Balkan Beauties with AJet Airlines Kosovo Macedonia Tour
Tour Information
Kosovo - North Macedonia
Daily Itinerary
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Meet at the travel agency desk in the departures terminal at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport. Departure at 09:25 on Ajet Airlines flight VF101 to Pristina, the capital of Kosovo. Following a comfortable and relaxing flight, we’ll arrive at 10:05 a.m. local time. After completing immigration procedures, we’ll embark on a panoramic city tour by private vehicle, visiting Germia Park, the Kosovo Museum, the Fatih Sultan Mehmed Mosque built by the Ottomans in the 15th century, the 18th-century Yasar Pasha Mosque, and the mausoleum of Ottoman Sultan Murad I Hüdavendigâr, who was killed on the Kosovo Plain following the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. After the city tour, we’ll head to Skopje. Upon arrival in Skopje, the city tour begins. Among the sites we will visit in Skopje—the birthplace of our famous poet Yahya Kemal Beyatlı—are the Mustafa Pasha Mosque, the Murat Pasha Mosque, Kapan Han, Sulu Han, and the Stone Bridge. We continue our walk along the banks of the Vardar River, taking in the Turkish and Jewish neighborhoods on the opposite bank. During this walk, we’ll see Macedonia Square, the Ottoman Bridge, and the Davut Pasha Bathhouse from the outside, and then enter the Turkish Bazaar.
We will see the Clock Tower—one of Skopje’s iconic landmarks built in the 16th century—the Sultan Murat Mosque, built in the 14th century, and the Isa Bey Mosque, also dating from the same century, followed by free time in the Turkish Bazaar.
After free time, for those who wish to participate, we will organize an optional evening tour featuring unique Balkan music and cuisine, along with a traditional dance performance by a folklore troupe—an unforgettable Balkan night. Overnight stay at our hotel in Skopje.
Skopje - Skopje
After breakfast, you’ll have the rest of the day at your leisure. Guests who wish to do so may join the optional Grand Macedonia Tour. After the tour, you’ll be transferred back to the hotel. Overnight stay at our hotel in Skopje.
Skopje - Pristina–Istanbul
After breakfast, we’ll head to Pristina Airport. On the way, guests who wish to do so can join the optional Matka Canyon Tour. After the tour, we’ll continue our journey to Pristina.
After check-in, we will depart for Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport at 6:00 PM on Ajet Airlines’ scheduled flight VF102. After a comfortable and relaxing flight, we’ll arrive in Istanbul at 8:40 PM, marking the end of our tour. We bid you farewell, hoping to see you again on your next trip.
Important Information
Services Included
Accommodation in the stated hotel categories 2 Nights Skopje accommodation
Breakfasts
All transfers specified in the program
City tours specified in the program
Customs taxes
All highway, parking and checkpoint expenses
Professional Turkish-speaking guide services
Mandatory insurance (Professional liability)
Not Included
Travel Insurance (up to age 65): 20.-Eur
Travel insurance (ages 66-75): 40.-Eur
All hotel extras and personal expenses
City and hotel taxes
Tour Notes & Important Information
Our agency, acts as an intermediary between the airline and the passenger and 28.09.1955 is subject to The Hague Protocol. There may be delay risk on scheduled and special flights or times may change before the current trip or flight. Our passengers purchase the tour knowing and accepting that flight details may change. Our agency is not responsible for changes in domestic connecting flights for guests who do not confirm flight times and routing. Airline rules apply to group tickets and as required by group ticket rules if the outbound flight is not used, the return flight cannot be used either.
Prices, 01.01.2011 are based on the transportation costs on the stated date, any increases until the departure date will be reflected at the same rate.
Our agency has the right, provided that guests are notified to cancel the tour or change the date. For programs without sufficient participation our agency reserves the right to cancel the tour with prior notice. In case of tour cancellation our agency must personally notify the cancellation. As this is a legal process, there is no compensation right.
Child prices; apply when the child stays as the third guest in the same room with two adults. In triple rooms; the third bed is an extra foldaway bed and does not have the same comfort as the other two beds.
In the tour program without a name being specified only category information is given and/or when options are available for the same destination hotel(s) 48 hours before departure will be communicated to you. Our agency, provided the star category remains the same reserves the right to change hotel names.
