Thessaloniki, Meteora and Kavala Tale - 2026 Season

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• Participating guests must have a Multi (Multiple Entry) Schengen visa valid throughout the tour duration. (Green passport holders are exempt from visa.)
• Having Euros is sufficient to make purchases and expenses in all countries included in the program during the trip. In regions where local currency is used, the Guide will assist in currency exchange.
• Comfortable walking shoes or sneakers should be preferred during the trip. It is useful to have a cardigan or similar clothing with you for the evening.
• In our weekly tours, a rotation (seat change) practice is applied in daily seat planning, and fixed seat and front seat guarantees are not given. Seat changes are organized by the tour guide.
• There is a mandatory minimum stay of 1 day to bring goods (alcohol - cigarettes, etc.) when entering Turkey from abroad.
• Free shop shopping limit when entering Turkey from abroad: Cigarettes: 3 cartons, Alcoholic Drinks: 1 liter Alcoholic beverages (excluding alcoholic beverages containing more than 22% alcohol, wine and champagne), Alcoholic Drinks: 2 liters Alcoholic beverages (including alcoholic beverages containing less than 22% alcohol, wine and champagne), Perfume: 600 ml, Makeup or Skin Care Products: 5 pieces, Chocolate and Confectionery: 2 kg, Coffee: 1 kg, Tea: 1 kg 
• Tour guides may make changes in the program flow depending on weather and road conditions, provided that they show every place specified in the program.
• The Travel Assurance Package can only be added during the tour purchase stage. It cannot be added later. It provides the guest with the right to unconditional and uninterrupted cancellation up to 7 days before the travel date. There is no refund if not used. If the cancellation assurance package is not purchased, guests have the right to free cancellation up to 30 days before. A 30% penalty is applied if there are less than 30 days left until the tour date, and a 100% penalty is applied if there are 20 days or less left. Hospital reports, workplace leave documents, etc., obtained from authorities in Turkey and presented with the participant's cancellation request, are unfortunately not accepted for the cancellation of hotels and services they will receive outside Turkey.
• Our Tour Program is organized with a minimum participation condition of 25 people.  If sufficient participation for the trip cannot be achieved, the last cancellation notification date is 20 days before the tour departure. Tours cancelled due to insufficient participation will be notified by EMC Tur.
• In cases where only category information is given without specifying the hotel name in the tour program and/or there are options for the same destination, the hotel(s) will be notified by EMC Tur 2 days before the trip departure.
• During periods such as fairs, congresses, concerts, events, sports tournaments, etc., hotels can be used at distances greater than specified km. In such a case, information will be provided by EMC Tur 15 days before the tour departure date.
• Triple rooms can be provided subject to hotel availability, and the bed allocated to the 3rd person in such rooms is smaller than standard beds. Triple rooms consist of 1 double bed + 1 extra bed. Since extra beds consist of beds called open-close and coach bed, tour participant 3rd person and/or child reservations are deemed to have declared that they accept the congestion and bed type that may occur in the rooms. Child discounts are valid for a single child staying next to 2 adults – fitting the age group.
• Breakfasts taken at the hotel, which are among the services included in the tour package, are served with a limited menu consisting of butter, jam, bread, tea or coffee, generally called continental breakfast, in accordance with the breakfast culture of the country visited, and can be served in a separate hall allocated to the group for groups.
• Panoramic city tours included in the tour package are maximum 2-3 hour tours organized for the general introduction of cities, made panoramically with the guide's explanation from inside the vehicle, not including museum and archaeological site entrances. EMC Tur is not responsible if the aforementioned tours cannot be performed in the event that panoramic tours, including other tours specified in the program, are not allowed to be visited or entered by local authorities on the day and time corresponding to the tour, or due to closed roads due to any event, or in cases where weather conditions make it impossible to perform the tour. Some tours can be made by public transport or on foot as far as possible at closed roads or points where vehicle entry is not allowed.
• Waiting times at customs gates passed by road during travel may exceed standards, and EMC Tur cannot be held responsible for negative situations arising from these waiting times.
• Optional tours are organized by the local EMC Tur from which we receive service, with a minimum participation condition of 20 people. If the sufficient number cannot be achieved, excursions cannot be made or optional excursion prices, content, and the vehicle to be used vary according to the number of participants. In addition, the days and hours of the tours may be changed by the guide according to the open/closed status of museums and archaeological sites in the places to be visited and weather conditions.
• Optional tours depend on the participant's request and are not mandatory. Passengers who do not want to participate in optional tours organized during the tour are deemed to have accepted to wait at a suitable rest facility on the way. These passengers are dropped off at the roadside rest facility before the optional tour starts and picked up from the point where they were dropped off after the tour is completed.
• Check-in and boarding procedures that must be made for participants joining tours with flights are personal transactions and must be made by the guest at the relevant airline counters at the airports before the flight or on-line from the websites of the airline companies.
• EMC Tur is not responsible for the inability to perform the flight of persons who are not present at the specified airport at the hours notified by EMC Tur for participation in the tour, who do not have check-in and boarding procedures done on time, who have check-in and boarding procedures done on time but do not board the plane. All expenses that will occur for new round-trip plane tickets and transfers in the region to be visited, which will be necessary for persons who miss the plane to join the tour, belong to them.
• EMC Tur is an intermediary institution between the airline and the passenger and is subject to the 28.09.1955 Hague Protocol. There may be a risk of delay in scheduled and special flights or hours may change before the existing trip and flight. EMC Tur is obliged to report these changes as soon as possible. The passenger has purchased the trip by accepting the risk of time change. Children between the ages of 0-2 do not pay airport tax and airport service fee.
• Vehicle Types Used in Our Tours are classified as follows according to the Number of Persons. The vehicle types below are assigned according to the number of people present in each tour.
• Buses: (Used in 25 - 46 Person Numbers)  *Mercedes Travego/Tourismo   *NEOPLAN Cityliner/Tourliner -*Temsa Safir/Maraton *Man Fortuna, Midibuses: (Used in 17 - 24 Person Numbers) *Isuzu Turkuaz , *Otokar Mega, Minibuses: (Used in Person Numbers up to 16) *Vw Volt , *Mercedes Sprinter
• All guests are deemed to have realized the sale of the tour by accepting the above-mentioned items.

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