Balkan Dream by Bus (6 Nights - All Sightseeing Tours and Optional Tours Included) - 2026 Season

Balkan Dream by Bus 
(All Sightseeing Tours, Optional Tours, Dinners and Balkan Night Included)
(8 Days 7 Nights, 6 Nights Accommodation)
9 Countries – 5 Capitals – 24 Cities
Greece – North Macedonia – Kosovo – Albania – Montenegro – Croatia – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Serbia - Bulgaria
Kavala – Thessaloniki - Bitola – Resen - Ohrid (1) - Kichevo – Tetovo - SKOPJE (1) – Pristina – Prizren – Lezhe – Shkodra (1) – Petrovac - Budva – Kotor – Herceg Novi – Dubrovnik – Medjugorje (1) – Mostar – Jablanica - Konjic - SARAJEVO (1) – BELGRADE (1) 
MATKA CANYON INCLUDED   DUBROVNIK TOUR INCLUDED  5 DINNERS INCLUDED  
MUSICAL AND ENTERTAINING MACEDONIAN NIGHT TOUR INCLUDED  BOSNIAN MEATBALL TASTE   POCITELJ VILLAGE INCLUDED  KRAVICA WATERFALL INCLUDED  
Departure Dates 
January 16 – January 23 & March 13 – March 18 – March 20 & April 10 – April 24 – April 30 & May 8 - May 15 – May 22 – May 23 & June 12 – June 19 – June 26 & July 3 – July 10 – July 17 – July 24 – July 31 & August 7 – August 14 – August 21 – August 28 & September 4 – September 11 – September 18 & October 2 – October 16 – October 30 & November 6 – November 13

We start our tour by picking up you, our valued guests, from in front of Istanbul Kadıköy Marriage Office Parking Lot at 21:00, in front of Mecidiyeköy Ziraat Bank at 21:30, from İncirli Ömür Bus Stops at 22:00, from Beylikdüzü Marmara Park Havaist stop at 22:30, in front of Silivri 5M Vega Mall at 23:15, from Yenice Aytemiz facilities at 23:55, from Namık Kemal Yaypet Rest Facilities at 00:25, following the Malkara – Keşan direction.  We arrive at the Ipsala border gate. After completing our passport and customs procedures here, we continue our journey with an overnight ride. After completing our passport and customs procedures here, we continue our journey with an overnight ride.

After breakfast taken freely in Kavala, we taste the famous Kavala cookies and continue our way towards Thessaloniki. We visit the house where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was born in Thessaloniki, leave from there, and continue our way towards the Greece-Macedonia border. After passport and customs procedures, we arrive at the city of Bitola, which also houses the military high school where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk studied. During our tour here, the military high school which today houses the Atatürk Memorial Room and also hosts the city's archaeology museum, Shirok Sokak, the new mosque, and Eleni Karinte's balcony are just some of the things we will see. During the free time we will give after our tour here, you can have your lunch at the restaurants located on Shirok Sokak. Departing at the meeting time given by our guide, we continue our way towards Ohrid. With our arrival in Ohrid, we start our walking tour. During our tour in this beautiful city, which is established on the shores of Lake Ohrid, famous for its pearl and being like a pearl itself, Ohrid houses, the Church of St. Sophia, the Damat Ali Pasha Mosque, the Halveti Tekke and Mosque, and the Turkish quarter are some of the places we will see. After exploring Ohrid on foot, free time for your shopping and to enjoy yourself. We recommend you drink a cup of Turkish tea or Turkish coffee in the Turkish quarter. After our tour, we depart for our hotel at the specified place and time. Dinner and overnight at our hotel.

