NEW YEAR'S TOUR BELGRADE

NEW YEAR'S TOUR BELGRADE ORGANIZED BY LOCAL LICENSED TOUR OPERATOR BALKAN HOLIDAYS BELGRADE, WHERE ESBa TOURISM IS IT'S TOUR SELLING AGENT

Our licensed  local tour operator Balkan Holidays has organized a Belgrade tour and extra tours between December 29, 2024 and January 1, 2025.


Our tour starts with the Istanbul Belgrade flight of Free Bird Airlines on December 29 and ends with the flight  Belgrade İstanbul on January 1st. We aimed to show the life, natural and cultural beauties of Belgrade around  New Year's Eve. We have included 3 nights and 4 days bed and breakfast accommodation options in 4 and 5 star hotels in Belgrade and the Panaromic Belgrade City Tour in the program.
 
You can find mulled wine, souvenirs, cheese varieties, local raki varieties, grilled meat varieties, dried meat varieties, hand-knitted products in the small New Year's  shops set up on the pedestrian-only street called Knez Mihailo and  on the Republic Square in the center of Belgrade and you can get acquainted with the culture of Belgrade.
 
We recommend that you join the Serbian Night, which we offer as an extra, so that you can get to know the culture more closely in terms of the atmosphere, food, music and dance.

Price

METROPOL PALACE HOTEL

Price Per Person ,Bed and Breakfast, 3 Nights 4 days

Price Per Person in Doble Room Single stay Price Difference 3rd person Child price 02-5,99 years Child price 02-5,99 years
819 EUR 1149 EUR 759 EUR 459 EUR 639 EUR
 
Balkan Holidays reserves the right to change hotel names, provided that the star category remains the same. It is obliged to inform the guests in writing 48 hours before the tour departure.
 
The standard breakfast served in hotels is a continental breakfast and consists of butter, jam, coffee or tea. Group breakfasts can be taken in separate halls in hotels and are different from individual passenger breakfasts.
 
 
 
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NOBEL PALACE HOTEL

Price Per Person ,Bed and Breakfast, 3 Nights 4 days

Price Per Person in Doble Room Single stay Price Difference 3rd person Child price 02-5,99 years Child price 02-5,99 years
699 EUR 910 EUR 659 EUR 459 EUR 579 EUR

NOBEL WEST HOTEL

Price Per Person ,Bed and Breakfast, 3 Nights 4 days

Price Per Person in Doble Room Single stay Price Difference 3rd person Child price 02-5,99 years Child price 02-5,99 years
669 EUR 849 EUR 629 EUR 459 EUR 569 EUR

Details

What’s included?

  • Freebird Airlines private flight Istanbul - Belgrade - Istanbul flight ticket
  • Accommodation at the hotel of your choice (Nobel West Hotel & Nobel Design Hotel & Nobel Plus Hotel) for 3 nights and 4 days including breakfast
  • Airport-Hotel-Airport transfer
  • Belgrade City tour
  • Turkish guide service
  • City accommodation taxes

Exclusions

  • Extra tours specified in the program
  • Lunch and dinner
  • All personal expenses and tips
  • All transfers not specified in the program
  • International exit stamp
FLIGHT DETAILS
 
With Freebird Airlines special flight,
 
December 29, 2024 Istanbul 13:00 departure - Belgrade 12:45 arrival
January 01, 2025 Belgrade 21:30 departure - Istanbul 01:15 arrival
 
Important Note: Flight times may be subject to changes due to airlines. For this reason, we kindly request that you confirm the flight times of our guests who will be participating from outside of Istanbul with your agency or sales consultant friends before taking their flights. Otherwise, Balkan Holidays is not responsible for any disruptions that may occur.
DAY 1 (December 29, 2024) ISTANBUL, BELGRADE
 
