İSTANBUL – BRUSSELS – (Brugge Tour) – PARIS – (Paris Masterpieces Tour)
After baggage drop-off, check-in, and passport control at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Terminal, which we will complete 3 hours before the flight, we fly to Brussels at 08:50 with Pegasus Airlines scheduled flight PC921. After arriving at Brussels Charleroi Airport at 10:25 local time, we head to Brussels city center with our private bus waiting for us to conduct our city tour. Brussels, which is also regarded as the capital of Europe and the European Union thanks to hosting many institutions related to both Belgium and the European Union and NATO, is a city that has managed to preserve many historical monuments throughout history. After our city tour in Brussels, where we will see Grand Palace, one of Europe’s most famous and lively squares, and places famous for their Gothic historical and architectural texture, we depart for Paris. On the way, our guests who wish may join our extra Brugge Tour program (50 Euro). Brugge, known as “Belgium’s Venice” thanks to its houses located in the water and streets formed by canals, is known as a dream city. The city’s historical structure and medieval architecture, which fortunately were not damaged during World War II, have survived to the present day. The single-story, almost cake-like colorful-roofed houses, churches, statues, and cobblestone medieval streets that we encounter in the city square will draw us into a fairy tale. After the city tour we will carry out in Brugge, we continue our journey to Paris. Upon our arrival in Paris, within the free time that will be provided, our guests who wish may join our extra Paris Masterpieces Tour program (45 Euro). Starting from Paris’s magnificent squares, on this tour we will visit Trocadero Square, located on the hill directly across from the Eiffel Tower and offering the best view of the tower, with many cafes and restaurants, accompanied by the elegance brought to the city by the evening lights. After visits to the Opera House, Concorde Square decorated with 365 street lamps, and Champs Elysees Avenue, we complete our tour after the free time given and head to our hotel in the Paris region. Upon arrival at the hotel, room assignment and free time to rest.
PARIS – (Paris Phenomena Tour and Seine River Boat Tour) – (Paris Icons Tour)
After breakfast, we offer a full day of free time. Guests who wish may join our extra Paris Phenomena and Seine River Boat Tour (85 Euro). We begin our Paris Phenomena tour with the Eiffel Tower, the symbol of Paris and even France. This structure of steel and iron, built by Gustave Eiffel for the 1889 Paris III. Universal Exhibition, was initially considered for demolition, but after attracting great interest from tourists during and after the 1889 Universal Exhibition, it remained standing to this day. We offer free time around the Eiffel Tower for photography and sightseeing. During this free time, guests who wish may go up to the 2nd floor of the tower, which consists of 3 sections (floors) and each section is reached by elevator, and enjoy Paris’s unique view while taking beautiful photos (Optional Eiffel Tower elevator ascent fee is 23€, not included in the extra tour price). After our Eiffel tour, we organize a Seine River boat tour. (Boat tour is included in the extra tour price) The Seine River, 776 km long and one of the most well-known rivers in the world, divides the city into two. During the tour we will take on slow-moving long boats on the river, we will see many famous buildings of Paris and the 37 bridges over the river from a unique angle. After our Seine River tour, via Invalide (Veterans) Square road, we panoramically see the Lady Diana Monument, Palais Royal, the 17th-century royal entertainment center, and Comedie Franceise Square, where many historical buildings including the French State Theatre are located, and we arrive at BENLUX Store, the international center of Paris fashion with its perfumes since 1959, and give free time for shopping and sightseeing. Guests who wish may visit the Louvre Museum, which was built as a castle for defense purposes in the Middle Ages but began to be used as a museum after the French Revolution, where nearly 10 million people visited in 2012, after our photo break and may visit the museum during the free time that will be offered (Optional Louvre Museum entrance fee is 23€, not included in the extra tour price). Free time in the city center after the tour. In the evening, our guests who wish may join our extra Paris Icons Tour program (65 Euro). In our tour, we will first go to Montmartre Hill, known as the “Painters’ Hill,” where bohemian life still continues today, street painters and caricaturists are present, and many famous painters have worked, and which forms the highest point of Paris. After touring the Sacré-Coeur Basilica (Vow Church) rising on top of this 130-meter hill (transportation via funicular is included in the extra tour price), we will have free time for having your portrait made in the painters’ square and for sightseeing. Transfer to our hotel at the end of the tour.
