Balkan Explorer

Price
1850€ per person
Duration
15 Days
Destination
More than 1

Budapest to Ljubljana

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Highlights Start and end in Budapest! With the discovery  tour Balkan Explorer, you have a 15 day tour package taking you through Budapest, Hungary and 8 other destinations in Europe. Balkan Explorer includes accommodation in a hotel as well as an expert guide, meals, transport and more. Highlights  (Starting from 1850€ pp) ·    Thermal springs in Budapest ·    Explore the tunnels...

What's included

Destination
Balkans , Europe Discover Destinations
Departure Location
Budapest
Return Location
Budapest
Price includes
  • Professionally guided tour
Price does not include
  • A guided tour of important places
  • Entrance tickets to monuments and museums
  • Medical insurance and emergency insurance
  • Personal expenses

Highlights

Start and end in Budapest! With the discovery  tour Balkan Explorer, you have a 15 day tour package taking you through Budapest, Hungary and 8 other destinations in Europe. Balkan Explorer includes accommodation in a hotel as well as an expert guide, meals, transport and more.

Highlights  (Starting from 1850€ pp)

·    Thermal springs in Budapest

·    Explore the tunnels in Sarajevo

·    Watch the sun set from the cliffs of Dubrovnik

·    Experience the unique night life of Ljubljana

·    Visit the medieval literary centre of Ohrid

·     Age range:  20 – 65 years

·     Minimum group size: 20 people

·     Maximum group size: 40 people

·     Travel Style: Discovery, Adventure

·     Accommodation: Hotel

·     Transportation: Coach / Bus

·     Guide: English guide

·     Optional tours

·     Meals: 14 Breakfast & 5 Dinner

Accommodation

Rated Good by past passengers

Overnights in comfortable 4* hotels – all overnights are based on double rooms with private WC/shower

14 nights in hotels (twin or double)

Guide

Rated Excellent by past passengers

The trip is coordinated by a tour leader from Camellia Travel, who is responsible for the logistics of the tour – updating you on the daily itinerary, arranging your passport checks at the border-crossings, handling the check-ins at each hotel, communicating with the driver and arranging the local guides as scheduled in the program. Detailed information about the countries and some of the sites will be presented by the local city guides included in the itinerary.

Meals

14 breakfasts

5 dinners

This tour offers Vegetarian and Vegan food options on request. Simply let our tour leader know the food option that you prefer.

Transport

Rated Excellent by past passengers

  • Private airport transfers to/from your scheduled hotel are included in tour price on the arrival and departure days, as set in the program (Day 1 and Day 15 respectively),
  • The type of the vehicle of the tour depends on the size of the group –For group over 20 pax we travel in a bus (49 seater) with the tour leader andalso the driver;

Additional Services

♦ Walking tours of Sarajevo and Zadar

Driving tour of Budapest

Entry to Plitvice Lakes National Park

Local guides in Belgrade and Dubrovnik

Visit the Srebrenica Memorial

The program is made, organized and protected  by The Tourist Agency Camellia Tours

It’s under legal protection with together conditions between Travel Agency and Economic Chamber of Tourism.

  • Day 1
  • Day 2
  • Day 4
  • Day 6
  • Day 7
  • Day 8
  • Day 9
  • Day 10
  • Day 11
  • Day 12
  • Day 13
  • Day 14
  • Day 15
Day 1

Budapest, Hungary

Day 1: Budapest, Hungary

Meet your Trip Leader and prepare for two days of getting down and Danube (that being the river) with twin cities Buda and Pest! We’ll check out Hero's Square, Parliament House, the National Palace, Fisherman's Bastion and the swanky Andrássy Avenue before meeting the major food groups: goulash, cabbage rolls and dumplings. Yum.

Included today:

  •  Driving tour of Budapest
    Meals:
  • Dinner
 
 
Day 2

Budapest

 

Free day to take on a city with enough baroque, neoclassical and art nouveau architecture to keep you entertained for hours. Tonight, hang with the hipsters and drink local fruit brandy at one of the original ruin bars. Wanna go one step further? An optional dinner cruise on the Danube has your name on it

Optional activities:

  •  Dinner cruise on the Danube River
    Meals:
  •  BreakfastDay 3: Budapest to Belgrade, Serbia

Next up : Belgrade. Prepare for another slice of Eastern Europe's unique mix of glasnost and capitalism! Serbia's religious and political past has cultivated a diverse cultural landscape throughout the city. After you’ve soaked up the sights on a driving tour, make like a local and sip some traditional plum brandy. You'll fit right in

Included today:

  •  Driving tour of Belgrade
    Meals:
  •  Breakfast
 
 
Day 4

Belgrade

 

Say hello freedom – it’s your day, your way! Check out the wartime tunnels or jump on a guided tour to find out more about life in Tito's Yugoslavia. Whatever you do, make the most of Belgrade while you can – tomorrow we’ll be hitting the road again.

