Trend Benelux, Paris & Alsace Tour - Summer Season (CGN-BSL)
Day 1 Istanbul – Cologne – 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 baggage and ticket procedures, flight to Cologne on a scheduled Pegasus Airlines service. Upon arrival, a city tour of Cologne with our private bus waiting for us at the airport. During our tour, Cologne Cathedral, the symbol of the city with its twin towers, the Old Town center, and the Hohenzollern Bridge, a popular landmark adorned with thousands of love locks, are among the places to be seen. Following our tour, we set off for Amsterdam. Our guests who wish may join the Düsseldorf Tour (30 Euros), which will be organized as an optional extra along our route. During our tour, we will see the Old Town center, the Rhine TV Tower, and Königsallee, the famous shopping street crossed by a canal and decorated with luxury stores and giant chestnut trees. Following our tour, we continue to Amsterdam. Upon arrival, check-in at the hotel and free time. Overnight at our hotel.
Day 2 Amsterdam
Free time after breakfast. Our guests who wish may join the Magnificent Netherlands & Amsterdam Wonders Tour (120 Euros) [Marken & Volendam & Zaanse Schans], which will be organized as an optional extra by our guide. You will not be able to 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 the Netherlands should go to Volendam.” Our next stop is the town of Marken. During our visit to the town, you can observe the lives of fishermen in charming little houses and also have the opportunity to buy inexpensive souvenirs. Then, we have the opportunity to see Zaanse Schans, a magical town famous for its windmills. After the tour, we depart for Amsterdam city center. During our tour, Dam Square, the Royal Palace, the Flower Market, and the Red Light District are among the places to be seen. After the tour, we transfer to the hotel. Overnight at our hotel.
Day 3 Amsterdam – Brussels
After breakfast, we depart for Brussels. Along our route, we will visit McArthur Glen Designer Outlet Roermond, one of the largest and most advantageous outlets in the region. After the free time we will provide for shopping here, we continue our journey to Brussels. Panoramic city tour upon arrival in Brussels. 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 urinating boy statue) are among the places to be seen. After the tour, we transfer to the hotel. Overnight at our hotel.
Day 4 Brussels – Paris
After breakfast, we depart for Paris. Along the route, our guests who wish may join the Bruges City Tour (40 Euros), which will be organized as an optional extra by our guide, famous for its picturesque canals, old bridges, UNESCO-protected structures, and chocolate. Free time upon arrival at our Paris hotel. Our guests who wish may join the Saint-Germain & Luxembourg Gardens (40 Euros) walking tour, which will be organized as an optional extra by our guide. Saint-Germain-des-Prés, or simply the elite St. Germain district, was a favorite destination of many famous figures such as the renowned American writer Ernest Hemingway and existentialist philosophers Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. During our tour in the lively St. Germain district, home to world-famous cafés such as Café Le Bonaparte, Café de Flore, and Café Les Deux Magots, the world’s oldest café-restaurant (*1686), Le Procope, and host to jazz music festivals, we will see the Luxembourg Gardens, the Church of St. Sulpice, where Victor Hugo married, St. Michel Square, and Paris’s oldest church, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, panoramically. After the tour, we return 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], which will be organized as an optional extra by our guide. First, during our panoramic city tour, the Champs-Élysées, the Louvre Museum and its pyramid featured in The Da Vinci Code, the Musée d’Orsay, the Arc de Triomphe, Place de l’Étoile, Napoleon’s tomb, the Parliament building, the Pont Alexandre III, the Grand Palais and Petit Palais built for the 1900 industrial exhibition, and Place de la Concorde, the Guillotine Square associated with the 1789 French Revolution, are among the places to be seen. Afterwards, we will go to the best viewpoints for photographing the Eiffel Tower, where you will have free time to take unforgettable photos and, if you wish, visit the Eiffel Tower. Then, you will enjoy seeing Paris and its bridges from the river during a one-hour boat cruise on the Seine, circling the islands. Afterwards, we ascend by funicular to Montmartre, Paris’s oldest and highest hill. Following our free time for shopping or having your portrait drawn in Place du Tertre, where you can breathe in the bohemian lifestyle, famous for Sacré-Cœur and the artists beside it, we go to visit the famous Notre Dame Cathedral, the subject of novels, songs, and films. Following the cathedral visit and a photo stop 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 extra 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 arranged individually.
