BENELUX & PARIS 2027 WINTER (CRL-CRL) PC

DAY 1                 ISTANBUL – BRUSSELS – AMSTERDAM

Meeting with our valued guests in front of the Pegasus Airlines counter at the International Departures terminal of Sabiha Gökçen Airport 3 hours before the flight departure time. Following the baggage and ticket procedures, departure for Brussels on a scheduled Pegasus Airlines flight. Upon arrival, we depart for Amsterdam by our private bus waiting for us at the airport. Upon arrival, panoramic Amsterdam city tour. During our tour, Dam Square, the Royal Palace, the Flower Market and the Red Light District are among the sights to be seen. After the tour, we transfer to the hotel. Overnight at our hotel.

DAY 2                 AMSTERDAM

After breakfast, free time. Our guests who wish may join the Magnificent Holland Tour (95 Euros) [Marken & Volendam & Zaanse Schans] organized as an optional excursion by our guide. You will not get enough of the time spent in the harbor area of Volendam, an old fishing town that inspired the song “Those who want to see the real beauty of Holland should go to Volendam.” Our next stop is the town of Marken. During our visit to the town, you can observe the fishermen’s lives in charming little houses and also have the opportunity to buy inexpensive souvenirs. Afterwards, we have the opportunity to see Zaanse Schans, a magical town famous for its windmills. After the tour, we transfer to the hotel. Overnight at our hotel.

DAY 3                 AMSTERDAM – LUXEMBOURG

After breakfast, we depart for Luxembourg. En route, we will visit McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Roermond, one of the largest and most advantageous outlets in the region. After the free time provided here for shopping, we continue our journey to Luxembourg. Upon arrival, we take a panoramic evening city tour of Luxembourg. During our tour, the Petrus River Valley, the old city center and its narrow streets, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Constitution Square, the city cathedral and the Palace of the Dukes are among the sights to be seen. After the tour, we go to the hotel. Overnight at our hotel.

DAY 4                 LUXEMBOURG – PARIS

After breakfast, we depart for Paris. Our guests who wish may join the Reims (Champagne) Tour (40 Euros), which will be organized as an optional excursion along our route. During this magnificent tour in Reims, the most important and largest city of the Champagne region, which has witnessed the coronation ceremonies of many French kings with its history dating back to the Roman Empire and its unique Gothic architecture, Reims Cathedral, The Palace of Tau, Saint Remi Basilica and La Porte de Mars are among the sights to be seen. Afterwards, we continue our journey to Paris. Upon arrival, panoramic city tour. During our tour, the Eiffel Tower, Champs Elysees, the Louvre Museum and its pyramid featured in The Da Vinci Code, the D’Orsay Museum, the Arc de Triomphe, Place de l’Étoile, Napoleon’s tomb, the Parliament building, the Pont Alexandre III, Grand Palace and Petite Palace built for the 1990 industrial fair, and Concorde Guillotine Square, the site of the French Revolution of 1789, are among the sights to be seen. After the tour, we transfer to the hotel. Overnight at our hotel.

DAY 5                  PARIS      

After breakfast, our guests who wish may join the Paris Combined Tour (95 Euros) [Seine River Boat Cruise & Montmartre Artists’ Hill & Sacré-Cœur Basilica & Notre Dame Cathedral & Fragonard Perfume Museum], organized as an optional excursion by our guide. During our tour, we will go to the best spots for photographing the Eiffel Tower, where you will have free time to take unforgettable photos and, if you wish, visit the Eiffel Tower. Afterwards, you will enjoy a one-hour boat cruise on the Seine River, circling the islands and seeing Paris and its bridges from the river. Then, we take the funicular up Montmartre, Paris’s oldest and highest hill. After our free time in Place du Tertre, famous for Sacré-Cœur and its artists, where you can enjoy the bohemian lifestyle, shop or have your portrait painted, we visit the famous Notre Dame Cathedral, featured in novels, songs and films. Following the cathedral visit and a photo break at the zero point of Paris, our tour comes to an end and we return to our hotel. In the evening, our guests who wish may join the Paris by Night Tour (35 Euros), which will be organized as an optional excursion by our guide. After the tour, we transfer to the hotel. Overnight at our hotel.

*The optional tours offered today are our optional tours operated jointly. If purchased separately, transportation to and from the tour starting / ending points will be provided individually.  

DAY 6                 PARIS

After breakfast, free time. Our guests who wish may join the Magnificent Normandy & St. Germain Tour (95 Euros), organized as an optional excursion by our guide. Our first stop is Rouen, a medieval city. With its historic monuments and architectural works dating from the Middle Ages, it will take you on a brief journey through time. During our tour, the magnificent Gothic Rouen Notre Dame Cathedral, whose foundations were laid during the reign of Norman William, who would later be known as William the Conqueror, and where Joan of Arc was tried, Gros-Horloge (the Renaissance Clock), the Palace of Justice and Vieux Marché (the symbolic cross where Joan of Arc’s life ended and the Joan of Arc Church located there today) are among the sights to be seen. After free time, we return to Paris. Our final stop is Saint-Germain-des-Prés, or simply the elegant St. Germain district, a favorite destination of many famous people such as the renowned American writer Ernest Hemingway and existentialist philosophers Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. During our tour of the vibrant St. Germain district, home to world-famous cafés such as Cafe Le Bonaparte, Cafe de Flore and Cafe Les Deux Magots, the world’s oldest café-restaurant (*1686), Le Procope, and jazz music festivals, we will panoramically see the Luxembourg Gardens, St. Sulpice Church, where Victor Hugo got married, Place St. Michel and Paris’s oldest church, St. Germain-des-Prés. After the tour, we return to the hotel. Overnight at our hotel.

*Our guests who wish may spend their free day in Paris by visiting Disneyland. Our guide will assist you with Disneyland tickets. Transportation to and from the park will be provided individually.

DAY 7                 PARIS – BRUSSELS   

After breakfast, we depart for Brussels. Along the route, our guests who wish may join the Bruges City Tour (40 Euros), organized as an optional excursion by our guide, famous for its picture-postcard canals, old bridges, UNESCO-protected structures and chocolate. After the tour, we continue our journey toward Brussels. Upon arrival in Brussels, panoramic city tour. During our tour, the Royal Palace, the Chinese and Japanese houses, Grand Place (the city square), the Stock Exchange building, the Atomium Monument, Heysel Stadium and Manneken Pis (the statue of a peeing boy) are among the sights to be seen. After the tour, we transfer to the hotel. Overnight at our hotel.

DAY 8                 BRUSSELS – ISTANBUL   

After breakfast, transfer to Brussels Airport depending on the flight time. Following completion of the baggage and check-in procedures, departure for Istanbul on a scheduled Pegasus Airlines flight. Arrival in Istanbul and the end of our tour.