Balkan Dream by Bus (6 Nights Hotel Accommodation - All Sightseeing, Extra Tours, Dinners & Balkan Night Included) - 2027 Season

Balkan Dream by Bus
(All Sightseeing, Extra 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 - Shkoder (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
MACEDONIAN NIGHT TOUR WITH MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT INCLUDED BOSNIAN MEATBALL TASTE POCITELJ VILLAGE INCLUDED KRAVICA WATERFALL INCLUDED

Departure Dates

March 5 – March 6 – March 7 & April 17 & May 14 – May 15 – May 16 & June 20 – June 27 & July 2 – July 4 - July 9 – July 11 – July 16 – July 18 – July 23 – July 25 – July 30 & August 1 – August 6 – August 8 – August 13 – August 15 – August 20 - August 22 – August 27 – August 29 & September 12 – September 26 & October 10 – October 24 & November 7

We start our tour by picking up our valued guests from in front of the 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, and from Namık Kemal Yaypet rest facilities at 00:25, following the Malkara – Keşan direction. We arrive at the İpsala border gate. After completing our passport and customs procedures here, we continue our journey with an overnight trip.

After breakfast taken freely in Kavala in the morning, 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 and continue our journey towards the Greece-Macedonia border. After passport and customs procedures, we arrive in the city of Bitola (Monastir), where the military high school that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk attended is located. During our tour here, the military high school which now houses the Atatürk Memorial Room and also serves as the city's archaeological museum, Shirok Street, the New Mosque, and Eleni Karinte's balcony are just some of the places we will see. After our tour here, you can have lunch at the restaurants on Shirok Street during the free time we will provide. We continue our journey to Ohrid at the meeting time given by our guide. Upon our arrival in Ohrid, we start our walking tour. During our tour of this beautiful city, which is as famous as its pearl and is established on the shores of Lake Ohrid, we will see Ohrid houses, the Church of St. Sophia, the Damat Ali Pasha Mosque, the Halveti Tekke and Mosque, and the Turkish quarter. After touring Ohrid on foot, you will have free time for shopping and relaxation. 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 stay at our hotel.

Breakfast: Will be taken as an extra on the road. Soup, breakfast plate, pastry, and 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, Dinar in Macedonia (1€ = 61 Dinars)
Route: Istanbul-Kavala (444 km), Kavala - Bitola (370 km), Bitola – Ohrid (70 km)
Approximate Distance to be Traveled: 890 km
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated depending on customs crossing time: 20:30

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 take in Straza on the route, we depart for Tetovo, one of the important cities of Macedonia, which is entirely populated by Albanians. After our arrival, we visit the Alaca Mosque, which has perhaps the most colorful visuals you can see. During our visit, we drink ice-cold mountain water from the fountain in the mosque courtyard and continue our journey to Skopje, the capital of Macedonia. After our arrival in Skopje, we set out to explore the streets of this city that embraces the East and the West. While walking through the part of the largest bazaar built outside the capital in Ottoman history that has survived to the present day, the Kapan Inn, Sulu Inn, Chifte Hammam, Murat Pasha Mosque, Sultan Murat Mosque, clock tower, Stone Bridge, Skopje Fortress, statue groups built within the scope of the 2019 cultural capital, 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 it hasn't run out early in the morning, you should eat the famous almond cookie, and if it's the season, you must drink a cold boravitsa and taste the kikiriki. After our tour, transfer to our hotel. We depart from the hotel for our Macedonian Night tour, which will be held in the evening with dinner, music, and entertainment. After enjoying both the food and the fun with Rumelian, Balkan, and Macedonian melodies, we transfer to our hotel for an overnight stay.

Breakfast: Will be taken 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 Traveled: 200 km
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated: 18:00

After breakfast at the hotel in the morning, we complete our check-out procedures and leave our hotel with our luggage. First, our guide takes us to Matka Canyon, which is 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. After passport and customs procedures, we arrive in Kosovo, the second newest state in the world and the newest in Europe. First, we arrive in Prizren, where you will feel like you are in an Anatolian town, carrying many traces of the Ottoman Empire. During our walking tour here, the Sinan Pasha Mosque, Arasta Mosque minaret, Ottoman hammam, stone bridge, Turkish consulate, and the fortress are just some of the things we will see. We highly recommend you taste the delicious dishes of the region during the free time we will provide here. After completing our Prizren tour, we go to visit the tomb built at the point where the tent of Murad Hudavendigar, one of the important sultans of Ottoman history, was set up, and where his organs were embalmed and buried after he lost his life after the battle. After our tomb visit, we see Pristina panoramically on the way, complete our visits in Kosovo, and set off for the city of Shkoder in Albania for an overnight stay. Upon our arrival, check-in to the hotel, dinner, and overnight stay at our hotel.

