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Included Services

  • Transportation by luxury buses
  • 2 nights accommodation in 4* hotels
  • 2 breakfasts served at the hotels
  • All intercity transfers clearly stated as included in the program
  • All tours and excursions explicitly mentioned in the program
  • Professional Turkish-speaking guiding services
  • Local guiding services required in certain regions
  • Checkpoint and parking fees

Not Included

  • Multiple-entry Schengen visa
  • Personal and extra expenses
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Beverages taken during meals
  • International departure tax
  • Optional tips for guide and driver
  • Entrance fees to museums and ancient sites
  • Ohrid and Tetovo Tour
  • Romanian Night with music and entertainment in Skopje
  • Matka Canyon Tour
  • Extra excursions specified or not specified in the tour program
  • Any services not explicitly stated as included
  • Travel Insurance Package (Can only be added during the reservation process at an extra charge of 25 Euros. Cannot be added later.)
  • Hotel city taxes, local services and border crossing fees: total 20 Euros (Known as city tax, these per-person taxes vary by hotel proximity to city center, hotel star rating, and length of stay; collected by the guide at the beginning of the tour and paid to the hotels.)

Meeting & End Points

  • Starting Point: İstanbul
  • Ending Point: Üsküp – Matka – Sofya – İstanbul

Daily Tour Program

  1. Day 1
    After enjoying a free breakfast in Kavala and tasting the famous Kavala cookies, we continue our journey towards Thessaloniki. Upon arrival, we embark on a panoramic city tour, which includes the waterfront, White Tower, Rotunda, Trade Fair Square, Ottoman and Byzantine monuments, Greece's largest cathedral, Agios Dimitrios, the Alexander the Great statue, Hamza Bey Mosque, E. Venizelos and P. Kon
  2. Day 2
    After breakfast at the hotel, we have free time for the whole day. Guests who wish can join our optional full-day Kalkandelen – Ohrid Tour (including Ohrid Boat Tour, 50 Euro). Departing from the hotel by coach, our first stop is Kalkandelen, one of Macedonia's major cities with a predominantly Albanian population. Upon arrival, we visit the Alaca Mosque, perhaps the most colorful sight you'll eve