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English speaking tour in: BUCHAREST, BELGRADE, Sarajevo, DUBROVNIK Please note also that your tour guide might be changed once or several times during the tour. On some tours, according to the number of passengers, the service may be provided in bilingual (usually in English and Spanish), either accompanied by two tour leaders, one for each language, or a single tour leader for smaller groups explaining in both languages.

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BUCAREST : DOUBLETREE BY HILTON BUCHAREST UNIRII SQUARE or RIN GRAND SIGHISOARA : KORONA SIGHISOARA or MERCURE BINDERBUBI SIGHISOARA or DOUBLETREE SIGHISOARA CAVALER TIMISOARA : TIMISOARA BELGRADO : HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS BELGRADE Sarajevo : RANDON PLAZA or SPA HOTEL TERME or IBIS STYLES SARAJEVO Sarajevo : HOLLYWOOD DUBROVNIK : VALAMAR LACROMA or KOMPAS or CROATIA CAVTAT DUBROVNIK : LERO or VALAMAR PRESIDENT or VALAMAR ARGOSY We know how important hotels are on your trip. The hotels have been selected taking into consideration quality, price and location. They are located in the cities we visit, most of them not in the city center but all of them with easy access to public transportation nearby. Our accommodation is not based on luxury hotels. Please keep in mind that standards, bed sizes and room dimensions can vary between hotels of the same class in different locations. All rooms are equipped with private bathroom and TV. Some of them also offer a mini-bar, safe box, and hair dryer. Many hotels, mainly in North Europe, do not have air conditioning or local legislation establishes limited dates of use.

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Day 1 Day 1: Bucharest
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Bucharest

TODAY´S HIGHLIGHTS: Transfer to the hotel. City tour of Bucharest. Dinner included.Welcome to Bucharest. On arrival at the airport, we will be waiting for you to transfer you to the hotel. Towards 13.00hrs, after lunch, we will take a panoramic tour of the city with its ancient quarter and the giant Parliament Palace. Free time and dinner included.
Day 2 Day 2: Bucharest, Sinaia, Bran, Sighisoara
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Bucharest, Sinaia, Bran, Sighisoara

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT: Dracula’s Castle. Transylvania region. Special dinner in Sighisoara.Today we have a journey with great scenic beauty, travelling to Transylvania across the Carpathian Mountains and through forests. In SINAIA, we will stroll through the gardens of the Peles and Pelisor Castles before going on to the 14th-century BRAN fortress, commonly known as Dracula’s Castle (tickets included). Time for lunch, before continuing to SIGHISOARA, a very beautiful walled medieval city and UNESCO Heritage center. In the evening we will enjoy a very special dinner, in the restaurant of Count Dracula, at the house where Vlad Tepes was born.
Day 3 Day 3: Sighisoara, Biertan, Sibiu, Hunedoara, Timisoara
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Sighisoara, Biertan, Sibiu, Hunedoara, Timisoara

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT: varied landscapes, small picturesque villages on route. In Transylvania there are numerous fortified churches in areas that were inhabited by people of German origin; some of these churches have been declared Heritage of Mankind, and we will see one of them, BIERTAN (tickets included). After this, we continue to SIBIU, an important economic and cultural center, previously the capital of Transylvania, with its bustling narrow streets and squares. Time for a stroll and take lunch. In the afternoon, we visit the impressive Castle of HUNEDOARA (tickets included), which is considered the prettiest castle in Romania. We continue to TIMISOARA, with time to explore its elegant central squares.
Day 4 Day 4: Timisoara, Belgrade
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Timisoara, Belgrade

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT: Panoramic tour of Belgrade. Museum of Yugoslavia.We set off for SERBIA and the border pass. After a few hours travelling, we will arrive in BELGRADE. Here you can enjoy a panoramic tour of this active capital on the shores of the Danube as it flows into the Sava. We get the chance to admire its busy center, its parliament, and stroll in the Kalemegdan Fortress. A visit to the Museum of Yugoslavia, where Tito´s Mausoleum is located, will also be included. Free afternoon.
Day 5 Day 5: Belgrade, Zvornik, Sarajevo
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Belgrade, Zvornik, Sarajevo

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT: Panoramic tour of Sarajevo. Dinner included. We begin our beautiful stage towards Bosnia. Brief stop in the city of ZVORNIK, one of the oldest cities in Bosnia, crossed by a river that marks the border with Serbia and will make us remember with sadness the war in Bosnia. Its population has since changed a lot as most of it, Muslim, was expelled while Serb refugees from other regions settled. We are near the village of Srebrenica, known for the massacre. After that we continue to PAPRAÇA, a humble Orthodox monastery established around the sixteenth century and known for its attractive church. We continue our route to SARAJEVO. Panoramic tour with a local guide of this city of strong Turkish influence, with its mosques, madrasahs and busy bazaars. Dinner included. Note: if the number of travelers is less than 10 people, the route from Belgrade to Sarajevo can be made by regular coach or plane. In this case the visits to Zvornik and Papraça are not included.
Day 6 Day 6: Sarajevo, Mostar, Medjugorje, Kravica, Dubrovnik
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: Sarajevo, Mostar, Medjugorje, Kravica, Dubrovnik

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT: Tunnel of Hope in Sarajevo. Beautiful landscapes throughout the route: mountains, rivers, waterfalls, lakes and picturesque villages. Dinner included. Before leaving Sarajevo we visit the Tunnel of Hope that saved the city during the Serbian siege in the war. Later, we continue to another exciting drive of scenic beauty. Amidst deep valleys, we travel to MOSTAR, with its very beautiful historic center and stone bridge separating the Orthodox, Muslim and Catholic communities. After lunch, we stop in MEDJUGORJE, a place that attracts thousands of Catholic Pilgrims. We then travel to CROATIA. Border procedures (which may take a while). We will then arrive into DUBROVNIK at the end of the day. Dinner included.Note: in some departures, accommodation may be in Cavtat, a coastal town near the city of Dubrovnik.
Day 7 Day 7: Dubrovnik
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7: Dubrovnik

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT: Panoramic tour of Dubrovnik. Boat trip to Lokrum. Dinner included. In the morning we enjoy a panoramic tour of DUBROVNIK with a local guide. We are undoubtedly in one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, surrounded by walls, bathed by the Adriatic Sea; its intact historic center is a jewel of world architectural heritage. The tour includes tickets to the Franciscan Monastery with the oldest pharmacy in Europe, and the Cathedral. We also include a boat trip to LOKRUM, a small island 15 minutes by boat from Dubrovnik and home to the ruins of a Benedictine monastery of the eleventh century, popular setting of the series "Game of Thrones". You can then enjoy free time, returning to the hotel at the end of the afternoon. Dinner included. Note: in some departures, accommodation may be in Cavtat, a coastal town near the city of Dubrovnik.Note: in the winter months, from November to March, there is no boat service to Lokrum and therefore we cannot visit the island.
Day 8 Day 8: Dubrovnik
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 8: Dubrovnik

After breakfast, end of our services.

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Itinerary of your trip Balkan Peninsula

Day 1: Bucharest

Day 2: Bucharest, Sinaia, Bran, Sighisoara

Day 3: Sighisoara, Biertan, Sibiu, Hunedoara, Timisoara

Day 4: Timisoara, Belgrade

Day 5: Belgrade, Zvornik, Sarajevo

Day 6: Sarajevo, Mostar, Medjugorje, Kravica, Dubrovnik

Day 7: Dubrovnik

Day 8: Dubrovnik

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