Balkan Tale 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 – Shkodër (1) – Petrovac – Budva – Kotor – Herceg Novi – Dubrovnik – Međugorje (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 Cevapi Treat
Pocitelj Village Included Kravica Waterfall Included Balkan Night with Music and Dinner Included
Departure Dates
January 17 – January 24 & March 14 – March 18 – March 19 & April 22 – April 25 – April 30 & May 2 – May 15 – May 22 – May 23 & June 13 – June 27 & July 11 – July 25 & August 8 – August 22 & September 5 – September 18 & October 2 – October 16 – October 30 & November 7 – November 14
We start our tour by picking up you, our valued guests, from Eskişehir Özdilek Parking Lot at 12:00, Ankara Armada Mall Opposite at 15:00, Ümitköy Bridge at 15:30, Bolu Highway Facilities at 18:30, Düzce Tursan Rest Facility at 20:00, Sapanca Berceste at 21:30, and İzmit Bus Terminal Opposite at 22:00. We arrive at Kapıkule border gate. Following the passport and customs procedures we will perform here, we continue our journey with a night journey.
We take our breakfast freely on the road in the morning hours. Then we pass 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, and the International Fairgrounds are some of the places we will see. During our free time after the tour, we recommend you take a walk along the Waterfront (Kordon), famous for Thessaloniki's cafes and shops, and visit Aristotle Square. After 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 in the evening. After having our dinner accompanied by Greek melodies and having a great time, transfer to our hotel. Overnight at our hotel.
Morning Breakfast: Will be taken as extra on the road. Soup, breakfast plate, pastry, brewed tea alternatives can be evaluated (Not included in the tour fee).
Lunch: Free time in Thessaloniki. You can choose seafood at the waterfront fish restaurants (Not included in the tour fee)
Dinner: Greek Tavern (Included in the tour fee).
Currency: € (Euro)
Route: Istanbul – Thessaloniki (590 km),
Approximate Distance to be Covered: 590 km
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated depending on customs crossing time: 17:30
Following the breakfast we will take at the hotel in the morning, we leave the hotel with our luggage and continue our way towards the Greece-Macedonia border. After 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 houses the Atatürk Memorial Room and also acts as the city's archaeological museum, Shirok Sokak, Yeni 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. Moving at the meeting time given by our guide, we continue our journey towards Ohrid. With our arrival in Ohrid, we start our walking tour. During our tour in this beautiful city built on the shores of Lake Ohrid, famous for its pearl and being like a pearl itself, we will see Ohrid houses, the Church of St. Sophia, Damat Ali Pasha Mosque, Halveti Tekke and Mosque, and the Turkish quarter. After exploring Ohrid on foot, free time for your shopping and enjoyment. We recommend drinking a cup of Turkish tea or Turkish coffee in the Turkish quarter. After our tour, we depart for our hotel by meeting at the specified place and time. Dinner and overnight at our hotel.
Morning Breakfast: Will be taken as an open buffet at the hotel we will stay at (Included in the tour fee)
Lunch: Will be taken during free time in the city of Bitola (Monastir) (Not included in the tour fee)
Dinner: Will be taken as an open buffet or set menu at the hotel (Included in the tour fee)
Currencies: € (Euro) in Greece, Denar in Macedonia (1€ = 61 Denar)
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 the hotel, we complete our check-out procedures and leave the 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 (Alaca Camii), which has perhaps the most colorful visuals you can ever see. During our visit, we drink icy 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 both 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 statue groups 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 have not run out early in the morning that day, you must eat the famous acıbadem, definitely drink a cold boravitsa if it is in season, and taste the kikiriki. After our tour, transfer to our hotel. Overnight stay at our hotel. In the evening, we depart from the hotel for our Balkan Night tour, which includes dinner, music, and entertainment as part of the tour fee. After enjoying both the food and having plenty of fun with Rumelian, Balkan, and Macedonian melodies, we transfer back to our hotel and stay overnight.
Breakfast: Will be served as an open buffet at the hotel we will stay at (Included in the tour fee)
Lunch: Free time in the Skopje Bazaar (Not included in the tour fee).
Dinner: Balkan Night (Included in the tour fee).
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 the hotel, we complete our check-out procedures and leave the 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. Following 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 country in the world and the newest 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. We strongly recommend you to taste the delicious dishes of the region during the free time we will give here. After completing our Prizren tour, we go to visit the tomb built at the spot where Sultan Murat I, one of the important sultans of Ottoman history, had his headquarters pitched, and where his organs were embalmed and buried after he lost his life following the battle. After our visit to the tomb, we see Pristina panoramically along the way, 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 stay at our hotel.
