Mega Benelux & Paris & Cologne & Colmar Tour from Adana with SunExpress Airlines, 6 Nights, Morning Departure to Frankfurt – Evening Return from Frankfurt

ADANA – FRANKFURT – IDSTEIN – COLOGNE – AMSTERDAM
After baggage drop-off, check-in, and passport control procedures to be carried out 3 hours before the flight at Çukurova Airport International Terminal, we fly to Frankfurt at 09:50 with SunExpress Airlines’ direct scheduled flight XQ1610. After arriving at Frankfurt Airport at 12:15 local time, we depart with our private bus waiting for us to set off for our city tour of Idstein, one of Germany’s fairytale medieval towns. During our tour, as we walk through the historic Altstadt (Old Town) area, considered the heart of the city, we will see the colorful half-timbered houses, the historic König-Adolf-Platz Square, the leaning Hexenturm (Witch Tower), which has become the city’s symbol, the magnificent Idstein Castle (Residenzschloss), and the impressive Unionskirche among the panoramic sights. Afterwards, in the free time given in the city’s charming cafes and boutique shops, we will fully experience Idstein’s peaceful atmosphere and create unforgettable memories in this unique town that brings the medieval texture to the present day. Our Idstein city tour, offering history, architecture, and German culture together, will be an enjoyable trip for our guests who want to experience one of Germany’s most special routes waiting to be discovered. At the end of the tour, we depart for Cologne. Upon our arrival in Cologne, we conduct our city tour. Cologne, established around the Rhine River and maintaining its importance as a major trade center since the Middle Ages, is an important German city known for its chocolates, relics from the Roman period, the Roman walls surrounding the city, medieval churches, and many historical buildings. Cologne Gothic Cathedral, Hochenzollern Bridge, and Kaiser Wilhem II Monument are among the main sights during our city tour. At the end of the Cologne city tour, transfer to our hotel in the Amsterdam area. Room assignment and free time to rest.
AMSTERDAM – (Amsterdam Icons & Hidden Amsterdam Canal Tour) – (Fairytale Villages & Windmills Tour)
After breakfast, we offer a full day at leisure. During this free time, guests who wish may join our extra Amsterdam Icons and Hidden Amsterdam Canal Tour (65 Euro). In our tour, we first organize the Amsterdam Icons excursion where we discover Amsterdam. (Boat tour on the canal is included in the extra tour fee). On this excursion, Dam Square, the Royal Palace, and Central Station are among the main sights. In the second part of our tour, we organize our Hidden Canal Tour, where we discover the city from different angles by walking through Amsterdam’s local neighborhoods and narrow streets, famous for their walkways and canals, and visit its world-famous streets. At the end of the tour, we offer free time in the center of Amsterdam. During this free time, guests who wish may join our extra Fairytale Villages & Windmills Tour (75 Euro). We first arrive in Volendam on our tour. Volendam is a fishing town, and we complete our program with a walking tour along the streets surrounded by well-kept beautiful houses and the seaside road filled with restaurants and cafes, then proceed to Zaandam. Located in the north of the country by the Zaan River, Zaandam is among the favorites of Instagram phenomena with its open-air museum character, combining modern shopping opportunities and traditional historic green Zaan houses. After the sightseeing tour and free time we will provide in Zaandam, which holds the distinction of being the place where the first McDonald’s restaurant in Europe opened, we proceed to Zaanse Schans, our final stop on the tour. With its windmills, museums, nature, and culture, this historic town is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the Netherlands. After our Zaanse Schans visit, where we will see the mills currently used for paint and oil production as well as shops where we can find handicraft souvenirs such as wooden clogs (Entrance fees to the archaeological site are included in the extra tour fee. The optional Zaanse Schans museum entrance fee of 15€ is not included), we complete our tour and return to our hotel in the Amsterdam area.
