Optional Evening Activities
Vltava River Boat Activity: You can watch the daytime and nighttime views of fairytale city Prague on the Vltava River, famous for its canals that divide Prague in two and bring life to the city, with our private boat.
Czech Night Activity (With Dinner): In one of the city’s most beautiful restaurants, we will have a magnificent dinner accompanied by local dance performances. We will have the chance to get to know Czech folk dances, music, and musical instruments more closely.
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. 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 the trip and not older than 10 years.
For 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 expect any issue that would threaten your health in 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 food and drink, 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 followed at country entry and return to the home country.
FLIGHT DURATIONS
Istanbul - Prague 2 hr 30 min
Prague - 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 sufficient numbers are not reached, trips may not be carried out, or optional tour/activity prices, content, and the vehicle used may vary depending on 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 the museums, ruins, or venue 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 farther than the stated km distances.
Triple rooms may be provided depending on hotel availability, and the bed provided 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 coach beds, participants are deemed to have accepted the possible crowding in the rooms and the bed type in reservations for 3rd-person participants and/or children.
Child discounts apply to only one (1) child staying with 2 adults and matching the age group specified in the pricing section.
The breakfasts included in the hotel services in the tour program are served according to the breakfast culture of the country visited and generally as a limited menu called continental breakfast, consisting of butter, jam, bread, tea or coffee, and may be served in a separate hall reserved for the group.
TIME ZONE
Germany, Austria, Czechia, and Hungary are 3 hours behind Turkey during daylight saving time and 2 hours behind during winter time.
For example, while 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 bringing 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 evenings, and a light sweater. In addition, you may bring a hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, earplugs against possible noise, a camera, a video camera and their chargers, and spare memory cards. In the winter season, we recommend clothing that allows comfortable movement and keeps you warm.
FOOD CULTURE
When German food culture is mentioned, cakes, potatoes, and of course beer come to mind first. In this culture, which has a wide variety of meat and vegetable dishes, the variety of beer and wine is also quite extensive.
The flavors and ingredients in Austrian cuisine have largely been inherited from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Its best-known dish is schnitzel, and meat dishes are predominant.
Czech cuisine has been influenced by all neighboring countries and is a complete Central European synthesis.
Hungarian cuisine, considered among the world’s most important cuisines, is quite colorful and rich. Meat dishes are common, and freshly cut homemade pasta is also an important element of the cuisine. “Goulash,” considered the Hungarian national dish, is one of the best-known delicacies.
SHOPPING
There are shopping opportunities in shopping centers located in city centers and from small stalls selling souvenirs.
IMPORTANT NOTES
Having a valid passport and/or having obtained a visa (for a destination/passport requiring a visa) does not necessarily mean that entry into the country will be permitted. The passport police have the authority to refuse you entry into the country. The agency is not responsible for this situation; responsibility lies with the passenger.
The agency acts as an intermediary between the airline and the passenger and is subject to the Hague Protocol of 28.09.1955. Delays may occur on scheduled and charter flights, or the times before the current trip and flight may change. 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 tax and airport service fees.
The panoramic city tours included in the tour package are tours of up to 2-3 hours, organized for general introduction of the cities and conducted panoramically with guide narration from the vehicle, not including museum or historical site entrance fees. The agency is not responsible for tours that cannot be carried out on the day and time specified in the program, including other tours, if they are not allowed to be visited or entered by local authorities, or if they do not take place due to closed roads because of any event, or when the tour becomes impossible due to weather conditions. Some tours may be conducted by public transportation or on foot where roads are closed or vehicle entry is not permitted, insofar as possible.