Grand Benelux, Paris & Alsace Tour with Pegasus Airlines – 7 Nights ATS001

DAY 1 ISTANBUL - DUSSELDORF - AMSTERDAM

Meeting with our valued guests in front of the agency counter at the International Departures Terminal of Sabiha Gökçen Airport at 06:45. Following the ticketing, baggage and boarding procedures, departure for Düsseldorf at 09:55 on Pegasus Airlines’ scheduled flight PC1001. After arrival at 12:20 local time, transfer to Amsterdam by our private bus. Following our arrival, during our Amsterdam city tour, we will explore Amsterdam, one of Europe’s most modern cities, famous for its historical and cultural wealth, canals and museums. Amsterdam also stands out among other European capitals with its liberal lifestyle. Dam Square and the Royal Palace are also among the places to be seen on our tour. Overnight at our hotel.

DAY 2 AMSTERDAM

After breakfast, free time. Guests who wish may join our Amsterdam Masterpieces Marken & Volendam & Zaanse Schans and boat tour, to be organized as an optional excursion by our guide. While visiting Marken and Volendam, where we can best observe the traditional Dutch lifestyle, you will be deeply impressed by the scenery and the colorful houses lined up one after another. The residents of Marken village, who formerly made their living from fishing, changed their way of life after the island became a tourist destination and was connected to the mainland by a bridge, with handicrafts and traditional clothing production becoming widespread. The houses built on stilts to prevent flooding are still preserved today. We will reach Volendam, which is much larger than Marken, after a short journey across the bridge. In the area, where there are various cheese producers and a cheese-tasting workshop along the way, we will visit a cheese producer and learn about cheese production. After a short free time for shopping, we will depart for Volendam. In this beautiful town, where famous artists such as Picasso and Renoir stayed briefly in the 20th century, you can see many homeowners walking around in traditional clothing. While exploring the town, where fishing still partly continues, you will be able to see historic fishermen’s houses, museums, workshops and shops where handicrafts are made. You will have time for lunch in Volendam, which is renowned for its traditional cuisine. After visiting these two beautiful villages, we continue our tour toward Zaanse Schans Theme Park. This open-air museum, located in the town of Zaandam, was built to reflect the region’s rural life and industrial activities in the 18th and 19th centuries. Famous for its working windmills, the area reflects the Netherlands’ past to its visitors with its traditional wooden houses, workshops and warehouses. After free time in the town, which also fascinates visitors with its natural beauty, we will then take our Amsterdam boat tour. After free time for dinner in the city, we will meet at the time determined by our guide and depart for our hotel. Overnight at our hotel.

Optional Amsterdam Masterpieces Marken & Volendam & Zaanse Schans and Boat Tour: 100 Euros (Per Person) (Transportation, guiding, boat tour and city tour included.)

DAY 3 AMSTERDAM – BRUSSELS

After breakfast at the hotel, we set out for Brussels. Guests who wish may join our optional Bruges and Ghent tour along the way. On this tour, we will first visit Ghent. This city, which is as attractive as Brussels from a touristic perspective, is one of the important cities to visit in Belgium. Located at the confluence of two rivers, the city’s attractions include the Belfry and St. Nicholas’ Church. After our tour, we continue to the fairytale city of Bruges. Known as the Venice of Belgium, this lace-like city will provide you with unforgettable memories. After our tour, we depart for Brussels. Upon arrival, we will take our Brussels city tour. We begin our tour in Brussels, one of Europe’s most important cities, with Grand Palace, one of its most famous and lively squares. Buildings famous for their Gothic style, historical and architectural texture, the Stock Exchange building and the Atomium are among the main places to be seen. After our tour, free time. We then transfer to our hotel. Overnight at our hotel.

Optional Bruges and Ghent tour: 80 Euros (Per Person) (Transportation, guiding and city tour included)

DAY 4 BRUSSELS – PARIS

After breakfast, departure for Paris. Upon arrival in Paris, panoramic city tour. We will discover Paris, Europe’s most famous city, which has been the subject of films, paintings and songs. The Champs-Élysées, its most renowned avenue, Trocadéro Square, the Opera House and Concorde Square are among the main places to be seen. Free time after our tour. Following the tour, transfer to our hotel. Overnight at our hotel.