AMSTERDAM – BRUSSELS – (Bruges Tour) – PARIS
After breakfast and check-out from the hotel, we depart for Brussels. Brussels, considered the European Union and also the European capital thanks to hosting many institutions related to both Belgium and the European Union and NATO, is a city that has successfully preserved many historical artifacts throughout history. After our city tour in Brussels, which is home to the Grand Palace, one of Europe’s most famous and lively squares, and Gothic-style historical sites with their famous architectural texture, we head to Paris. On the way, guests who wish may join our extra Bruges Tour (50 Euro). Bruges, known as “Belgium’s Venice” thanks to its houses located in the water and its canal-shaped streets, is known as a dream city. The city’s historical structure and medieval architecture, which were luckily not damaged during World War II, have survived to this day. The colorful, single-story, cake-like houses, churches, statues, and cobblestone medieval streets that appear before us in the city square will draw us into a fairy tale. After our city tour in Bruges, we continue our journey to Paris. Upon arrival at our hotel in the Paris area, room assignment and free time to rest.
PARIS – (Paris Icons Tour and Seine River Boat Tour) – (Paris Phenomena Tour)
After breakfast, we offer a full day at leisure. Guests who wish may join our extra Paris Phenomena and Seine River Boat Tour (85 Euro). We begin our Paris Phenomena tour with the Eiffel Tower, the symbol of Paris and indeed France. Built by Gustave Eiffel for the 1889 Paris III. Universal Exhibition, this structure made of a mix of steel and iron was spared demolition after attracting great interest from tourists during and after the Universal Exhibition of 1889, and has survived to the present day. We offer free time around the Eiffel Tower for photos and sightseeing. During this free time, guests who wish can go up to the second floor of the tower, which consists of 3 sections (floors) and to each section is reached by elevator, and enjoy Paris’s unique view and take beautiful photos (Optional Eiffel Tower elevator ascent fee is 23€, not included in the extra tour price). After our Eiffel tour, we organize a Seine River boat tour. (Boat tour is included in the extra tour fee) The 776 km long Seine River, one of the most famous rivers in the world, divides the city into two. During the trip we will take on long boats gliding slowly along the river, we will see many of Paris’s famous buildings and the 37 bridges over the river from a unique angle. After our Seine River excursion, via the Invalide (Veterans) Square route, we panoramically view the Lady Diana Memorial, Palais Royal, the 17th-century royal entertainment center, and Comedie Francaise Square, where many historical buildings including the French State Theater are located. Then we visit the perfume museum, where the development of both the city and the perfume industry in the city, as well as valuable perfumes with French essences and scents displayed in original bottles with aesthetically impressive designs, are exhibited. Finally in our tour, we reach the BENLUX Store and provide free time for shopping and sightseeing for items such as souvenirs, cosmetics, bags, watches, accessories, and similar products. Guests who wish may visit the Louvre Museum, which was built as a defensive castle in the Middle Ages and began to be used as a museum after the French Revolution, and which was visited by nearly 10 million people in 2012, after the photo stop we will make, during the free time offered (Optional Louvre Museum entrance fee is 33€, not included in the extra tour price). Free time in the city center after the tour. In the evening, guests who wish may join our extra Paris Icons Tour (65 Euro). In our tour, we first go to Montmartre Hill, known as the “Painters’ Hill,” where bohemian life still continues today, thanks to street painters and caricaturists and many famous painters having worked there, and which forms the highest point of Paris. After visiting the Sacré-Cœur Basilica (Vow Church) atop this 130-meter hill (transportation fee by funicular is included in the extra tour fee), we will have free time for a portrait and sightseeing around the painters’ square. At the end of the tour, transfer to our hotel.
