Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen – Skopje
Meeting with our valued guests at the international departures terminal of Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport at least 3 hours before the flight. Following ticket, baggage, and passport procedures, departure for Skopje on AJET Airlines’ scheduled flight numbered ***. Arrival in Skopje at *** local time. Following passport and ticket procedures, we leave the airport to take our city tour. During our tour, the Turkish bazaar, which has been the center of the city’s commercial activities throughout history and has not lost its importance today, with its cobblestone streets and historic buildings; the Vardar River; the Fortress; the 6th-century Stone Bridge; the Turkish and Jewish quarters; Davut Pasha Complex; Mustafa Pasha Mosque; Sultan Murat Mosque; Isa Bey Mosque; Double Bath; Sulu Han; Kapan Han; Kurşunlu Han; the Clock Tower; Macedonia Square; the old and new train stations; the government building; the parliament; the 17th-century St. Spas Church; the Mother Teresa Memorial, where you can enjoy and photograph panoramic views of Skopje; and Mother Teresa’s House are among the places to be visited. Guests who wish may join our Matka Canyon tour, to be arranged as an optional excursion by our guide. (25 Eur) Following our Matka tour, guests who wish may join our Tetova tour, to be arranged as an optional excursion by our guide. (30 Eur) At the end of our tour, check-in at our hotel. Overnight at our hotel.
Breakfast: Will be served on the plane.
Lunch: Will be taken as an extra during the free-time break.
Dinner: Will be taken as an extra.
Accommodation: 4* Bonbon Resort Hotel or similar / 4* Gold Hotel or similar.
Currency: Denar
Skopje – Ohrid – Skopje
After breakfast at our hotel in the morning, free time all day. Guests who wish may join our Ohrid tour, to be organized as an optional extra by our guide. (80 Eur) First, we arrive in the city of Bitola (Manastır) via Demir Hisar, and during our tour we visit the Turkish Bazaar, the Bedesten, Ishak Mosque, the New Mosque, Haydar Kadı Mosque, as well as the Military High School, where Atatürk graduated and where you will experience the most emotional moments of the tour, and the Atatürk Museum; afterwards, we depart for Ohrid. Then, we depart for Resen. On our way, we visit the palace of Niyazi of Resen, one of the three most famous figures of the Committee of Union and Progress, who became renowned for his contributions during the Turkish-Greek War. Later, we arrive in the city of Ohrid, which takes its name from Lake Ohrid, one of the largest lakes in the Balkans, and take a city tour of Ohrid. Afterwards, free time. Guests who wish may join our Sv. Naum tour, to be organized as an optional extra by our guide. (30 Eur) After our tours, we return to our hotel in Skopje. Overnight at our hotel.
Breakfast: Will be served at the hotel and is included in the price.
Lunch: Will be taken as an extra during the free-time break.
Dinner: Will be taken as an extra.
Accommodation: 4* Bonbon Resort Hotel or similar / 4* Gold Hotel or similar.
Currencies: Denar
Skopje – Pristina – Prizren – Skopje
After breakfast at our hotel in the morning, the entire day is free. Guests who wish may join our Kosovo (Prizren – Pristina) tour, which will be organized as an extra by our guide. (100 EUR) After breakfast at our hotel, we set off towards Prizren. In Kosovo, the world’s second-newest and Europe’s newest state, we first arrive in Prizren, where you will feel as if you are in an Anatolian town, bearing many traces of the Ottoman Empire. During the walking tour we will take here, the Sinan Pasha Mosque, the minaret of the Arasta Mosque, the Ottoman bathhouse, the stone bridge, the Turkish consulate and the fortress are just some of the sights we will see. During our free time here, we definitely recommend that you taste the region’s delicious dishes. After completing our Prizren tour, we head to visit the mausoleum built at the site where Murat Hüdavendigar, one of the important sultans of Ottoman history, had his tent set up during his time and where, after he lost his life following the battle, his organs were embalmed and buried. Among the places we will see are the Bazaar, the Bazaar Mosque built by Sultan Bayezid in the 15th century, the clock tower built in the 19th century to remind the public of prayer times, the Sultan Murad Mosque built by Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror in 1461, a bathhouse dating from the 19th century, the Yaşar Pasha Mosque, begun in the 16th century and completed in the 19th century, the Ottoman mansion dating from the 19th century used as the Kosovo Academy of Sciences and Arts, and the Murad Hüdavendigar Mausoleum. Following the tour, we complete our visits in Kosovo. Overnight at our hotel in Skopje.
Breakfast: Will be served at the hotel and is included in the price.
Lunch: Will be taken as an extra during the free-time break.
Dinner: Will be taken as an extra.
Accommodation: 4* Bonbon Resort Hotel or similar / 4* Gold Hotel or similar.
Skopje – Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen
After breakfast at our hotel, we depart from the hotel. Free time until the time determined by our guide. Then transfer to the airport. Departure for Istanbul at *** on the scheduled flight numbered *** operated by AJET Airlines. Arrival at *** and the end of our tour.
Breakfast: It will be served at the hotel and is included in the price.