Meals:

  •  Breakfast
Day 5: Belgrade to Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina via Srebrenica

Beat the crowds in up-and-coming Sarajevo – a city that’s shaking off its tragic past (Sarajevo was torn apart by war in the 90s). But first: honour the victims of the 1995 genocide at the haunting Srebrenica Genocide Memorial, a sobering reminder of the greatest atrocity on European soil since the Second World War

Included today:

  •  Walking tour of Sarajevo
  •  Visit the Srebrenica Memorial
    Meals:
  •  Breakfast
  •  Dinner
 
 
Day 6

Sarajevo

 

You’ve got a free day to explore one of Europe’s most underrated cities. Spend some time playing ‘I spy’ with the city’s mosques, synagogues and churches – or, if you fancy, there’s also an optional guided tour of the Sarajevo Tunnel on the cards

Optional activities:

  •  Tunnel tour in Sarajevo
    Meals:
  •  Breakfast
 
 
Day 7

Sarajevo to Dubrovnik, Croatia via Mostar

We make the most of Mostar before heading for the most famous walled city in Europe: Dubrovnik. Wander the city’s tiny cobblestones streets and explore hidden cafés and shops before grabbing some dinner and checking out the glitzy nightlife

Included today:

  •  Visit Mostar
  •  Local guide in Dubrovnik
    Meals:
  •  Breakfast
  •  Dinner
 
 
Day 8

Dubrovnik

Free day in Dubrovnik for the win! Check out the residential homes further up in the Old Town and take in some epic views. Later, crack open a cold beer on the wall and watch as the sun sets over the Adriatic. This is the good life

Optional activities:

  •  Sea kayaking around the ancient City Walls of Dubrovnik
  •  Game of Thrones tour
    Meals:
  •  Breakfast
 
 
Day 9

Dubrovnik to Budva, Montenegro

Hands up who needs more beach in their life? Well, you’re on the right trip! Today we’re hitting the road to Budva – the ‘Miami of Montenegro’. Whether you choose to laze on the sand and roll into bed or hit the clubs and party till dawn, you can’t lose

Meals:

  •  Breakfast
  •  Dinner
 
 
Day 10

Budva

Part beach paradise, part walled medieval wonder-city, Budva's got plenty to keep you occupied. After breakfast, the city is your oyster. And... go

Meals:

  •  Breakfast
 
 
Day 11

Budva to Zadar, Croatia

Today we’ll listen to the ocean play an instrument in Zadar. Yep, you read that right. The Sea Organ is a quirky art installation nested within the city’s eclectic mix of Roman ruins and public art. More cool facts await you on an orientation tour with your brainy Trip Leader

Meals:

  •  Breakfast
 
 
Day 12

Zadar to Plitvice Lakes

Next up: bliss and waterfalls at Plitvice Lakes National Park.

Included today:

  •  Wine tasting in Nadin
    Meals:
  •  Breakfast
  •  Dinner
 
 
Day 13

Plitvice Lakes

Today is brought to you by Mother Nature! Made up of 16 lakes connected by streams and waterfalls and surrounded by 300 square kilometres of national park, Plitvice Lakes didn’t make it onto the UNESCO World Heritage list for nothing. Hike up to see the tallest waterfall in Croatia or glide across the crystal blue lakes in a rowboat. Mindfulness just got a whole new meaning

Included today:

  •  Entry to Plitvice Lakes National Park
    Meals:
  •  Breakfast
 
 
Day 14

Plitvice Lakes to Ljubljana, Slovenia

Shoot one last longing look at Plitvice Lakes before arriving in Ljubljana (lyoob-lya-nah), the capital of Slovenia. The Ljubljana Castle and Old Town have been waiting for you since Celtic times, so it’d be rude not to check them out. Tonight, hit up the strip for a tea or vino with a side of live music

  •  Ljubljana pub crawl
  •  Food tour of Ljubljana
    Meals:
  •  Breakfast
 
Day 15

Ljubljana to Budapest, Hungary

Our final Our final destination is Budapest, where this trip wraps up. Go hunt down some tasty goulash, quirky ruin bars and a fiendish Rubik's cube before heading home. See you next time

Meals:

  •  Breakfast

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Highlights Start and end in Budapest! With the discovery  tour Balkan Explorer, you have a 15 day tour package taking you through Budapest, Hungary and 8 other destinations in Europe. Balkan Explorer includes accommodation in a hotel as well as an expert guide, meals, transport and more. Highlights  (Starting from 1850€ pp) ·    Thermal springs in Budapest ·    Explore the tunnels...

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Balkan Explorer

Price
1850€ per person
Duration
15 Days
Destination
More than 1

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