After completing your luggage and passport procedures at the Istanbul Airport International Terminal, depart for Belgrade at 13:00 with a special flight by Freebird Airlines. Arrival in Belgrade at 12:45 local time. After passport and luggage procedures, we meet with our guide and depart for a city tour. During our panoramic tour in Belgrade, which means "White City" and was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire by Suleiman the Magnificent, we will see Ottoman artifacts and traces of the former Yugoslavia. In the city established at the intersection of the Danube and Sava rivers, you will visit the Castle Square, which is a touristic park, and the historical Belgrade Castle; the tomb of Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha, known as the "Conqueror of Morea", in the castle; the Military Museum and clock tower in the same region, the Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Fountain, the Roman Well; We will see the Ruzica Church, the oldest place of worship in the region, the gates of the castle given various names (such as the Dungeon Gate, Istanbul Gate, Despot Gate, Vidin Gate); Stone Square, which was severely damaged in the bombardment during the collapse of Yugoslavia, and the St. Mark's Cathedral there; Knez Mihaliova Street, one of the most dynamic places in the city; Republic Square at the southern end of the street and the theater building in the square, the museum building, and the Prince Mihailo monument, which has an important place in the independence struggle of the Balkan countries.
 
After our tour, transfer to the hotel where we will stay and stay overnight at our hotel.
 
We will take the Serbian Night Tour, which will be organized as an extra with our guests who wish. In this tour, we will have our dinner at Velika Skadarlija or Mali Vrabac Restaurant in Skadarlija (similar to Kumkapı in Istanbul) while having fun with live music.
 
Extra Serbian Night: 90 Euro per person (Restaurant Velika Skadarlija or Mali Vrabac // set menu excluding drinks)

DAY 2 (December 30, 2024) BELGRADE
 
After breakfast at the hotel, free time. Guests who wish can join the Novi Sad, Petrovaradin and Karlowitz Tour, which will be organized as an extra.
 
After a bus ride of about an hour, we first arrive in Karlowitz. Here we will taste wine at Bajla, the most famous wine cellar. Then we will arrive in Novi Sad, the central city of the Vojvodina region of Serbia, and walk to see the historical beauties the city has to offer. While walking on the roads that still carry the influence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, we will look from afar at the Petrovaradin Fortress on the opposite bank of the Danube River; in Freedom Square, which forms the center of the city, we will see the cathedral built in the Neo-Gothic style, the Neo-Renaissance style town hall opposite it, and the statue of the famous politician of the region, Svetozar Miletic, standing between the two. We will leave the square and walk a little further to reach the Bishop's Palace. Then we will see the Novi Sad Synagogue, where the entire congregation was killed in World War II, and get on our bus to go to the town of Petrovaradin.
 
We will arrive at the castle, famous for its underground tunnels, passing through the Belgrade gate of the town, and we will watch the magnificent view of the Danube River, and see the area where the Battle of Petrovaradin took place, which resulted in the defeat of the Ottoman Empire and caused it to begin withdrawing from the Balkan lands. We will take a short break in Petrovaradin for lunch. Then we will get on our bus and take a ten-minute ride to one of the cutest and most historical towns of the city, Karlowitz.
 
In Karlowitz, which is located on the banks of the Danube River and famous for its vineyards, we will go to the hill where the Karlowitz Agreement, considered a turning point for the Ottoman Empire, was signed, and we will see the Peace Chapel built in memory of the agreement. Then we will see the first Grammar School (Latin language) established in the town; the library; the Wine Cellar belonging to the Zivanovic family, famous for the wines they produced being served on the Titanic; the Patriarchate; After visiting the Four Lions Fountain; the St. Nicholas Cathedral, which attracts attention with its two towers and striking mosaics, we will get on our bus and return to Belgrade, our hotel to rest and stay.
 
Extra Novi Sad & Petrovaradin & Karlowitz Tour: 70 Euros per person

We will organize an extra Serbian Night Tour with our guests who wish. In this tour, we will have our dinner at Velika Skadarlija or Mali Vrabac Restaurant in Skadarlija (similar to Kumkapı in Istanbul) while having fun with live music.
 