Day 6 Paris – Strasbourg
After breakfast, we set off for Strasbourg. Along the route, our guests who wish may join the Luxembourg Tour (55 Euros), which will be organized as an optional extra by our guide. During our tour, the Petrusse River Valley, the Old Town center and its narrow streets recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Constitution Square, the city cathedral, and the Ducal Palace are among the places to be seen. Following our tour, we continue to Strasbourg. Upon arrival, a city tour of Strasbourg. In Strasbourg, the European Union’s second most important city after Brussels, we will witness the strong German and French cultural influences. During our panoramic city tour, we will see Place Kléber, the European Parliament, the Council of Europe, the European Court of Human Rights, Rohan Palace, the Alsatian Museum, and then Strasbourg Notre Dame Cathedral. Considered one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture, construction of this Catholic cathedral began in 1015 and was completed in 1439. Today, it is the sixth-tallest church in the world. After the tour, transfer to the hotel. Overnight at our hotel.
Day 7 Strasbourg
Free time after breakfast. Our guests who wish may join the Alsace’s Gem Colmar & Zurich (95 Euros) Tour. We begin our tour with Colmar, a fairytale city displaying the characteristic features of the Alsace region. Also known as Little Venice, this city is famous for its colorful houses lined along the river, resembling a painting. After this visit, we depart for Zurich. Upon arrival, we begin our city tour of Zurich. During our tour, Fraumünster Church, Grossmünster Church, the Swiss National Museum, the Opera House, Lake Zurich, the Clock Tower, the Old Guild Houses, Zurich Altstadt (Old Town), and Bahnhofstrasse, a lively and colorful street surrounded by world-famous stores, are among the places to be seen. Following our tour, we depart for Strasbourg. Overnight at our hotel.
Day 8 Basel – Istanbul
After breakfast, transfer to Basel Airport depending on the flight time. Following completion of baggage and check-in procedures, departure for Istanbul on a scheduled Pegasus Airlines service. Arrival in Istanbul and the end of our tour.
What's Included
✅ Economy class airline ticket with Pegasus Airlines scheduled flight on the Istanbul (SAW) – Cologne (CGN) / Basel (BSL) – Istanbul (SAW) routes
✅ Airport taxes
✅ 7 nights’ bed-and-breakfast accommodation in 3-star hotels
✅ Airport-hotel-airport transfers
✅ All intercity transfers
✅ Panoramic Strasbourg and Brussels city tours
✅ Professional Turkish Guiding Services
Not Included
❌ City taxes (35 euros) will be paid to the local agency representative during the tour.
❌ Visa fee and service charge
❌ Travel Health Insurance
❌ International departure fee
❌ Lunch, dinner, and other meals
❌ Hotel extras and personal expenses
❌ Extra tours, additional tours along the route, and optional activities
❌ Museum and archaeological site entrance fees
❌ All services not stated as included in the price
❌ Tips for the driver and guide (agency recommendation: 15 euros per person)
Hotel Information:
Hotel Category: 3-Star Hotels
Amsterdam: Utrecht, Almere, Amersfoort and Alkmaar areas
Luxembourg: Thionville, Metz areas
Paris: Saint-Denis, Argenteuil, Roisny-sous-Bois and Orly areas
Brussels: Hotels located 10–20 km from the city center
IMPORTANT NOTES
The services included in the price vary according to the type of package purchased by the guests.
Package types must be purchased during the tour reservation. They cannot be changed after the reservation.
Please ask for the price and availability of domestic flight connections.
The extra tour prices specified in the tour program are per-person prices.
The extra tours along the route will take place provided that at least 6 people from the group participate. Guests who do not wish to participate will be asked to wait at rest stops, recreational facilities, etc.
In the event of fairs, congresses, events, etc. that may take place in the cities, accommodation may be provided outside the distance and area stated in the commitment. In such a case, our agencies will be informed in writing of the hotel area at least 21 days before the tour departure.
Triple rooms have an additional bed, and the third bed is smaller than a standard bed and/or is an additional fold-out bed.
As triple rooms are not available in some cities in Europe, hotels may provide a double room + a single room instead of a triple room.
Bed-type requests are subject to hotel availability and cannot be guaranteed.
FLIGHT DETAILS
ISTANBUL SAW – COLOGNE CGN 09:50 - 12:15 PC 1011
BASEL BSL – ISTANBUL SAW 13:25 - 17:20 PC 940
ADVANTAGEOUS MAXI EXTRA TOUR PACKAGE
Included Tours:
Düsseldorf Tour (30 Euro)
Magnificent Holland & Amsterdam Wonders Tour (120 Euro)
Bruges City Tour (40 Euro)
Saint Germain & Luxembourg Gardens (40 Euro)
Paris Combined Tour (95 Euro)
Paris by Night Tour (35 Euro)
Luxembourg Tour (55 Euro)
Colmar, the Pearl of Alsace & Zurich (95 Euro)
ADULT (17 years and over) 450€ INSTEAD OF 510€
CHILD (7 years – 16.99 years) 250€ INSTEAD OF 510€
INFANT (0 years – 6.99 years) FREE
ADVANTAGEOUS ECO EXTRA TOUR PACKAGE
Düsseldorf Tour (30 Euro)
Bruges City Tour (40 Euro)
Luxembourg Tour (55 Euro)
ADULT (17 years and over) 100€ INSTEAD OF 125€
CHILD (7 years – 16.99 years) 60€ INSTEAD OF 125€
INFANT (0 years – 6.99 years) FREE
Child discounts are valid only for purchases of the advantageous Eco or advantageous Maxi extra tour package. No discount is applied to individual purchases.