Breakfast: Will be taken optionally on the way. Soup, breakfast plate, pastry, brewed tea alternatives can be considered (Not included in the tour price).
Lunch: Will be taken during free time in the city of Bitola (Not included in the tour price) Dinner: Will be served at the hotel as an open buffet or set menu (Included in the tour price)
Currencies: € (Euro) in Greece, Dinar in Macedonia (1€ = 61 Dinars)
Route: Istanbul-Kavala (444 km), Kavala - Bitola (370 km), Bitola – Ohrid (70 km)
Approximate Distance to be Covered: 890 km
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated: 20:30 depending on customs crossing time

After breakfast at the hotel in the morning, we complete our check-out procedures and leave our hotel with our luggage. After a short and delicious break we will give in Straza on the route, we depart and head to Tetovo, one of the important cities of Macedonia with an entirely Albanian population. Upon our arrival, we visit the Painted Mosque, which has perhaps the most colorful visuals you can ever see. During our visit, we also drink ice-cold mountain water from the fountain located in the courtyard of the mosque and continue our way towards Skopje, the capital of Macedonia. Upon our arrival in Skopje, we set out to explore the streets of this city embracing both East and West. While wandering around the surviving part of the largest bazaar built outside the capital in Ottoman history, Kapan Han, Sulu Han, Cifte Hamam, Murat Pasha Mosque, Sultan Murat Mosque, clock tower, stone bridge, Skopje Fortress, statue groups built within the scope of the 2019 European Capital of Culture, Macedonian Square, Vardar River, and the Alexander the Great statue are just some of the things we will see in this magnificent city. If you are lucky and they haven't sold out early in the morning that day, you should eat the famous acıbadem, if it's in season you must drink a cold borovitsa and taste kikiriki. After our tour, transfer to our hotel. We depart from the hotel for our dinner, musical, and entertaining Macedonian Night tour to be organized in the evening. After enjoying both the dinners and having endless fun with Rumelian, Balkan, and Macedonian melodies, transfer to our hotel and overnight stay.

Breakfast: Will be served as an open buffet at the hotel where we will stay (Included in the tour price)
Lunch: Free time in Skopje Bazaar (Not included in the tour price).
Dinner: Macedonian Night Tour. (Included in the tour price)
Currency: Macedonian Dinar (1€ = 61 Dinars)
Route: Ohrid – Skopje (170 km), 
Approximate Distance to be Covered: 200 km
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated: 18:00

After having breakfast at the hotel, we complete our check-out procedures and leave our hotel with our luggage. First, our guide takes us to Matka Canyon, included in our tour program, to take a pleasant walk in nature and store up oxygen. After a pleasant walk here, we set off and reach the North Macedonia-Kosovo border. After passport and customs procedures, we arrive in Kosovo, the second newest state in the world and the newest state in Europe. First, we arrive in Prizren, which carries many traces of the Ottoman Empire and makes you feel like you are in an Anatolian town. During our walking tour here, the Sinan Pasha Mosque, the minaret of the Arasta Mosque, the Ottoman bath, the stone bridge, the Turkish consulate, and the fortress are just some of the things we will see. During our free time here, we highly recommend you to taste the delicious dishes of the region. After completing our Prizren tour, we go to visit the tomb built at the site where Murat Hüdavendigar, one of the important sultans of Ottoman history, had his tent pitched during his lifetime, and where his organs were embalmed and buried after he lost his life in the war. After our visit to the tomb, we see Pristina panoramically on the way, complete our visits in Kosovo, and set off towards the city of Shkodra in Albania for overnight stay. Upon arrival, hotel check-in, dinner, and overnight stay at our hotel.

