Balkan Fairy Tale by Bus (7 Nights - All Surrounding Tours and Extra Excursions Included - With Thessaloniki Accommodation Supplement) Departing from Izmir

Balkan Fairy Tale by Bus (7 Nights - All Surrounding Tours and Extra Excursions Included - With Thessaloniki Accommodation Supplement) Departing from Izmir 1Balkan Fairy Tale by Bus (7 Nights - All Surrounding Tours and Extra Excursions Included - With Thessaloniki Accommodation Supplement) Departing from Izmir 2Balkan Fairy Tale by Bus (7 Nights - All Surrounding Tours and Extra Excursions Included - With Thessaloniki Accommodation Supplement) Departing from Izmir 3Balkan Fairy Tale by Bus (7 Nights - All Surrounding Tours and Extra Excursions Included - With Thessaloniki Accommodation Supplement) Departing from Izmir 4Balkan Fairy Tale by Bus (7 Nights - All Surrounding Tours and Extra Excursions Included - With Thessaloniki Accommodation Supplement) Departing from Izmir 5Balkan Fairy Tale by Bus (7 Nights - All Surrounding Tours and Extra Excursions Included - With Thessaloniki Accommodation Supplement) Departing from Izmir 6

Included Services

  • Transportation with luxury buses,
  • 7 nights accommodation in 4* hotels
  • 7 breakfasts at hotels
  • 5 dinners: 4 in local restaurants in Sarajevo and 1 in Ohrid
  • Musical and fun Macedonian Night in Ohrid
  • Music and fun Greek Tavern in Thessaloniki
  • All intercity transfers explicitly included in the program
  • All tours and excursions indicated as included in the program
  • Professional Turkish-speaking guide services
  • Local guide services required in some regions
  • Checkpoint and parking fees

Not Included

  • Multi-entry Schengen visa
  • Personal and extra expenses
  • Lunch meals
  • Beverages consumed during meals
  • International departure tax
  • Optional tips for guide and driver
  • Museum and archaeological site entrance fees
  • Extra excursions specified or not specified in the tour program
  • Any service not explicitly stated as included
  • Hotel city taxes, local services, and border crossing fees totaling 30 Euro (City tax collected per person varies depending on the hotel's proximity to city center, star rating, and length of stay; collected by the guide at the start of the tour and paid to hotels)
  • Travel Guarantee Package (Can be added only at the reservation stage for an extra 30 Euro. Cannot be added later.)

Meeting & End Points

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

Daily Tour Program

  1. Day 1
    We take breakfast freely on the road in the morning. Then we proceed to Kavala, one of the important cities of Greece. After a panoramic tour and photo break here, we continue on our way to Thessaloniki. Upon 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 the founder of the Republic of Turk
  2. Day 2
    After breakfast at the hotel, we check out with our luggage and continue towards the Greek-Macedonian border. After passport and customs procedures, we arrive at Bitola (Monastir), where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk attended military high school. During our tour here, among the sites we will see are the military high school, which today houses the Atatürk Memorial Room and also serves as the city's archa
  3. Day 3
    After breakfast at the hotel, we check out and leave our hotel with our luggage. After a short and delicious break in Straza along the route, we head to Kalkandelen (Tetovo), one of the important cities of Macedonia, where the majority of the population is Albanian. Upon arrival, we visit the Alaca Mosque, which boasts perhaps the most colorful visual you will ever see. During our visit, we drink
  4. Day 4
    After breakfast at the hotel, we complete our check-out and depart with our luggage. First, our guide takes us for a pleasant walk in nature and to stock up on oxygen at Matka Canyon, which is included in our tour program. After our enjoyable walk, we proceed to the Macedonia-Kosovo border. Following passport and customs formalities, we arrive in Kosovo, the second newest country in the world and
  5. Day 5
    After breakfast at the hotel, we complete checkout and leave the hotel with our luggage. After finishing passport and customs procedures at the Albania-Montenegro border, we continue via Podgorica, Sutomore, and Petrovac. We view the Sveti Stefan island panoramically, purchased by a Singaporean multi-millionaire, and then see the famous beaches of Budva from our vehicle. Just after Budva, one of t
  6. Day 6
    After breakfast at the hotel, we check out and depart with our luggage. First, we head to the Kravica waterfalls, a natural wonder included in our tour program. After some free time here, we arrive at Počitelj, a preserved Ottoman-era village. We explore Ottoman houses, a hammam, a mosque, and cobblestone streets while sipping Turkish and Bosnian coffees, then leave the village. Our next stop is M
  7. Day 7
    After breakfast at the hotel, we check out and head towards Belgrade with our luggage. We enjoy a scenic drive through the highlands and villages of Bosnia and Herzegovina, crossing the border over the Drina River—familiar from books—into another country on our itinerary. Upon arrival in Belgrade, we encounter wide plains, villages, and stunning landscapes, a stark contrast to the winding roads of