TREND BENELUX & PARIS & ALSACE 2027 WINTER (CGN-BSL) PC

DAY 1                 ISTANBUL – COLOGNE – AMSTERDAM

Meeting with our valued guests 3 hours before the flight time in front of the Pegasus Airlines counter at the international departures terminal of Sabiha Gökçen Airport. Following the baggage and ticket procedures, we fly to Cologne with a scheduled Pegasus Airlines flight. Upon arrival, we take a city tour of Cologne with our private bus waiting for us at the airport. During our tour, Cologne Cathedral, the symbol of the city with its twin towers, the Old City Center, and the Hohenzollern Bridge, a popular landmark adorned with thousands of padlocks, are among the places to be seen. After our tour, we depart for Amsterdam. Our guests who wish may join the Düsseldorf Tour (30 Euros), which will be organized as an optional extra along our route. During our tour, we will see the Old City Center, the Rhine Television Tower, and Königsallee, the famous shopping street adorned with luxury stores and giant chestnut trees and bisected by a canal. After the tour, we continue to Amsterdam. Upon arrival, check-in at the hotel and free time. Overnight at our hotel.

DAY 2                 AMSTERDAM

Free time after breakfast. Our guests who wish may join the Magnificent Holland & Amsterdam Wonders Tour (120 Euros) [Marken & Volendam & Zaanse Schans], which will be organized as an optional extra by our guide. You will not get enough of the time you spend in the harbor area of Volendam, an old fishing town that inspired the song “Those who want to see the true beauty of Holland should go to Volendam.” Our next stop is the town of Marken. During our visit to the town, you can observe the fishermen’s lives in charming little houses and also have the opportunity to purchase inexpensive souvenirs. Afterwards, we have the opportunity to see Zaanse Schans, a magical town with windmills. After the tour, we depart for Amsterdam city center. During our tour, Dam Square, the Royal Palace, the Flower Market, and the Red Light District are among the places to be seen. After the tour, we transfer to the hotel. Overnight at our hotel.

DAY 3                 AMSTERDAM – BRUSSELS

After breakfast, we depart for Brussels. Along our route, we will visit McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Roermond, one of the largest and most advantageous outlets in the region. Following the free time provided here for shopping, we continue our journey to Brussels. Upon arrival in Brussels, a panoramic city tour. During our tour, the Royal Palace, the Chinese and Japanese houses, Grand Place (the city square), the Stock Exchange Building, the Atomium Monument, Heysel Stadium, and Manneken Pis (the statue of a urinating boy) are among the places to be seen. After the tour, we transfer to the hotel. Overnight at our hotel.

DAY 4                 BRUSSELS – PARIS

After breakfast, we depart for Paris. Along the way, our guests who wish may join the Bruges City Tour (40 Euros), which will be organized as an optional extra by our guide and is famous for its picturesque canals, historic bridges, UNESCO-protected buildings, and chocolate. After arriving at our Paris hotel, free time. Our guests who wish may join the Saint-Germain & Luxembourg Gardens (40 Euros) walking tour, which will be organized as an optional extra by our guide. Saint-Germain-des-Prés is briefly the elite St. Germain district, a popular destination for many famous figures such as the renowned American writer Ernest Hemingway and existentialist philosophers Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. During our tour of the vibrant St. Germain district, home to world-famous cafés such as Cafe Le Bonaparte, Cafe de Flore, and Cafe Les Deux Magots, the world’s oldest café-restaurant (*1686), Le Procope, and jazz music festivals, we will see the Luxembourg Gardens, the Church of St. Sulpice, where Victor Hugo was married, Place St. Michel, and Paris’s oldest church, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, panoramically. After the tour, we return to the hotel. Overnight at our hotel.

DAY 5                 PARIS      

After breakfast, our guests who wish may join the Paris Combined Tour (95 Euros) [Seine River Boat Cruise & Montmartre Artists’ Hill & Sacré-Cœur Basilica & Notre Dame Cathedral & Fragonard Perfume Museum], which will be organized as an optional extra by our guide. During our panoramic city tour, which we will first undertake, the Champs-Élysées, the Louvre Museum and its pyramid featured in The Da Vinci Code, the Musée d’Orsay, the Arc de Triomphe, Place de l’Étoile, Napoleon’s tomb, the National Assembly building, the Pont Alexandre III, the Grand Palais and Petit Palais built for the 1990 industrial fair, and Place de la Concorde, site of the guillotine during the French Revolution of 1789, are among the places to be seen. Afterwards, we will go to the best spots for photographing the Eiffel Tower, where we will have free time to take unforgettable photos and, if you wish, visit the Eiffel Tower. Afterwards, you will enjoy seeing Paris and its bridges from the river during a one-hour boat cruise on the Seine around the islands. Then we take the funicular up to Montmartre, Paris’s oldest and highest hill. Following our free time at Place du Tertre, famous for its painters, where you can experience the bohemian lifestyle, shop, or have your portrait painted, we visit the famous Notre Dame Cathedral, featured in novels, songs, and films. After visiting the cathedral, we conclude our tour with a photo break at Paris’s kilometer zero and return to our hotel. In the evening, our guests who wish may join the Paris by Night Tour (35 Euros), which will be organized as an optional extra by our guide. After the tour, we transfer to the hotel. Overnight at our hotel.

*The optional tours offered today are our optional tours operated jointly. If purchased separately, transportation to and from the tour starting / ending points will be provided individually.  

DAY 6                 PARIS – STRASBOURG

After breakfast, we depart for Strasbourg.  Along the way, our guests who wish may join the Luxembourg Tour (55 Euros), which will be organized as an optional extra by our guide. During our tour, the Petrusse River Valley, the old city center and narrow streets recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Constitution Square, the city cathedral, and the Ducal Palace are among the places to be seen. After our tour, we continue to Strasbourg. Upon arrival, a city tour of Strasbourg. In Strasbourg, the European Union’s second most important city after Brussels, we will witness the strong German and French cultural influences. During our panoramic city tour, we see Place Kléber, the European Parliament, the Council of Europe, the European Court of Human Rights, Rohan Palace, the Alsatian Museum, and then Strasbourg Notre Dame Cathedral. Considered one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture, construction of this Catholic cathedral began in 1015 and was completed in 1439. Today, it is the world’s sixth-tallest church. After the tour, transfer to the hotel. Overnight at our hotel.

DAY 7                 STRASBOURG   

After breakfast, free time. Our guests who wish may join the Alsace’s Pearl Colmar & Zurich (95 Euros) Tour. We begin our tour with Colmar, a fairytale city bearing the characteristic features of the Alsace region. Also known as Little Venice, this city is famous for its colorful houses lined along the river, resembling a painting. After this visit, we depart for Zurich. Upon arrival, we begin our Zurich city tour. During our tour, the Fraumünster Church, Grossmünster Church, Swiss National Museum, Opera House, Lake Zurich, Clock Tower, Old Guild Houses, Zurich Altstadt (Old Town), and Bahnhofstrasse, a lively and colorful street surrounded by world-famous stores, are among the places to be seen. After our tour, we depart for Strasbourg. Overnight at our hotel.

DAY 8                 BASEL – ISTANBUL   

After breakfast, transfer to Basel Airport depending on the flight time. Following completion of the baggage and check-in procedures, departure for Istanbul with a scheduled Pegasus Airlines flight. Arrival in Istanbul and the end of our tour.