Step by Step Balkans Tour Visa Free 6 Nights 7 Days

DAY 1 ISTANBUL

Meeting at Sabiha Gökçen Airport International Terminal at 11:00. We depart for Belgrade at 14:40 with the PC 373 scheduled flight of Pegasus Airlines. After our arrival in Belgrade at 15:25 local time, we start the city tour with our private bus waiting for us. In the continuation of our tour, we will get off our bus and on the walking tour; Bayraklı Mosque, Belgrade Fortress, Damat Ali Pasha Tomb, Clock Tower, Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Fountain, Military Museum, Istanbul Gate, Dungeon Gate, Leopoldov Gate, Stefan Lazarevic Monument, Nebojşa Tower, Castle Square, Saborna Church, Republic Square, Libra Square and Stone Square is the place to be seen. We complete our city tour with a walk on Knez Mihajlova Street, which is considered the heart of the city. Here, you can shop and enjoy the cafes on the street during the free time that will be given until the meeting time to be announced by our guide. After the tour, transfer to our hotel. Dinner and overnight at our hotel.  

DAY 2 BELGRADE- SKOPJE

After waking up in the morning, clearing the rooms and having breakfast, we set out for Skopje. After arriving in Skopje, we start our panoramic city tour. Yahya Pasha Mosque, Clock Tower, Turkish Bazaar, Isa Bey Mosque, Mustafa Pasha Mosque, Murat Pasha Mosque, Kapan Han, Sulu Han, Davut Pasha Bath, Stone Bridge are among the places we will see in Skopje, the birthplace of our famous poet Yahya Kemal Beyatlı. are available. We are walking along the banks of the Vardar river and watching the Turkish and Jewish quarters on the other side of the river. In this walk, we will see Macedonia Square, Ottoman Bridge and Davut Pasha Bath from the outside. Then we go to the Turkish bazaar and start to see the historical artifacts in the Turkish Bazaar. Another building we will see, Kurşunlu Han, which is located in the old Turkish Bazaar and dated 1550, is used as the Academy of Fine Arts today. In Skopje, where 17 inns were built during the Ottoman period, 3 inns remain today. After visiting the Sulu Han and Kapan Han, which were built in the 2nd half of the 15th century, we visited the clock tower, one of the symbolic works of Skopje and built in the 16th century, the Sultan Murat Mosque, one of our early mosques built in the 14th century, and again from the same century. We visit the Isa Bey Mosque. After our visits, free time will be given for shopping in the Turkish bazaar. Shushka pepper, razor peanuts, sandals are among the ones we can buy. With the end of our tour, transfer to our hotel and settling in the rooms. Dinner and overnight at our hotel.

DAY 3 SKOPJE - TETOVA (Tetovo) - OHRID 

After waking up in the morning, emptying the rooms and having breakfast, we set out for Ohrid. On our way, our first stop will be Tetova, with its local name, and Tetovo, as it was used in the Ottoman period. Upon our arrival in Tetovo, we continue on our way to Ohrid after visiting the Alaca Mosque, an architectural work that you have not seen before with its magnificent decorations built in 1438. Upon our arrival, we start our city tour on foot. In Ohrid, a city on the UNESCO World Heritage list, you will see places such as the Hagia Sophia Church, which is still used in concerts and festivals, the Roman Amphitheater, the Ottoman Halveti Lodge, old structures reminiscent of Safranbolu houses, and the Çınar Square. At the end of our city tour, you will have the chance to buy the Ohrid Pearl and other souvenirs at the free time. Transfer to our hotel at the end of our tour. After a short rest, we move to the Balkan night with a meal, accompanied by Macedonian music and local flavors. Return to our hotel at the end of the night. Overnight at our hotel.

DAY 4 OHRID (St. NAUM – MANASTIR ( BITOLA) )  

After breakfast at the hotel, we depart from our hotel for the St.Naum-Monastery tour and reach St.Naum with the unique views of Lake Ohrid. The monastery, which was founded on the shore of Lake Ohrid and on the edge of the water sources reaching the lake from here, was built in the 16th century. Our guests can join the boat trip in the pond. After the free time we will give here, we continue on our way to Monastery. Passing through Resne, famous for its apple orchards and densely populated by Turks on our way, we arrive at Manastır. In the city whose current name is Bitola (Monastery), we first visit the Military High School, where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was educated and which is used as the city museum today. The classroom where Atatürk was educated is today organized as the 'Atatürk Memorial Room'. There is also an ethnography museum in the building. During our monastery city tour; We see works such as the Turkish Bazaar, Bedesten from the Ottoman period, İshak Mosque, Yeni Mosque. We will witness an interesting event from Atatürk's life during our tour of Şirok Street, which is the heart of the monastery city, where daily life flows, and the city's apple of the eye with its cafes, restaurants and stylish buildings. After the free time we will give after our tour, transfer to our hotel in Ohrid. Dinner and overnight at our hotel. 