Breakfast: Will be served as an open buffet at the hotel we will stay at (Included in the tour fee)
Lunch: Free time in the Pristina Bazaar (Not included in the tour fee).
Dinner: Will be served as an open buffet or set menu at the hotel (Included in the tour fee)
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 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, seeing the Sveti Stefan island, which was purchased by a Singaporean multi-billionaire, panoramically, and then proceeding by viewing 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 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 as one of the touristic centers of Montenegro, both your mind and heart will stay here. Upon our arrival, during our walking city tour, the mansions of the families that were very important for Kotor, Saint Tryphon Cathedral, the Orthodox church, squares, and the beautiful stories we will see and hear are just some of them. During the free time we will give 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, 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 dessert lovers. After the free time, leaving Kotor, we first cross from Montenegro to Croatia and arrive in Dubrovnik, one of the most popular holiday resorts of recent years, used as the shooting set of the popular series Game Of Thrones, and historically a very important settlement in terms of its relations with the Ottoman Empire. During our walking tour inside the castle, 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 provide, 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 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 in Medjugorje. 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 fee)
Lunch: Free time in Kotor (Not included in the tour fee).
Dinner: Will be served as an open buffet or set menu at the hotel (Included in the tour fee)
Currencies: Albanian Lek (1€ = 124 Lek), € in Montenegro, Kuna in Croatia (1€ = 7.6 Kuna)
Route: Shkodër – 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 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 the free time here, we reach Pocitelj, 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 Ottomans. During our tour here, the Mostar Bridge, Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque, Catholic cathedral, Turkish consulate, and the martyr's 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 the free time we will provide 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 our arrival, we start exploring the center of the city on foot. During our walking tour, the Sebilj fountain, the symbol of the city, Gazi Husrev-beg Madrasa, Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, bedesten, clock tower, the diverse 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 pastry (burek), or discover the city by getting lost in its European and Ottoman-era streets. Following our tour, we eat cevapi, the famous meatballs of Bosnia, for dinner in the city center. (Depending on the hotel to be stayed at, dinner can also be served at the hotel) 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 we will stay at (Included in the tour fee)
Lunch: Free time in Mostar (Not included in the tour fee).
Dinner: We will eat the famous Bosnian meatballs in Sarajevo Baščaršija. 8-piece Bosnian meatballs, salad, drink (Included in the tour fee) (Depending on the hotel to be stayed at, dinner can 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 the hotel, we complete our check-out procedures and set off for Belgrade with our luggage. Through 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, thus entering 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 before. During our walking tour upon arrival, Knez Mihajlova Street, Kalemegdan Fortress, Monument of Gratitude to France, Istanbul Gate, Tomb of Damad Ali Pasha, panoramic viewpoint, Victor Monument, Zindan Gate, Leopoldov Gate, clock tower, and the walls are just some of the things we will see. After our walking tour, you can stroll through the bustling 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 we will stay at (Included in the tour fee)
Lunch: We can have optional lamb tandoori, fish, meatballs, or soup options at Luna Hotel & Restaurant in Zvornik city (Not included in the tour fee).
Dinner: Will be served as an open buffet or set menu at the hotel (Included in the tour fee)
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 the hotel, we complete our check-out procedures and set off for 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, the second largest Orthodox church in the Balkans, Russian Church, Saint Sofia 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 by meeting at the time and place specified by our guide. Arriving at the Kapıkule border gate, after passport and customs procedures there, we return to Eskişehir following the highway. Upon our arrival in Eskişehir, we drop off our esteemed 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 fee)
Lunch: Free time in Sofia (Not included in the tour fee).
Dinner: Will be served at a highway facility within the borders of Turkey (Not included in the tour fee).
Currency: Euro
Route: Belgrade – Sofia (391 km), Sofia – Eskişehir (1228 km)
Approximate Distance to be Covered: 1619 km
Prices are per person in €. Child prices apply when sharing with two adults.
| Date | Double | Single | Triple | Child 2-11 | Infant | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct 2026 | €619 | €919 | €619 | €569 | — | Sold out |
| 07 Nov 2026 | €619 | €919 | €619 | €569 | — | Sold out |
| 14 Nov 2026 | €619 | €919 | €619 | €569 | — | Sold out |
**Note: The travel assurance package allows guests to cancel their tours uninterruptedly up to 7 days before departure. The relevant package can only be added during the tour purchase stage.
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