Tour Detail
Day 1 SARAJEVO – MOSTAR – BLAGAJ – POČITEL – MEDJUGORJE
Meeting with our valued guests in front of the A Jet counter at the international departures terminal of Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport. After baggage and check-in procedures, departure for Sarajevo on A Jet Airlines flight VF 97 at 13:10. Arrival in Sarajevo at 14:10 local time. Upon arrival, we depart for Mostar with our special bus waiting for us. Mostar Bridge, built in 1557 by Architect Hayreddin, is a unique example of Ottoman architecture. So much so that the bridge was destroyed by Croatian artillery during the war in 1992. Later, with the great support of the Republic of Turkey, it was rebuilt and opened to service in 2004. This rebirth of Mostar Bridge is considered an important restoration after the loss of a significant monument in terms of history and culture. After Mostar Bridge, Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque is our next stop. After our tour, we continue to Blagaj. We visit Blagaj, the place where the Buna River, one of Europe's strongest water sources, is born. Blagaj Tekke was built in the 1520s with the influences of Ottoman architectureOttoman architecture and Mediterranean style, and is regarded as a national monument by theBosniaks. After our free time in Blagaj, we head to Počitel. In Počitel, which preserves its historical texture and is known as the Turkish Village, we will see the works built by the Ottomans in the 16th century. After our tour, transfer to our hotel. Overnight at our hotel.
Blagaj Tour Included! / Počitel Tour Included! / Mostar Tour Included!
Lunch: Guests may have lunch at any restaurant they wish during the free time determined by our guide.
Dinner: Will be served at our hotel and is included in the tour fee.
Accommodation: 4* HOTEL KAKTUS etc. - MEDJUGORJE
Currencies: Bosnia and Herzegovina- Convertible Mark (Average rate 1 Euro: 1.95 KM)
Route: Sarajevo – Mostar – Blagaj – Počitel – Medjugorje 242 KM,
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated depending on customs crossing duration: 20:00
Day 2 TREBINJE– KOTOR – BUDVA – SHKODËR
After breakfast at our hotel, we depart for Montenegro, the pearl of the Adriatic Sea and one of the youngest countries in the world. Our first stop is Kotor, where you can breathe in a medieval atmosphere and which is famous for its fjords in the Balkans. With our tour in the Old Town-Fortress, we will explore this historic town. Then we turn our route to Budva, one of the most famous holiday resorts in the Balkans, with its magnificent beaches and colorful nightlife. After the panoramic tour, we get the chance to see from above the magnificent St. Stefan, which was brought into tourism after the island, once inhabited by fishermen, was expropriated and later sold to a Singaporean multi-billionaire. Then we continue our journey to Shkodra, one of the oldest settlements of the Republic of Albania. Upon arrival in Shkodra, transfer to our hotel. Overnight and dinner at our hotel.
Kotor / Budva Tour Included!
Breakfast: Will be served at our hotel and is included in the tour fee.
Lunch: Guests may have lunch at any restaurant they wish during the free time determined by our guide.
Dinner: Will be served at our hotel and is included in the tour fee.
Accommodation: 5* HOTEL GOLDEN PALACE etc. - SHKODËR
Currencies: Montenegro- Euro
Route: Trebinje– Kotor – Budva – Shkodra 188 KM,
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated depending on customs crossing duration: 20:00
Day 3 SHKODËR – TIRANA – OHRID
After breakfast at our hotel, we depart for Tirana, the capital of Albania. Upon arrival in Tirana, which is considered the center of Bektashism in Europe, the first stop of our city tour is the Ethem Bey Mosque, which began in 1789 and was completed in 1923. Then among the places to see are Skanderbeg Square, the clock tower built in 1821 by Ethem Bey, the symbol of Tirana, the Skanderbeg Statue, and the Peace Bell, made by melting the bullets fired by children from Shkodra during the uprising in 1999. After our city tour, we head to Ohrid, listed on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List and the birthplace of the Cyrillic Alphabet. Upon arrival, places we will see on our tour include the 9th-century Byzantine monks Saints Cyril and Methodius Monument, the St. Sophia Church, the Ancient Theater from the Roman period, Plane Tree Square, the Turkish Bazaar, the Halveti Tekke, the New Bazaar, the Ohrid Market, and Lake Ohrid. Then transfer to our hotel. Dinner and overnight at our hotel.
