Balkan Dream by Bus (6 Nights - All Surrounding Tours and Extra Excursions Included) Departure from Izmir

Included Services

• Transportation with luxury buses
• 6 nights accommodation in 4* hotels
• 6 breakfasts served at the hotels
• 4 dinners served at the hotels
• 1 dinner at a local restaurant in Sarajevo
• Macedonian Night with music and entertainment in Skopje
• All intercity transfers explicitly stated as included in the itinerary
• All tours and excursions stated as included in the itinerary
• Professional Turkish-speaking guide services
• Local guide services required in certain regions
• Checkpoint and parking fees

Not Included

• Multiple-entry Schengen visa
• Personal and additional expenses
• Lunches
• Beverages during meals
• International travel exit fee
• Optional tips for guide and driver
• Entrance fees to museums and archaeological sites
• Extra excursions specified or unspecified in the itinerary
• Any services not explicitly stated as included
• Travel Security Package
• Hotel city taxes, local services, and border crossing fees totaling 30 Euro (These taxes, charged per person as city tax, vary depending on the hotel's proximity to city center, hotel star rating, and length of stay. They are collected by the guide at the start of the tour and paid to the hotels.)
• Travel Security Package (Can only be added for an extra 30 Euro during booking. Cannot be added later.)

Meeting & End Points

• Starting Point: İzmir – Manisa – Balıkesir - Bursa
• Ending Point: Belgrad – Sofya- İzmir

Daily Tour Program

1. Day 1
   After enjoying a free breakfast in Kavala and tasting the famous Kavala cookies, we continue our journey to Thessaloniki. We visit the house where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was born, then depart and head towards the Greek-Macedonian border. After passport and customs procedures, we arrive in Bitola (Monastir), where the military high school that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk attended is located. During our to
2. Day 2
   After having breakfast at the hotel, we check out and leave the hotel with our luggage. Following a short and delicious break in Straza on the route, we head to Tetovo, one of the important cities of North Macedonia with a population entirely of Albanian origin. After arriving, we visit the Šarena Džamija (Colorful Mosque), which perhaps has the most colorful appearance you'll ever see. During our
3. Day 3
   After breakfast at the hotel, we check out and depart with our luggage. Our guide first takes us to Matka Canyon, included in our tour program, for a pleasant walk in nature and some oxygen storage. After this enjoyable walk, we head to the Macedonian border with Kosovo. After passport and customs formalities, we arrive in Kosovo, the second newest country in the world and the newest in Europe. We
4. Day 4
   After breakfast at the hotel, we check out and leave our accommodation with our luggage. After completing passport and customs procedures at the Albania-Montenegro border, we continue via Podgorica, Sutomore, and Petrovac, seeing the island of Sveti Stefan, purchased by a Singaporean multi-millionaire, from a panoramic view. Then we drive through the famous beaches of Budva, viewing the city panor
5. Day 5
   After breakfast at the hotel, we check out and leave with our luggage. First, we visit the stunning Kravica Waterfalls, included in our tour program. After free time, we arrive at Počitelj, a preserved Ottoman-era village. Here, we see Ottoman houses, a bathhouse, a mosque, and cobblestone streets, while sipping Turkish tea and Bosnian coffee. Next, we head to Mostar, famous for its UNESCO-listed
6. Day 6
   After breakfast at the hotel, we check out and head towards Belgrade with our luggage. Enjoying a scenic journey through Bosnia and Herzegovina's highlands and villages, we cross the border at the Drina River, familiar from books, and enter the next country on our itinerary. After the winding roads of Bosnia, we arrive in Belgrade, greeted by vast plains, villages, and stunning landscapes. During