Great Balkan Tour - Kosovo/Albania/Montenegro/Bosnia and Herzegovina/Serbia/Macedonia (7 Nights 8 Days)
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Tour details
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What's included
✅ Economy class airfare on Pegasus Airlines scheduled flight on the Istanbul – Pristina – Istanbul routes
✅ 7 nights accommodation in 4* hotels
✅ 7 breakfasts to be served at the hotels
✅ 5 dinners to be served at the hotels
✅ 1 dinner at a local restaurant in Sarajevo
✅ Macedonian night with dinner, music, and entertainment
✅ All intercity transfers clearly stated as included in the program
✅ All tours and excursions clearly stated as included in the program
✅ Professional Turkish-speaking guiding services
✅ Local guiding services required in some areas
✅ Checkpoint and parking fees
Not included
❌ Personal expenses,
❌ Lunches,
❌ Beverages taken during meals,
❌ Overseas departure tax,
❌ Museum and archaeological site entrance fees,
❌ Overseas travel insurance,
❌ Extra excursions specified or not specified in the tour program,
❌ City taxes and local service fees (30 Euro).
Need to Know
The main cities to be visited within the tour program, the daily route order, and the estimated departure-arrival times will be shared with participants in advance. In this tour, which city will be visited on which day in Kosovo, Albania, and North Macedonia, the intercity transfer times, and the approximate arrival times will be announced before the trip. In this way, guests can plan their days more comfortably and create a suitable arrangement for shopping, free time, or extra tours.
The tour duration is 7 nights and 8 days, and accommodation is mostly in double rooms at 3- or 4-star hotels close to the city center; an additional fee may apply for guests who prefer single accommodation. Throughout the tour, 7 nights of accommodation are provided, generally in safe and easily accessible 3- or 4-star hotels close to the city center. Rooms are usually arranged as shared double occupancy, and guests who wish to stay alone may be charged an extra amount under the name of single room supplement.
Services included in the price and items not included should be clearly stated before the tour. Whether elements such as transportation, accommodation, certain meals, panoramic city tours, and guiding services are included in the price should be clarified at the sales stage. In addition, extra expenses such as visa processing fees if required, extra tours, museum and archaeological site entrance fees, personal expenses, and some meals should also be detailed in advance to prevent unexpected costs later on.
Passport validity, visa requirements, green passport privileges, and documents that may be needed at border crossings should be checked before the tour date. Since entry to Balkan countries generally requires your passport to remain valid for at least another 3-6 months, this period should definitely be reviewed in advance. Which country requires visas from Turkish citizens, the exemption status of green passport holders, and documents that may be requested at the border such as travel health insurance, reservation documents, and photocopies of identification should also be clarified before the tour.
It is recommended that you bring clothing suitable for the season, comfortable walking shoes, personal medications, a plug adapter if needed, cash euros for extra expenses, and or a credit card. Since conversion to local currency can often be done upon arrival, layered clothing appropriate for the weather and comfortable shoes are of great importance because there will be frequent walking in Balkan cities. You may bring your personal medications, your adapter for hotels that use different plug types, and some cash euros along with your credit or bank cards for small expenses, and you can usually convert to the local currency through exchange offices or banks in the country you are visiting.
It should be remembered that due to weather conditions, traffic, congestion at border gates, or decisions by official authorities, there may be small changes in the times and content of the tour program, and in such cases the guide’s information and directions will be considered authoritative. Especially during border crossings and intercity travel, delays may occur due to traffic, weather conditions, or customs congestion, and there may be slight shifts in the program flow. In such situations, the tour guide’s immediate announcements and directions regarding changes made for the safety and comfort of the group should be taken into primary consideration.
What to Bring?
-Passport and ID photocopies,
-Comfortable clothing suitable for the season and walking shoes,
-Cash in euros and a bank card,
-Travel health insurance policy and important contact numbers,
-Phone, charger, and plug adapter if needed,
-Personal medications and basic hygiene items,
-Camera or a smartphone with sufficient memory.
Tour Program
Day: Istanbul-Priština-Shkodra
After meeting at Sabiha Gökçen Airport at 05:00, we depart at 08:10 for Pristina on Pegasus Airlines scheduled flight PC341. After approximately a one-and-a-half-hour flight, we arrive at Pristina Airport. After passport and customs procedures, we depart from the airport with our vehicle waiting for us and go to visit the tomb built at the spot where the Ottoman sultan Murad Hüdavendigar’s tent was set up during his time, and where after he lost his life in the battle, his organs were embalmed and buried, and later a mausoleum was built at this point. After our visit to the tomb, we see the capital Pristina panoramically and head to the Albanian border. After the passport and customs procedures we will carry out here, we continue on our way to the city of Shkodra. After our arrival, we will take a city tour and then transfer to our hotel and settle into our rooms. Dinner and overnight at our hotel.
