Kars-Tbilisi-Batumi-Artvin Tour by Train

Tour Information

• Duration: 5 days
• Languages: tr
• Categories: Cultural Tours, Gastronomy Tours, Historical & Archaeological Tours, GAP & Eastern Anatolia Tours, Overseas City Tours, Uçaklı Turlar, Gürcistan Turları, Batum Turları, Turkey Tours, Global Tours, City Tours & Cultural Trips, İndirimli Turlar, Uygun Bütçeli Turlar, Gürcistan Turları
• Capacity: 30
• Age Groups: Baby: 0 - 2 · Child: 1 - 8 · Adult: 8 - 99

Included Services

• YHT ticket between Istanbul and Ankara
• Ankara-Kars Eastern Express (sleeper)
• Return flight ticket
• Mandatory Travel Insurance
• 3 Nights Hotel Accommodation
• 3 Breakfast Meals at Hotels
• All Planned Excursions
• Transportation with Luxury Vehicles and Complimentary Water
• Professional Guidance and Escort Services
• Ferry, Parking, Highway, and Bridge Tolls

Not Included

• All Lunches
• Dinners in Batumi, Tbilisi, and Kars
• All Museum and Ruin Entrance Fees
• Local Breakfast on the First Day
• Caucasian and Georgian nights (Optional)
• Exit fee from Turkey (1250 TL)
• International Travel Health Insurance

Meeting & End Points

• Starting Point: İstanbul-Kadıköy
• Ending Point: BATUM – GONİA (APSAROS) KALESİ – ÇORUH NEHRİ – ORTA CAMİİ – PİAZZA MEYDANI – ST. NİCHOLAS KİLİSESİ (NOEL BABA KİLİSESİ) – ERMENİ APOSTİL KİLİSESİ - ASTRONOMİK SAAT -ALİ-NİNO HEYKELİ

Meeting Points

• Kadıköy YHT Station — Kadıköy YHT İstasyonu

Daily Tour Program

1. Day 1
   On our second day; (SLEEPER TRAIN) After our journey accompanied by magnificent Anatolian scenery, we board our waiting vehicle at Kars train station at 8:00 PM and check in to our hotel. BREAKFAST: ON THE TRAIN (EXTRA) LUNCH: ON THE TRAIN (EXTRA) DINNER: AT THE HOTEL (INCLUDED) ACCOMMODATION: KARS ARİFOĞLU HOTEL 4* ETC.
2. Day 2
   After breakfast at our hotel in the morning, we start exploring Kars. We visit Kars Castle (panoramic) and Kümbet Mosque (Church of the 12 Apostles), see the house where our famous poet Namık Kemal once lived, and discover the streets of Kars. We tour Fetiye Mosque, one of the finest examples of Russian Baltic architecture. Then we proceed towards the Posof Türk Gözü border gate via the Damal-Hana
3. Day 3
   After breakfast at our hotel, we begin exploring Tbilisi. We visit the Sameba Cathedral, the largest Orthodox church in the Caucasus. After touring this magnificent structure with a capacity of 15,000 people, we descend to old Tbilisi, one of Asia's oldest cities, located along the Kura River. We see the Sulfur Baths, Narikala Fortress, Metekhi Church, and the statue of King Vakhtang Gorgasali, th