Extra Serbian Night: 90 Euros per person (Restaurant Velika Skadarlija or Mali Vrabac// set menu excluding drinks)

DAY 3 (December 31, 2024) BELGRADE
 
Free time after breakfast at the hotel in the morning.
Guests who wish can join the Nikola Tesla Museum & Zemun & Gardosh Tower Tour OR the Red Belgrade Communist Tour.
 
Nikola Tesla Museum & Zemun & Gardosh Tower Tour:
We will visit the Museum of Nikola Tesla, the Serbian scientist who said, “If your hatred could be turned into electricity, the whole world would be enlightened.” Nikola Tesla, a Serbian-American inventor, physicist and electrophysicist, has also made many used and unused experiments/inventions that could completely change the structure of science and technology in the world. In particular, his invention of wireless transmission of electricity and his proof of this explain how unique an inventor he is. We are sure that you will be amazed by this museum.
 
After our museum visit, we take a Zemun Tour. Zemun is one of the 17 districts in the south of Belgrade, which was sometimes under Ottoman and sometimes under Habsburg rule. After the panoramic tour we will have here, we will spend pleasant hours in this beautiful city that looks like a fishing town.
Then we will go to the Gardoš Tower, which is the same tower located on the Gardošu hill of Zemun. It is the best viewing tower where you can watch both the Zemun region, the rivers and the distant regions. We will take a short break in Zemun for lunch. After our break, we will return to our hotel to rest and stay overnight.
Red Belgrade Communist Tour:
In the Republic Square, where Josip Broz Tito announced the birth of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with his inspiring speech, we will learn about the fall and rise of communism in Yugoslavia, and listen to conspiracy theories and urban legends of the second half of the 20th century from our guide.
 
Later, we will see Terazije Square, Hotel Moskva, Nikola Pašić Square, known as the square of Marx and Engels, the Union building, Pioneer's Park, the monument to Ivo Andrić, the Nobel Prize-winning Serbian writer and Serbia's ambassador to Berlin at the beginning of World War II, and the Dedinje district of Belgrade, famous for its numerous embassies and residential villas. During this time, we will take a 20-minute tour with Yugos, known as the famous Yugoslavian car of the past.
 
Finally, we will visit the Yugoslavia Museum, dedicated to the life and deeds of the famous leader Josip Broz Tito, who carried the country to a bright future, and the mausoleum known as the House of Flowers, where Tito is buried. After our tour, we will return to our hotel to rest and stay overnight.
 
Nikola Tesla Museum & Zemun & Gardosh Tower Tour: 70 Euros per person

Red Belgrade Communist Tour: 80 Euros per person
 
Info : Metropol Hotel is having New Years's Eve Program:here is the link:https://www.novagodinabeograd.rs/en/metropol-hotel/, you can also find other New Year's Eve Programs in the same link, please  help yourself.
 
DAY 4 (January 01, 2025) BELGRADE, ISTANBUL
 
After a late breakfast that will continue until 12:30 in the morning, we will vacate our rooms and check out of the hotel. Then, at the time determined by our guide, we will set off for Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. After arriving at the airport, we will complete our luggage and passport procedures and depart for Istanbul at 21:30 with a special flight by Freebird Airlines. We will arrive in Istanbul at 01:15 local time and end our tour…
FLIGHT DETAILS
 
With Freebird Airlines special flight,
 
December 29, 2024 Istanbul 13:00 departure - Belgrade 12:45 arrival
January 01, 2025 Belgrade 21:30 departure - Istanbul 01:15 arrival
 
Important Note: Flight times may be subject to changes due to airlines. For this reason, we kindly request that you confirm the flight times of our guests who will be participating from outside of Istanbul with your agency or sales consultant friends before taking their flights. Otherwise, Balkan Holidays is not responsible for any disruptions that may occur.
 
PLESAE BE AT THE AIRPORT 3 HOURS BEFORE THE FLIGHT

We are meeting at the Istanbul Grand Aırport  at the counter of Freebird Airlines 

Tours can be combined with other agency tours. In such cases, Balkan Holidays guests are under the responsibility of Balkan Holidays.
 
General Conditions are an integral part of the tour program and cannot be considered independently of the tour program.
 