Breakfast: Will be served as an open buffet at the hotel we will stay at (Included in the tour price)
Lunch: Free time in the Pristina Bazaar (Not included in the tour price).
Dinner: Will be served as an open buffet or set menu at the hotel (Included in the tour price)
Currencies: Macedonian Denar (1€ = 61 Denars), € (Euro) in Kosovo, Albanian Lek (1€ = 124 Lek)
Route: Skopje – Pristina (95 km), Pristina – Prizren (86 km), Prizren – Shkodra (187 km)
Approximate Distance to be Covered: 390 km
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated: 19:30

After having breakfast at the hotel, we complete our check-out procedures and leave our hotel with our luggage. After completing our passport and customs procedures at the Albania-Montenegro border, we continue via Podgorica, Sutomore, and Petrovac, getting a panoramic view of St. Stefan Island, which was purchased by a Singaporean multi-billionaire, and then we proceed by seeing the city of Budva, famous for its beaches, panoramically from our vehicle. Right after Budva, which is one of the ideal centers abroad for a seaside holiday, we arrive in Kotor, one of the important places of the Middle Ages that has survived to the present day. When you see the city of Kotor, which has defied centuries in the depths of the bay and on the slope of the mountain, and is one of the touristic centers of Montenegro, both your mind and heart will stay here. Upon arrival, during our walking city tour, the mansions of families very important for Kotor, Saint Tryphon Church, Orthodox church, squares, and beautiful stories will be just some of the things we will see and hear. During our free time in this city, if the season and weather permit, you can climb the stairs to the chapel at the very top of the ramparts and take magnificent landscape photos from here, follow the scents in the narrow streets of the city to taste different and wonderful dishes, sip your drink in one of the squares, and visit the Cat Museum, one of the most interesting museums in the city. Don't forget to ask your guide where that magnificent cake is in this city; it is our recommendation to all sweet lovers. After the free time, we leave Kotor, cross from Montenegro to Croatia, and arrive in Dubrovnik, one of the most popular holiday resorts of recent years, which was also used as a filming set for the popular TV series Game of Thrones, and which is historically a very settlement in terms of relations with the Ottoman Empire. During our walking tour inside the castle, the Pile Gate, Ploče Gate, Onofrio's Fountain, the world's first pharmacy, Franciscan monastery, Orlando's Column, Sponza Palace, and Rector's Palace are some of the things we will see. During our free time after our pleasant tour in this city smelling of history, you can explore the back streets of the city, shop in the stores, taste seafood, and drink a pleasant coffee while watching the sea or the medieval streets. After the free time, meeting at the time and place given by our guide, we leave Dubrovnik, first cross into Bosnia and Herzegovina, and transfer to our hotel. Dinner and overnight at our hotel. (Depending on regional density, accommodation will be in Medjugorje or Trebinje region.)

Breakfast: Will be served as an open buffet at the hotel we will stay at (Included in the tour price)
Lunch: Free time in Kotor (Not included in the tour price).
Dinner: Will be served as an open buffet or set menu at the hotel (Included in the tour price)
Currencies: Albanian Lek (1€ = 124 Lek), € in Montenegro, Kuna in Croatia (1€ = 7.6 Kuna)
Route: Shkodra – Kotor (110 km), Kotor – Dubrovnik (93 km), Dubrovnik – Trebinje (35 km)
Approximate Distance to be Covered: 260 km
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated: 20:30

After having breakfast at the hotel, we complete our check-out procedures and leave the hotel with our luggage. First, we go to the Kravica Waterfalls, a natural wonder included in our tour program. After our free time here, we reach Počitelj, a garrison village remaining from the Ottoman Empire to the present day. Here, after seeing the Ottoman houses, bath, mosque, and old cobblestone streets, and sipping our Turkish teas and Bosnian coffees, we leave the village. Our next stop is Mostar, one of the most important cities of the region, destroyed by the shelling of Croatian artillery during the Bosnian War in our recent history, later rebuilt with the contributions of the Republic of Turkey, famous for its bridge listed on the UNESCO World Heritage list, and which will take you to a completely different realm with its narrow and authentic streets remaining from the Ottoman Empire. During our tour here, the Mostar Bridge, Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque, Catholic cathedral, Turkish consulate, and the martyrs' cemetery are some of the things we will see. If we are on a lucky day, we can also see young people jumping from the bridge for show purposes, a tradition with ancient roots. During our free time after our tour, you can buy souvenirs unique to Mostar and take a nice meal break. After the free time, meeting with our vehicle at the time and place given by our guide, we continue our journey towards Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Upon arrival, we start exploring the center of the city on foot. On our walking tour, the sebilj (sebil) which is the symbol of the city, Gazi Husrev-beg Madrasa, Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, bezistan, clock tower, the various shops of the Baščaršija, Sacred Heart Cathedral, the Eternal Flame, Latin Bridge, and Fatih Mosque are just some of the things we will see. After our walking tour, you can drink Bosnian coffee in cafes unique to Bosnia, lose yourself with the magnificent Bosnian burek, or discover the city by getting lost in its European and Ottoman-era streets. After our tour, we eat ćevapi, Bosnia's famous meatballs, for dinner in the city center. After dinner, transfer to our hotel by our vehicle. Overnight at our hotel.