Depending on the flight time, in case of late arrivals panoramic city orientation tour, is done the next day. Excursions stated in the programs at the guide's discretion for any reason may be held on a different day than stated.
Panoramic city tours included in the tour package are arranged to introduce the cities in general, are narrated by the guide from inside the vehicle, do not include museum or archaeological site entrances, and last at most 2-3 hours. Panoramic tours, including the other tours stated in the program, matching the tour day and at the scheduled time visiting by local authorities, entry is not permitted or due to roads closed because of any event cannot be operated, or due to weather conditions when operating the tour becomes impossible our agency is not responsible if the mentioned tours cannot be operated. Where roads are closed or vehicle access is not allowed, some tours may be operated by public transport or on foot where possible.
Optional tours are organized by the local agency we work with and require a minimum of 20 participants. If sufficient numbers are not reached excursions may not be operated, or optional excursion prices, content and vehicles may vary according to the number of participants. Also tour days and times, at the places to be visited whether museums and archaeological sites are open or closed and according to weather conditions may be changed by the guide.
Optional tours are optional and depend on the participant's preference. Passengers who do not wish to join optional tours arranged during the tour, are deemed to accept waiting at a suitable rest facility on the route. These passengers before the optional tour starts are dropped at a roadside rest facility, and are picked up from the same point after the tour is completed.
For your international departures and entries to avoid problems your passport must be valid for 6 months after the end of travel. our guests traveling with a Turkish green passportin, if the issue date of their passport is older than 10 years; must renew their passports. Otherwise they may not be admitted to the destination country and/or their flight from Turkey may not be operated by the airline. In such a case responsibility belongs to the passenger.
Our agency, acts only as an intermediary between the consulate and our customers, if the visa is not approved for any reason, or is not received in time has no responsibility and no compensation right arises. In case of cancellation, regardless of when it is made visa and insurance fees are non-refundable.
The visa must be obtained from the first country of entry for the tour or or from the country where the longest stay will be made. Otherwise if passport control does not allow entry to the country our agency is absolutely not responsible.
Having obtained a visa, does not mean entry to the country is guaranteed, passport control has the authority to refuse entry. For this situation our agency is not responsible, responsibility belongs to the passenger. Torn, worn, wet and/or or similarly damaged passports at the border gate of the country to be visited to avoid problems with customs police; the mentioned passports must be renewed and if the country requires a visa for Turkish citizens the relevant visa must be in the new passport. Otherwise responsibility belongs to the passenger.
under 18 years old our guests alone or with only one parent while traveling during country entry and exit by the police officer on duty because a document showing joint parental consent may be requested; 18 Years under our guests and their parents we recommend that they pay attention to this matter
Our agency, people registered for travel programs are deemed to have read and accepted these articles.
Visa Information:
No visa is required for Turkish citizens on this tour. Guests who are not Turkish citizens must contact the relevant consulates for information on whether a visa is required for entry must apply to the relevant consulates.
For your international departures and entries to avoid problems your passport must be valid for 6 months after the end of travel. our guests traveling with a Turkish green passportin, if the issue date of their passport is older than 10 years; must renew their passports. Otherwise they may not be admitted to the destination country and/or their flight from Turkey may not be operated by the airline. In such a case responsibility belongs to the passenger.
Torn, worn, wet and/or or similarly damaged passports at the border gate of the country to be visited to avoid problems with customs police; the mentioned passports must be renewed and if the country requires a visa for Turkish citizens the relevant visa must be in the new passport. Otherwise responsibility belongs to the passenger.
under 18 years old our guests alone or with only one parent while traveling during country entry and exit by the police officer on duty because a document showing joint parental consent may be requested; 18 Years under our guests and their parents we recommend that they pay attention to this matter
Transportation Details:
AJet Airlines VF101 flight at 09:25 departure to Pristina, the capital of Kosovo, at local time 10:05 arrival
AJet Airlines VF102 scheduled flight at 18:00 Istanbul flight, at 20.40 Istanbul arrival
Accommodation Details:
4 5* Hotels etc.
Optional Tours:
Full Package: 140EUR Instead of 100 EUR
with dinner Balkan Night Tour Per Person: 45 Eur
Grand Macedonia Tour Per Person: 75 Eur
Matka Canyon Tour Per Person: 20 Eur