Elegant Balkans Tour from İzmir to Kosovo
Tour details
Highlights:
• Visa-free • With Pegasus Airlines • 7 Nights 8 Days • 6 Countries 13 Cities • Evening Dinners and Balkan Night Included • All Surrounding Excursions and Tours Included
What's included
✅ Round-trip economy class airline ticket with Pegasus Airlines on the Izmir (ADB) – Skopje (SKP) route
✅ Airport taxes
✅ Airport-hotel-airport transfers
✅ 6 nights in 4* hotels on Half Board basis (including breakfast and dinner)
✅ 1 night accommodation in a 4* hotel with Room + Breakfast
✅ Balkan Night entertainment at a local restaurant one evening
✅ Belgrade City Tour
✅ Sarajevo City Tour
✅ Mostar City Tour
✅ Blagaj Tour
✅ Počitelj Village Tour
✅ Kotor City Tour
✅ Budva City Tour
✅ Tirana City Tour
✅ Ohrid City Tour
✅ Sveti Naum Tour
✅ Bitola (Manastir) Tour
✅ Skopje City Tour
✅ Kosovo Tour
✅ Matka Canyon Tour
✅ TURSAB professional liability insurance
✅ Turkish-language guiding service
Not included
❌ Travel health insurance
❌ All kinds of personal expenses and hotel extras
❌ Exit tax for leaving the country
❌ Lunches
❌ Tourist city taxes
❌ Museum & archaeological site entrance fees (75 Euro)
❌ All beverages taken with meals
❌ Driver tips 5 Euro / per person (optional)
Need to Know
Kotor & Budva Old Town Entrance + Blagay Alperen Tekke + Sveti Naum National Park + Matka Canyon Entrance and Boat + Bitola Military High School Museum + Ohrid Lake Boat + Vrelo Bosna + Local Guides + Tourist city taxes 75€ per person
***Payment to our guide is mandatory during the tour***
ACCOMMODATION AND FLIGHT NOTES
o Check-in time at hotels is between 15:00 – 17:00 / Check-out time is between 10:00 – 12:00.
o Departure and arrival times are local times.
o Flights marked with * arrive at the destination on the calendar day 1 day after the departure date.
o Prices are not valid for groups; please ask for our special prices.
o Trebinje hotel accommodation may be provided as Medugorje depending on availability in the region.
o The participant hereby accepts in advance that they will join the tours organized as stated in the tour program and will not disrupt the program, and will additionally pay to the tour official during the trip the amount previously stated in the tour program for payments related to expenses such as local guide, museum & historical site entrance fees, city taxes, and if any, audio system fees. The participant has been fully and completely informed on this matter.
PC1571 ADB SKP 11:00 11:20
PC1572 SKP ADB 12:05 14:20
12 April & 31 May & 07,14,21,28 June & 05,12,19,26 July, 02,09,16,23 August & 27 September & 04,11 October 2026
PC1571 ADB SKP 11:30 11:45
PC1572 SKP ADB 12:30 14:45
19,26 April & 03,10,17,24 May & 30 August & 13,20 September 2026
PC1571 ADB SKP 11:40 11:55
PC1572 SKP ADB 12:50 15:05
IMPORTANT NOTES
Our tour program is arranged with a minimum participation of 40 people. If sufficient participation for the trip is not achieved, the final cancellation notice date is 20 days before the tour departure. The canceled tour due to insufficient participation will be communicated to you through your agency.
If there is insufficient participation but the tour is still carried out, English guidance may be provided.
In cases where only category information is provided in the tour program without specifying names, and/or there are optional alternatives for the same destination, the hotel(s) will be notified by your agency 48 hours before the tour departure.
During fairs, congresses, concerts, events, sports tournaments, etc., hotels may be used at distances greater than those specified in km. In such a case, you will be informed by your agency 15 days before the tour departure date.
Triple rooms may be provided depending on hotel availability, and the bed assigned to the 3rd person in such rooms is smaller than standard beds. Triple rooms consist of 1 large bed + 1 extra bed. Since extra beds are folding beds or coach beds, the tour participant is deemed to have accepted the possible tightness 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. No bed guarantee is given for children aged 0–2.
Breakfasts included in the tour program are served at the hotel in accordance with the breakfast culture of the country and generally with a limited menu called continental breakfast, consisting of butter, jam, bread, tea or coffee, and may be served in a separate hall allocated to the group.
