Balkan Pearls by Bus (6 Nights) Departing from Eskişehir - Ankara

Included Services

• Transportation by luxury buses
• 6 nights accommodation in 3* and 4* hotels
• 6 breakfasts served at hotels
• All intercity transfers explicitly indicated as included in the program
• All tours and excursions specified as included in the program
• Professional Turkish guidance services
• Local guide services required in some regions
• Checkpoint and parking fees

Not Included

• Multiple-entry Schengen visa
• Personal and extra expenses
• Lunch and dinner
• Beverages during meals
• International travel exit fee
• Optional tour guide and driver gratuities
• Museum and archaeological site entrance fees
• Extra excursions specified or not specified in the tour itinerary
• Any services not expressly stated as included
• Hotel city taxes, local services, and border crossing fees total 30 Euro (collected by the guide at the start of the tour and paid to hotels; city tax rates vary depending on hotel distance from city center, hotel star rating, and length of stay)
• Travel Assurance Package (Can only be added during reservation as an extra for 30 Euro. Cannot be added later.)

Meeting & End Points

• Starting Point: Eskişehir – Ankara – Bolu – Düzce – Sakarya – İzmitv
• Ending Point: Belgrad – Sofya- Eskişehir

Daily Tour Program

1. Day 1
   In the morning, after a free breakfast in Kavala, we taste the famous Kavala cookies and take a short photo break on the Kavala coast. Then we continue on to Thessaloniki. In Thessaloniki, we visit the house where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was born and depart, then head towards the Greece-Macedonia border. After passport and customs procedures, we proceed to Skopje, the capital of Macedonia. Upon arri
2. Day 2
   After breakfast at the hotel, we check out and leave the hotel with our luggage. Our guests who wish can join the Matka Canyon tour as an extra (20 Euro). (Guests not joining the tour will rest at a café on the way). Our guide takes us into nature for a pleasant walk and oxygen boost at Matka Canyon. After our enjoyable walk here, we continue towards Tetova. You will admire the Alaca Mosque, built
3. Day 3
   After breakfast at the hotel, we complete our check-out and leave the hotel with our luggage. Our guests who wish can join the optional St. Naum and boat tour (€30). We head to the location of St. Naum Monastery, also known as Sarı Saltuk, situated right on the shore of Lake Ohrid's source. We take a boat tour on the breathtaking natural spring known as Black Drim. After the boat tour, during free
4. Day 4
   After breakfast at the hotel, we complete our check-out and leave the hotel with our luggage. After completing passport and customs procedures at the Albania-Montenegro border, we proceed through Podgorica, Sutomore, and Petrovac, and stop for a brief photo break at a point overlooking the island of Sv. Stefan, purchased by a Singaporean multi-millionaire. After the photo break, we continue, viewi
5. Day 5
   After breakfast at the hotel, we check out and leave the hotel with our luggage. Guests who wish can join the extra Kravica Waterfalls tour (25 Euro). You will be amazed by Kravica Waterfalls, a natural wonder. Don't forget to enjoy a coffee with a view of the waterfall. After our lovely time here, our next stop is Mostar, one of the region's most important cities, famous for its Ottoman-era narro
6. Day 6
   After breakfast at the hotel, we check out and leave the hotel with our luggage. Guests who wish may join the optional Vrelo Bosna and Tunnel of Hope tour for an additional fee (30 Euro). The tour begins at Vrelo Bosna, the source of the Bosna River, located just outside Sarajevo at the foot of Mount Igman. We take a pleasant walk through this natural park and capture photos. Afterwards, we visit