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Departure Location

Skopje, Macedonia

Return Location

Sarajevo, BiH

Day 1
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Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7

Day 1

Skopje Arrival

Arrival at Alexander the Great Airport, meet and greet by guide. Transfer to city centre. Start walking tour – including Stone Bridge, Old Bazaar, Old Rail Station, Mustafa-Pasha Mosque, Daut Pasin Hamam, from the XV century and the monument of Mother Teresa. Transfer for lunch at local restaurant. Free time for shopping. Return to hotel for check in. Dinner at hotel. Overnight in Skopje.

Day 2

Skopje – Ohrid (180km)

Breakfast at hotel and check out hotel. Proceed to Ohrid (+/- 180km: +/- 3Hours) Lunch at local restaurant on route to Ohrid. Arrival Ohrid City, and city tour – visit Hadzi Turgut Mosque, Zeynel Abedin Pasha Tekke, Old bazaar, Perl shop, Old Paper factory, Ohrid lake. Return to hotel for check in. Dinner and overnight in Ohrid.

Day 3

Ohrid – Tirana – Budva (240km)

Breakfast at hotel and check out hotel. Proceed to Tirana (+/- 140km: +/- 3 hours). Arrival Tirana, check in hotel. Lunch at hotel. Proceed to walking tour of Tirana – visit Mosque of Ethem Bey, the Clock Tower, the National Museum and spend some time for shopping. Continue to Budva. Dinner and overnight in Budva.

Day 4

Budva - Dubrovnik – Neum (200 km)

Breakfast at hotel and check out hotel. Proceed to city tour through old town Budva. Transfer to Dubrovnik (+/- 120km: +/- 2Hours). Lunch at Restaurant in Kotor. Continue to Dubrovnik. Arrival and Visit the Old Town. Continue to Neum Check in hotel. Dinner and overnight in Neum.

Day 5

Neum – Mostar – Sarajevo (220 km)

Breakfast at hotel. Check out hotel. Transfer to Mostar (+/- 140km: +/- 2 ½Hours). Stop at Kravice waterfalls; Pocitelj – old city fortress built during the Ottoman era; Blagaj – Buna River spring. Lunch at local restaurant. Proceed walk through the Dervish Monastery (tekke) then continue journey to Mostar. Upon arrival Mostar, visit old town. Continue to Sarajevo. Dinner at hotel. Overnight in Sarajevo.

Day 6

Sarajevo loco

Breakfast at hotel. Proceed for tour to visit Vrelo Bosne – spring of river Bosnia, Tunnel Museum – the only means of going in and out during the siege of Sarajevo in last war. Walking tour of old town Bascarsija, Latin bridge, place where the Austro-Hungarian Archduke was assassinated, what triggered the 1st World War; Brusa bezistan – covered market place; Gazi Husref Bey Mosque- built in 1530 year during the Ottoman era – and Gazi Husref Bey Madrass; Morica han built in 1551; Vijecnica – town hall for the Austro-Hungarian era. Lunch at the local restaurant. Afternoon, free for shopping. Back to hotel. Dinner and overnight in Sarajevo

Day 7

Sarajevo departure

Breakfast at hotel. Check-out the hotel, (optional BASED ON FLIGHT TIME – morning departure at 9:00am to cable car for a ride to Trebević mounrain) OR free time for shopping and individual activities until we transfer you to Sarajevo Airport for final departure.

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Sarajevo was founded in the early 15th century, at the junction of Roman roads in an area inhabited since the Neolithic Age. It was a time of expansion of the Ottoman Empire over the Kingdom of Bosnia, a time of great social and cultural changes. Ishak Bey Ishaković is regarded as a founder of Sarajevo – he was the first to build a mosque, a court, a bridge, and several public institutions - but the fact is that the city was established by native inhabitants of this region, Bosniaks, many of whom had by then already converted to Islam, a religion that came to this part (Balkan) of the world with the Ottomans. A rapid development of crafts and trade made Sarajevo a rich town, a crossroad of religions and cultures, trade routes, and all sorts of travellers. In the 16th century it was one of the most affluent cities in this part of the Balkans, and it was during this period that some of the monumental buildings were built which to this day represent masterpieces of the architecture and civilisation of that age. A higher education institution was also established under the legacy of Gazi Husrev Bey in 1537, which in almost all its aspects mirrored the universities of other large cities in Europe. Sarajevo has been a cosmopolitan city ever since it was founded. It was a place of refuge and settlement of Jews expelled from Spain in the 15th century, who built their synagogues, Orthodox churches, and then Catholic cathedrals were also built.