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15 days

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50

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About This Tour

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east.

Bulgaria is a Balkan nation with diverse terrain encompassing Black Sea coastline, a mountainous interior and rivers, including the Danube. A cultural melting pot with Greek, Slavic, Ottoman, and Persian influences, it has a rich heritage of traditional dance, music, costumes, and crafts. At the foot of domed Vitosha mountain is its capital city, Sofia, dating to the 5th century B.C.

Highlights

What’s Included

  • Europamundo General Services: Travel by bus with English speaking guide, basic travel insurance, hotel and breakfast buffet.
  • Includes arrival transfer
  • City tour in: ATHENS, SOFIA, PLOVDIV, BUCHAREST, BELGRADE, Sarajevo, DUBROVNIK
  • Boat: to Lokrum island in Dubrovnik
  • Evening transfer: Plaka neighborhood in Athens
  • Ticket admission: Monastery at Meteoras, Monastery , Sofia Cathedral , Roman Amphitheater, The Ancient Botica and The Armenian House in Plovdiv , Thracian Tomb Replica in Kazalnak , Church of the Nativity in Arbanassi , Basarbovski Monastery , Bran Fortress , Church of Biertan , Castle of Hunedoara , Museum of Yugoslavia in Belgrade , Sirmium Imperial Palace in Stremska Mitrovica , Franciscan Monastery and Cathedral in Dubrovnik
  • 1 Lunch Included in: Etar
  • 8 dinner included in: Kalabaka, SANDANSKY, PLOVDIV, BUCHAREST, SIGHISOARA, Sarajevo, DUBROVNIK, DUBROVNIK

What’s Excluded

  • Visa
  • Airfare and Insurance
  • Optional sightseeing & meals
  • Meals other than specified in the itinerary.
  • Porterages, Tips, Laundry, telephone, optional excursions and other items of a personal nature.
  • Early check-in and Late check out
  • Cost of foreign exchange for personal use.
  • Any items or services not specified in the itinerary ‘HOLIDAY PRICE INCLUDES’ head.
  • TCS is not included

What’s Included

What’s Excluded

  • Europamundo General Services: Travel by bus with English speaking guide, basic travel insurance, hotel and breakfast buffet.
  • Includes arrival transfer
  • City tour in: ATHENS, SOFIA, PLOVDIV, BUCHAREST, BELGRADE, Sarajevo, DUBROVNIK
  • Boat: to Lokrum island in Dubrovnik
  • Evening transfer: Plaka neighborhood in Athens
  • Ticket admission: Monastery at Meteoras, Monastery , Sofia Cathedral , Roman Amphitheater, The Ancient Botica and The Armenian House in Plovdiv , Thracian Tomb Replica in Kazalnak , Church of the Nativity in Arbanassi , Basarbovski Monastery , Bran Fortress , Church of Biertan , Castle of Hunedoara , Museum of Yugoslavia in Belgrade , Sirmium Imperial Palace in Stremska Mitrovica , Franciscan Monastery and Cathedral in Dubrovnik
  • 1 Lunch Included in: Etar
  • 8 dinner included in: Kalabaka, SANDANSKY, PLOVDIV, BUCHAREST, SIGHISOARA, Sarajevo, DUBROVNIK, DUBROVNIK
  • Visa
  • Airfare and Insurance
  • Optional sightseeing & meals
  • Meals other than specified in the itinerary.
  • Porterages, Tips, Laundry, telephone, optional excursions and other items of a personal nature.
  • Early check-in and Late check out
  • Cost of foreign exchange for personal use.
  • Any items or services not specified in the itinerary ‘HOLIDAY PRICE INCLUDES’ head.
  • TCS is not included

Europamundo!

Welcome to Europamundo! Upon arriving at the airport, we will be waiting to transfer you to your hotel. Check the
information boards in the hotel reception area for details of the welcome meeting with your guide and fellow information boards in the hotel reception area for details of the welcome meeting with your guide and fellow
travelers.

Europamundo!

We will enjoy the city tour with a local guide which includes the Presidential Palace, the Panathinaikos stadium
where the first modern Olympic games were held, the national library, the bustling squares of the center; the new

neighborhoods that emerged after the 2004 Olympic games. The tour will finish at the Acropolis site (entry not

neighborhoods that emerged after the 2004 Olympic games. The tour will finish at the Acropolis site (entry not
included). In the evening we include a transfer to the PLAKA area, which is full of small Greek bars and where you
will be able to enjoy the rich folklore of this country.