There is no cancellation or refund of plane tickets for tours specified as promotions and special period tours (holidays and holidays). Airline rules apply to all other tours, and cancellation, refund and changes are within the airline rules.
 
Balkan Holidays may cancel the tour if there are not enough participants for the tour it has organized. Package Tour cancellation is notified to the consumer 7 days in advance. In such cases, the consumer can move the tour to another available date or receive a refund of the tour fee. They cannot request compensation.
 
In our overseas tours, reservations can be made with a 35% or 50% prepayment depending on the cancellation-change conditions of the tour you have chosen. However, the remaining amount must be completed 45 days before the tour date.
 
Balkan Holidays is an intermediary between the airline and the passenger and is subject to the Hague Protocol of 28.09.1955. There may be a risk of delay in scheduled and special flights or the hours may change before the current trip and flight. The city where the plane will land may differ. Balkan Holidays is obliged to notify these changes as soon as possible. The passenger has purchased the trip accepting the risk of time change. All times must be confirmed in writing by our guests 48 hours before the departure dates.
 
During registration, the Name, Surname, date of birth and passport numbers in the passport must be entered into the system. Flight tickets are issued according to this information. The no-show fee for flight ticket cancellations or changes resulting from incorrect information will be reflected to the guests.
 
The city where the plane will land may differ. Balkan Holidays cannot be held responsible for time changes and possible delays that may be made by airline companies.
 
There may be changes in the routes depending on the city where the plane will land. You can learn our flight times from our agencies and call center.
 
Airline rules apply to group tickets, and if the outbound flight cannot be used according to the group ticket rule, the return flight cannot be used either.
 
The general luggage weight for flights departing from Turkey is 20 kg. This weight may vary depending on the airline company and the destination country. This weight may be reduced to 15 kg for domestic flights in the destination countries. Excess baggage weight/price rules are determined by the airlines and are not under the responsibility of Balkan Holidays.
 
The tour route specified in the tour program is a sample route and the tour route may be changed.
 
Balkan Holidays reserves the right to change the tour route as deemed necessary, provided that the content remains the same.
 
City introduction tours can be carried out on the next day/days according to the arrival time to the city.
 
Balkan Holidays reserves the right to change the hotel names, provided that the star category remains the same. It is obliged to inform the guests in writing 48 hours before the tour departure of the changes made.
 
*A minimum number of participants is required for the extra tours specified in the tour programs. These numbers are determined according to the costs of the tour to be organized by the local operator or guide. If the required numbers are not reached, the guide has the right to cancel and not carry out the extra tour(s) on behalf of the agency.
 
Extra tours can be carried out if there is a minimum of 20 participants, if there is less participation, the prices can be changed at the discretion of the guide and if necessary. Balkan Holidays cannot be held responsible for the fact that these trips or tours cannot be carried out.
 
Trips or tours that are not allowed to be visited or attended by local authorities for any reason will not be carried out. Balkan Holidays cannot be held responsible for the fact that these trips or tours cannot be carried out.
 
The trips specified in the programs can be carried out on a day other than the specified day/days for any reason at the discretion of the guide.
 
Museum and archaeological site entrance fees are not included in the prices.
 
Guide Information etc.) via an information form 2 days before the tour departure. The participant who sent the information forms must check the accuracy of the information and return it by signing it. In cases where it is not returned, the participant is deemed to have been informed and Balkan Holidays will not be held responsible for any problems that may occur due to this reason.
 
*In cases where children under the age of 18 do not participate in the tour with one or both of their parents, it is mandatory for the persons to have the consent forms required for participation in the tour with them during the trip.
 
There are no Cancellations, Refunds or Changes in our promotional tours.
 
In case of cancellation and change, the “BALKAN HOLIDAYS SALES CONTRACT” is valid.
 
Passports;
 
* In order to participate in international trips, a passport that is not older than 10 years and is valid for at least 6 months as of the end of the trip is required.
 