The panoramic city tours included in the tour package are tours organized for the general introduction of the cities, lasting at most 2-3 hours, and conducted panoramically from the vehicle with guide narration, not including museum or historical site entrance fees. Panoramic tours, including the other tours specified in the program, are not the responsibility of Lidya Tour if they cannot be carried out because the day and time of the tour coincide with restrictions imposed by local authorities on sightseeing or entry, or due to closed roads because of any event, or when 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 permitted.
Extra tours are organized by the local agency we work with, subject to a minimum participation of 10 people. If the required number is not reached, the trips cannot be carried out, or the extra tour prices, content, and vehicle used may vary according to the number of participants. In addition, the days and times of the tours may be changed by the guide depending on the opening/closing status of the museums and historical sites at the destinations and the weather conditions.
Extra tours are optional and not mandatory. Passengers who do not wish to join extra tours organized during the tour are deemed to have accepted waiting at a suitable rest stop along the route. These passengers are dropped off at a roadside rest stop before the extra tour begins and picked up from the same point after the tour is completed.
Due to airline rules, if the outbound flight of round-trip tickets purchased is not used, the return flight is canceled by the airline.
Guests included in the tour without a flight must be present at the tour starting point on their own means and without any delay. Otherwise, they will arrange all their transfers on their own.
Lidya Tour is not responsible for passengers who do not arrive at the specified airport at the times notified in accordance with airline rules 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 are unable to board the plane, in the event they cannot make the flight. All costs related to obtaining new round-trip plane tickets required for missed-flight guests to join the tour, transfers in the destination region, etc. are their responsibility.
The personal belongings, bags, suitcases, passports/IDs of the people participating in the tour are under their own responsibility, and Lidya Tour is not responsible for forgotten/lost/stolen items. There is no obligation to deliver forgotten items to the country and/or person if found, and the costs incurred during delivery are borne by the owner of the item.
In cases such as illness, loss, or theft, the guide cannot accompany guests individually in such negative situations, as the integrity and continuity of the group is essential for the guide.
When purchasing the tour, it is mandatory to provide the name as in the passport, date of birth, and passport number correctly. Airline tickets are issued according to this information. Any ticket cancellation and change penalties resulting from incorrect information will be collected from you.
Food and beverage and online check-in services may be subject to fees on some airlines.
Seat numbers cannot be guaranteed during the tour when using the bus.
During our tours, the times announced by our guide to the guests are the departure times, the wheel-turning times of the vehicle. Our guide, who is responsible for fairly considering the rights of all our guests, will move the vehicle without waiting at the meeting times. In the event of a delay, our guest must make their own way to the next stop.
In cases where only category information is provided and/or alternative information exists for the same destination, you can learn the hotel(s) where you will stay 48 hours before the tour departure.
Lidya Tour is an intermediary institution between the airline and the passenger and is subject to the Hague Protocol dated 28.09.1955. On scheduled and charter flights, there may be a risk of delay, or the times may change before the current trip and flight. Lidya Tour is obliged to notify these changes as soon as possible. Our passengers have purchased the tour knowing and accepting that flight details may change.
VISA
There is no visa requirement for T.R. citizens. For a visa application, a passport valid for at least 8 months from the end date of travel is sufficient.
Our guests traveling with a T.R. green passport must renew their passports if the passport issuance date is older than 10 years; otherwise, they may not be accepted into the destination country and/or the airline may not operate their flight. In such a case, responsibility lies with the passenger.
The visa information stated in the program applies to citizens of the Republic of Turkey. Guests holding a passport other than that of the Republic of Turkey should obtain visa information from the relevant consulates.
Passport control has the authority to deny you entry into the country. Lidya Tour is not responsible for this situation; responsibility lies with the passenger.
In order to avoid problems with customs police at the border of the country to be visited due to torn, worn, wet and/or similarly damaged passports, such passports must be renewed, and if the country applies a visa to T.R. citizens, the relevant visa must be in the new passport. Otherwise, responsibility lies with the passenger.
Since it is possible that our guests under 18 traveling alone or with only one of their mother or father may be asked by the officer at the country’s entry-exit points for a document showing the mutual consent of the parents, we recommend that our guests under 18 and their parents be sensitive about this matter.