DAY 5 PARIS

After breakfast, guests who wish may join our Paris Masterpieces Tour, to be organized as an optional excursion by our guide. The Eiffel Tower, a boat trip on the Seine River, Montmartre Artists’ Hill and the Sacré-Cœur Basilica are the main places to visit. During our tour, you will have the chance to go up to the second floor of the Eiffel Tower and discover this magical city from above. Afterwards, you will enjoy seeing Paris and its bridges from the river during a one-hour boat trip around the islands on the Seine River. We then take the funicular up Montmartre, Paris’s oldest and highest hill. After free time in Place du Tertre, where you can shop or have your portrait drawn while breathing in the bohemian lifestyle, famous for Sacré-Cœur and its neighboring artists, we will see the renowned Notre-Dame Cathedral panoramically, which has been the subject of novels, songs and films. After visiting Artists’ Hill, we proceed to the Benlux store, where you can purchase tax-free perfume, cosmetics and watches. Our tour ends after visiting the Benlux store. Following a photo stop at Paris’s Kilometer Zero, we will have free time at the end of our tour. In the evening, guests who wish may join our optional Paris by Night Tour, to be organized by our guide. After the tour, we transfer to the hotel. Overnight at our hotel.

Optional Paris Masterpieces Tour: 100 Euros (Per Person) (Transportation, guiding, Eiffel Tower ticket and funicular ticket included.)

Optional Paris By Night Tour: 30 Euros (Per Person) (Transportation and guiding included.)

DAY 6 PARIS – LUXEMBOURG

After breakfast at the hotel, we set out for Luxembourg. Guests who wish may join the optional Schengen & Remich tour, to be organized by your guide along the way. We begin our tour in the town of Schengen, located at the meeting point of three countries. Schengen, where the European Union’s Schengen Agreement was signed, became famous after the agreement and is now one of tourists’ favorite destinations. After our tour, we reach Remich through the vineyards. In this quiet and peaceful town, you can shop at much lower prices in small shops due to Luxembourg’s low-tax policy and its location near the border. After the tour, we arrive in Luxembourg by our private bus. Upon arrival, we will take our panoramic city tour. In our city tour of Luxembourg, one of the smallest countries in Europe by area, the city cathedral, narrow streets and the Dukes’ Palace are the main places to be seen. After our tour, transfer to the hotel. Overnight at our hotel.

Optional Schengen & Remich tour: 50 Euros (Per Person) (Transportation, guiding and city tour included.)

DAY 7 LUXEMBOURG

After breakfast at the hotel, guests who wish may join our Strasbourg & Colmar Tour, to be organized as an optional excursion by our guide. Departure for the fairytale town of Colmar. During our tour, the Old Customs House, the Pfister House, one of its most famous houses, and Little Venice, the city’s most famous district with its colorful houses around the Rhine River, are among the places to be seen. In this unique setting surrounded by the Rhine River and canals, you will have the opportunity to enjoy many delicious foods to suit your taste as well as purchase numerous souvenirs. After the tour, transfer to Strasbourg. Strasbourg, the most important city in the Alsace region, famous as the capital of Europe, was included on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1988 and is home to the Council of Europe, the European Parliament and the European Court of Human Rights. For this reason, it is the European Union’s second most important city after Brussels. Along with Geneva and New York, it is one of three cities in the world that host international institutions without being a capital. Strasbourg, which has historical importance as the place where the French national anthem “La Marseillaise” was written, is a city where Alsatian culture and French architecture are blended. We will visit Strasbourg Cathedral of Notre-Dame, which held the title of the world’s tallest structure until 1874, Rohan Palace, Kleber Square and the Petit France district decorated with traditional Alsatian houses. After our tour, transfer to our hotel. Overnight at our hotel.

Optional Strasbourg & Colmar Tour: 120 Euros (Per Person) (Transportation, guiding and city tour included.)

DAY 8 LUXEMBOURG – DUSSELDORF - ISTANBUL

After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to Düsseldorf Airport at the time to be announced by your guide. Following the ticketing, baggage and flight procedures, departure for Istanbul at 17:20 on Pegasus Airlines’ scheduled flight PC1004. After a comfortable and pleasant flight, arrival in Istanbul at 21:35 and the end of our tour.

OPTIONAL TOUR PACKAGE

Amsterdam Masterpieces Marken & Volendam & Zaanse Schans and Boat Tour: 100 Euros (Per Person)

Bruges & Ghent tour: 80 Euros (Per Person)

Paris Masterpieces Tour: 100 Euros (Per Person)

Paris By Night tour: 30 Euros (Per Person)

Strasbourg & Colmar tour: 120 Euros (Per Person)

Schengen & Remich tour: 50 Euros (Per Person)

IF THE TOURS LISTED ABOVE ARE PURCHASED AS A PACKAGE, THE TOTAL PRICE WILL BE 450 EUROS INSTEAD OF 480 EUROS.