Grand Italy & Greece & Balkan Tour - Departing from Ankara
Grand Italy & Greece & Balkans Tour
Sofia – Belgrade – Ljubljana – Verona – Milan – Venice – Florence – Pisa - Siena – Rome – Pompei – Igoumenitsa – Thessaloniki
7 Nights – 9 Days
1./2. Day – Ankara – Sofia – Belgrade
On the first day of our tour, departure at 14:30 from in front of the National Library, at 15:00 from Ümitköy Bridge and at 15:45 from in front of Eryaman Optimum, arriving at Kapıkule via Edirne. Entry into Bulgaria after customs and passport procedures. Then arrival in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Following the arrival, a panoramic Sofia city tour will be organized. During our trip, St. Nedelya Church, Rotonda Church, Russian Church, St. Sofia Church, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Prime Ministry, Parliament, Sofia University and Banya Bashi Mosque are among the places to be seen. After our Sofia tour, depart for Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Upon arrival, transfer to our hotel. Overnight at our hotel.
3rd Day: Belgrade - Venice
After breakfast, check out from the rooms and depart for Venice. Guests who wish may visit Ljubljana (Extra 45 EUR), the capital of Slovenia and winner of the 2016 European Green Capital award, as an extra arrangement by your guide along our route. In our panoramic city tour, Ljubljana River, Parliament building, Ljubljana University, Old Square, Dragon Statue, Dragon Bridge, Tivoli Park, St. Nicholas Cathedral and Preseren Square are included. Departure from the city and arrival in Venice. Overnight at our hotel.
4th Day Venice- (Milan & Verona )
After breakfast, free time. Guests who wish may join the full-day Extra (95 EUR) Milan & Verona tour organized by your guide. First, we arrive in Verona, home to Italy’s marble and the world-famous love story of Romeo and Juliet. We will have the opportunity to see the old city, the historic Arena where concerts are still held today, the Signori Palace, and Brave-Dante and Erbe Square. Leaving Verona, we head to the city center of Milan, the industrial and fashion city. On our Milan city tour, walking along the city’s elegant streets, we arrive at the famous Duomo Square. In the square, we see the Duomo Cathedral, one of Italy’s most important and architecturally magnificent works. We complete our time in Milan by shopping at the Galleria Vittoria Emanuele Arcade and the famous Buenos Aires Boulevard. Departure to Venice and arrival. Accommodation at our hotel.
5th Day: Venice - Florence
After breakfast, departure to the center of Venice. Upon our arrival in Venice, we walk toward San Marco Square to get to know Venice. If our guests approve, we arrive at the historic San Marco Square with private vaporettos (15 EUR), and the Square and San Marco Cathedral, Doge’s Palace, Grand Canal, and Rialto Bridge are among the places to be seen with our guide. Guests who wish may join the extra gondola ride (45 EUR) organized by your guide. By joining the canal tour with gondolas, we get the chance to explore the romantic and historic canals in more detail from the water. After our visit to Venice, we depart for Florence. Guests who wish may join the Pisa tour. The leaning bell tower that comes to mind with the Etruscans, Campo Die Miracoli (Duomo Square) and the cylindrical Baptistery of Pisa are among the places we will see. (55 EUR) Transfer to our hotel. Overnight at our hotel.
6th Day: Florence – Rome
After breakfast, check out from the rooms and, upon arrival in the city, we carry out the Florence city tour. In this tour, Arno River, Ponte Vecchio Bridge, Uffizi Art Gallery, San Giovanni Battista Baptistery, Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral and Signoria Palace are among the places to be seen panoramically. After the tour, free time in the city center; our guests can spend their time getting to know the city more closely and shopping. After our tour, we depart for Rome. Guests who wish may join the extra Siena tour, an important historic city of the Tuscany region. As we walk through the historic medieval streets dating back to the Etruscans, we will take a journey from today into the past. We will see Siena Square and examples of Gothic Roman architecture (65 EUR). Transfer to our hotel, room distribution and overnight at our hotel.
