A three store beautiful house from the early 19th c. Some of the rooms are furnished according to it's 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

That would actually take 3.5 stars. Entry price is 300lek/3euro. I guess the man who guided us is the current owner of the house, informed us about the use of some rooms. In the upper two floors there is the main hall with paintings, a few bedrooms decorated old-style and another room, where women got to meet their future husbands back in the 18th century (photos are not allowed there). Worth a visit if you have spare time, but you won't miss something special if you don't go. Visit time is 15-20 minutes.

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, it's 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 that's 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 won't regret.

The current owner gave us a brief introduction and explained the function of the main rooms. But it's forbidden to take photos in the most beautiful room.

This is a unique and memorable cultural travel experience. *Much better* than the Ethnographic Museum! It is a (wealthy) family house from 1700, completely preserved. After entering, you get guided through all 3 floors of the mansion by Edlira who has a lot of knowledge about the rooms, its objects, and the customs of 18th century life in Gjirokaster. Not pictured here is the most beautiful of the rooms, where no photos are allowed. Or any of the small hamam rooms. This museum is 300 lek entry. A must-see in my opinion.

Really cool! Shows how life looked like in the old Gjirokastra houses. Plus the view from the upper floor is breathtaking!!!! For the cheap ticket, definitely recommend.

Recommended place to visit while in Gjirokastra, it’s not long and gives you a perspective of what daily life looked like in 1700’s. Guide was also available 😊

This museum and excursion could be much more interesting and impressive, but it's really nice that still the house is well kept and opened for everyone

Lovely Old House Run By The Exact Family Passed From Generation To Generation Great To Learn Abit About The History Of There Family. Definitely Worth A Half Hour Stop By. Parking Is Limited

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 it's 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 it's 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.

Lovely house, filled with history. The owner guides you inside and tells you about the origins and traditions. Filled with very curious details, it's a must see in Gjirokastra.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Such a beautiful house. We went through the house on our own. Would be helpful if information was on each floor. Perhaps a person with English as a first language could edit the descriptions as the translations are awkward. Perhaps a donation box could be available for a project. We noticed some leaking due to rain. This house is so special and I am certain the upkeep is expensive. After the castle, this house is highly recommended.

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 it's all going towards tourism in summer, which is a shame.

After experiencing a lot of kindness in Albania, I hate that my first review has to be this. I'll start with the good: the woman who gave the tour provided a lot of good historical and cultural context to the different rooms, so don't 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 doesn't 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 I'm 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 they're taking photos during the tour instead of after. So there it is: a good house-museum, spoiled by the personnel.

Beautiful historic house in a great and authentic condition! The guide knew a lot of interesting details about the building structure and the everyday life of the people who lived there! Also the accompanying baby kitten was a plus 😸

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!

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

Another epic house in gjirokaster. Came on a subday in January opens around 10, 11(sign says earlier but its winter) so 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

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

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

The tour provided good context for how people lived, and the house is relatively well preserved, but there are better houses to visit in terms of a better maintained historic site.

If you’re going to Gjirokaster, this is a must-visit. If you’re able to, I would advise getting a guided tour (it did not come as an extra charge for us). With the guided tour, you will be taken through all the rooms and respective symbolics of this old house.

Great tour (in English). Nice to see the history of Gjirokastër and to pay to support maintaining that history.

Very nice visit with the owner of the house who will guide you thought this spectacular building from 17th century. He can’t speak English much, but tried his best and I didn’t regret this.

Enjoyed a wonderful and comprehensive tour here. I think the tour guide offered tours in Italian and English (she may know more languages!) Brilliant take on explainingeach part of the house and brought in important cultural perspectives too.

We had a very nice time visiting this jewel of albanian style 17th century house! The owner (9th generation of the Skënduli family) gave 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 lek) it's definitely worth it.