Great Italy Greece Balkan Tour - Bursa

23 October 2026 – 30 October 2026 | 7 Nights, 9 Days
Tour details
                             GRAND ITALY & GREECE & BALKAN TOUR
                7 Nights – 9 Days
                Sofia – Belgrade – Ljubljana – Verona – Milan – Venice – Florence – Pisa
                                       Siena – Rome – Pompeii – Igoumenitsa – Thessaloniki
 
Tour Departure Dates :
January 23 / March 14 / April 17 / April 24 / May 15 / May 22 / May 23 / June 5 / June 12 / June 19 / June 26 / June 27 / July 3 / July 4 / July 10 / July 11 / July 17 / July 18 / July 24 / July 25 / July 31 / August 1 / August 7 / August 8 / August 14 / August 15 / August 21 / August 22 / August 28 / August 29 / September 4 / September 18 / September 25  / October 9 / October 16 / October 23 / November 6 / November 7
 

Special Days :
January Semester: January 23
April Semester and Ramadan Feast: March 14
April 23 National Sovereignty and Children’s Day: April 17
May 19 Commemoration of Atatürk Youth and Sports Day: May 15
Eid al-Adha:  May 22 / May 23
July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day: July 10 / July 11 
Republic Day: October 23
November Semester: November 6 / November 7
 

Day 1/2 – Bursa – Sofia – Belgrade
On the first day of our tour, we depart from Bursa Nilüfer Migros at 17:30, passing through Edirne to reach Kapıkule. After completing customs and passport procedures, we enter Bulgaria. Then we arrive in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Upon arrival, a panoramic city tour of Sofia will be organized. The tour will include St. Nedelya Church, Rotunda Church, Russian Church, Hagia Sophia Church, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Prime Minister's Office, Parliament, Sofia University, and Banya Bashi Mosque. After our tour of Sofia, we proceed to Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. After arrival, we will transfer to our hotel. Overnight stay at the hotel.

 
Day 3: Belgrade- Venice
After breakfast, we will check out of the rooms and head towards Venice. Guests who wish can join an optional tour to Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, organized by your guide (Extra 45 €). In our panoramic city tour, we will see the Ljubljanica River, the Parliament building, Ljubljana University, the Old Square, the Dragon Statue, Dragon Bridge, Tivoli Park, St. Nicholas Cathedral, and Prešeren Square. After leaving the city, we will arrive in Venice. Transfer to our hotel. Overnight stay at the hotel.

 
Day 4: Venice - (Milan & Verona)
After breakfast, enjoy some free time. Guests who wish can participate in an optional full-day tour to Milan & Verona organized by your guide (Extra 95 €). First, we will arrive in Verona, which is known for its marble and is the setting for the world's most famous love story, Romeo and Juliet. We will see the old city, the historical Arena, where concerts still take place, the Senior Palace, Brave-Dante, and Erbe Square. After leaving Verona, we will head towards Milan, a city of industry and fashion. In our Milan city tour, we will walk through the elegant streets to the famous Duomo Square. In the square, we will see the Duomo Cathedral, one of Italy's most significant and architecturally impressive works. We will also have time for shopping at Galleria Vittoria Emanuele and the famous Buenos Aires Boulevard. After completing our time in Milan, we will return to Venice. Accommodation at our hotel.

 
Day 5: Venice - Florence
After having breakfast, we will head to Venice center. Upon our arrival in Venice, we will walk towards San Marco Square to get to know Venice better. Guests may opt to take special vaporetto rides to historic San Marco Square (15 €). The square and San Marco Cathedral, Doge's Palace, Grand Canal, and Rialto Bridge will be among the places visited with our guide. Guests who wish can also join an optional gondola ride organized by your guide (Extra 45 €). By taking the gondolas, we will explore the romantic and historic canals in more detail. After our visit to Venice, we will move towards Florence. Guests may participate in a tour of Pisa. In Pisa, we will visit Campo dei Miracoli (Duomo Square) and the cylindrical Baptistery, which is famous for the Leaning Tower (55 EUR). Transfer to the hotel. Overnight stay at the hotel.

