PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT
This trip is organized with a minimum participation requirement of 40 people. If sufficient participation is not achieved, the final cancellation notice 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.
In destinations requiring a visa, the visa application must be made with the documents specified in the “Documents Required for Visa” list that your agency will provide to you for the visa application.
HEALTH
We do not think there will be any issue threatening your health with the meals taken at the region’s good restaurants and hotels. However, when you are not with the group, we recommend that you be careful about eating and drinking, definitely consume bottled water, avoid ice, milk and dairy products, eat 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. Current vaccination/PCR rules must be complied with at country entry and upon return to the homeland.
FLIGHT DURATIONS
Istanbul - Prague 2 hr 30 min
Budapest - Istanbul 2 hr
OPTIONAL TOURS & ACTIVITIES
Optional tours and Activities are organized by the local agency we receive service from with a minimum participation requirement of 20 people, and participation is not mandatory. If the sufficient number is not reached, the trips cannot be carried out or the prices, content, and vehicle to be used for the Optional tour / activity may vary according to the number of participants. In addition, the days and times of optional tours / activities may be changed by the guide depending on whether the museums, ruins, or venues in the places to be visited are open/closed and according to weather conditions.
ACCOMMODATION
During periods such as fairs, congresses, concerts, events, sports tournaments, etc., hotels may be used at a distance 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 foldable and coach beds, participants are deemed to have accepted the possible cramped conditions in the rooms and the bed type in reservations for the 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 taken at the hotel among the services included in the tour program are served in accordance with the breakfast culture of the country visited and generally 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 for groups.
TIME ZONE
Germany, Austria, Czechia and Hungary are 3 hours behind Turkey in summer time and 2 hours behind in winter time.
For example, when it is 18:30 in Turkey in summer, it is 15:30 in Germany.
CLOTHING AND REQUIRED ITEMS
If traveling in the summer season, we recommend taking 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 for the evenings, and a light sweater. In addition, you may bring a hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, earplugs against possible noise, a camera, video camera, and their chargers and spare memory cards. In winter, we recommend clothing that allows comfortable movement and keeps you warm.
FOOD CULTURE
When German food culture is mentioned, the first things that come to mind are cakes, potatoes, and of course beer. In this culture, which has a great variety of meat and vegetables, there is also a wide variety of beer and wine.
The flavors and ingredients in Austrian cuisine have been largely inherited from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Its best-known dish is schnitzel, and meat dishes are predominant.
Czech cuisine has been influenced by all the surrounding countries and is a true Central European synthesis.
Hungarian cuisine, considered among the world’s most important cuisines, is quite colorful and rich. Meat dishes are common, and freshly made homemade pasta is also an important element of the cuisine. “Goulash,” considered the Hungarian national dish, is among the best-known delicacies.
SHOPPING
There are shopping malls in city centers and small stalls selling souvenirs.
IMPORTANT NOTES
Having a valid passport and/or having obtained a visa (for the visa-required destination/passport) does not mean that entry into the country will be permitted. The passport police have the authority to deny you entry into the country. The agency is not responsible for this situation; responsibility lies with 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 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 field tax and field services fee.
Panoramic city tours included in the tour package are tours of no more than 2-3 hours, organized for the general introduction of cities and conducted panoramically from inside the vehicle with guide commentary, without museum or archaeological site admissions. The agency is not responsible for the inability to carry out panoramic tours, including other tours specified in the program, on the days and times corresponding to the tour if local authorities do not permit visits or entry, or if they cannot take place due to closed roads because of any event, or in cases where the tour becomes impossible due to weather conditions. Some tours may, where possible, be carried out by public transport or on foot at closed roads or at points where vehicle entry is not allowed.