KAMENA VOURLA

Athens- Kamena Vourla- Kastraki- Meteora- Kalambaka.-
We depart early in the morning towards the North of Greece. We will make a stop in KAMENA VOURLA, a beautiful
touristic hub next to the sea surrounded by beautiful landscapes. We will then proceed to the north. We will make a
short stop in the gorge where the Battle of Thermopylae took place. We will visit KASTRAKI, a picturesque village
with beautiful views of the whole valley and where we will have free time for lunch before visiting the METEORA

with beautiful views of the whole valley and where we will have free time for lunch before visiting the METEORA
valley, a breathtaking place which has been declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO. We include admission to
one of the most famous monasteries. Dinner is included in KALAMBAKA.

THESSALONIKI

We travel through the North of Greece, amidst pretty mountain scenery to the Aegean Sea. We arrive in
THESSALONIKI with time for a stroll and lunch in Greece's second largest city. After this we continue towards
BULGARIA, crossing the border. In Bulgarian Macedonia we will make a stop in MELNIK, picturesque
museum-town among beautiful landscapes in the center of a wine-producing area. We arrive in SANDANSKI, at

museum-town among beautiful landscapes in the center of a wine-producing area. We arrive in SANDANSKI, at
this beautiful small spa town, the birthplace of Spartacus. Dinner and accommodation.

Sandanski- Rila- Sofia

We visit the beautiful Rila Monastery, the heritage of mankind, with its appearance of a fortress surrounded by
forests. We continue to SOFIA, where we arrive at the end of the morning. After lunch, we include a city tour of the
capital of Bulgaria, where we will see the Alexander Nevski Cathedral, the Russian Church, the Mosque, its
squares and avenues of Stalinist architecture. Free time afterwards.

Sofia- Bachkovo- Plovdiv

In the morning we will leave for BACHKOVO MONASTERY, Bulgaria's second most important monastery, founded
in the eleventh century, with its three churches, we feel it as a place full of peace. We continue to PLOVDIV. Lunch
included before the sightseeing tour of one of the oldest cities in Europe. Here we include tickets to the Roman
Amphitheatre, the ancient chemist's and the Armenian House.

Plovdiv- Kazanluk- Shipka- Etara- Arbanassi- Veliko Tarnovo

Today's journey takes us through beautiful scenery across the Balkans mountain range. In the valley of the Roses,
we will see KAZANLAK, where tickets are included to the replica of the Thracian Tomb (UNESCO Heritage) and we
will learn about the production of products derived from the roses. Amidst the mountains, we stop at the Russian
church of SHIPKA, which commemorates the war between Russia and Turkey. Visit ETARA with its charming
village/ethnographic museum. Lunch included. After this we travel to ARBANASSI, an ancient trading city with its
fortress-houses, where we visit the Church of the Nativity (admission included). Travel to VELIKO TARNOVO,
Bulgaria's former capital, with a very picturesque medieval center.



Veliko Tarnovo- Dimitar Basarbovski- Bucharest

We travel to Romania and on our way we will make a stop to visit the BASARBOVSKI MONASTERY, a place of
pilgrimage dug out of the rock. We proceed to cross the border and the river Danube, arriving to BUCHAREST
around 13:00 hrs. Lunch included. We will have a sightseeing tour of the city with its ancient quarter and the giant
Parliament Palace. Free time afterwards.

Bucharest- Sinaia- Bran- Sighisoara

Today we have a journey of a great scenic beauty, travelling to Transylvania across the Carpathian Mountains and
through forests. In SINAIA, we will stroll through the gardens of the Peles and Pelisor Castles before going on to
the 14th-century BRAN fortress, commonly known as Dracula's Castle (tickets included). Time for lunch before
continuing to SIGHISOARA, a very beautiful walled medieval city and UNESCO Heritage center. In the evening we
will enjoy a very special dinner, in the restaurant of Count Dracula, at the house, where Vlad Tepes was born.

Sighisoara- Biertan- Sibiu- Hunedoara- Timisoara

In Transylvania there are numerous fortified churches in areas that were inhabited by people of German origin;
some of these churches have been declared Heritage of Mankind, and we will see one of them, BIERTAN (tickets
included). After this, we continue to SIBIU, an important economic and cultural center, previously the capital of
Transylvania, with its bustling narrow streets and squares. Time for a stroll and take lunch. In the afternoon, we visit
the impressive Castle of HUNEDOARA (tickets included), which is considered the prettiest castle in Romania. We
continue to TIMISOARA, with time to explore its elegant central squares.

Timisoara- Belgrade

We set off for SERBIA and cross the border. After a few hours travelling we will arrive in BELGRADE. Here you can
enjoy a city tour of this active capital on the shores of the Danube as it flows into the Sava. We get the chance to
admire its busy center, its parliament, and stroll in the Kalemegdan Fortress. A visit to the Museum of Yugoslavia,
where Tito´s Mausoleum is located, will also be included. Free time in the afternoon.

