Balkan Dream by Bus (6 Nights - All Sightseeing Tours and Optional Tours Included) Departure from Eskişehir - Ankara - 2027 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 - Shkodër (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 MEATBALLS DELICACY   POČITELJ VILLAGE INCLUDED KRAVICA WATERFALL INCLUDED

Departure Dates

March 7 & April 17 & May 16 & June 20 & July 4 - July 18 & August 1 - August 15 – August 29 & September 26 & October 24

We start our tour by picking up you, our valued guests, from Eskişehir Atatürk Boulevard Opposite Migros at 12:00, Ankara Armada Mall Opposite at 15:00, Ümitköy Bridge at 15:30, Bolu Highway Facilities at 18:30, Düzce Tursan Resting Facilities at 20:00, Sapanca Berceste at 21:30, İzmit Opposite Bus Terminal at 22:00. We arrive at the İpsala border gate. Following passport and customs procedures here, we continue our journey with an overnight ride.

Following breakfast taken freely in Kavala, we taste the famous Kavala cookies and continue our journey towards Thessaloniki. After visiting the house where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was born in Thessaloniki, we leave here and continue our journey towards the Greek-Macedonian border. Following passport and customs procedures, we arrive at the city of Bitola (Monastir), which also houses the military high school where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk studied. During our tour here, the military high school—which today hosts the Atatürk Memorial Room and also serves as the city's archaeology museum—Shirok Sokak, the Yeni 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 journey towards Ohrid. Upon our arrival in Ohrid, we start our walking tour. During our tour in this beautiful city, which is built on the shores of Lake Ohrid, famous for its pearls, and is like a pearl itself, Ohrid houses, the Church of Hagia 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 leisure. We recommend drinking 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 along the route. 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 (Monastir) (Not included in the tour price).
Dinner: Will be taken at the hotel as an open buffet or set menu (Included in the tour price).
Currencies: € (Euro) in Greece, Denar in Macedonia (1€ = 61 Denars)
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

Following breakfast at the hotel, we complete our check-out procedures and leave our hotel with our luggage. After a short and delicious break we will take in Straza along the route, we depart for Tetovo, an important city of Macedonia populated entirely by ethnic Albanians. Upon arrival, we visit the Painted Mosque (Alaca Camii), which features perhaps the most colorful visuals you can ever see. During our visit, we drink ice-cold mountain water from the fountain located in the courtyard of the mosque and continue our journey 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 through the surviving part of the largest bazaar built outside the capital in Ottoman history, Kapan Han, Sulu Han, Çifte Hamam, Murat Pasha Mosque, Sultan Murat Mosque, clock tower, stone bridge, Skopje Fortress, statues built within the scope of the 2004/2014 Skopje project, Macedonia 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 run out early in the morning, you should taste the famous almond biscuit (acıbadem), drink a cold borovitsa if it is in season, and try the 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 meals and yourselves to the fullest with Rumelian, Balkan, and Macedonian tunes, transfer to our hotel and overnight.

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).
Akşam Yemeği: Macedonian Night Tour. (Included in the tour price)
Currency: Macedonian Denar (1€ = 61 Denars)
Route: Ohrid – Skopje (170 km)
Approximate Distance to be Covered: 200 km
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated: 18:00

Following 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 the pleasant walk we will take here, we reach the Macedonia-Kosovo border. Following passport and customs procedures, we arrive in Kosovo, the second newest country in the world and the newest in Europe. First, we arrive in Prizren, which carries many traces of the Ottoman Empire and will make you feel as if 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 strongly recommend you to taste the delicious dishes of the region. After completing our Prizren tour, we go to visit the tomb built at the spot where the tent of Murat Hüdavendigar, one of the important sultans of Ottoman history, was set up during the battle and where his organs were embalmed and buried after he lost his life following the war. After our tomb visit, we see Pristina panoramically along the route, complete our visits in Kosovo, and set off towards the city of Shkodër in Albania for overnight accommodation. Upon our arrival, hotel check-in, dinner, and overnight at our hotel.