PARIS – (Disneyland Tour or Paris Local Districts & Luxembourg Gardens and Perfume Museum Tour) – METZ
After breakfast and check-out from the hotel, we head to our hotel in the Metz region.
On the way, our guests who wish may join our extra Disneyland Tour (Single Park Ticket 130 Euro & Double Park Ticket 150 Euro – ticket prices may vary depending on availability. Pre-reservation is recommended. Transportation from the RER Train Station to Disneyland Park is the responsibility of guests joining the Disneyland Tour. Our guests joining the Disneyland Tour will be dropped off at the RER train station on the way there, and on the way back they will be picked up from the entrance of Disneyland Park according to their preference.) program. On our tour, you can enjoy a full day of unlimited fun in the fairy-tale entertainment world of the world-famous Disneyland. Guests who wish may instead use their full day of free time by joining the extra Paris Local Districts & Luxembourg Gardens and Perfume Museum Tour (50 Euro) program. In our tour, we first offer a walking tour and passage visits in St. Michel and St. Germain, which are lively and active at all hours of the day with luxury shops, cafes, and restaurants, and where Parisians mostly prefer to carry out their daily lives, allowing us to observe the truly Parisian atmosphere, followed by free time for shopping and sightseeing. Continuing our tour, we visit Saint Sulpice Church, described as the jewel of artistic architecture in Paris and which has hosted the weddings of many world-famous names, and then Luxembourg Gardens, which inspires painters with its colorful flowers, impressive lake view, fascinating statues, and historical monuments. Later in the tour, we visit the perfume museum, where both the city and the development of the perfume sector in the city are showcased, as well as valuable perfumes with French essences and scents displayed in original bottles with aesthetically impressive designs.
At the end of the tour, we continue our journey to Metz. Upon arrival at our hotel in the Metz region, room assignment and free time to rest.
METZ – STRASBOURG – (Colmar Tour) – LUXEMBOURG
After breakfast and check-out from the hotel, we depart to organize our Metz city tour. After our panoramic city tour in Metz, a medieval city founded at the confluence of the Moselle and Seille rivers in northeastern France, we head to Strasbourg. Located on the border of Germany, Switzerland, and France, and also the largest city in the Alsace region, Strasbourg will welcome us like something out of a fairy tale, as beautiful as a painting. During the panoramic city tour we will conduct by walking in the car-free center and streets of Strasbourg, which was included in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List in 1988 and has been hosting the European Parliament since 1992, the Gutenberg Square and Statue, the Notre Dame Cathedral located at the very heart of the city and its most important structure, and the Kammerzell House, the oldest house in the city and still operating today as a hotel and restaurant, are among the places we will see. After the tour in Strasbourg, within the free time that will be offered, our guests who wish may join our extra Colmar Tour program (50 Euro). Colmar, the capital of the Alsace region, takes its visitors on a medieval journey with its chalk-colored wooden houses, cobblestone streets, and canals connected by beautiful bridges, and after the sightseeing tour and free time there, we head to Luxembourg. Upon arrival at our hotel in the Luxembourg region, room assignment and free time to rest.
LUXEMBOURG – COLOGNE – (Outlet Tour) – AMSTERDAM
After breakfast and check-out from the hotel, we move to organize our Luxembourg city tour. Luxembourg is the world leader in terms of per capita income according to IMF and World Bank data. The capital city of the same name, Luxembourg, is protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is the only city to have been named European Capital of Culture twice, in 1995 and 2007. After our city tour in Luxembourg, one of the smallest countries in Europe in terms of area, we head to Cologne. Cologne, built around the Rhine River and having maintained its importance as a major trading center since the Middle Ages, is an important German city that stands out with its chocolates, relics from the Roman period, Roman walls surrounding the city, medieval churches, and many historical structures. Cologne Gothic Cathedral, Hochenzollern Bridge, and Kaiser Wilhem II Monument are among the main places to be seen during our city tour. After our Cologne tour, we head to our hotel in the Amsterdam region. On the way, our guests who wish may join our extra Outlet Tour program (15 Euro). In our tour, we will visit Roermond, home to the largest designer outlet center in the Benelux region and Germany. After free time at the Outlet Center, which houses stores of many famous brands and captivates shopping enthusiasts with its affordable prices throughout the year, we complete our tour and continue our journey to Amsterdam. Upon arrival at our hotel in the Amsterdam region, room assignment and free time to rest.