Belgrade - Sremska Mitrovica - Zvornik - Sarajevo

We begin our beautiful stage traveling to the Voivodina region. We make a stop in SREMSKA MITROVICA, a city
with a pleasant historic center on the banks of the Sava River that was one of the most important in the Roman
Empire, the capital of the province of Pannonia. We include the admission to the grounds of the Imperial Palace of
Sirmium, which illustrates us that period. Afterwards we continue towards Bosnia. We will make a stop in the city of
ZVORNIK, one of the oldest cities in Bosnia, crossed by a river that forms the border with Serbia and make us
sadly remember the Bosnian war. Its population since then has changed a lot since the majority of it, Muslim, was
expelled while Serbian refugees from other regions settled. We are near the village of Srebrenica, known for the
massacre. Time for lunch and a walk. We continue our route between beautiful landscapes to SARAJEVO. Arrival
in the evening and time in the historic center during which you can stroll through the charming bazaar, an old

in the evening and time in the historic center during which you can stroll through the charming bazaar, an old
Ottoman market famous for its architecture, oriental atmosphere and traditional shops. Dinner included

Sarajevo- Mostar- Dubrovnik Cavtat

In the morning we will have a sightseeing tour with a local guide in SARAJEVO, a fascinating city known as
¨Jerusalem of Europe¨ due to the coexistence of several religions. Mosques, churches and synagogues
reflect religious diversity. We will observe the great Ottoman influence in its old town, with its great mosque of more
than 500 years old and its beautiful fountain. After the visit we continue our route in an area of pure beauty.
MOSTAR with its wonderful historic center and its stone bridge that separates the Orthodox, Muslim and Catholic

MOSTAR with its wonderful historic center and its stone bridge that separates the Orthodox, Muslim and Catholic
communities. Time for lunch and stroll through the city. We continue to Croatia. Border procedures (can be long).
DUBROVNIK, arrival at the end of the day. Dinner included.

Dubrovnik Cavtat

In the morning we enjoy a city tour of DUBROVNIK with a local guide. We are undoubtedly in one of the most
beautiful cities in Europe, surrounded by walls, bathed by the Adriatic Sea; its intact historic center is a jewel of
world architectural heritage. The tour includes tickets to the Franciscan Monastery with the oldest pharmacy in
Europe, and the Cathedral. We also include a boat trip to LOKRUM, a small island 15 minutes by boat from

Europe, and the Cathedral. We also include a boat trip to LOKRUM, a small island 15 minutes by boat from
Dubrovnik and home to the ruins of a Benedictine monastery of the eleventh century, popular setting of the series
¨Game of Thrones¨. You can then enjoy free time, returning to the hotel at the end of the afternoon.
Dinner included.
Note: in some departures, accommodation may be in Cavtat, a coastal town near the city of Dubrovnik.
Note: in the winter months, from November to March, there is no boat service to Lokrum and therefore we
cannot visit the island.

SUN. Dubrovnik

After breakfast, end of our services.

Terms & Condition

All Prices are in Indian Rupees and subject to change without prior notice.

Price quoted are subject to availablity at time of confirmation, we are currently not holding any blocking against the sent quotation.

Tour prices are valid for Indian Nationals & Foreigners holding Indian Resident Permit. Booking confirmations are subject to availability.

All Hotels Rooms are subject to availability

We are not holding any reservations of air seats, hotel rooms, conference rooms etc. Final availability status will only be known when we request for bookings.

Holiday Surcharge will be additional if applicable

Any overstay expenses due to delay or change or cancellation in flight will be on the guests own & Route 45 Holidays will not be held liable for such expenses however we will provide best possible assistance.

Payment policy

Payment Policy Online Advance as per Website
Within 45 to 30 days prior to the departure of the tour 75% of total tour cost or Non Refundable component whichever is higher
Within 30 days prior to the departure of the tour 100% of total tour cost

All Prices are in Indian Rupees and subject to change without prior notice.

In case FIT flight inclusive package, full amount of flight will be payable at the time of booking.

**For Air tickets being issued / blocked on time limit: Full INR component to be collected before issuance,else price will be subject to change.

Tour prices are valid for Indian Nationals & Foreigners holding Indian Resident Permit. Booking confirmations are subject to availability.

All Hotels Rooms are subject to availability

We are not holding any reservations of air seats, hotel rooms, conference rooms etc. Final availability status will only be known when we request for bookings.

Holiday Surcharge will be additional if applicable

Any overstay expenses due to delay or change or cancellation in flight will be on the guests own & Route 45 Holidays will not be held liable for such expenses however we will provide best possible assistance.

Price on website //quoted are subject to availability at time of confirmation, we are currently not holding any blocking against the sent quotation.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellation Policy (Per Person)
Days before departure: Cancellation Charge:
10 days 100%
10 to 15 days 75% + Non Refundable Component
15 to 30 days 30% + Non Refundable Component
Hotel / Air 100% in case of non-refundable ticket / Hotel Room
Cruise / Visa On Actuals
10 days 100%

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