Visa-Free Balkan Fairy Tale Tour by Plane (Including Extra Tours) Skopje Departure - Skopje Return, 7 Nights Accommodation

VISA-FREE BALKAN FAIRY TALE TOUR BY PLANE

With Connection Opportunity from All of Türkiye and Cyprus
(8 Days 7 Nights)

(All Sightseeing Tours, Extra Tours, Dinners, and Balkan Night Included)

DEPARTS EVERY THURSDAY AND SUNDAY

6 Countries – 5 Capitals

Albania – Montenegro – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Serbia – North Macedonia – Kosovo

INCLUDES MATKA CANYON & DINNERS & BOSNIAN MEATBALLS & MAKEDON NIGHT AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT

& INCLUDES POČITELJ VILLAGE & KOSOVO TOUR & SV NAUM SPRINGS

Departure Dates :

18 January - 22 February - 29 March - 2,5,9,12,16,19,23,26,30 April - 3,7,10,14,17,21,23,24,28,31 May - 4,7,11,14,18,21,25,28 June - 2,5,9,12,16,19,23,26,30 July - 2,6,9,13,16,20,23,27,30 August - 3,6,10,13,17,20,24,27 September - 1,4,8,11,15,18,22,25,29 October - 1,8,15 November - 6 December

After meeting at Sabiha Gökçen Airport at 09:00, we depart for Skopje at 12:25 with AJet Airlines scheduled flight number VF263. After approximately a one-and-a-half-hour flight, we arrive at Skopje Airport. After passport and customs procedures, we depart from the airport with our waiting vehicle and set out to explore the streets of Skopje. As we walk through the remaining part of the largest bazaar built outside the capital in Ottoman history, we will see Kapan Han, Sulu Han, Čifte Hamam, Murat Pasha Mosque, Sultan Murat Mosque, the clock tower, the stone bridge, Skopje Fortress, the statue groups built within the scope of the 2014 project, Macedonia Square, the Vardar River, and the statue of Alexander the Great, which are only some of the sights we will see in this magnificent city. If you are lucky and they have not run out, you should taste the famous bitter almond; if it is the season, you must also drink a cold boravitsa and try kikiriki. Free time after our tour. After the free time, we have dinner at a local restaurant. After dinner, transfer to our hotel and overnight at our hotel.

After the breakfast we will have at the hotel in the morning, we leave our hotel for our Kosovo tour. First, our guide takes us to Matka Canyon, which is included in our tour program, for a pleasant walk in nature and to breathe in some fresh air. After the enjoyable walk here, we depart and arrive at the Macedonia–Kosovo border. Following passport and customs procedures, we arrive in Kosovo, the world’s second newest country and Europe’s newest state. First, we arrive in Prizren, which bears many traces of the Ottoman Empire and where you will feel as if you are in a town in Anatolia. On our walking tour here, some of the sights we will see include Sinan Pasha Mosque, the minaret of Arasta Mosque, the Ottoman bathhouse, the stone bridge, the Turkish consulate, and the fortress. During our free time here, we definitely recommend tasting the delicious local dishes of the region. After completing our Prizren tour, we go to visit the tomb built at the place where Murad Hüdavendigar, one of the important sultans in Ottoman history, had his tent set up at the time, and where, after losing his life following the battle, his organs were embalmed and buried, and the mausoleum later built at this site. After our mausoleum visit, we see the capital Pristina panoramically and, completing our visits in Kosovo, return to Skopje. Transfer to the restaurant for our Macedonian Night tour with dinner, music, and entertainment to be held in the evening. After enjoying both the food and the lively entertainment accompanied by Rumelian, Balkan, and Macedonian tunes, transfer to our hotel and overnight stay.

After breakfast at the hotel in the morning, we check out and set off for Belgrade with our luggage. After our journey, we arrive in Belgrade. During the walking tour we will take after our arrival, Knez Mihajlova Street, Kalemegdan, the Monument of Gratitude to France, Istanbul Gate, the Tomb of Damat Ali Pasha, the panorama point, the Victor statue, the Dungeon Gate, Leopold’s Gate, the clock tower, and the walls are just some of the places we will see. After our walking tour, you may stroll through Belgrade’s lively streets, taste different ice cream flavors at the ice cream shop recommended by your guide, or enjoy a pleasant coffee while watching the surroundings and the city. After our tour, transfer to our hotel by our vehicle. Dinner and overnight at our hotel.

After the breakfast we will have at the hotel in the morning, we complete our check-out procedures and depart for Sarajevo with our luggage. Continuing through the highlands and villages of Bosnia and Herzegovina, we cross the border gate on the Drina River, which we know from books, and enter another country included in our program. Unlike the wide plains of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s winding roads are accompanied by magnificent views. Upon our arrival in Sarajevo, we begin discovering the city center on foot. On our walking tour, some of the things we will see include the city’s symbol, the Sebilj, Gazi Husrev Bey Madrasa, Gazi Husrev Bey Mosque, the Bezistan, the Clock Tower, the various shops of Baščaršija, the Sacred Heart Cathedral, the Eternal Flame, the Latin Bridge, and the Fatih Mosque. After our walking tour, you can drink Bosnian coffee in Bosnia’s traditional cafes, indulge in the magnificent Bosnian burek, or explore the city by getting lost in its European and Ottoman-era streets. After our tour, we have dinner in the city center and eat Bosnia’s famous meatballs, ćevapi, for dinner (In some hotels where we stay, dinner is served at the hotel). After dinner, transfer to our hotel by vehicle. Overnight at our hotel.