AMSTERDAM – (Amsterdam Icons and Giethoorn Hobbit Village Tour)
After breakfast, we offer a full day of free time. During this free time, our guests who wish may join our extra Amsterdam Icons and Giethoorn Hobbit Village Tour (85 Euro) program. In our tour, we first visit Giethoorn, referred to as the “Land of Fairy Tales” for its peaceful atmosphere and canals. Away from motor vehicles, with its pristine nature, bridges, canals, and charming houses with unique architectural wonders, Giethoorn ranks first on the list of the world’s most peaceful places. After our sightseeing tour in Giethoorn Hobbit Village, within the free time that will be offered, guests who wish may, by paying an additional fee (optional Boat Tour fee 10 Euro), take a boat ride through the canals of this fairy-tale town and have the chance to view the charming houses resembling Hobbit living spaces from a different angle. After the first part of our tour in Giethoorn, we move to Amsterdam city center to organize our Amsterdam Icons Tour. Upon arrival in Amsterdam, Dam Square, the Royal Palace, and Central Station are among the main places to be seen. After our tour, in which we discover the city from different angles by walking through Amsterdam’s local districts and narrow streets, famous for its walking paths and canals, and visit its world-famous streets, we return to our hotel in the Amsterdam region after the free time that will be provided.
AMSTERDAM – (Fairy Tale Villages & Windmills Tour) – ZAANDAM – (Grand Holland Tour) – BRUSSELS
After breakfast and check-out from the hotel, we move to Zaandam. On the way, our guests who wish may join our extra Fairy Tale Villages and Windmills Tour (75 Euro) program. In our tour, we will first visit the peaceful and small town of Marken, which was once an island and was connected to the mainland by a road built through land reclamation. After our visit in Marken, famous for its magnificent houses with well-kept gardens and wooden shoes, we arrive at Volendam, the next stop of our tour. More of a fishing village than Marken, Volendam completes our program with a walking tour along its streets surrounded by neat and beautiful houses and its waterfront road full of restaurants and cafes, and we continue our journey to Zaandam. Located in the north of the country on the banks of the Zaan River, Zaandam stands out among Instagram influencers as an open-air museum where modern shopping opportunities and historical traditional green Zaan houses meet. After the sightseeing tour and free time we will offer in Zaandam, which holds the title of being the place where the first McDonalds restaurant in Europe opened, our guests who wish may join our extra Grand Holland Tour program (85 Euro). In our tour, we first move to Zaanse Schans. With its windmills, museums, nature, and culture, this historic town is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the Netherlands. After our Zaanse Schans tour, where we will see mills used today in paint and oil production as well as shops where handmade souvenirs such as wooden clogs can be found (entrance fees to the archaeological site are included in the extra tour price. The optional Zaanse Schans museum entrance fee is not included in the 15€ price). The second stop of our tour will be The Hague. In The Hague, the administrative capital of the country, the Parliament Building, Royal Palace, and the European Court of Human Rights are among the places to be seen; after our Hague tour, where we may encounter Dutch parliamentarians in the streets and cafes of daily life, we move to our final stop, Rotterdam. Dating back to the 1270s, almost rebuilt after World War II, and now home to the largest port in Europe, Rotterdam is the largest city in the Netherlands in terms of population and its most important economic and commercial center. During our city tour, modern architectural structures such as the Erasmus Bridge and Cube Houses will be among our main stops and will attract attention. After the Rotterdam city tour, we complete our tour with the free time that will be provided and set off for Brussels. Upon arrival at our hotel in the Brussels region, room assignment and free time to rest.
BRUSSELS – ISTANBUL
BRUSSELS – ISTANBUL
After breakfast and check-out from the hotel, we depart for Brussels Charleroi Airport for our return flight to Istanbul. After baggage drop-off, check-in, and passport control procedures at the airport, we fly to Istanbul at 14:45 with Pegasus Airlines scheduled flight PC924. Arrival at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport at 20:05 TRT and end of our tour.