Breakfast: Will be served as an open buffet at the hotel we will stay at (Included in the tour price)
Lunch: Free time in Mostar (Not included in the tour price).
Dinner: We will eat the famous Bosnian meatballs in Sarajevo Baščaršija. 8 pieces of Bosnian meatballs, salad, drink (Included in the tour price)
Currencies: Bosnia and Herzegovina Convertible Mark (1 € = 1.96 KM)
Route: Trebinje – Mostar (116 km), Mostar – Sarajevo (130 km)
Approximate Distance to be Covered: 290 km
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated: 20:30

After having breakfast at the hotel, we do our check-out procedures and set off towards Belgrade with our luggage. With a pleasant journey continuing through the highlands and villages of Bosnia and Herzegovina, we cross the border gate on the Drina River, which we are familiar with from books, and enter another country included in our program. After the winding roads of Bosnia and Herzegovina, we reach Belgrade by watching the exact opposite of what we saw: wide plains, villages, and magnificent views. During our walking tour upon our arrival, Knez Mihajlova Street, Kalemegdan Fortress, Monument of Gratitude to France, Istanbul Gate, Damad Ali Pasha Tomb, panorama point, Victor Monument, Zindan Gate, Leopoldov Gate, clock tower, and ramparts are just some of the things we will see. After our walking tour, you can stroll through the lively streets of Belgrade, taste different ice cream flavors at the ice cream shop recommended by your guide, or drink a pleasant coffee while watching the surroundings and the city. After our tour, transfer to our hotel by our vehicle. Dinner and overnight at our hotel.

Breakfast: Will be served as an open buffet at the hotel we will stay at (Included in the tour price)
Lunch: We can have optional roasted lamb, fish, meatballs, or soup options at Luna Hotel & Restaurant in Zvornik city (Not included in the tour price).
Dinner: Will be served as an open buffet or set menu at the hotel (Included in the tour price)
Currencies: Bosnia and Herzegovina Convertible Mark (1 € = 1.96 KM), Serbian Dinar (1€ = 118 Dinars)
Route: Sarajevo – Belgrade (294 km)
Approximate Distance to be Covered: 320 km
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated: 20:30

After having breakfast at the hotel, we do our check-out procedures and set off towards Sofia with our luggage. Upon our arrival in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, we start our panoramic city tour. During this tour, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, which is the second largest Orthodox church in the Balkans, the Russian Church, Saint Sofia Church, St. George Rotunda Church, Archaeological Museum, Presidency, Prime Ministry, and Banya Bashi Mosque are some of the places we will see. After the free time we will give following the panoramic tour, we leave Sofia and continue our way towards the border gate. We arrive at the Kapıkule border gate and after the passport and customs procedures here, we return to Istanbul along the highway. Upon our arrival in Istanbul, we drop off you, our valued guests, at the points where we picked you up, and say goodbye to you with the wish to see you again on our next tour.

Breakfast: Will be served as an open buffet at the hotel we will stay at (Included in the tour price)
Lunch: Free time in Sofia (Not included in the tour price).
Dinner: Will be served at a roadside facility within the borders of Turkey (Not included in the tour price).
Currency: Euro