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“In the Footsteps of Rumelia: Greece - North Macedonia - Kosovo - Bulgaria Tour (06-09 August 2026)”
Tour Detail
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF RUMELI 4 COUNTRIES
GREECE -NORTH MACEDONIA-KOSOVO
-BULGARIA TOUR
THESSALONIKI-SKOPJE(2)-PRISTINA-PRIZREN-SOFIA
2 NIGHTS SKOPJE HOTEL ACCOMMODATION
Kosovo Tour Included
Bosnian Meatball Meal Included at the local restaurant on the first evening
06-09 August 2026
3 NIGHTS-4 DAYS
235 €
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 Coast 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 Maritsa River, please do not FORGET to bring insect repellent and allergy cream with you!!!
The tour's final stop is Çorlu.
The outbound and return routes are different; on the return trip, our drop-off stops will be EDİRNE- LÜLEBURGAZ - ÇORLU as the final stop. We will provide shuttle service for our guests picked up from Tekirdağ.
Departure from behind the old girls' vocational school stop in Çorlu at 22:30. Via Çorlu-Tekirdağ-Malkara-Keşan-İpsala border gate, we enter Greece through the Kipi border gate.
Day 1: ÇORLU-THESSALONIKI-SKOPJE
After entering Greece, following Dedeağaç, Komotini, Xanthi and Kavala, we arrive in Thessaloniki. We begin our city tour. Our first stop will be the Church of Saint Demetrios, one of the most important churches in Thessaloniki, located in the city center and giving its name to the street on which it stands. After this beautiful structure, we see and take a photo break at the House of Atatürk, the Great Leader, on the same street as Saint Demetrios (Consulate General of the Republic of Turkey in Thessaloniki). Then we panoramicly see the Aristotle University Campus, Hamidiye Fountain, Rotunda and Arch of Galerius, and Hamza Bey Mosque and then get off at Aristotle Square. Accompanied by our guide's explanations, we walk to the Promenade and White Tower. After the narration, we give free time for lunch. In the cafes, you can taste Greece's famous coffee, Frappe. After free time, we panoramicly see the Alexander the Great Statue, the Rotating Tower, and the Fair Square and then continue to Skopje, the capital of Macedonia. We begin our tour in Skopje, the city where Yahya Kemal Beyatlı was born, with Skopje Fortress. Then we continue with the Turkish Bazaar, which has long been the center of the city's commercial activities and still retains its importance today with its stone streets and historical buildings, the jewelry street in the bazaar, Davut Pasha Complex, Mustafa Pasha Mosque, Yahya Pasha Mosque, Sultan Murad Mosque, Double Bath, Suli Han, Kapan Han, Kurşunlu Han, and then the Stone Bridge, built over the Vardar River, dating back to the 16th century, started by Sultan Murad II and completed by Mehmed the Conqueror. Afterwards, we begin with Skopje Square, the giant Alexander the Great statue, King Samuel statue, Mother Teresa Memorial, Mother Teresa's House, completed last year and causing diplomatic issues with Greece, are among the places to see; after seeing them, 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 head 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 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, the Clock Tower, Kosovo Museum from the 19th century, the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Complex, Yaşar Pasha Mosque and the Tomb of Ottoman Sultan Murad I Hüdavendigâr, who was killed here as a result of the 1389 Battle of Kosovo, built by the Ottomans in the 15th century, are among the places we will visit. After having lunch at a local restaurant, we are free for shopping and personal needs and head 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 period. The first monument we will see on our tour is the ornamented Sinan Pasha Mosque. The Gazi Mehmet Pasha Bathhouse, restored by the Republic of Turkey in recent years, the square named Shadervan because of the fountain inside it, the 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 accommodation. SKOPJE
Day 3: SKOPJE-SOFIA -ÇORLU
After breakfast at the hotel in Skopje in the morning, we pass through the Bulgaria Kriva Planka border via Kumonovo and reach Bulgarian territory by crossing to the Deve Bair gate on the Bulgarian side.Sofia city center, and we head there.It is thought that the first settlement in Sofia was founded around the 8th century BC by a Thracian tribe called Serdi. Later incorporated into the Roman Empire, the region was referred to as Serdica because of this tribe. In 1376, due to the Church of St. Sophia here, it began to be referred to among the public as Sofia. As we continue on our way, we panoramicly see Sofia University. Among the places to visit in Sofia are; one of the symbols of the city as well as one of the world's second-largest Eastern Orthodox cathedrals, the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, the adjacent Church of Saint Sofia (Hagia Sophia), the medieval church St. Nedelya Church, which has been destroyed and rebuilt many times throughout the ages, the Church of St. George Rotunda, said to have been built on the ruins of Serdica, which 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 different times. The Church of St. Nicholas, described as Sofia's most elegant and a typical Russian church, the country's largest and oldest theater Ivan Vazov National Theater, the Old 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 a Janissary outfit was held, are among the places we see. In the center of the square where the Parliament is located stands Tsar Osvoboditel, erected in honor of Russian Emperor Alexander II, who brought freedom to Bulgaria in the Russo-Turkish War, and the only mosque in the center of Sofia, 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, we enter Turkey through the Kapıkule border gate following Plovdiv-Haskovo (panoramic). We bid farewell until we meet again on another organization in the Çorlu Travel trip.
