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12 days Balkans Tour from Sofia

12 days
From Sofia to Bucharest
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12 days Balkans Tour from Sofia - Guided Europe Tours SRL
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An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
Guided in English
Group Size 1 - 48
Age range 12 to 85
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Highlights

  • Explore Rila Monastery, a UNESCO site
  • Stroll through Skopje's historic bazaar
  • Discover Ohrid's ancient theaters and churches
  • Visit Mostar's iconic Old Bridge and old town
  • Tour the medieval citadel of Sighisoara

Itinerary

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  1. Introduction
  1. Day 1 Sofia – Rila – Skopje (350 km) BULGARIA +MACEDONIA
  2. Day 2 Skopje – Ohrid (190 km) MACEDONIA
  3. Day 3 Ohrid – Tirana – Shkoder (230 km) NORTHMACEDONIA + ALBANIA
  4. Day 4 Shkoder – Kotor - Trebinje (190 km) MONTENEGRO
  5. Day 5 Trebinje – Mostar – Sarajevo (240 km) BOSNIA&HERZEGOVINA
  6. Day 6 Sarajevo – Belgrad (400 km) BOSNIA + SERBIA
  7. Day 7 Belgrad – Novi Sad – Budapest (400 km) SERBIA + HUNGARY
  8. Day 8 Budapest HUNGARY
  9. Day 9 Budapest – Timisoara (320km)
  10. Day 10 Timisoara – The Corvini Castle – Sibiu (440km)
  11. Day 11 Sibiu – Sighisoara – Brasov (210 km)
  12. Day 12 Brasov - Sinaia – Bucharest (180 km)
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Where You'll Stay

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Number of tours

11

Age Range

12 to 75 years old

Response time

within 3 days

Response rate

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Customer Reviews

  • 12 days Balkans Tour from Sofia reviewer 1
    · May 6th, 2023
    Just finished the 19 day Balkans Small Group Tour and all I can say is wow! Super job by the Tour Radar team (Mattias, Gabriel, Vlad, George) to make everyone comfortable, keeping us informed, and guide us through the various landmarks on a schedule to keep the group moving. Our drivers/Guides were all extremely knowledgeable on the history of the many countries, regions, landmarks. Most of the Balkans were new to us so a wonderful way to get exposed to many true hidden jewel tourist locations. So happy we made it and will plan to revisit various locations now on a much more relaxed schedule. Days are broken down into travel segments with stops along the way to stretch out and see the attractions before landing at the destination hotel. Hotels were pretty solid 3 star, mostly very clean, super locations to walk out later and again early for individual meals and exploring. Breakfasts were all good to superb. We've had this trip cancelled twice due to plandemic and are we happy to finally make it. Thank you to Tour Radar, and also Mattias and our 5 friends that spent 12 of the 19 days together in the van! Highly recommend and will use Tour Radar again!
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    Trip date: April 2023

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12 days
12 days Balkans Tour from Sofia
From Sofia to Bucharest

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