DAY 5 OHRID – TIRANA – İŞKODRA  

After waking up in the morning, clearing the rooms and having breakfast, we leave our hotel and set off for Shkodër. Our stop on our way is Tirana, the capital of Albania. In the city, which remained under Ottoman rule for about 500 years; Ethem Bey Mosque, Clock Tower, Skender Bey Statue and Square, Opera House are the places to be seen panoramically. After the free time we will give here, we continue on our way to Shkodër. Upon arrival, transfer to our hotel and accommodation in rooms. Dinner at our hotel. 

DAY 6 İŞKODRA – BUDVA – KOTOR – TREBINJE   

We leave our hotel after breakfast in our hotel in the morning. After the panoramic city tour of Shkodër, we pass to Montenegro, one of the youngest states in the world. On our way, after a break where you can see the magnificent island of St. Stefan, which was brought to tourism with the expropriation of an island during the Tito period, which was once a settlement for fishermen, on our way, we are going to Budva, one of the most famous holiday centers of the Balkans with its magnificent beaches and colorful nightlife. On the walking tour we will do here, we will visit Stari Grad (old city center) and the castle. Meeting at the time specified by our guide and departure to Kotor, which is an important historical and natural paradise and tourist attraction center. You will get to know this charming town on a walking tour of Stari Grad (Old Town-Castle). After our journey through the magnificent Bay of Kotor, we arrive at the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Transfer to our hotel in Trebinje after customs clearance. Dinner and overnight at our hotel.

NOTE: TREBINJE accommodation may take place in another region around it, depending on the density of the region. 

DAY 7 TREBINJE - POÇİTEL- BLAGAJ -MOSTAR - SARAJEVO  

After waking up in the morning, having breakfast and clearing the rooms, we set off for Sarajevo. First of all, we visit Poçitel, which is known as the Turkish Village and protected with all its historical texture on our way, and we move to Mostar. After our arrival, we first see the Mostar Bridge on our walking tour. Built by architect Hayreddin in 1557, the bridge is a masterpiece of Ottoman architecture. The bridge was destroyed by Croatian artillery in the war that took place in 1992, but it was reopened in 2004 with the great contributions of the Republic of Turkey. Then we see the Koska Mehmet Pasha Mosque. Then we see the buildings built by the Ottomans in the 16th century. Afterwards, we visit the Blagaj Dervish Lodge, the first lodge of Bosnia, built by the raiders among the Ottoman armies that took the Blagaj Region under their dominion in 1446. (The lodge entrance is not included) After the free time at the source of the river, we will depart for Sarajevo at the time determined by our guide. Upon our arrival in the city center, we get off the bus in front of the central library building, which is one of the symbols of the city, and start the city tour on foot. After seeing the central library, Inat Kuca, whose story you will be very surprised to hear, the Latin Bridge built during the Ottoman period, and the scene of the shooting of the Austro-Hungarian archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, which caused the First World War, we continue towards the heart of the city, Bascarsija. Our tour, which continues with the fountain, which is a tradition in the Ottoman Empire, and the Sebil Square, which takes its name from this work, will continue on the streets of Başçarşı, which still preserves its historical structure. Kurşunlu Madrasa, Morica Han, Gazi Hüsrev Bey Mosque and Clock Tower are other monuments we will see. Our tour will continue with the most popular street of the city, Ferhadije, buildings reflecting the architecture of the Austro-Hungarian Empire period, the Catholic Cathedral, Markale Market, and the covered market place. It will end at the Undying Fire Monument, built in memory of the victims. Here you can shop in your free time and sip Turkish tea and Bosnian coffee in the historical atmosphere of Moriça Han. Transfer to our hotel at the time determined by our guide. Dinner and overnight at our hotel.

DAY 8 SARAJEVO -ISTANBUL

After waking up in the morning, evacuating the rooms and having breakfast, free time until the transfer time. Meeting at the time determined by our guide, transfer to Sarajevo airport. After check-in, departure to Istanbul at 17:50 with the PC 294 scheduled flight of Pegasus Airlines. Arrival at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport at 20:30 and the end of our tour. Hope to see you on our next tour.