Lunch: It will be taken as an extra during free time at a place determined by our guide.
Dinner: It will be at our hotel or at a restaurant determined by our guide and is included in the price.
Route: Pristina – Shkodra; 270 Km.
Day: Shkodra-Budva-Kotor-Medjugorje
After the breakfast we will have at the hotel in the morning, we depart from our hotel. After completing our passport and customs procedures at the Albania-Montenegro border, we continue via Podgarica, Sutomore, and Petrovac, and then see the island of Sv. Stefan panoramically, after which we proceed by also viewing the famous seaside city of Budva panoramically from our vehicle. Right after Budva, one of the ideal destinations abroad for a seaside holiday, we arrive in Kotor, one of the important surviving places from 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. With our arrival, during the city tour we will make on foot, the mansions of the families very important for Kotor, St. Tryphon Church, the Orthodox church, squares, and the beautiful stories are only some of what we will see and hear. After the free time we will have in this city, we leave Kotor and first cross from Montenegro to Bosnia and Herzegovina and go to our hotel in Medjugorje. Dinner and overnight at our hotel.
Lunch: It will be taken as an extra during free time at the place determined by our guide.
Dinner: It will be at our hotel or at a restaurant determined by our guide and is included in the price.
Route: Shkodra – Budva – Kotor;110 Km, Kotor-Medjugorje;190 Km
Day: Medjugorje-Kravica-Pociteli-Mostar-Blagay Dervish Monastery-Sarajevo
After breakfast at the hotel in the morning, we leave the hotel. First, we go to the Kravica waterfalls, included in our tour program, a natural wonder. After free time here, we arrive in Pocitelj, a garrison village that has remained from the Ottoman period to the present day. After seeing Ottoman houses, the bathhouse, the mosque, and the old cobblestone streets here and sipping our Turkish teas and Bosnian coffees, we leave the village. Our next stop is Mostar, one of the most important cities in the region. During our tour here, Mostar Bridge, Koski Mehmet Pasha Mosque, the Catholic cathedral, the Turkish consulate, and the martyr’s memorial are some of the places we will see. During the free time we will give after our tour, you can buy souvenirs unique to Mostar and take a nice meal break. After free time, we meet our vehicle at the time and place given by our guide and first head to the Blagay Dervish Lodge, then continue on our way to Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Upon arrival, we begin exploring the city center on foot. On our walking tour, some of the sights we will see are the Sebilj, the symbol of the city, the Gazi Husrev Bey Madrasa, the Gazi Husrev Bey Mosque, the Bezistan, the clock tower, the various shops of Baščaršija, the Church of the Sacred Heart, the eternal flame, the Latin Bridge, and the Fatih Mosque. After our tour, we eat Bosnia’s famous meatballs, cevapi, for dinner in the city center. (Depending on the hotel where you will stay, dinner may also be served at the hotel)
Lunch: It will be taken as an extra during free time at a place determined by our guide.
Dinner: It will be at our hotel or at a restaurant determined by our guide and is included in the price.
Route: Medjugorje– Kravica -Pociteli-Mostar; 80 Km, Mostar-Blagay-Sarajevo; 150 Km
Day: Sarajevo-Belgrade
After the breakfast we will have at the hotel in the morning, we set off towards Belgrade. We reach Belgrade by crossing the border gate on the Drina River. Some of the places we will see during the walking tour we will take after our arrival are Knez Mihajlova Street, Kalemegdan, the Monument of Gratitude to France, Istanbul Gate, Damat Ali Pasha Tomb, the panorama point, Viktor statue, Zindan Gate, Leopold Gate, the clock tower, and the walls. After our tour, transfer to our hotel by vehicle. Dinner and overnight at our hotel.
Lunch: It will be taken as an extra during free time at a place to be determined by our guide.
Dinner: It will be at our hotel or at a restaurant to be determined by our guide and is included in the price.