PARIS – (Disneyland Tour or Paris Local Neighborhoods & Luxembourg Gardens and Outlet Tour) – METZ
After breakfast and check-out from the hotel, we depart for our hotel in the Metz area. On the way, guests who wish may join our extra Disneyland Tour (Single Park Ticket 130 Euro & Double Park Ticket 150 Euro – ticket prices may vary depending on availability. Advance reservation is recommended. Transportation to Disneyland Park from the RER Train Station is the responsibility of guests joining the Disneyland Tour. Guests joining the Disneyland Tour will be dropped off at the RER train station on the way there, and on return will be picked up from the entrance of Disneyland Park according to their preference.) In our tour, you can enjoy unlimited fun all day long in the fairytale entertainment world of world-famous Disneyland. Guests who wish may also spend their full day at leisure by joining the extra Paris Local Neighborhoods & Luxembourg Gardens and Outlet Tour (50 Euro). In our tour, we first offer free time for shopping and sightseeing after our walking tour and passage visits in St. Michel and St. Germain, which are lively and active at every hour of the day with their luxury shops, cafes, and restaurants, and where mostly Parisians prefer to carry out their daily lives, allowing us to observe the truly Parisian atmosphere. In the continuation of our excursion, we visit Saint Sulpice Church, called the jewel of artistic architecture in Paris and host to the weddings of many world-famous names, and then Luxembourg Garden, which with its colorful flowers, impressive lake view, enchanting statues, and historical monuments inspires painters. We then depart to carry out our outlet visit. After our tour, where we will provide free time for enjoyable shopping at Paris’s famous Outlet shopping center, which hosts stores of many famous brands from shoes to glasses, from sports equipment to household goods, from beauty products to ornaments and accessories, we continue our journey to Metz. Upon arrival at our hotel in the Metz area, room assignment and free time to rest.
METZ – (Pearls of Alsace: Strasbourg & Riquewihr Tour) – COLMAR – LUXEMBOURG
After breakfast and check-out from the hotel, we depart for Colmar. On the way, guests who wish may join our extra Pearls of Alsace: Strasbourg & Riquewihr Tour (80 Euro). We first visit Strasbourg, located on the border of Germany, Switzerland, and France and also the largest city in the Alsace region, which will welcome us like a fairytale, as if from a painting. Included in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List in 1988 and hosting the European Parliament since 1992, Strasbourg will make us feel in the middle of a fairy-tale land during our city tour on foot in its car-free center and streets; among the places we will see are Petite France, famous for its Alsace Houses that will make us feel in the middle of a fairy tale, Gutenberg Square and Statue, Notre Dame Cathedral, the city’s most important structure located in its very heart, and Kammerzell House, the city’s oldest house, which continues to serve as a hotel and restaurant today. In the continuation of our tour, Riquewihr, famous for its vineyards surrounded by the Alsace region, flowered balconies, unique rows of shops, cobblestone roads closed to cars, buildings that somehow survived World War II without damage, and charming cafes, will be our destination, with its tower and the Dolder Museum that preserves the city’s story with documents, reminiscent of Grimm fairy tales. At the end of the tour, we continue our journey to Colmar. First, we will go to the fairytale land of Colmar and see the Old Customs House, Pfister House, and Petite Venise (Little Venice), the city’s most famous district, with its colorful houses around the Rhine River. In the unique environment surrounded by the Rhine River and its canals, you will find many delicious foods to suit your taste as well as many souvenir shopping opportunities. After the free time given following the tour, we head to our hotel in the Luxembourg area. Upon arrival at our hotel, room assignment and free time to rest.
LUXEMBOURG – (Rüdesheim am Rhein Tour) – FRANKFURT – ADANA
After breakfast and check-out from the hotel, we depart to organize our Luxembourg city tour. Luxembourg is the world leader in terms of per capita income according to IMF and World Bank data. The capital, Luxembourg, which bears the same name as the country, has been protected by inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List, and is the only city that has managed to become European Capital of Culture twice, in 1995 and 2007. After the city tour we will organize in Luxembourg, one of the smallest countries in Europe in terms of area, we head to Frankfurt Airport for our return flight to Adana. On the way, guests who wish may join our extra Rüdesheim am Rhein Tour (40 Euro). Located on the banks of the Rhine River, Rüdesheim am Rhein is one of the important places where we can see the historical texture and characteristic architecture of the region. During our tour, we proceed to the city center and panoramically view the area around Drosselgasse, known for its narrow streets. Next, the Niederwald Monument, located at a high point in the Rhine Valley and holding an important place in the region’s history, is on our panoramic tour route. We continue our tour by observing the central line where the city’s traditional architectural examples are found, the Rhine riverside promenade, and the texture formed by the surrounding historical buildings. After a short photo break, we complete our tour and continue our journey to Frankfurt Airport. After the baggage drop-off, check-in, and passport control procedures we will carry out upon arrival at the airport, we fly to Adana at 19:50 with SunExpress Airlines’ direct scheduled flight XQ1611. Arrival at Çukurova Airport at 01:35 local time and the end of the tour.