Balkan Fairy Tale by Bus (7 Nights - All Surrounding Tours and Extra Excursions Included - with Thessaloniki Accommodation Surcharge) - 2026 Season

Balkan Fairy Tale by Bus (7 Nights - All Surrounding Tours and Extra Excursions Included - with Thessaloniki Accommodation Surcharge) - 2026 Season 1Balkan Fairy Tale by Bus (7 Nights - All Surrounding Tours and Extra Excursions Included - with Thessaloniki Accommodation Surcharge) - 2026 Season 2Balkan Fairy Tale by Bus (7 Nights - All Surrounding Tours and Extra Excursions Included - with Thessaloniki Accommodation Surcharge) - 2026 Season 3Balkan Fairy Tale by Bus (7 Nights - All Surrounding Tours and Extra Excursions Included - with Thessaloniki Accommodation Surcharge) - 2026 Season 4Balkan Fairy Tale by Bus (7 Nights - All Surrounding Tours and Extra Excursions Included - with Thessaloniki Accommodation Surcharge) - 2026 Season 5Balkan Fairy Tale by Bus (7 Nights - All Surrounding Tours and Extra Excursions Included - with Thessaloniki Accommodation Surcharge) - 2026 Season 6

Included Services

  • Transportation with luxury buses
  • 7 nights accommodation in 4* hotels
  • 7 breakfasts at the hotels
  • 4 dinners at the hotels and 1 dinner at a local restaurant in Sarajevo, totaling 5 dinners
  • Musical and entertaining Macedonian Night in Ohrid
  • Musical and enjoyable Greek Taverna to be held in Thessaloniki
  • All intercity transfers explicitly stated as included in the program
  • All tours and excursions stated as included in the program
  • Professional Turkish-speaking guide services
  • Required local guide services in certain regions
  • Checkpoint and parking fees

Not Included

  • Multiple-entry Schengen visa
  • Personal and extra expenses
  • Lunch
  • Drinks during meals
  • International departure tax
  • Optional guide and driver gratuities
  • Entrance fees to museums and archaeological sites
  • Extra excursions specified or not specified in the tour program
  • Any services not explicitly stated as included
  • Hotel city taxes, local services, and border crossing fees totaling €30 (Taxes collected per person under the name City tax vary depending on the hotel's proximity to the city center, hotel star rating, and number of nights stayed; collected by the guide at the start of the tour and paid to the hotels)
  • Travel Assurance Package (Can only be added during booking for an additional €30, cannot be added later)

Meeting & End Points

  • Starting Point: İstanbul
  • Ending Point: Belgrad – Sofya – İstanbul

Daily Tour Program

  1. Day 1
    We have our breakfast independently on the road in the morning. Then we head to Kavala, one of the important cities of Greece. After a panoramic tour and photo break here, we continue our journey towards Thessaloniki. During our panoramic city tour upon arrival in Thessaloniki, we first visit the Church of Saint Demetrius, the largest church in Greece, followed by the house where the founder of th
  2. Day 2
    After breakfast at the hotel in the morning, we check out with our luggage and continue towards the Greek–Macedonian border. After passport and customs procedures, we arrive in the city of Bitola (Manastır), where the military high school where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk studied is located. During our tour here, we will see the military high school, which today houses both the Atatürk Memorial Room and
  3. Day 3
    After breakfast at the hotel, we check out and depart with our luggage. Following a short and tasty stop in Strazha en route, we head to Tetovo, one of Macedonia's important cities with an Albanian majority. Upon arrival, we visit the colorful Alaca Mosque, perhaps the most vividly decorated mosque you'll ever see. During our visit, we drink the icy mountain water from the fountain in the mosque c
  4. Day 4
    After breakfast at the hotel, we complete our checkout and depart with our luggage. First, our guide takes us to Matka Canyon, included in our tour program, for a pleasant walk in nature to stock up on oxygen. After our enjoyable walk, we head to the Macedonia-Kosovo border. Following passport and customs procedures, we arrive in Kosovo, the second newest country in the world and the newest in Eur
  5. Day 5
    After breakfast at the hotel, we complete our check-out and leave the hotel with our luggage. After going through passport and customs at the Albania-Montenegro border, we continue via Podgorica, Sutomore, and Petrovac, where we get a panoramic view of Sv. Stefan Island, purchased by a Singaporean multi-millionaire. We then proceed to see the famous beaches of Budva from the vehicle. Just after Bu
  6. Day 6
    After breakfast at the hotel, we will check out and depart from the hotel with our luggage. First, we head to the included Kravica Waterfalls, a natural wonder. After free time there, we reach Pocitelj, a historic village from the Ottoman era. Here, we will see Ottoman houses, a hammam, a mosque, and cobblestone streets, while sipping Turkish tea and Bosnian coffee before leaving the village. Our
  7. Day 7
    After breakfast at the hotel, we check out and head towards Belgrade with our luggage. On a pleasant journey through the plateaus and villages of Bosnia and Herzegovina, we cross the border gate on the Drina River, known from books, and enter another country on our itinerary. After the winding roads of Bosnia and Herzegovina, we reach Belgrade, enjoying wide plains, villages, and magnificent scene