Balkan Fairytale by Bus (7 Nights - All Sightseeing Tours & Optional Tours Included - With Thessaloniki Accommodation Difference) - 2026 Season

Balkan Fairytale by Bus
(Optional Tours, Dinners, Balkan Night & Greek Tavern Included)
(9 Days 8 Nights, 7 Nights Accommodation)
9 Countries – 5 Capitals – 25 Cities
Greece – North Macedonia – Kosovo – Albania – Montenegro – Croatia – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Serbia – Bulgaria

Kavala – Thessaloniki (1) – 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) – Sofia
Greek Tavern with Music and Dinner Included Matka Canyon Included
Dubrovnik Tour Included 5 Dinners Included Bosnian Meatball Flavor
Pocitelj Village Included Kravica Waterfall Included Balkan Night with Music and Dinner Included
Departure Dates

17 January – 24 January & 14 March – 18 March – 19 March & 11 April – 22 April – 25 April – 30 April & 2 May – 9 May – 15 May – 22 May – 23 May & 13 June – 20 June – 27 June & 4 July – 11 July – 18 July – 21 July - 25 July & 1 August – 8 August – 15 August – 22 August – 29 August & 5 September – 12 September – 19 September – 26 September & 3 October – 17 October – 31 October & 7 November – 14 November

We start our tour by picking up you, our esteemed guests, in front of Istanbul Kadıköy Marriage Office Parking Lot at 21:00, then in front of Mecidiyeköy Ziraat Bank at 21:30, from İncirli Ömür Bus Stops at 22:00, and from Beylikdüzü Marmara Park at 22:30. Following the Selimpaşa, Silivri, and Tekirdağ route, we arrive at the İpsala border gate. After completing our passport and customs procedures here, we continue our journey with a night trip.

We take our breakfast freely on the road in the morning hours. Afterwards, we proceed to Kavala, one of the important cities of Greece. After our panoramic tour and photo break here, we continue our way towards Thessaloniki. Upon our arrival in Thessaloniki, during our panoramic city tour, we first see the Church of Saint Demetrius, the largest church in Greece, and then the house where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, was born and lived. Afterwards, Hagia Sophia Church, Bey Bath, Hamza Bey Mosque, Bedesten, White Tower, Rotunda (Rotating Tower), and the International Fairgrounds are some of the places we will see. During the free time we will give after our tour, we recommend you to take a walk along the Kordonboyu (Waterfront), famous for its cafes and shops in Thessaloniki, and visit Aristotle Square. After the free time, we see the Alexander the Great statue before heading to our hotel. Transfer to our hotel after the tour. We depart from our hotel for the Greek Tavern Tour, which will be organized as included in the tour fee. After having our dinner accompanied by Greek melodies and enjoying ourselves to the fullest, we transfer to our hotel. Overnight stay at our hotel.

Breakfast: Will be taken optionally on the road. Soup, breakfast plate, pastry, brewed tea alternatives can be evaluated (Not included in the tour price).
Lunch: Free time in Thessaloniki. You can choose seafood at the Kordonboyu fish restaurants (Not included in the tour price)
Dinner: Greek Tavern (Included in the tour price).
Currency: € (Euro)

Following the open buffet breakfast at the hotel in the morning, we leave the hotel with our luggage and continue our journey towards the Greece-Macedonia border. After passport and customs procedures, we arrive in 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 houses the Atatürk Memorial Room and also serves as the city's archaeological museum, Shirok Sokak, the new mosque, and Eleni Karinte's balcony are just some of what 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. With the departure 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 built on the shores of Lake Ohrid, famous for its pearls and looks like a pearl itself, Ohrid houses, Hagia Sophia church, Damat Ali Pasha mosque, 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 enjoyment. We recommend you drink a cup of Turkish tea or Turkish coffee in the Turkish quarter. After our tour, we depart for our hotel, meeting at the specified place and time. 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: 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: Thessaloniki – Bitola (219 km), Bitola – Ohrid (70 km)
Approximate Distance to Be Covered: 289 km
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated depending on customs crossing time: 20:30

After breakfast at our hotel, we complete our check-out procedures and leave our hotel with our luggage. After a short and delicious break we will give in Straza along the route, we depart for Tetovo, one of the important cities of Macedonia, where the majority of the population consists of Albanians. Upon arrival, we visit the Painted Mosque, which has perhaps the most colorful visuals you can ever see. During our visit, we drink ice-cold mountain water from the fountain in the courtyard of the mosque and continue our journey towards Skopje, the capital of Macedonia. Upon arrival in Skopje, we set out to explore the streets of this city that embraces East and West. While wandering through the surviving part of the largest bazaar built outside the capital in Ottoman history, Kapan Han, Suli Han, Cifte Hamam, Murat Pasha Mosque, Sultan Murat Mosque, clock tower, Stone Bridge, Skopje Fortress, the statues built within the scope of the 2014 project, Macedonia Square, Vardar River, and the Alexander the Great statue are just some of what we will see in this magnificent city. If you are lucky and they haven't run out early in the morning, you must try the famous acıbadem biscuit, and if it is in season, you should definitely drink a cold boravitsa and taste kikiriki. After our tour, transfer to our hotel. Accommodation at our hotel. In the evening, we depart from the hotel for our Balkan Night tour with dinner, music, and entertainment, which is included in the tour price. After enjoying both the food and having plenty of fun with Rumelian, Balkan, and Macedonian melodies, we transfer to our hotel and overnight stay.