Advantageous packages can only be paid to the local agency in cash or by credit card after the tour has started.
INFORMATION:
For trips abroad, a passport valid for at least 6 months is mandatory. Passports older than 10 years are not valid for international travel and must be renewed before the tour departure date. Entry is not permitted with torn or worn passports.
For a visa application, a passport valid for at least 6 months and the documents specified in the list of visa-required documents, which can be obtained from our agencies, must be submitted complete to the agency with written confirmation at least 1 month before the tour departure date.
In the event of fairs, congresses, events, etc. that may take place in the cities, accommodation may be provided outside the distance and area stated in the commitment. In such a case, our agencies will be informed in writing of the hotel area at least 30 days before the tour departure.
The visa must be obtained from the country of first entry on the tour or from the country where the longest stay will take place; otherwise, Lidya Tour is absolutely not responsible if passport control officers do not permit entry into the country.
In the event of tour cancellation, visa and insurance fees cannot be refunded.
Lidya Tour acts only as an intermediary between the consulate and our customers and bears no responsibility if the visa is not approved, is not issued in time and/or contains errors for any reason; the passenger has no right to claim compensation from Lidya Tour in any way.
Lidya Tour acts as an intermediary between the airline and the passenger and is subject to the Hague Protocol of 28.09.1955.
During registration, the name as it appears in the passport, date of birth and passport number must be entered into the system. Airline tickets are issued according to this information. No-show charges resulting from cancellation or changes to airline tickets due to incorrect information will be charged to the guests.
Flight times may change before departure, and our guests must call the head office and obtain written confirmation of all times 48 hours before the departure dates.
The city where the aircraft lands may vary. Lidya Tour cannot be held responsible for schedule changes or possible delays made by airlines.
Lidya Tour is not responsible for changes experienced in domestic flight connections by guests who do not confirm their flight times and route.
Airline rules apply to group tickets; according to the group ticket rule, if the outbound flight cannot be used, the return flight cannot be used either.
For most flights departing from Turkey, the baggage allowance is 20 kg. This weight may vary depending on the airline and the destination country. On domestic flights in the countries visited, this allowance may be reduced to 15 kg. Excess baggage weight/price rules are determined by the airlines and are not the responsibility of Lidya Tour.
If the number of people participating in the package tour is insufficient, the consumer will be notified of the tour cancellation 21 days in advance.
The tour route specified in the tour program is an example route, and changes may be made to the tour itinerary.
City sightseeing tours may be conducted on the following day/days depending on the time of arrival in the city.
The excursions specified in the programs may, at the guide's discretion and for any reason, be conducted on a day other than the specified day/days.
The extra tours along the route will take place provided that at least 6 people from the group participate. Guests who do not wish to participate will be asked to wait at the rest stop.
During busy periods such as fairs, congresses and seminars, hotel accommodation may be provided outside the city.
Excursions or tours that local authorities do not permit people to visit or attend for any reason will not take place. Alternative tours may be operated with a minimum participation of 20 people; with lower participation, they may be operated at the guide's discretion and, if necessary, with adjusted prices. Lidya Tour cannot be held responsible if these excursions or tours cannot take place.
Entrance fees to museums and archaeological sites are not included in the prices.
Lidya Tour reserves the right to change hotel names provided that the star category remains the same.
All hotel names specified in the programs are E.G. (or similar) and are listed as examples in terms of star category and distance. This does not mean that accommodation will be provided at the named hotel.
Triple rooms have an additional bed, and the third bed is smaller than a standard bed and / or is an additional foldable bed.
When leaving the vehicles you use and the hotels where you stay during your trip, please make sure that you have taken all your belongings.
Child discounts are valid only for children within the specified age group staying with 2 adults.
When children under the age of 18 who are not considered adults do not participate in the tour together with one or both of their parents, they are required to carry the necessary consent forms with them during the journey in order to participate in the tour.
In the event of cancellation or changes, the “LIDYA TOUR SALES AGREEMENT” shall apply.