 
Day 6: Florence – Rome
After breakfast and checking out of the rooms, upon arrival in the city, we will have a city tour of Florence. In this tour, we will see the Arno River, Ponte Vecchio Bridge, Uffizi Gallery, San Giovanni Battista Baptistery, Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, and Signoria Palace panoramically. After the tour, guests will have free time to explore the city more closely and to shop. After the tour, we will move towards Rome. Guests who wish can join an optional tour to Siena, an important historical city in the Tuscany region organized by your guide. While walking through the medieval streets, we will take a journey through time from the present to the past. We will visit the Piazza del Campo and examples of Gothic Roman architecture (65 EUR). Transfer to the hotel, room distribution, and overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 7: Rome
After breakfast, we will have a city tour of Rome. Places to be seen include: Vatican, accepted as the center of Christianity, St. Peter's Cathedral, and the Venice Square designed by the famous architect Bernini. Following this, we will visit the Colosseum, Roman Forum, Trajan Forum, Circus Maximus racetrack, the square from where Mussolini addressed the public, the Vittoriano Monument, the Trevi Fountain, and the Spanish Steps. Free time in the city. Overnight at the hotel. After resting for a while, guests who wish can participate in an optional Night Tour of Rome organized by your guide (Extra 45 €). In this tour, we will have the chance to capture the view of Rome under the lights from the Lovers' Hill, and we will visit Navona Square, the Pantheon, the Colosseum, Via Del Corso, and Piazza Del Popolo under the evening lights. Overnight stay at the hotel.

 
Day 8: Rome – Brindisi (Bari)
After breakfast, we will head towards Brindisi or Bari, the port city of Italy. Your guide will arrange an optional visit to the ancient city of Pompeii at a discounted price (Extra 80 €). In this tour, we will explore Pompeii, one of the few ancient cities that has been preserved in its ancient state due to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, where you will see the shops, houses where villagers lived, the amphitheater, and the city square. After our tour, we will head to the port. After completing the customs procedures, we will proceed to the reserved places for our group and depart at 23:30. Our night will be spent on the ferry.

 
Day 9: Igoumenitsa – Thessaloniki – Bursa
In the early morning, we arrive at Igoumenitsa port and head towards Thessaloniki. Following this, we will have a city tour of Thessaloniki. During our city tour, we will see the waterfront, White Tower, Rotunda, Fairground, Ottoman and Byzantine monuments, the largest cathedral in Greece, the Church of St. Demetrius, and the statue of Alexander the Great. At the end of our tour, we will visit the house of the Great Leader Atatürk. After a short break, we will take a walk along the waterfront, which is famous for its cafes, and taste Greece's famous coffee, Frappe. After the city tour, we will have free time. We will meet at the time indicated by our guide and proceed to İpsala via İskece, Gümülcine, and Dedeağaç. After completing customs procedures, we will arrive in Bursa via Tekirdağ. Our tour concludes. We hope to see you in another tour organization. (Estimated arrival time is about 04:30 the next day, depending on customs crossings.)

