“Following in the Footsteps of Rumelia: Greece - North Macedonia - Kosovo - Bulgaria Tour (12-15 November 2026)”

4 COUNTRIES IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF RUMELIA

GREECE -NORTH MACEDONIA-KOSOVO

-BULGARIA TOUR

THESSALONIKI-SKOPJE(2)-PRISTINA-PRIZREN-SOFIA     

2 NIGHTS ACCOMMODATION IN A SKOPJE HOTEL

Kosovo Tour Included

12-15 November 2026

3 NIGHTS-4 DAYS

200 €

Tour Departure Points;

21:30 In front of Çerkezköy Chamber of Commerce
22:30 Behind the old Çorlu Girls' Vocational High School (Across from Vatan Computer)
23:00 In front of Tekirdağ Sahil Özcanlar Köfte
23.30 Malkara Pullukçu Petrol
00:00 Keşan Dörtyol

NOTE: After crossing the customs gate, there are many mosquitoes due to the rice fields near the Meriç River, please do NOT forget to bring mosquito repellent and allergy cream with you!!!

The tour ends in Çorlu.

The outbound and return routes are different. On the return trip, our drop-off stops will be EDİRNE- LÜLEBURGAZ - ÇORLU, and the final stop will be. We will provide shuttle service for our guests picked up from Tekirdağ on the return trip.

Departure from Çorlu at 22:30 from behind the old girls' vocational stop. Following the Çorlu-Tekirdağ-Malkara-Keşan-İpsala border gate, we enter Greece through the Kipi border gate.

Day 1:ÇORLU-THESSALONIKI-SKOPJE
After entering Greece, after passing through Alexandroupoli, Komotini, Xanthi and Kavala, we arrive in Thessaloniki. We begin our city tour. Our first stop will be the Church of Saint Demetrius, one of the most important churches in  Thessaloniki, in the city center, which gave its name to the street it is on. After this beautiful structure, Atatürk's House (the Consulate General of the Republic of Turkey in Thessaloniki), located on the same street as Saint Demetrius, and we stop for a photo break. Then after seeing the Aristotelous University Campus, Hamidiye Fountain, Rotunda and Arch of Galerius, and Hamza Bey Mosque panoramicly, we get off at Aristotle Square. Accompanied by the guide's narration, we walk to the Waterfront and White Tower. After the narration, we give free time for lunch. You can taste Greece's famous coffee, Frappe, in the cafes. After free time, we see the  Statue of Alexander the Great, the Rotating Tower, and the Fair Square panoramicly and then proceed to the capital of Macedonia, Skopje. We start our tour in Skopje, the city where Yahya Kemal Beyatlı was born, with the Skopje Fortress. Then, with its stone streets and historic buildings, which throughout history was the center of the city's commercial activities and still retains its importance today, we begin with the Turkish Bazaar, the jeweler's street in the bazaar, Daut Pasha Bath, Mustafa Pasha Mosque, Yahya Pasha Mosque, Sultan Murat Mosque, Double Bath, Sulu Han, Kapan Han, Kurşunlu Han, and continue with the Stone Bridge, built over the Vardar River, started by Sultan Murad II in the 16th century and completed by Fatih Sultan Mehmet. Then we see Skopje Square, the huge statue of Alexander the Great, a source of diplomatic tension with Greece, the statue of King Samuel, the Mother Teresa Memorial, and Mother Teresa's House, among the places to see, after which free time and transfer to our hotel in Skopje. Overnight at our hotel. SKOPJE 

Day 2: KOSOVO-PRISTINA-PRIZREN-SKOPJE

  After breakfast at the hotel in the morning, we leave our hotel in Skopje and set off with our guests to Kosovo. Arrival in the capital of Kosovo, which declared its independence unilaterally from Serbia in February 2008 and has been recognized by many states, including Turkey, and which has played key roles in many periods of Ottoman history, Pristina. We will make a panoramic city tour introducing this beautiful city whose history goes back 15 centuries. During our panoramic tour, places we will visit include the 19th-century Clock Tower, Kosovo Museum, the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Complex, Yaşar Pasha Mosque built by the Ottomans in the 15th century, and the tomb of Murad I Hüdavendigâr, the Ottoman Sultan who was killed here as a result of the 1389 Battle of Kosovo. After having lunch at a local restaurant, free time for shopping and personal needs, and departure to Prizren. Upon arrival, on our walking tour, we begin to get to know this charming city where 37 mosques were built during the Ottoman Empire. The first monument we will see on our tour is the ornament-famous Sinan Pasha Mosque. The Gazi Mehmet Pasha Bath, restored by the Republic of Turkey in recent years, the square named after the fountain inside it, Shadervan, Stone Bridge and the Namazgah, the first structure the Ottomans built immediately after capturing the city in 1455, are other places to see in the city. Free time for shopping and personal needs. Return to our hotel in Skopje and overnight. SKOPJE 

Day 3: SKOPJE-SOFIA -ÇORLU

After breakfast at the hotel in Skopje in the morning, following Kumanovo, we cross the Bulgaria Kriva Planka border and reach Bulgarian territory by passing to the Deve Bair gate on the Bulgarian side.Sofia city centerwe move towards.The first settlement in Sofia is thought to have been founded around the 8th century BC by a Thracian tribe called the Serdi. Later incorporated into the Roman Empire, the region was known as Serdica because of this tribe. In 1376, due to the Church of Saint Sophia here, it began to be called Sofia among the people. As we continue on our way, we panoramically see the Sofia University's.Among the places to visit in Sofia are the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, one of the world's second-largest Eastern Orthodox cathedrals as well as one of the city's symbols, the neighboring Church of Saint Sofia (Hagia Sophia), the medieval church St. Nedelya Church, which has been destroyed over the ages and rebuilt many times, the Church of St. George Rotunda, said to have been built on the remains of Serdica, is the oldest structure in Sofia. Protected by UNESCO, the structure has a remarkable architectural form and breathtaking fresco decorations on its dome made at various times. The most elegant church in Sofia, described as a typical Russian church, the Church of St. Nicholas, the country's largest and oldest theater, the Ivan Vazov National Theater, the Former Communist Party Building, the Prime Ministry, the Statue of Saint Sofia, the Parliament, and the Army House where the famous ball attended by the Great Leader Atatürk in his Janissary attire was held. In the middle of the square where the Parliament is located stands the Tsar Osvoboditel, erected in honor of Russian Emperor Alexander II, who brought freedom to Bulgaria in the Russo-Turkish War, the Banya Bashi Mosque (Kadı Seyfullah Efendi Mosque), the former Royal Palace and now the National Palace of Culture are among the places to see. At the end of our tour, following Plovdiv-Haskovo (panoramic), we enter Turkey through the Kapıkule border gate. We say goodbye to meet again on another organization Çorlu Travel trip.

Places to Visit: THESSALONIKI- SKOPJE-PRISTINA-PRIZREN-SKOPJE-SOFIA