Tour Program
Izmir – Skopje – Belgrade
We meet at İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport, at the international departures terminal, three hours before the flight. After baggage, ticket, and boarding procedures, we fly to Skopje on Pegasus Airlines’ scheduled service. Upon arrival, we transfer to Belgrade by private vehicle. After arriving in Belgrade, we begin our panoramic city tour. Located in a strategic position at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, Kalemegdan Park and Fortress, Belgrade’s most important defense point throughout history, is one of the best places to view the Danube River. Nikola Tesla Museum, which we will see panoramically from the outside during our tour, is a science center dedicated to the life and inventions of the famous inventor Nikola Tesla. The museum exhibits Tesla’s groundbreaking inventions in the fields of electricity and magnetism. By giving a brief introduction from the outside, we will observe the global impact of this important scientist and Serbia’s respect for him. In addition, Knez Mihailova, Belgrade’s most famous and popular street, and St. Sava Cathedral, one of the largest Orthodox churches in Europe, are among the places we will see during our tour. After our tour, dinner and accommodation at our hotel in Belgrade.
Belgrade – Sarajevo – Vrelo Bosne – Sarajevo
After breakfast at the hotel, we depart for Sarajevo. After the break we will take on the way, we arrive in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and begin our city tour. We stroll through Baščaršija, the most distinguished bazaar in Europe. We visit the Gazi Husrev-bey Madrasa, which has remained in operation since the Ottoman period. Then we visit the Gazi Husrev-bey Mosque, a relative of Suleiman the Magnificent. In the continuation of our tour, the Clock Tower, the Catholic Cathedral in Sarajevo, the Orthodox Churches, and the Jewish Synagogue are among the sights to be seen. Afterwards, after visiting the Latin Bridge, where World War I broke out, we pass through the gate where Fatih Sultan Mehmet entered the city and drink water from the Ottoman Fountain. Finally, we visit the Fatih Mosque, attributed to Fatih Sultan Mehmet Han. Then we depart for our Vrelo Bosne tour. On this tour, we set out to discover Vrelo Bosne, one of Sarajevo’s most special natural beauties. In this unique natural wonder located at the source of the Bosna River, we take a peaceful walk accompanied by lush green trees and clear waters. We spend time immersed in nature along the walking paths surrounded by historic plane trees, and capture unforgettable photos amid ponds where swans glide and small waterfalls. After the free time given by our guide, transfer to our hotel. Dinner and accommodation at our Sarajevo hotel
Sarajevo – Mostar – Blagaj – Počitelj – Trebinje & Međugorje
After breakfast at the hotel, we depart for Mostar. Upon our arrival in Mostar, on our walking city tour, we first see the Mostar Bridge. (Built in 1557 by Mimar Hayreddin, the bridge is a masterpiece of Ottoman architecture.) The bridge was destroyed by Croatian artillery during the war in 1992, but with major contributions from the Republic of Turkey, it was reopened in 2004. Then we see the Koska Mehmet Pasha Mosque. After our Mostar tour and the free time given by our guide, we visit Blagaj and then head to Počitelj Village, which bears traces of the Ottoman period. This stone village will welcome you with its timeless structures and unique atmosphere. Structures such as the Haji Aliya Mosque and the Clock Tower in the village are among the places to see. Then departure for Trebinje. After our tour, Dinner and Accommodation at our hotel.
Trebinje – Kotor – Budva – Shkodër
After breakfast at the hotel, we depart for Montenegro. Upon arrival, we head to Kotor, an important historical site, a natural paradise, and a tourist attraction. Here, on the walking tour in StariGrad (Old Town-Castle), among the places we will see are the 17th-century clock tower, Church Square, the History Museum, and the longest rampart in the Balkans. After our Kotor tour, we continue by passing through Budva, and after a break where we can view the magnificent St. Stefan, which was once a fishermen’s settlement island that was later nationalized and then sold to a Singaporean multimillionaire, and Budva from above in a panoramic view, we depart for the Albanian city of Shkodra. After our tour, dinner and accommodation at our hotel.
