Full Benelux & France & Germany Tour Route (LUX-CGN)
Tour Detail
PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT
This trip is organized with a minimum participation requirement of 40 people. If sufficient participation is not achieved, the final cancellation notification date is 20 days before the tour start date. The tour canceled due to insufficient participation will be notified to you through your agency.
VISA
Ordinary Passport - Visa required
Green Passport - Visa not required
Service Passport - Visa not required
You must have a passport valid for 6 months from the end date of travel and not older than 10 years.
HEALTH
There is no vaccination requirement at the entrance to Germany. We do not think you will encounter any health-threatening issues with meals taken at good restaurants and hotels in the region. However, when you are not with the group, we recommend that you be careful about food and drink, definitely consume bottled water, avoid ice, milk and dairy products, consume meat and fish products that you are sure are well cooked, and for fruit, eat fruits that can be peeled such as bananas and pineapples.
FLIGHT DURATIONS
Istanbul - Düsseldorf 3 hr 25 min
Düsseldorf - Istanbul 3 hr 15 min
OPTIONAL TOURS & ACTIVITIES
Optional tours and activities are organized by the local agency we work with with a minimum participation requirement of 20 people, and participation is not mandatory. If the required number is not reached, the excursions may not take place, or the prices, content, and vehicle used for optional tours/activities may vary according to the number of participants. In addition, the days and times of optional tours/activities may be changed by the guide according to the opening/closing status of museums, ruins, or venues in the places to be visited and according to weather conditions.
ACCOMMODATION
During periods such as fairs, congresses, concerts, events, sports tournaments, etc., hotels may be used at distances greater than the stated km.
Triple rooms may be provided depending on hotel availability, and the bed offered to the 3rd person in such rooms may be smaller than standard beds. Triple rooms consist of 1 large bed and 1 extra bed. Since extra beds are folding beds and/or so-called coach beds, participants are deemed to have accepted the possible crampedness in the rooms and the bed type in reservations for a 3rd person and/or child.
Child discounts apply only to one (1) child staying with 2 adults and matching the age group specified in the pricing section.
Breakfasts included in the tour program are served at the hotel in accordance with the breakfast culture of the country you are in, usually with a limited menu called continental breakfast, consisting of butter, jam, bread, tea or coffee, and may be served in a separate hall allocated to the group.
CURRENCY
The European currency is Euro (EUR). It is advisable to have Euro (EUR) with you.
TIME ZONE
Germany, Luxembourg, France, Belgium and the Netherlands are 1 hour behind Turkey in daylight saving time and 2 hours behind in winter time.
For example, when it is 18:30 in Turkey in summer, it is 17:30 in the relevant countries.
CLOTHING AND ESSENTIAL ITEMS
If you are going in the summer season, we recommend that you bring T-shirts that can be easily put on and taken off, short- and long-sleeved shirts, cotton trousers, shorts, comfortable walking shoes, a light jacket and a light sweater for the evenings. In addition, you can also bring a hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, earplugs for possible noise, a camera, a video camera, their chargers and spare memory cards. In the winter period, we recommend clothing that allows you to move comfortably and keep you warm.
CUISINE
When German cuisine is mentioned, the first things that come to mind are cakes, potatoes and of course beer. In this cuisine, which has a wide variety of meat and vegetables, there is also a great variety of beer and wine.
French cuisine, whose roots go back to the Middle Ages, has a rich culture. Famous for its wines and various cheeses, French cuisine is known worldwide for meat dishes cooked with different sauces and delicacies such as the famous desserts crème brûlée, macaron and soufflé.
Belgian cuisine combines German and French cuisines with its traditions.
Dutch cuisine is not a very rich cuisine, but its cheeses are worth trying. The other flavors are generally fast food style.
IMPORTANT NOTES
Having a valid passport and/or having obtained a visa (for destinations/passports requiring a visa) does not mean that entry into the country is guaranteed. The passport police have the authority to refuse you entry into the country. The agency is not responsible for this situation; responsibility belongs to the passenger.
The agency is an intermediary institution between the airline and the passenger and is subject to the Hague Protocol dated 28.09.1955. There may be a risk of delay on scheduled and special flights, or the times may change before the current trip and flight. The agency is obliged to notify these changes as soon as possible. Our passengers have purchased the tour knowing and accepting that flight details may change. Children aged 0-2 do not pay airport taxes and airport service fees.
Panoramic city tours included in the tour package are tours organized for the general introduction of cities, carried out panoramically from inside the vehicle with guide narration, and do not include museum or site entrance fees, lasting at most 2-3 hours. Panoramic tours, including other tours specified in the program, are not the responsibility of the agency if they cannot be carried out because they coincide with a day and time when local authorities do not allow visits or entry, or due to roads closed because of any event, and likewise when the tour becomes impossible due to weather conditions. Some tours may be conducted by public transportation or on foot where possible at closed roads or points where vehicle access is not permitted.
Tour Program
Istanbul - Luxembourg
Luxembourg - Reims - Paris
Paris
Paris
Paris - Bruges - Brussels
Brussels - Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam - Cologne - Istanbul
What's Included
- Round-trip economy class airfare with Turkish Airlines on the Istanbul (IST) - Luxembourg (LUX) / Cologne (CGN) - Istanbul (IST) routes
- Airport taxes
- 7 nights bed and breakfast accommodation in 3 & 4 star hotels,
- Airport-hotel-airport transfers
- All transfers by private bus
- Panoramic Luxembourg city tour
- Panoramic Paris city tour
- Panoramic Brussels city tour
- Panoramic Amsterdam city tour
- Including Remich & Schengen worth 40 Euro
- Including Paris Dream Tour (Paris Icons & Montmartre) worth 85 Euro
- Including St. Germain Tour and Outlet worth 70 Euro
- Including Marken & Zaanse Schans & Volendam Tour worth 105 Euro
- Including Luxembourg Tour worth 40 Euro
- Including Reims tour worth 40 Euro
- Including Bruges Tour worth 50 Euro
- Including Cologne Tour worth 40 Euro
- Professional Turkish-speaking guiding and assistance services
- Hotel and tourist city taxes (25-30 Euro)
- TURSAB mandatory professional liability insurance
- Travel and health insurance (a surcharge applies for those over 65)
Not Included
- Visa fee and service charge
- Exit tax fee
- Driver tips are excluded.
- Lunch and dinner
- All kinds of personal expenses and hotel extras
- Optional tours/activities
- Entrance fees to museums and historical sites not specified in the services included in the price