Popular Points

• Mosque of the 12 Apostles
• BORJOMI
• SAMEDA CATHEDRAL

Tour Rules

• Allowed: If the consumer cancels up to 30 days before the service begins, the full amount paid is refunded. If the consumer cancels the contract between 30 and 7 days before the service starts, they must pay 35% of the tour cost to the agency; if canceled less than 7 days in advance, they must pay the full amount. Date changes made by the consumer are considered cancellations.
• Allowed: For promotional/discounted products, the consumer does not have the right to cancel or change the purchased product.
• Allowed: There is no right to cancel or change for tour programs in the Early Booking Discount, Promotional, and Airline Special Product categories.
• Allowed: For special products, cancellations made up to 60 days before the start of the service result in a full refund of any amount paid by the consumer up to that point. If the consumer cancels the contract 59-31 days before the start of the tour, they agree and undertake to pay 25% of the tour price; if 30-15 days before, 50% of the tour price; if 14-7 days before, 75% of the tour price; and if less than 7 days before, the full amount to the agency.
• Allowed: If the consumer or their first-degree relatives have health issues that prevent their usual 10-day occupation coinciding with the tour period, documented by an official report from a fully equipped state hospital, or in the event of death, with proper documentation, the amount paid for the service will be refunded. In such cases, reports and documents must be submitted before the start of the service. If this situation occurs during the tour, the excuse must be submitted to the agency with documentation within at most 1 (one) day from the date the consumer leaves the tour.
• Allowed: If the consumer does not notify in writing that they will join the service after missing the start, the agency has the right to cancel all reservations and services made on behalf of the consumer 24 hours after the start date of the service. In such cancellations, no refund will be made to the consumer.
• Allowed: The agency may partially or fully cancel the announced or booked tours before the service begins, provided it notifies the consumer when deemed necessary. Within the same period or during the service, the agency may change hotel names, transportation vehicles and their departure points, and the order of visits to places specified in the program. If the consumer does not accept these changes or cancellations for justifiable reasons, they have the right to cancel their reservation and receive a refund for unused services.
• Allowed: All responsibility for luggage and its contents lies with the owner. The consumer is obliged to comply with the regulations and customs applicable to the transportation vehicle and accommodation facility they will use.
• Allowed: In case of loss or damage to luggage caused by the provider's fault, if the consumer has the provider issue a loss or damage report, the agency will pay the consumer, as compensation for the lost items and suitcase, ½ of the transportation portion of the total service cost, regardless of the material and moral value or other characteristics of the items in the luggage. The agency is liable for any loss, damage, or theft of items that have been declared in writing with their value and received, up to a maximum of the tour's transportation cost.
• Allowed: Visa procedures and services are NOT included in the purchased service. Clients who declare that they have a visa for the tour countries or who declare that they will personally follow up on visa procedures cannot terminate the contract on the grounds that visa procedures have not been completed; responsibility lies with the client. Furthermore, for guests who arrange visa procedures through the agency, if the relevant consulate rejects the visa or grants a visa shorter than the tour duration, responsibility rests with the client, and the agency bears no responsibility.
• Allowed: The agency is not responsible for situations arising after the commencement of the contracted service due to force majeure, conditions resulting from the consumer, or personal liabilities of third parties. In circumstances within its responsibility, the agency may compensate the consumer for adverse changes via a refund or equivalent service in accordance with the provisions of the TÜRSAB Eastern Anatolia Regional Board (BTK) schedule, and may also remedy the situation by providing additional and/or alternative arrangements not included in the price but provided during the service. The consumer's acceptance and use of such additional or substitute services eliminates any right to a refund or compensation.
• Allowed: The consumer agrees to comply with the rules communicated by the guide, facility, agency, transportation officials, and insurance company regarding the purchased service, and to respect the safety, property, and peace of third parties. Otherwise, the consumer acknowledges that the service may rightfully not be provided and that there is no right to a refund.
• Allowed: If the consumer terminates the service claiming it is defective, they must notify the agency official and the accommodation hotel in writing of the reasons for termination. Otherwise, the service is considered to have been received and used.
• Allowed: At the time of booking, at least 35% of the total service fee must be paid, and the remaining balance no later than 7 days before the tour starts. If the specified payments are not made within these periods, the reservation will be canceled, and 35% of the total service fee will be invoiced to the consumer as a cancellation penalty.
• Allowed: Even if the agency has exercised all due care, if events occur that prevent the start or continuation of the trip—such as insufficient passenger numbers for definitive bookings and/or adverse weather conditions, roadblocks, strikes, terrorism, fog, threat of war, unpredictable technical issues, or any other comparable force majeure—the agency may cancel or postpone the trip. In such cases, the consumer has no right to any compensation.
• Allowed: If the consumer terminates the service claiming it is defective, they must notify the agency official and the accommodation hotel in writing of the reasons for termination. Otherwise, the service is considered to have been received and used.
• Allowed: It is the obligation of the good-faith consumer to cooperate and act diligently by notifying the agency in writing during the performance of the service about any issues that are the subject of complaints.
• Allowed: At border entries of foreign countries, the authority to grant entry belongs to the passport police of that country, and they may deny entry, with or without a visa, without stating any valid reason. The agency cannot be held responsible for this.
• Allowed: If the package tour service is purchased, any incomplete or non-performance of the package tour is covered by insurance as required by law. The coverage is limited to the package tour price.
• Allowed: The flight times stated in the programs are obtained from the specified airlines. We are not responsible for changes in flight times, delays, cancellations due to strikes, force majeure (earthquake, civil war, terror alert, natural disaster, etc.).
• Allowed: The guide has the right to make changes to the tour in accordance with weather, road, and accommodation conditions.
• Allowed: TURLAGO cannot be held responsible for tours that are listed in the program but cannot be realized due to weather conditions or other reasons.
• Allowed: TURLAGO has the right to make changes to hotels provided they are of the same standards.
• Allowed: At least 48 hours before the tour departure date, the tour departure time and guide's phone number will be reconfirmed.
• Allowed: Mandatory travel insurance is provided on our tours. It is mandatory to provide Date of Birth and Turkish ID Number.
• Allowed: During reservation, please inform our registration officer of your name and surname exactly as written on your ID. TURLAGO is not responsible for problems arising from misspelled names and surnames at airport check-in.
• Allowed: TURLAGO reserves the right to cancel tours due to insufficient participation, provided that notice is given 1 day in advance. In case of tour cancellation, TURLAGO must notify personally.
• Allowed: TURLAGO is strictly not responsible for items lost in vehicles, planes, or facilities, for purchases you make during travel, or for complaints that may arise from products you purchase thereafter. Do not leave items you consider valuable in vehicles.

Conditions

• Free cancellation up to 3 days
• Remaining payment options: Cash, Wire Transfer, Bank/Credit Card
• (Taxes Included)
• Confirmation is required after reservation.