Breakfast: Will be served at our hotel and is included in the tour fee.
Lunch: Guests may have lunch at any restaurant they wish during the free time determined by our guide.
Dinner: Will be served at our hotel and is included in the tour fee.
Accommodation: 4* HOTEL MAKPETROL etc. - OHRID
Currencies: Albania- Lek (Average rate 1 Euro: 104 LEK) / North Macedonia– Macedonian Denar (Average rate 1 Euro: 61.49 MKD)
Route: Shkodra– Tirana –Ohrid 237 KM,
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated depending on customs crossing duration: 20:00
Day 4 OHRID – TETOVA (KALKANDELEN) – SKOPJE
After breakfast at our hotel and checking out of our rooms, we set off towards Skopje, the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. On the way, we stop in Tetova (Kalkandelen) and visit the Painted Mosque. Then we continue our journey to Skopje. Upon arrival, our city tour begins. Places to see on our city tour include Mustafa Pasha Mosque, Murat Pasha Mosque, Kapan Han, Sulu Han, and Stone Bridge. Then we continue our walk along the Vardar River and observing the Turkish and Jewish quarters on the opposite side of the river. On our walk, we see Macedonia Square, the Ottoman Bridge, and Davut Pasha Bath panoramically, enter the Turkish bazaar, and see the Clock Tower, one of Skopje’s iconic buildings, built in the 16th century, Sultan Murat Mosque, one of our early-period mosques built in the 14th century, and Isa Bey Mosque from the same century. Then free time and transfer to our hotel.
Tetova (Kalkandelen) Tour Included!
Breakfast: Will be served at our hotel and is included in the tour fee.
Lunch: Guests may have lunch at any restaurant they wish during the free time determined by our guide.
Dinner: Will be served at our hotel and is included in the tour fee.
Accommodation: 4* BEST WESTERN TURIST HOTEL etc. - SKOPJE
Currencies: North Macedonia– Macedonian Denar (Average rate 1 Euro: 61.49 MKD)
Route: Ohrid–Tetova–Skopje 176 KM,
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated depending on customs crossing duration: 20:00
Day 5 SKOPJE – PRIŠTINA – PRIZREN - SKOPJE
After breakfast, we set off with you, our valued guests, for Priština, the capital of Kosovo. After our journey, upon arriving in Priština, we begin our panoramic city tour where we will explore the modern and historical aspects of Kosovo. During this tour, we will visit Germia Park, one of Priština’s most important natural beauties. Then we will see the Kosovo Museum, which showcases Kosovo’s cultural heritage. During our tour, we will also visit many valuable structures from the Ottoman period. We will see the Fatih Sultan Mehmed Mosque and the 18th-century Yaşar Pasha Mosque. During this tour through the city’s historical heritage, we will visit the Tomb of Sultan Murad I Hüdavendigar, the Ottoman Sultan who was killed on the Kosovo Plain as a result of the 1389 Battle of Kosovo, giving us the opportunity to commemorate this important historical event and its place in Ottoman history. After our tour in Priština, we head to Prizren, known as Kosovo’s cultural capital. Upon arrival, we begin exploring the narrow streets of Prizren, whose architecture evokes an Anatolian Ottoman town and whose shop signs are filled with Turkish inscriptions. In the city, we will visit Sinan Pasha Mosque, one of the most important works of Ottoman architecture. Also among the other significant Ottoman works to be seen are the Halveti Tekke, Bayraklı Mosque, and Mehmet Pasha Bath. After our free time in Prizren, we begin our return journey to Skopje in the evening.