Route: Sarajevo – Belgrade; 300 Km,
Day: Belgrade-Skopje
After the breakfast we will have at the hotel in the morning, we leave the hotel. Following passport and customs procedures at the Serbia – North Macedonia border, we continue our journey to Skopje. After our arrival, we set out to explore the streets of Skopje. While walking through the surviving section of the largest bazaar built outside the capital in Ottoman history, Kapan Han, Sulu Han, the Double Bath, Murat Pasha Mosque, Sultan Murat Mosque, the clock tower, Stone Bridge, Skopje Fortress, the statue groups made as part of the 2014 project, Macedonia Square, the Vardar River, and the statue of Alexander the Great are just a few of what we will see in this magnificent city. Free time after our tour. After free time, transfer to our hotel and check-in to rooms. Transfer to the restaurant for our Macedonian Night tour, which will be organized in the evening with dinner, music, and entertainment. After enjoying both the food and the lively entertainment to the tunes of Rumelian, Balkan, and Macedonian music, transfer to our hotel and overnight stay.
Lunch: It will be taken as an extra during free time at a place determined by our guide.
Dinner: It will be at our hotel or at a restaurant determined by our guide and is included in the price.
Route: Belgrade – Skopje; 440 Km.
Day: Skopje-Matka-Tetovo (Kalkandelen)-Bitola (Manastir)-Ohrid
After the breakfast we will have at the hotel in the morning, we leave the hotel. First, we go to Matka Canyon. After the pleasant walk we will take there, we head towards Tetovo. In Tetovo, we see the Painted Mosque and then set off towards the city of Bitola (Manastir). After our tour of Manastir, we continue our journey towards the city center of Ohrid. Upon our arrival in Ohrid, we start our walking tour. During the tour in this beautiful city, which is famous for its pearl and is itself like a pearl, built on the shores of Lake Ohrid, some of the places we will see are the Ohrid houses, the Church of Hagia Sophia, the Damat Ali Pasha Mosque, the Halveti Tekke and Mosque, and the Turkish quarter. After touring Ohrid on foot, free time for your shopping and to enjoy yourself. After the free time, we head to our hotel. After checking into the rooms, dinner and overnight stay at our hotel.
Lunch: It will be taken extra during free time at a place to be determined by our guide.
Dinner: At our hotel or at a restaurant to be determined by our guide, and is included in the price.
Route: Skopje – Matka Canyon - Bitola (Manastir) – Ohrid; 280 Km.
Day: Ohrid-Sv. Naum-Tirana-Prizren
After the breakfast we will have at the hotel in the morning, we leave the hotel and start our tour with our waiting vehicle, and we head to the place where the Sv. Naum Monastery, also known as Sarı Saltuk, is located, right on the shore of the source of Lake Ohrid, our first stop. In the free time to be given here, you may visit the church where Sv. Naum’s tomb is also located, or take a boat tour on the natural spring called Kara Drim. After the free time, we head to the Albania border from North Macedonia. After the passport and customs procedures we will carry out here, we reach the capital Tirana following the Elbasan road. During the panoramic tour we will make in Tirana, some of the places to be seen are Skanderbeg Square, the Skanderbeg Statue, the Et'hem Bey Mosque, and Enver Hoxha’s Pyramid. After free time, we set off for the city of Prizren in Kosovo, where we will stay overnight. Upon arrival, transfer to our hotel and check-in to the rooms. Dinner and overnight at our hotel.
Lunch: It will be taken as an extra during free time at a place to be determined by our guide.
Dinner: It will be at our hotel or at a restaurant to be determined by our guide and is included in the price.
Route: Ohrid – Sv.Naum – Tirana; 190 Km, Tirana– Prizen;180 Km.
Day: Prizren-Pristina-Istanbul
After the breakfast we will have at the hotel in the morning, we leave our hotel. We begin touring Prizren, which bears many traces of the Ottomans in Kosovo, the second newest state in Europe and the second newest in the world, where you will feel as if you are in an Anatolian town. On the walking tour we will do here, the Sinan Pasha Mosque, the minaret of the Arasta Mosque, an Ottoman bath, a stone bridge, the Turkish consulate and the castle are only some of what we will see. Meeting at the place and time to be announced by our guide, we head to Pristina Airport. Upon our arrival at the airport, we complete our baggage, ticket and passport procedures and depart at 19:30 on Pegasus Airlines flight PC344 to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport. Arrival at 22:05 local time and the end of our tour.
Lunch: It will be taken as an extra in free time at the place determined by our guide.
Route: Prizren – Pristina Airport; 75 Km