But the most important and interesting is the man who once used to live there, that explained to us with enthusiasm about every room and their details.

Amazing place, must see in Gjirokastra! Old man owner of house will make amazing excursion using all languages he know.❤️

Another epic house in gjirokaster. Came on a subday in January opens around 10, 11(sign says earlier but its winterso we came back after seeing zekate house. A fellow was doing some gsrdening and came down to give us a tour. Amazing place.It has two armouries, and multiple gun turrets to defend against intruders. The rest you will find out when you get here. Very worth seeing. Amazing ottoman style mansion.200 lek entry

Very interesting museum, must visit when in Gjirokastra

Very good guide in english.good price and very interesting history

Manager gives you a nice little tour of the ottoman-era house. The rooms with chimneys, decorations and storages are original. The furniture is unfortunately all from comunist era.

It was a pleasure meeting the owner, a ninth generation Skenduli who speaks a very nice mix of fluent French and Italian :)He was very helpful and gave me a very detailed tour for the 200 leke. The house itself was very nice to see, typical Ottomam architecture and design, similar to other places in town like Kadare and Hoxha houses. 10/10 recommended!

Old house but in a good condition, we got a interesting tour. For 200 Lek it is a recommendation

Very nice experience.Unique architecture!Recommended!

Loved it. Beautiful house, the tour guide really helped us in imagining and realizing the worth and value of this traditional and authentic Albanian home. Guide was knowledgeable and quite informed about the house and its rooms, their purposes and the role each room played in the Albanian history back then.I truly appreciated the history lesson and learnt a lot. I do hope that the house is maintained in its capacity and that the story keeps being told. Our guide was awesome.The view from the house was breathtaking and beautiful. I truly loved it.

We followed the signs on the street and wandered in without knowing much and Im glad we did. The owner was on a ladder, he came down, changed into a suit coat and did a tour for us. The funniest part was he only knew a couple words of English and we know no french but he was still such a delight!

Heritage house; worth to visit it. A ciceron will show and tell you the history of the house and explain all the living areas.

Nice visit. Tour or no tour is 200 lek PP. Tour was good and informative. I recommend one takes the tour. There are no descriptions for anything. Almost authentic. For example, some place was re-painted. No opening times but we went midday and its open

Interesting place, that is well conserved and kept. I have to point out like other places in town that theres a ticket to pay and it should be pointed outside, so people can choose, instead of being approached by someone in the middle of the visit. The last room has some frescos over the fireplaces but we were denied a photo. But its possible in the Zekate house (highly recommended). The ticket is 200 lek

Impressive the house itself but also a tour guided by a very Young offspring of the family that used to live there

This is the Ottoman house you should visit and pay in Gjirokaster which is quite original. It doesnt have any new adjustments.

I have visited this house more than 3 times and I would stil come back. The owner of the house takes you on a tour and you have the impression that you are going 200 years back in time.. Very very beautiful..

Very precious piece off architecture and very nice guide ( the owner). Best place to visit in city.

Beautiful old house of 1700 century. Perfect conservation in all parts. Realy reccomand form the guide who illustrate the history and tradition house life.

Must visit, when in Gjirokaster. Luckily we were guided trough the house by charming lady, whose family owns the house. She explained us all the details about the house structure and life inside. We were in Zekate House as well, and I have to say that the houses differ, it is really interesting to visit both and compare.

I recommend to visit! Unique old house from lost times of Gjirokastër..