Best of Balkans (4 Star Hotels)

A short but intense visit to 7 Balkan countries by luxury bus with excellent, knowledgeable tour guide who went way beyond expected duties to make this a memorable tour. Incredibly beautiful scenery, meaningful explanations about historical facts, fabulous food. This tour is just super except that we felt time was too short in every city!

I knew from the description that it would be a fast paced trip and that we would sleep in a different place each night and that’s exactly what I wanted = an overview so I could see whether I wanted to go back anywhere. If you’re like me, who enjoys going out for dinner and drinks each night, you would be very tired at the end of trip. However, many chose to stay in and go to bed and I believe for them the trip was not tiring, even for the older ones. Morning starts are reasonable - we left at 8am each day. Simon was a fabulous tour guide and the local guides were all wonderful. Do take small euro bills = you definitely need them. (also take coins for toilet stops). Definitely have a revolut, or similar, card. The optional activities, whilst nice,, are highly, highly over-priced, shame on the travel specialist! One thing I missed, was more. recommendations to authentic local food with local prices. All in all, a fabulous trip and I’m so glad I did it. I will use this agency again for their professionalism.

It's an interesting tour to do but you are living out of your suitcase because most stops were for overnight and not worth unpacking. The hotels were high quality though. We were lucky with one guide in particular because he wasn't frightened of taking us a little off the beaten track. If you don't want to be constantly on the move this wouldn't be for you.