PRIŠTINA – PRIZREN Tour Included!
Breakfast: Will be served at our hotel and is included in the tour fee.
Lunch: Guests may have lunch at any restaurant they wish during the free time determined by our guide.
Dinner: Will be served at our hotel and is included in the tour fee.
Accommodation: 4* BEST WESTERN TURIST HOTEL etc. - SKOPJE
Currencies: North Macedonia– Macedonian Denar (Average rate 1 Euro: 61.49 MKD) , Kosovo - Euro
Route: Skopje – Priština - Prizren 330 KM,
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated depending on customs crossing duration: 20:00
Day 6 SKOPJE – BELGRADE
After breakfast at our hotel, check out of the rooms and depart for Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Upon arrival, our Belgrade city tour begins, one of Europe's oldest cities, the new symbol of vibrancy and dynamism. Places to be seen on our tour include the Old Palace decorated with magnificent carved ceilings from the Turkish period, Belgrade Fortress, one of the supply centers of the Ottoman navy where Fatih Sultan Mehmed was wounded in pursuit of which at the point where the Sava River joins the Danube but whose conquest came to Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, Kale Meydan, Stone Square, Military Museum, the tomb of Şehit Ali Pasha, and Bayraklı Mosque. After our tour, transfer to our hotel. Dinner and overnight at our hotel.
Breakfast: Will be served at our hotel and is included in the tour fee.
Lunch: Guests may have lunch at any restaurant they wish during the free time determined by our guide.
Dinner: Will be served at our hotel and is included in the tour fee.
Accommodation: 4* GOLDEN TULIP ZIRA BELGRADE Hotel etc. -BELGRADE
Currencies: Skopje – Macedonian Denar (Average rate 1 Euro: 61.49 MKD) / Serbia- Serbian Dinar (Average rate 1 Euro: 117.23 RSD)
Route: Skopje – Belgrade 432 KM,
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated depending on customs crossing duration: 21:00
Day 7 BELGRADE – SARAJEVO
After breakfast at our hotel and checking out of our rooms, depart for Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Upon arrival, we begin our panoramic city tour of Sarajevo, which for centuries served as the cultural capital of the Balkans, became the place where the First World War broke out after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir apparent of Austria-Hungary, by the Serbs here in 1914, and was heavily damaged during the 1992 war due to the devastating wars among Serbs, Croats, and Bosniaks, yet still largely preserves its beauty. Places to be seen on our city tour include: Baščaršija, the historic Ottoman inn Morica Han, the Catholic Cathedral reflecting the city’s religious cosmopolitanism, the Synagogue, the Gazi Husrev-bey and Ferhadija Mosques, the Latin Bridge where Franz Ferdinand’s assassination took place in 1914, the Old Library, and the western-style buildings formed during the city’s 40 years of Austro-Hungarian rule. Then transfer to our hotel. Overnight and dinner at our hotel.
Breakfast: Will be served at our hotel and is included in the tour fee.
Lunch: Guests may have lunch at any restaurant they wish during the free time determined by our guide.
Dinner: Will be served at our hotel and is included in the tour fee.
Accommodation: 4* HOTEL HOLLYWOOD etc. - SARAJEVO
Currencies: Serbia- Serbian Dinar (Average rate 1 Euro: 117.23 RSD) / Bosnia and Herzegovina- Convertible Mark (Average rate 1 Euro: 1.95 KM)
Route: Belgrade –Sarajevo 285 KM,
Hotel Check-in Time: Estimated depending on customs crossing duration: 20:00
Day 8 SARAJEVO–ISTANBUL
After breakfast, we check out of our rooms. After the free time given until transfer time, we transfer with our valued guests to Sarajevo Airport. After completing baggage and passport procedures, we will depart for Istanbul at 15:35 on A Jet Airlines flight VF 98. Arrival in the city at 18:25 and the end of our tour. Welcome home!
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