After the breakfast we will have at the hotel in the morning, we complete our check-out procedures and leave the hotel with our luggage. First, we head to Mostar, one of the region’s most important cities, famous for its bridge listed on the UNESCO World Heritage list, which was destroyed by Croatian artillery fire during the Bosnian War in our recent history and then rebuilt with contributions from the Republic of Türkiye. Its narrow and authentic streets from the Ottoman era will take you to a completely different world. During our tour here, some of the places we will see are Mostar Bridge, Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque, the Catholic cathedral, the Turkish consulate, and the memorial cemetery. If we are lucky, we may also see young people jumping off the bridge for show, a tradition whose story goes back many years. After our tour, during the free time we will give, you can buy souvenirs unique to Mostar and enjoy a nice meal break. After the free time, we meet with our vehicle at the time and place given by our guide and arrive at Počitelj, a garrison village that has survived from the Ottoman period to the present day. Here we see Ottoman houses, the hammam, the mosque, and the old cobblestone streets, and after sipping our Turkish teas and Bosnian coffees, we leave the village. After Počitelj, we continue on our way to our hotel. Check-in and dinner are at our hotel. (For those who wish, we visit the city of Dubrovnik, one of the most beautiful medieval cities in Europe and the filming location of the Game of Thrones series (extra 50€). In this trip, some of the sights we will see are Orlando's Column, the Old Port, Stradun Street, the Orphanage, the Clock Tower, and the city walls.)

After the breakfast we will have at the hotel in the morning, we leave the hotel early and start our day with a visit to Kravica Waterfall, a gift from nature to us. After Kravica Waterfall, we arrive in Kotor, one of the important surviving places of the Middle Ages. When you see the city of Kotor, which has defied centuries in the depths of the bay and on the mountainside, one of Montenegro’s tourist centers, both your mind and your heart will remain here. During our walking city tour, which we will take upon our arrival, some of the things we will see and hear are the mansions of the families that are very important for Kotor, St. Tryphon’s Church, the Orthodox church, squares, and beautiful stories. In the free time we will have in this city, if the season and weather are suitable, you can climb the chapel at the top of the walls via the stairs and take magnificent landscape photos from here, taste different and magnificent dishes by following the scents in the narrow streets of the city, sip your drink in one of the squares, or visit the Cat Museum, one of the most interesting museums in the city. Do not forget to ask your guide where that magnificent cake is in this city; it is our recommendation for all dessert lovers. Right after the free time, we continue by seeing Budva city panoramically from our vehicle. After Budva, one of the ideal centers abroad for a beach holiday, we panoramically see Sv. Stefan island, which was purchased by a Singaporean multibillionaire, and arrive at the Montenegro–Albania border. After the passport and customs procedures we will carry out at the Montenegro–Albania border, we continue and arrive at the hotel where we will stay. Check-in at the hotel and dinner at our hotel.

After the breakfast we will have at the hotel in the morning, we complete our check-out procedures, leave the hotel with our luggage, and begin our tour with the vehicle waiting for us. Following the Tirana, Elbasan route, we arrive at the Albania–Macedonia border crossing. After the customs and passport procedures we will carry out here, we go to the place where Sv. Naum Monastery, also known as Yellow Saltuk, is located, right on the shore of the source of Lake Ohrid, our first stop. During the free time given here, you may wish to visit the church where the tomb of Sv. Naum is also located, or you can take a boat tour on the natural spring called Black Drim. After the free time, we head to Ohrid. Upon our arrival in Ohrid, we start our walking tour. During the tour we will take in this beautiful city, famous for its pearl, itself like a pearl, built on the shore of Lake Ohrid; Ohrid houses, the Church of Hagia Sophia, the Damat Ali Pasha Mosque, the Halveti Tekke and Mosque, and the Turkish quarter are some of the places we will see. After touring Ohrid on foot, free time for your shopping and enjoyment. We recommend that you have a glass of Turkish tea or Turkish coffee in the Turkish quarter. After the free time, we head towards our hotel. After settling into the rooms, dinner and overnight at our hotel.

After breakfast at the hotel in the morning, we complete our check-out and leave the hotel with our luggage, heading towards Tetovo. In Tetovo, one of North Macedonia’s important cities where the majority of the population is Albanian, we see the Painted Mosque and continue our journey towards Skopje Airport (If the flight time is earlier, we will go directly to the airport without the Tetovo program). Upon our arrival at the airport, after baggage, ticket, and passport procedures, we depart on Ajet Airlines flight VF264 at 14:00 for Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport. Arrival at 16:30 local time and the end of our tour.