Places to Visit: THESSALONIKI- SKOPJE-PRISTINA-PRIZREN-SKOPJE-SOFIA
What's Included
*Transportation by luxury Mercedes Tourismo or Travego 2+2 bus
*2 nights accommodation in Skopje (2 breakfasts at the hotel)
*Bosnian meatballs included at a local restaurant for one evening
*Sightseeing tours included in the program
*Local professional Turkish-speaking guide service
*Customs duties, all hotel and city taxes
*On-board refreshments (one time per day hot and cold beverages, cake service, and 1 500 ml water per day)
*Çorlu Travel accompaniment
Not Included
*Lunch and dinner, minibar and personal expenses
*Museum, archaeological site, and entrance fees
*Visa processing fee
*Mandatory overseas travel health and cancellation insurance - 10 Euro, 15 Euro for those aged 65 and over
(Covers cancellation up to 15 days before the tour)
*Departure tax (You can pay online on the Internet https://ivd.gib.gov.tr )
NOTE: Green Passport and EU citizens do not require a visa.
General Information
1. The trips specified in the programs may be carried out on a different day or days other than those stated in the event of the existence of compelling reasons. The lunch and dinner services included in the program may be provided at restaurants determined by the agency when deemed necessary or due to changes in flight times.
2. Panoramic city tours are tours lasting 2-3 hours organized to introduce the cities. City tours and extra tours may be organized on different days, provided that their content does not change. Extra tour prices may vary according to content and number of participants. Panoramic tours, including other tours specified in the program, if they cannot be carried out because local authorities do not allow them to be visited or entered on the day and time corresponding to the tour, or because of closed roads due to any event, or when the tour becomes impossible due to weather conditions, ÇORLU TRAVEL is not responsible for the inability to carry out the said tours. Some tours may be conducted by public transportation or on foot where possible in areas with closed roads or points where vehicle entry is not permitted.
3. Excursions specified as extra in the program may not be carried out if there is not enough participation. ÇORLU TRAVEL cannot be held responsible for tours not being carried out. Extra tours made en route will be carried out even if all passengers do not participate. For extra tours to be made en route, our guests who will not join the tour will be directed by our guide to the rest areas before entering the city. Passengers who do not wish to participate in extra tours made en route are deemed to have joined the tour by agreeing to wait at the rest stop. Excursions or tours that local authorities do not permit to be visited or reached for any reason are not carried out. ÇORLU TRAVEL cannot be held responsible for the inability to carry out these excursions or tours.
4. The personal belongings, bags and suitcases of the persons participating in the tour are their own responsibility, and ÇORLU TRAVEL is not responsible for items forgotten, lost or stolen. In the event that forgotten items are found, the costs incurred in delivering them to the country or person shall be borne by the owner of the item.
5. ÇORLU TRAVEL reserves the right to change hotel names, provided that the category remains the same. There is an extra bed application in 3-person rooms, and since the extra beds consist of beds called folding and coach bed, the tour participant is deemed to have declared that they accept the congestion that may be experienced in the rooms and the bed type in 3rd person and/or child reservations. The 3rd bed is smaller than a standard bed. Child prices specified in the price list are valid only if the child stays with two adults. Continental breakfast served in hotels consists of butter, jam or honey, bread, tea or coffee and fruit juice. Group breakfasts may be served in a separate hall.
6. Participants are required to have their Travel Insurance with them during the trip.
7. In busy periods such as fairs, congresses, concerts, events, sports tournaments, etc., hotels may be located farther than the specified km. In such a case, information will be provided 15 days before the departure date of the tour.
8. In cases where children under 18 who are not considered adults do not participate in the tour together with one or both of their mother or father, it is mandatory to have the necessary consent forms for participation in the tour with them during the trip.
9. Persons are required to carry reports regarding health problems, pregnancy status, and medications they use continuously during their participation in the tour.
Other Tour Information
- Guests participating must have a valid Schengen visa throughout the tour period. (Green Passport holders are exempt from the visa.)
- Visa service fee (additional service fees that may arise from Consulates (courier fee, form, consultancy, etc.) are not included in the price.)
- Exit tax for traveling abroad, (It is recommended to make payment to the relevant banks before the travel date and keep the receipt with you during the trip.)
- During the tour, in order to be able to shop and spend in all countries included in the program, it is sufficient to have Euros. In regions where the local currency is used, the guide will assist with currency exchange.
- Comfortable walking shoes or sports shoes should be preferred during the trip. It is useful to bring a cardigan, etc. with you for the night.
- During the journey, waiting times at customs gates crossed by road may exceed the standard, and ÇORLU TRAVEL cannot be held responsible for any inconveniences arising from these waiting times.
- The types of vehicles used in our tours are classified as follows according to the number of participants. The vehicle types below are assigned according to the number of people in each tour.
Buses: (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.