Breakfast: Will be served as an open buffet at the hotel where we will stay (Included in the tour price).
Lunch: Free time in Pristina Bazaar (Not included in the tour price).
Dinner: Will be taken at the hotel as an open buffet or set menu (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 – Shkodër (187 km)
Approximate Distance to be Covered: 390 km
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated: 19:30

After breakfast at our 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, and give our dear guests a short photo break at a spot overlooking the island of Sv. Stefan, which was purchased by a Singaporean multi-billionaire. After the photo break, we proceed with a panoramic drive through the city of Budva, famous for its beaches. Immediately after Budva, one of the ideal centers abroad for a seaside holiday, we arrive at Kotor, one of the important surviving places of the Middle Ages. When you see the city of Kotor, which has defied the 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 your heart will stay here. During our walking city tour upon arrival, the mansions of families that were very important for Kotor, St. Tripun Church, the Orthodox church, squares, and beautiful stories are 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 walls 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, first cross from Montenegro to Croatia, and arrive at Dubrovnik, one of the most popular holiday centers of recent years, which was also used as a filming set for the popular TV series Game of Thrones, and is historically a very settlement in terms of its relations with the Ottoman Empire. During our walking tour inside the fortress, the Pile Gate, Ploce 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. After our pleasant tour in this medieval-scented city, during the free time we will give, you can explore the narrow streets of the city, shop in the stores, taste seafood, or drink a pleasant coffee while watching the sea or the medieval streets. After the free time, meeting at the time and place specified 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 the 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: Shkoder – Kotor (110 km), Kotor – Dubrovnik (93 km), Dubrovnik – Trebinje (35 km)
Approximate Distance to be Traveled: 260 km
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated: 20:30

After breakfast at our hotel, we complete our check-out procedures and leave the hotel with our luggage. First, we go to the Kravica waterfalls, a wonder of nature, which is included in our tour program. After our free time here, we reach Pocitelj, a garrison village remaining from the Ottoman Empire. Here, after seeing the Ottoman houses, hamam, 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, which was destroyed by the fire 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 world 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 martyrdom memorial 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, whose story goes back a long time. During the free time we will give after our tour, you can buy souvenirs specific to Mostar and take a nice meal break. After the free time, we meet with our vehicle at the time and place specified by our guide and continue our way towards Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. With our arrival, we start exploring the center of the city on foot. On our walking tour, the sebilj which is the symbol of the city, Gazi Husrev-beg Madrasa, Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, bezistan, clock tower, various shops of Baščaršija, Sacred Heart Cathedral, 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 specific to Bosnia, lose yourself with the magnificent Bosnian börek, or explore the city by getting lost in its European and Ottoman-era streets. After our tour, we eat Cevapi, 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 at Sarajevo Baščaršija. 8 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 Traveled: 290 km
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated: 20:30

After breakfast at our hotel, we complete 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 located 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 wide plains, villages, and magnificent views that are the exact opposite of what we saw. During our walking tour upon arrival, Knez Mihajlova Street, Kalemegdan, Monument of Gratitude to France, Istanbul Gate, Damad Ali Pasha Tomb, panorama point, Victor Monument, Zindan Gate, Leopold Gate, clock tower, and the fortress walls 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 choose from optional lamb tandoori, fish, meatballs, or soup options at Luna Hotel & Restaurant in the city of Zvornik (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 Dinar)
Route: Sarajevo – Belgrade (294 km)
Approximate Distance to be Traveled: 320 km
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated: 20:30

After breakfast at our hotel, we complete our check-out procedures and set off towards Sofia with our luggage. With 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, Russian Church, St. Sophia Church, Church of St George Rotunda, 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. After arriving at the Kapikule border gate and completing the passport and customs procedures here, we return to Eskisehir following the highway. Upon our arrival in Eskisehir, we drop off our dear guests at the points where we picked them up and say goodbye to you with the wish to meet 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