Morning Breakfast: Will be served as an open buffet at the hotel we will stay at (Included in the tour price)
Lunch: Free time in Skopje Bazaar (Not included in the tour price).
Dinner: Balkan Night (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

After breakfast at our hotel, 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 make here, we reach the Macedonia-Kosovo border. After 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 bears many traces of the Ottomans and will make 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 local dishes. After completing our Prizren tour, we go to visit the tomb built at the place where Murat Hudevendigar, one of the important sultans of Ottoman history, had his tent pitched during his campaign, where his organs were embalmed and buried after he lost his life following the battle, and which was subsequently constructed on this spot. After our tomb visit, we see Pristina panoramically along the way, complete our visits in Kosovo, and set off towards the city of Shkodra in Albania to stay overnight. Upon our arrival, hotel check-in, dinner, and overnight stay at our hotel.

Morning Breakfast: Will be served as an open buffet at the hotel we will stay at (Included in the tour price)
Lunch: Free time in 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 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, seeing the Sveti Stefan island, which was purchased by a Singaporean multi-billionaire, panoramically, and then passing by the city of Budva, famous for its beaches, panoramically from our vehicle. Immediately after Budva, which is one of the ideal centers abroad for a seaside holiday, we arrive in Kotor, one of the important surviving places of the Middle Ages. 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 remain here. Upon our arrival, during our walking city tour, the mansions of the families very important to Kotor, Saint Tryphon Church, the Orthodox church, squares, and beautiful stories will be just some of what 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 city 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, or visit the Cat Museum, one of the most interesting museums in the city. Do not forget to ask your guide where that magnificent cake is in this city, our recommendation to all sweet lovers. After free time, leaving Kotor, we first cross from Montenegro to Croatia and arrive in Dubrovnik, which has been one of the most popular holiday centers of recent years, used as the filming set of the popular TV series Game of Thrones, and is historically a very important settlement in terms of 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 city smelling of history, during the free time we will give, you can explore the back streets of the city, shop in stores, taste seafood, or drink a pleasant coffee while watching the sea or the medieval streets. After free time, meeting at the time and place given by our guide, we leave Dubrovnik, first cross into Bosnia-Herzegovina, and transfer to our hotel in Medjugorje. Dinner and overnight stay at our hotel.  

Morning 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 breakfast at our hotel, we complete our check-out procedures and leave the hotel with our luggage. First, we go to Kravica waterfalls, a wonder of nature, which is included in our tour program. After the free time here, we reach Pocitelj, a garrison village that has survived from the Ottoman period to the present day. 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 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 among the UNESCO world heritage sites, and which will take you to a completely different world with its narrow and authentic streets dating back to the Ottomans. 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 the young people jumping from the bridge for show purposes, a tradition with ancient roots. After our tour, during our free time, you can buy souvenirs unique to Mostar and have a nice meal break. After free time, meeting with our vehicle at the time and place specified by our guide, we continue our way towards Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Upon our arrival, we start exploring the center of the city on foot. During our walking tour, the Sebilj, which is the symbol of the city, Gazi Husrev-beg Madrasa, Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, bezistan, clock tower, the diverse shops of the Baščaršija, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Eternal Flame, Latin Bridge, and Fatih Mosque are just some of what 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 explore the city by getting lost in its streets dating from the European and Ottoman periods. After our tour, we eat cevapi, Bosnia's famous meatballs, for dinner in the city center. (Depending on the hotel to be stayed at, dinner may also be served at the hotel) After dinner, transfer to our hotel by our vehicle. Overnight stay at our hotel.

Morning 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) (Depending on the hotel to be stayed at, dinner may also be served at the hotel)
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 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-Herzegovina, we cross the border gate located on the Drina River, which we are familiar with from books, and thus enter another country in our program. After the winding roads of Bosnia-Herzegovina, we reach Belgrade, observing wide plains, villages, and magnificent views that are the exact opposite of what we saw before. Upon our arrival, during our walking tour, 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 city 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 stay at our hotel.

Morning 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 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 Dinars)
Route: Sarajevo – Belgrade (294 km)
Approximate Distance to be Covered: 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. 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, Russian Church, St. Sophia Church, Church of St George, 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 by meeting at the time and place specified by our guide. Arriving at the Kapikule border gate, after passport and customs procedures there, we return to Istanbul following the highway. Upon our arrival in Istanbul, we bid farewell to you, our valued guests, by dropping you off at the points where we picked you up, with the wish to meet again on our next tour.

Morning 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
Route: Belgrade – Sofia (391 km), Sofia – Istanbul (553 km)
Approximate Distance to be Covered: 944 km