7th Day: Rome
After breakfast, we carry out the Rome City Introduction Tour. Places to be seen include; Vatican, considered the center of Christianity, St. Peter’s Cathedral and the famous Venice Square designed by the architect Bernini. Then there are the Colosseum, Roman Forum, Trajan Forum, Circus Maximus racing area, Venice Square where Mussolini addressed the public, Vittoriano Victory Monument, the Fountain of Love {Fontana di Trevi} and the Spanish Steps {Piazza di Spagna}. Free time in the city. Overnight at your hotel. After resting for a while, we carry out the Rome Under the Lights (By Night) Evening Tour (Extra 45 EUR), organized extra by your guide, with our guests who wish. In our tour, we will have the opportunity to capture Rome under the lights from Lovers’ Hill, the highest hill in Rome; then Navona Square, Pantheon, Colosseum, Via Del Corso, Piazza Del Popolo are the places we will see under the evening lights. Overnight at our hotel.
8th Day Rome – Brindisi (Bari)
After breakfast, departure for Bari or Brindisi, the port city of Italy. We will have the opportunity to visit the Ancient City of Pompei at a discounted price (Extra 80 EUR) along our route, organized by our guide. In this tour, Pompei, one of the few ancient cities founded on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius and preserved in the best way to reflect its old state to the present day, will show shops turned into ruins as a result of the volcanic eruption, houses where villagers lived, amphitheater, and city square. After our tour, departure to the port, transfer to the seats reserved for our group following customs procedures and departure at 23:30. Our night will be spent on the ferry journey.
9th Day Igoumenitsa – Thessaloniki – Ankara
After our arrival at Igoumenitsa port in the morning, we depart for Thessaloniki. Then Thessaloniki City Tour. During our city tour, the promenade, White Tower, Rotating Tower, Fair Square, Ottoman and Byzantine works, Aya Dimitros Cathedral, the largest cathedral in Greece, and the Statue of Alexander the Great are among the places to be seen. At the end of our tour, we visit the house of the Great Leader Atatürk. After a short rest break, we take a walk along the promenade, famous for its cafes in Thessaloniki, and taste Greece’s famous coffee Frappe in the cafes. Free time after the city tour. Meeting at the time specified by our guide and arrival in İpsala via Xanthi, Komotini, and Alexandroupoli. After customs procedures, we arrive in Ankara via Tekirdağ. (Depending on customs crossings, estimated arrival time is around 08:30 the next day.)
What's Included
✅Transportation service by bus between Ankara – Sofia - Belgrade - Venice - Florence - Rome - Bari - Igoumenitsa – Thessaloniki
✅City tours to be conducted in Rome – Florence - Venice – Thessaloniki – Belgrade - Sofia.
✅1 night accommodation with bed and breakfast at a 3*-4* hotel in Belgrade..
✅2 nights accommodation with bed and breakfast at a 3* or 4* hotel in Venice (surroundings)
✅1 night accommodation with bed and breakfast at a 3* or 4* hotel in Florence (surroundings).
✅2 nights accommodation with bed and breakfast at a 3* or 4* hotel in Rome..
✅Ferry journey between Bari (Brindisi) - Igoumenitsa. (ATS-coach type seat)
✅Professional Turkish-language guiding services.
✅Limited water service on the vehicle
✅All highway checkpoint and parking fees
✅Customs duties
Not Included
❌Visa fee and service charge (Multiple Entry Schengen Visa
❌Exit tax
❌Travel Health Insurance
❌Extra tours
❌City accommodation taxes (35 EUR per person)
❌Entrance fees for museums, archaeological sites, etc.
❌Lunch and dinner
❌Extra tours organized by the guide
❌All personal expenses
❌Optional driver tips
INFORMATION
In order to be able to shop and spend in all countries included in the program during the tour, it is sufficient to have Euros with us. In regions where the local currency is used, the Guide will assist with currency exchange.
During the trip, comfortable walking shoes or sneakers should be preferred. It is advisable to bring a cardigan, etc. for the evening.
On our tours, a daily rotation (seat change) is applied in seat planning, and no fixed seat or front seat guarantee is given. Seat changes are organized by the vehicle guide.
When entering Turkey from abroad, to bring goods (alcohol - cigarettes etc.), a minimum of 3 days of accommodation is required.