 
What's included
*Bus transportation services between Bursa – Sofia – Belgrade – Venice – Florence – Rome – Bari – Igoumenitsa – Thessaloniki.
*City tours to be conducted in Rome – Florence – Venice – Thessaloniki – Belgrade – Sofia.
*1 night accommodation with breakfast in a 3* or 4* hotel in Belgrade.
*2 nights accommodation with breakfast in a 3* or 4* hotel in Venice (surroundings).
*1 night accommodation with breakfast in a 3* or 4* hotel in Florence (surroundings).
*2 nights accommodation with breakfast in a 3* or 4* hotel in Rome.
*Ferry crossing between Bari (Brindisi) - Igoumenitsa.
*Professional Turkish guiding services.
*Limited water served in the vehicle.
*All highway check-point and parking fees.
*Customs duties.
Not included
*Visa fee and service charge (Multiple Entry Schengen Visa)
*International departure tax,
*Travel Health Insurance
*Additional tours.
*City Accommodation Taxes, Italy Ear Service, Venice Entrance Fee (50 EUR per person, paid to the guide during the tour)
*Museum, site, etc. entrance fees
*Lunch and Dinner,
*Additional tours organized by the guide
*All personal expenses,
*Optional driver tips
Need to Know
- All participating guests must possess a valid Multi-Entry Schengen visa for the entire duration of the tour. (Green passport holders are exempt from the visa requirement.)
- To enable shopping and expenses in all countries included in the program during the tour, it is sufficient to carry Euros. In regions where local currency is used, the guide will assist with currency exchange.
- Comfortable walking shoes or sneakers should be preferred during the trip. It is advisable to bring a sweater or similar clothing for the evenings.
- On our tours, seat rotation is applied daily in the seating plan; therefore, no guarantee is given for fixed seats or front seats. Seat changes are organized by the vehicle guide.
- When entering Turkey from abroad, there is a mandatory minimum stay of 3 days to be able to bring goods (alcohol, tobacco, etc.).
- Duty-free shopping limit when entering Turkey from abroad: Cigarettes: 3 cartons, Alcoholic Beverages: 1 liter of spirits (spirits containing more than 22% alcohol, excluding wine and champagne), Alcoholic Beverages: 2 liters of spirits (spirits containing less than 22% alcohol, including wine and champagne), Perfume: 600 ml, Makeup or Skin Care Products: 5 items, Chocolate and Confectionery: 2 kg, Coffee: 1 kg, Tea: 1 kg
- Guides may make changes to the program flow within the scope of showing all locations specified in the program, depending on weather and road conditions.
- Guests who register for the tour have the right to cancel free of charge up to 30 days before the tour date. If cancellation occurs less than 30 days before the tour date, a 30% penalty applies; if 20 days or less remain, a 100% penalty applies. Documents such as hospital reports issued by Turkish authorities, work leave certificates, etc., submitted along with the participant's cancellation request, are unfortunately not accepted for cancellations of hotels and services booked outside Turkey.
- Our tour program is organized subject to a minimum participation of 25 people. If sufficient participation is not achieved for the trip, the final cancellation notification date is 20 days before the tour departure. Tours cancelled due to insufficient participation will be notified by Holitera Turizm.
- In cases where the tour program provides only category information without specifying names and/or offers options for the same destination, the hotel(s) will be notified by Holitera Turizm 2 days before the tour departure.
- During periods such as fairs, congresses, concerts, events, sports tournaments, etc., hotels may be located at distances exceeding the specified kilometers. In such cases, information will be provided by Holitera Turizm 15 days prior to the tour departure date.
- Triple rooms are subject to hotel availability. In these rooms, the bed assigned to the third person is smaller than standard beds. Triple rooms consist of 1 large bed + 1 extra bed. Since extra beds are foldable or coach beds, participants booking triple rooms for the 3rd person and/or children are deemed to have accepted potential crowding in the room and the type of bed. Child discounts apply only to one child accompanying two adults, within the appropriate age group.
- Breakfasts included in the tour package are served according to the breakfast culture of the country visited, generally as a limited continental menu consisting of butter, jam, bread, tea, or coffee, and may be served in a separate hall allocated for the group.
- Panoramic city tours included in the tour package are tours lasting a maximum of 2-3 hours, organized for general introduction to cities, conducted from the vehicle with guide commentary, and do not include entry to museums or historical sites. Holitera Turizm is not responsible for the inability to conduct these panoramic tours if they cannot be visited or entered due to restrictions imposed by local authorities on the day and time of the tour (including other scheduled tours), closure due to any event, impassable roads, or if the tour becomes impossible due to weather conditions. Some tours may be conducted via public transport or on foot, depending on available facilities, at points where vehicle access is restricted or roads are closed.
- Waiting times at customs checkpoints crossed by road during travel may exceed standard limits; Holitera Turizm cannot be held liable for any negative consequences arising from such waiting times.
- Extra tours are organized by the local Holitera Turizm partner with a minimum participation requirement of 20 people. If this number is not met, the excursions cannot be conducted, or the prices, content, and vehicles used for extra tours may vary based on the number of participants. Additionally, the days and times of the tours may be changed by the guide depending on the opening/closing status of museums and historical sites at the destinations and weather conditions.
- Extra tours are optional and not mandatory. Passengers who do not wish to participate in extra tours organized during the trip are deemed to have agreed to wait at a suitable rest facility along the route. These passengers will be dropped off at the roadside rest facility before the extra tour begins and picked up from that point after the main tour is completed.
- Check-in and boarding procedures for individuals participating in flight-inclusive tours are personal procedures and must be completed by the guest at the airport counters of the relevant airline or online via the airline's website prior to the flight.
- Holitera Turizm is not responsible for failures to board flights by guests who do not arrive at the specified airport at the times announced by Holitera Turizm for tour participation, fail to complete check-in and boarding procedures on time, or complete these procedures on time but fail to board the aircraft. All costs for new round-trip flight tickets required for missed passengers to join the tour, as well as all transfer costs incurred in the destination area, are borne by the passengers themselves.
- Holitera Turizm acts as an intermediary between the passenger and the airline and is subject to the Hague Protocol of September 28, 1955. There may be risks of delays in scheduled and special flights, or flight times may change prior to the existing tour and flight. Holitera Turizm is obligated to notify such changes as soon as possible. The passenger purchases the tour accepting the risk of schedule changes. Children aged 0-2 years are exempt from paying airport taxes and airport service fees.
- Vehicle types used in our tours are classified according to the number of passengers as follows. Based on the number of participants in each tour, the corresponding vehicle types listed below are assigned:
Buses: (Used for groups of 25 - 46 people) *Mercedes Travego/Tourismo *NEOPLAN Cityliner/Tourliner -*Temsa Safir/Maraton *Man Fortuna
Midibuses: (Used for groups of 17 - 24 people) *Isuzu Turkuaz , *Otokar Mega
Minibuses: (Used for groups up to 16 people) *Vw Volt , *Mercedes Sprinter
- All guests are deemed to have accepted the above terms upon completing the purchase of the tour.