* Our guests who will travel with a Turkish green passport must renew their passports if their passports are older than 10 years. Passports extended with stickers, banderols or cold stamps are not accepted at the entrances of most countries and it is not exactly clear which countries accept them. Guests with passports that are not renewed may not be accepted to the country they will go to and/or their flights may not be carried out by the airline company from Turkey. In such a case, the responsibility belongs to the passenger. The passport validity date of our guests with green passports must be at least 6 months as of the end of the trip. In order to avoid problems with the customs police at the border gate of the country to be visited due to torn, worn, wet and/or similarly damaged passports; the mentioned passports must be renewed. Otherwise, the responsibility belongs to the passenger.
 
*Border police have the authority not to accept a visitor into the country if they have doubts about the purpose of the visitor's travel to Serbia, that the visitor will not leave the country at the end of the trip or that the visitor will try to go to a third country illegally.
 
*Foreigners who are minors who will travel to Serbia must present a document (consensual letter) prepared by their parents at the border gates, indicating the reason for their travel to the country and the name and full address of the person or institution that will accompany them during this travel.
 
*Although entry to Serbia is visa-free for citizens of the Republic of Turkey, entry to the country is subject to the application of the Border Police
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Serbia - Visa Information
Visa-Free - Turkish Citizens -
 
General Warnings
According to the "Agreement on the Mutual Exemption of Visa between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of the Republic of Serbia" signed in Belgrade on July 12, 2010, citizens of both Parties with valid ordinary and official (diplomatic, service, official and special) passports are exempt from visas for travels not exceeding ninety days within each six months from the date of first entry in the country of the other Party.
 
Turkish citizens can travel without a visa.
It is important to pay attention to transit practices on connecting flights.
 
Serbia - Country Information
 
General Information
Belgrade, located at the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers, is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city, which is important because the main roads connecting Central and Western Europe to the countries of Western Asia pass through Belgrade and because it is the crossroads of the industrial and commercial regions of Europe and Western Asia, is also the intersection of important historical roads. Belgrade is a residential area that is alive and has a soul at all hours of the day. It is also at the top of the list of cities with the best nightlife in Europe.
 
Currency: Serbian Dinar
 
Language: Serbian (Official alphabet Cyrillic) (Main languages spoken: Bosnian, Albanian, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Slovakian).
 
Flight Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
 
Time Difference: Serbia is 1  (in winter 2 hours ) hour behind Turkey
 
Climate: The country generally has a continental climate with cold and snowy winters and hot summers. Most of the precipitation falls in spring and autumn. The amount of precipitation, which is up to 700 mm in the lowlands in the north, increases towards the highlands in the south.
 
Clothing: Seasonal clothing is recommended depending on the season. Raincoats are recommended in the spring.
 
Museums: Open to visitors between 10:00-17:00 on weekdays ( some except mondays) and 10:00-13:00 on weekends.
 
VAT: In the country, 8-18% VAT is added to the prices. However, if you buy goods over 10,000 dinars including VAT when leaving the country, you can get a tax refund for it. In order to get a tax refund, you have to leave the country within 3 months. You also need to get a form called REF4 (Request form) from the seller. This form is shown at customs when leaving the country.
 
Nobel Palace Hotel & Metropol Palace Hotel are suitable for families with children and triple room accommodation.
 
Children's rates are given according to age.
 
In international tours, 3-person rooms are provided according to the availability of the hotels. Some hotels have an extra bed application in double rooms, and this extra bed is usually provided as a sofa or a folding bed. It is not a standard bed. The child discount is limited to 1 child with only 2 adults (babies between the ages of 0-2 are not included in this criterion).
 
 
 
There is no cancellation, no refund or  no change 

In case of cancellation and change, the "BALKAN HOLIDAYS SALES CONTRACT" is valid.

There is no cancellation or refund of plane tickets for tours specified as promotions and special period tours (holidays and holidays). Airline rules apply to all other tours, and cancellation, refund and changes are within the airline rules.
 
Balkan Holidays may cancel the tour if there are not enough participants for the tour it has organized. Package Tour cancellation is notified to the consumer 7 days in advance. In such cases, the consumer can move the tour to another available date or receive a refund of the tour fee. They cannot request compensation.