When entering Turkey from abroad, free shop shopping limits: Cigarettes: 3 cartons, Alcoholic Beverages: 1 liter of alcoholic beverage (alcoholic beverages containing more than 22% alcohol, excluding wine and champagne), Alcoholic Beverages: 2 liters of alcoholic beverage (alcoholic beverages containing less than 22% alcohol, including wine and champagne), Perfume: 600 ml, Makeup or Skin Care Products: 5 items, Chocolate and Confectionery: 2 kg, Coffee: 1 kg, Tea: 1 kg
In the tour program, the Guides may make changes to the flow of the program depending on weather and road conditions, provided that every place specified in the program is shown.
Our tour program is organized with a minimum participation of 25 people. If sufficient participation is not achieved for the trip, the latest cancellation notification date is 20 days before the tour departure. The cancellation of the tour due to insufficient participation will be announced by Lidya Tour.
In cases where only category information is given in the tour program without specifying a name and/or options are available for the same destination, the hotel(s) will be announced 2 days before the departure of the trip.
During periods such as fairs, congresses, concerts, events, sports tournaments, etc., hotels may be used at a distance greater than the specified km’s. In such a case, information will be provided 15 days before the departure date of the tour.
3-person rooms may be provided depending on hotel availability, and in such rooms the bed allocated to the 3rd person is smaller than standard beds. 3-person rooms consist of 1 large bed + 1 extra bed. Since extra beds are made up of foldable beds and coach beds, tour participants are deemed to have declared that they accept the possible cramped conditions in the rooms and the bed type in 3rd person and/or child reservations. Child discounts are valid only for one child staying with 2 adults and matching the relevant age group.
The breakfasts included among the services in the tour program are served in accordance with the breakfast culture of the country visited and usually with a limited menu called continental breakfast, consisting of butter, jam, bread, tea or coffee, and may be served in a separate hall assigned to the group.
The panoramic city tours included in the tour package are tours organized for the general introduction of cities, lasting at most 2-3 hours, and conducted panoramically with guide commentary from inside the vehicle, without museum or archaeological site entrance fees. Panoramic tours, including other tours specified in the program, are not the responsibility of Lidya Tour if they cannot be carried out on the day and time of the tour due to roads closed by local authorities, places not allowed to be visited or entered, or closed roads due to any event, or if weather conditions make the tour impossible. Some tours may be carried out by public transport or on foot where possible in areas with closed roads or where vehicle access is not allowed.
During travel, waiting times at customs gates crossed by road may exceed standards, and Lidya Tour cannot be held responsible for any adverse situations arising from these waiting times.
Extra tours are organized with a minimum participation of 20 people. If sufficient numbers are not reached, the excursions cannot be carried out or the prices, content, and vehicles used for extra excursions may vary depending on the number of participants. In addition, the days and times of the tours may be changed by the guide according to the open/closed status of museums and archaeological sites at the destinations and weather conditions.
Extra tours are optional and not mandatory. Passengers who do not wish to participate in extra tours organized during the tour are deemed to have accepted waiting at a suitable rest facility along the route. These passengers are dropped off at a roadside rest facility before the extra tour begins and picked up from the point where they were dropped off after the tour is completed.
For people participating in tours by plane, the check-in and boarding procedures to be carried out are personal procedures, and guests are required to complete them before the flight at the relevant airline counters at airports or online via the airlines' websites.
Lidya Tour is not responsible for passengers who are not present at the specified airport at the announced times for participation in the tour, who do not complete check-in and boarding procedures on time, or who complete check-in and boarding procedures on time but do not board the plane, failing to take the flight. The new round-trip plane tickets that will be necessary for those who miss the plane to join the tour, as well as all expenses related to their transfers in the destination region, are their responsibility.
There may be a risk of delay on scheduled and special flights, or the hours may change before the current trip and flight. Lidya Tour is obliged to notify these changes as soon as possible. The passenger has purchased the trip by accepting the risk of schedule changes. Children aged 0-2 do not pay airport tax and airport service fees.
The types of vehicles used in our tours are classified as follows according to the number of people. The vehicle types below are assigned according to the number of participants in each tour.
Bus: (Used for 25 - 46 people) *Mercedes Travego/Tourismo *NEOPLAN Cityliner/Tourliner -*Temsa Safir/Maraton *Man Fortuna
Midibuses: (Used for 17 - 24 people) *Isuzu Turkuaz , *Otokar Mega
Minibuses: (Used for up to 16 people) *Vw Volt , *Mercedes Sprinter
All guests are deemed to have sold the tour by accepting the above-mentioned items
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