Breakfast: Will be taken 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 Dinar (1€ = 61 Dinars), € (Euro) in Kosovo, Albanian Lek (1€ = 124 Lek)
Route: Skopje – Pristina (95 km), Pristina – Prizren (86 km), Prizren – Shkoder (187 km)
Approximate Distance to be Traveled: 390 km
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated: 19:30

After breakfast at our hotel, we complete our check-out procedures and depart with our luggage. After completing our passport and customs procedures at the Albania-Montenegro border, we continue through Podgorica, Sutomore, and Petrovac, making a short photo stop at a point overlooking the island of Sv. Stefan, which was purchased by a Singaporean multi-billionaire. Following the photo break, we proceed with a panoramic view of the city of Budva, famous for its beaches. Right after Budva, one of the ideal centers abroad for a seaside vacation, we arrive in Kotor, one of the important medieval sites 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 mountainside as one of Montenegro's tourist centers, both your mind and heart will remain here. During our walking tour upon arrival, we will see and hear about the mansions of families very important to Kotor, the Cathedral of Saint Tryphon, the Orthodox church, squares, and their beautiful stories. During the free time we will have in this city, if the season and weather permit, you can climb the stairs to the chapel at the very top of the walls to take magnificent landscape photos, follow the scents in the narrow streets of the city to taste different and magnificent dishes, sip your drink in one of the squares, or 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 dessert lovers. After the free time, we leave Kotor, cross from Montenegro to Croatia, and arrive in Dubrovnik, one of the most popular holiday centers of recent years, which was also used as a filming set for the popular series Game of Thrones and is historically very important in terms of its relations with the Ottoman Empire. During our walking tour inside the fortress, we will see the Pile Gate, Ploce Gate, Onofrio's Fountain, the world's first pharmacy, the Franciscan Monastery, Orlando's Column, Sponza Palace, and the Rector's Palace. After our pleasant tour in this city that smells of the Middle Ages, during the free time we will have, you can explore the side 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, we meet at the time and place specified by our guide, leave Dubrovnik, cross into Bosnia and Herzegovina, and transfer to our hotel. Dinner and overnight stay at our hotel. (Depending on the density of the region, accommodation will be in the Medjugorje or Trebinje region.)

Breakfast: Will be served as an open buffet at the hotel where we will stay (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 depart with our luggage. First, we head to the Kravica waterfalls, a natural wonder included in our tour program. After the free time here, we reach Pocitelj, a garrison village that has survived from the Ottoman era to the present day. Here, we see the Ottoman houses, the hammam, the mosque, and the old cobblestone streets, and after sipping our Turkish tea and Bosnian coffee, we leave the village. Our next stop is Mostar, one of the most important cities in the region, which was destroyed by the fire of Croatian artillery during the Bosnian War in our recent history and later rebuilt with the contributions of the Republic of Turkey. Famous for its bridge, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage list, and its narrow and authentic streets remaining from the Ottoman era, it will take you to a completely different world. During our tour here, we will see the Mostar Bridge, Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque, the Catholic Cathedral, the Turkish Consulate, and the martyrs' cemetery. If we are on a lucky day, we might even see the young people who jump from the bridge for show, a tradition with a long history. During the free time we will have after our tour, you can buy souvenirs unique to Mostar and take a nice lunch break. After the free time, we meet with our vehicle at the time and place specified by our guide and continue our journey towards Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Upon arrival, we start exploring the city center on foot. During our walking tour, we will see the Sebilj, the symbol of the city, the Gazi Husrev-beg Madrasa, the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, the bazaar, the clock tower, the various shops of Bascarsija, the Sacred Heart Cathedral, the Eternal Flame, the Latin Bridge, and the Fatih Mosque. After our walking tour, you can drink Bosnian coffee in cafes unique to Bosnia, lose yourself in the magnificent Bosnian pastry (burek), or explore the city by getting lost in its streets remaining from the European and Ottoman periods. After our tour, we eat the famous Bosnian meatballs, cevapi, for dinner in the city center. After dinner, transfer to our hotel by our vehicle. Overnight stay 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 Mostar (Not included in the tour price).
Dinner: We will eat the famous Bosnian meatballs in Sarajevo Bascarsija. 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 depart with our luggage towards Belgrade. With a pleasant journey continuing through the plateaus 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 wide plains, villages, and magnificent views that are the exact opposite of what we saw. During our walking tour upon arrival, we will see Knez Mihailova Street, Kalemegdan Fortress, the Monument of Gratitude to France, Istanbul Gate, the Tomb of Damad Ali Pasha, the panoramic viewpoint, the Victor monument, Zindan Gate, Leopold's Gate, the clock tower, and the walls. 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 stay at our hotel.

Breakfast: Will be served as an open buffet at the hotel where we will stay (Included in the tour price)
Lunch: We can have optional lamb tandoori, 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 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 depart with our luggage towards Sofia. Upon our arrival in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, we start our panoramic city tour. During this tour, we will see the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, the second largest Orthodox church in the Balkans, the Russian Church, the Saint Sophia Church, the Rotunda Church, the Archaeological Museum, the Presidency, the Prime Ministry, and the Banya Bashi Mosque. After the panoramic tour and the free time we will have, we leave Sofia and continue our way towards the border gate. After arriving at the Kapikule border gate and completing our passport and customs procedures there, we return to Istanbul by following the highway. Upon our arrival in Istanbul, we bid you farewell, hoping to see you again on our next tour, after dropping you off at the points where we picked you up.

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