Day 1: Istanbul – Podgorica - Budva
Meet at the Istanbul airport departure terminal, Turkish Airlines counter, 3 hours before our flight. We depart for Podgorica on Turkish Airlines scheduled flight TK1085 at 08:20. After a comfortable and relaxing flight, we arrive at local time 08:10. From Podgorica airport, we proceed to Budva with our private car waiting for us. Upon arrival, we transfer to our hotel. Overnight at our hotel.
Day 2: Budva
After breakfast, we will visit Budva, one of the most famous holiday resorts in the Balkans, known for its magnificent beaches and vibrant nightlife. On this walking tour, we will explore the historic center of Stari Grad Budva (Old Town), with its medieval-style streets, small shops, and restaurants. After the tour, you will have free time all day. You can enjoy the sea, sun, and sand, or wander through any city of this small country with its stunning bays and nature to fully enjoy your vacation. Guests who wish may also join the optional Montenegro Wonders tour. Overnight at our hotel.
Optional Tour: Montenegro Wonders Tour €75 per person
Our first stop is Kotor, a small but historically and architecturally significant city that has been on UNESCO's World Heritage List since 1979. During our walking city tour, we will see Kotor's most important buildings, which carry the texture of Venetian architecture, and then begin a tour around the Bay of Kotor, visiting Perast, famous for its postcard-worthy views. Our next stop along the rare coastline of this bay is Tivat, home to Porto Montenegro. In Tivat, known as "Montenegro's Monaco," you can relax in luxury cafés and relieve the day's fatigue by swimming or walking along the beach.
Day 3: Budva
After breakfast, you will have free time all day. You can enjoy the sea, sun, and sand, or wander through any city of this small country with its stunning bays and nature to fully enjoy your vacation. Guests who wish may join the Cetinje-Virpazar-Skadar Lake-Bar-Sveti Stefan tour. After the tour, we return to our hotel. Overnight at our hotel.
Optional Tour: Cetinje-Virpazar-Skadar Lake-Bar-Sveti Stefan Tour €75 per person
In this tour, we first visit Cetinje, the former royal capital of Montenegro, and see the historic Serbian Orthodox monastery there. After a free coffee break in the small Cetinje square, we continue our journey. Next, we visit Virpazar, a charming town where we will see Skadar Lake. During a one-hour free time in Virpazar, you can take a wonderful boat ride among water lilies on Skadar Lake using small boats. Being able to see pelicans here is a special privilege, as this lake, the largest in the Balkans, hosts around 250 different bird species. (Guests wishing to take a boat tour will pay an additional €15 per person for the National Park entrance fee and boat rental.) Our next stop is Bar, a historic and tourist city on the Adriatic coast. As Montenegro's main port, we will also visit Stari Bar (Old Bar) in the mountainous part, where we can see the historic Bar Fortress from outside and the Ottoman-era mosques. We will visit the small and charming market square and have a free lunch at a local restaurant. The day concludes with Sveti Stefan, offering an extraordinary view. We will stop for photos at a vantage point where you can see Sveti Stefan panoramically from above. Once a fishing village protected by walls in the 15th century and a fishing town until the 1950s, Sveti Stefan Island became a favorite destination for celebrities such as Sophia Loren, Marilyn Monroe, and Elizabeth Taylor in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Today, after being expropriated from fishermen and sold to a Singaporean hotel chain, it has been restored and transformed into a major tourist attraction.
Day 4: Budva – Podgorica – Istanbul
After checking out from the hotel, you will have free time. At the time determined by our guide, we will transfer to the airport. After baggage and ticket procedures, we depart for Istanbul on Turkish Airlines scheduled flight TK1088 at 20:15. After a comfortable and relaxing flight, we arrive in Istanbul at 00:05, marking the end of our tour. We bid farewell to our valued guests, hoping to see you again on your next journey.
*Balkan Special Cancellation Protection Package: €50*
(With the Cancellation Protection Package application, we offer our guests the right to cancel their reservations without penalty under any circumstances. With this application, you can cancel your reservation up to 9 days before the tour departure date. In case of cancellation, the full tour fee will be refunded, while the cancellation protection package fee and any additional service fees (Visa, insurance, etc.) are non-refundable.)
**The specified cancellation protection package is not valid for group reservations.**
**Limited availability exists for each tour.**
Included Services:
• Economic class flight ticket from Istanbul to Podgorica and back with Turkish Airlines
• Budva City Tour
• 3 Nights accommodation with breakfast included in the selected hotel category
• Airport - Hotel / Hotel - Airport transfers
• Turkish Guiding Service
Breakfasts
Services Not Included:
• Foreign Exit Tax Stamp
• Travel Insurance (Up to 65 Years Old)
• All hotel extras and personal expenses
• Lunch and Dinner
• City and Hotel taxes: (City tax, check point fees, local service charges, handling fees, bus entry fees, and operational service costs, which include a mandatory payment of 20 Euros per person, will be collected in cash by the guide before the tour starts)