Shkodër – Tirana – Elbasan – Lake Ohrid
After breakfast at the hotel, we depart for Tirana. We will take a panoramic tour introducing this beautiful city, which was caught between wars throughout the 20th century and lived under Enver Hoxha's dictatorship for 40 years, a mountainous country in the Balkans, developed by Suleyman Pasha in 1614 and made the capital of Albania in 1920. During our tour, Ethem Bey Mosque, the historic Clock Tower, the National Museum, the Opera and Ballet Building, the Parliament and Prime Minister's Buildings, the Presidential Palace, the Mother Teresa Statue, and Skanderbeg Square are among the places we will see. After our tour, we continue via Elbasan to Ohrid, the pearl of the Balkans. Upon arrival, during our tour of Ohrid, the city named after Lake Ohrid, one of the largest lakes in the Balkans, we will see the Halveti Tekke, which has existed since the 17th century, the plane tree symbol of Ohrid, the Turkish Bazaar, Ali Pasha Mosque, which was reopened for worship after a long restoration, Ohrid Harbor, the Quarantine Church, and, making you feel like you are on a film set, the Turkish and Khorasan houses, Abbaras, the ancient Egnatia Road, Keraklea Lynketis, the Clock Tower, St. Dimitri Church, St. Sophia Church, St. Clement Monastery, St. Kaneo Church, St. Panteleimon Church, and Samoil Fortress, which will be seen panoramically. After our tour, free time for shopping in the Ohrid bazaar. After our tour, we check into our hotel. Dinner and accommodation at our hotel on Lake Ohrid.
Ohrid – Saint Naum – Resne – Bitola (Manastir) – Skopje
After breakfast at the hotel, we depart for Sveti Naum. We visit the source where Lake Ohrid originates. The magnificent scenery here will almost take your breath away. Then we head to Resne. In Resne, we visit the palace of Niyazi of Resne, one of the three most famous figures of the Committee of Union and Progress, who became renowned for his contributions in the Turkish-Greek War, and then continue on to Bitola. During our city tour of Manastır (Bitola), we visit the Turkish Bazaar, the Bezisten, Ishak Mosque, Yeni Mosque, Haydar Kadi Mosque, and the Military High School where Atatürk graduated, as well as the Atatürk Museum, where you will experience the most emotional moments of the tour. After our visit, we continue our journey to the capital, Skopje, where we begin our city tour. On our panoramic tour introducing Skopje, the city where Yahya Kemal Beyatlı was born, places to visit with exterior explanations include the Old Train Station, the monument and house of Skopje-born philanthropist Mother Teresa, the Stone Bridge, the Castle Walls, the Old City from the Ottoman period, the Bazaar, and the Mustafa Pasha, Sultan Murad, and Gazi Isa Bey Mosques, the Davud Pasha Bath, as well as the Kapan, Sulu, and Kurşunlu Inns, which are among the finest architectural legacies of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans. After our tour, Dinner and Accommodation at our hotel.
Skopje – Kosovo – Skopje (Dinner and Balkan Entertainment)
After the breakfast we will have at the hotel, we depart for Kosovo. From our hotel, we head to the capital of Kosovo, Priština, one of the world’s youngest states, whose population is largely made up of Muslim Albanians, for a city tour. We will spend an emotionally charged day on the former Ottoman lands, where a human tragedy took place very recently. Among the places we will see are the Bazaar, the Bazaar Mosque built by Sultan Bayezid in the 15th century, the clock tower built in the 19th century to remind the public of prayer times, the Sultan Murad Mosque built by Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror in 1461, the 19th-century bathhouse, the Yaşar Pasha Mosque whose construction began in the 16th century and was completed in the 19th century, the 19th-century Ottoman mansion used as the Kosovo Academy of Sciences and Arts, and the Tomb of Murad Hüdavendigar. After our tour in Priština, we will travel to Prizren by bus on a 100 km journey. Before starting our tour of Prizren, one of perhaps the most charming cities in the Balkans, there will be free time for lunch. During our tour in Prizren, the places to be seen include the Turkish Bath from the 17th century, the Sinan Pasha Mosque built in 1615, Prizren Fortress, the Orthodox Church, and the Christ Saviour Church. At the end of the tour, we arrive in Skopje. Transfer to a local restaurant for our dinner and the famous Balkan Entertainment. After this wonderful evening event where we have fun accompanied by music, we return to our hotel. Accommodation at our Skopje hotel.
Skopje – Matka Canyon – İzmir
After breakfast at the hotel, we check out of our rooms and depart for Matka Canyon. After our tour, we transfer to the airport at the time specified by our guide. After baggage, ticket, and boarding procedures, flight to Izmir on Pegasus Airlines scheduled service. With our arrival at Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport, the tour and our services come to an end.