Hello everybody :) If you are looking for an experience from east to west including 4 countries in 2 weeks, you are in the right place. Do you like east europe cities like Sofia , Belgrade and Zagreb ? I am sure you will also like the crystal clear water of Dalmatia Sea in Croatia. If you join me we can experience these beauties all together. I am an experienced traveller and this is my first trip organised through JoinMyTrip.com. I am sure we will enjoy a lot ! About myself : My name is Ali. I am from Turkey-Ankara . I visited many countries so far and I like to travel as long as I have enough time. Many years ago I worked in USA in the cruiseships as housekeeping supervisor and I have worked with many people from different cultures. Now I am the director of an arts exhibition center in Ankara. I like doing fitness , swimming, riding horse , playing chess and reading books. I speak Turkish and English. What's included in the price: - All accommodations . -Car ( You do not have to pay for rent a car ) -Gas - All highway fees and bridge toll fees . - Tickets of traffic police :) Costs shared on the trip : Grocery shopping , meals out , parking fees in the city , entrance fees ( museums, parks etc. ) We can use "splitwise " application to share the costs. About accomodation : Wherever we go , we will stay in apartments , so you will sleep comfortable. Also we will have kitchen and bathroom . Our Schedule : Day 1 : 13th August , I will pick you up from the airport in Istanbul and go to Edirne . We will stay 1 night in Edirne . Day 2 : Arrive in Sofia , Bulgaria . Day 3 Stay in Sofia Day 4 Arrive in Belgrade , Serbia Day 5 : Stay in Belgrade Day 6 : Arrive in Zagreb , Croatia. Stay 1 night in Zagreb Day7 : Arrive in Rijeka , Croatia and stay in Rijeka 3 days. Day10 : Arrive in Rovinj, Croatia and stay in Rovinj 4 days. Day 14 :Departure time . ( August 26th , 2022 ) I will drop you to the couch station in Rovinj ( depends on your request ) Important Note : As you see , the arrival dates and departure dates are clear . Also you have an option that if you can not come to Istanbul easily or find the ticket price expensive , I can take you from Sofia airport or from Sofia city center, next day ( on 14th August ) but the price will be the same as shown in the website. Also I did not write very detailed schedule about the cities because I want to provide some flexibility about where to go , what time to go . I have gone all these countries ( except Croatia) but may be it is much better to decide together about the daily schedule. ( like going to beaches , parks , museums, bars etc. ) Expectations about the trip : I am looking to have peaceful and enjoyable times with you. It will be my first trip to Croatia so I am very excited to visit there , especially the beautiful Dalmatia Sea. There are many islands and many beaches around Rijeka and Rovinj. Also there are some national parks . We can explore all of them together. If you have any questions please feel free to ask ! Hope to see you !
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Edirne has wonderful mosques because it was the second capital of the Ottoman Empire (after Bursa, before Istanbul). Spend the morning seeing the fine mosques in representing the great ages of Ottoman architecture: the Eski, Muradiye, Üçşerefeli, Beyazıt II and the elegant Selimiye. It also boasts the Great Synagogue, dedicated in 1909 in the city’s Jewish quarter as the largest Jewish house of worship in the Balkans. Abandoned in 1983 for lack of worshipers, it was derelict until the 2010s, when the Turkish government invested US$2.2 million in its restoration. It reopened for worship on March 26, 2015. (Here’s more on Jewish life and culture in Turkey.) Wander through Edirne’s old Roman district, admiring the picturesque wooden Edirnekâri (“Ottoman Victorian”) houses. Walk down to the Meriç (Maritza) River to see the graceful Ottoman stone bridges. Have tea or a meal in a shady riverside restaurant.
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Sofia
Day 2-4
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and has many mineral springs, such as the Sofia Central Mineral Baths. It has a humid continental climate. Being in the centre of the Balkans, it is midway between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea, and closest to the Aegean Sea. Sofia is the 13th largest city in the European Union. It is surrounded by mountainsides, such as Vitosha by the southern side, Lyulin by the western side, and the Balkan Mountains by the north, which makes it the third highest European capital after Andorra la Vella and Madrid. Being Bulgaria's primate city, Sofia is home of many of the major local universities, cultural institutions and commercial companies.The city has been described as the "triangle of religious tolerance". This is due to the fact that three temples of three major world religions—Christianity, Islam and Judaism—are situated close together: Sveta Nedelya Church, Banya Bashi Mosque and Sofia Synagogue. This triangle was recently expanded to a "square" and includes the Catholic Cathedral of St Joseph. We will explore these parts and the city in entirety during our stay!
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Belgrade
Day 4-6
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. Nearly 1.7 million people live within the administrative limits of the City of Belgrade. It is the third largest of all cities on the Danube river. Belgrade is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe and the world. One of the most important prehistoric cultures of Europe, the Vinča culture, evolved within the Belgrade area in the 6th millennium BC. In antiquity, Thraco-Dacians inhabited the region and, after 279 BC, Celts settled the city, naming it Singidūn. It was conquered by the Romans under the reign of Augustus and awarded Roman city rights in the mid-2nd century. It was settled by the Slavs in the 520s, and changed hands several times between the Byzantine Empire, the Frankish Empire, the Bulgarian Empire, and the Kingdom of Hungary before it became the seat of the Serbian king Stefan Dragutin in 1284. Belgrade served as capital of the Serbian Despotate during the reign of Stefan Lazarević, and then his successor Đurađ Branković returned it to the Hungarian king in 1427. Noon bells in support of the Hungarian army against the Ottoman Empire during the siege in 1456 have remained a widespread church tradition to this day. In 1521, Belgrade was conquered by the Ottomans and became the seat of the Sanjak of Smederevo. It frequently passed from Ottoman to Habsburg rule, which saw the destruction of most of the city during the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
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Zagreb
Day 6-7
Zagreb is the capital and largest city of Croatia.[13] It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately 122 m (400 ft) above sea level.[14] The population of the city in 2021 was 769,944.[15] The population of the Zagreb urban agglomeration is 1,071,150,[2] approximately a quarter of the total population of Croatia. Zagreb has special status as a Croatian administrative division and is a consolidated city-county (but separated from Zagreb County),[19] and is administratively subdivided into 17 city districts.[20] Most of them are at a low elevation along the river Sava valley, whereas northern and northeastern city districts, such as Podsljeme[21] and Sesvete[22] districts are situated in the foothills of the Medvednica mountain,[23] making the city's geographical image rather diverse. The city extends over 30 kilometres (19 miles) east-west and around 20 kilometres (12 miles) north-south.
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Rijeka
Day 7-10
Rijeka is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and in 2021 had a population of 108,622 inhabitants.[1] Historically, because of its strategic position and its excellent deep-water port, the city was fiercely contested, especially between the Holy Roman Empire, Italy and Croatia, changing rulers and demographics many times over centuries. According to the 2011 census data, the majority of its citizens are Croats, along with small numbers of Serbs, Bosniaks and Italians. Apart from Croatian and Italian, linguistically the city is home to its own unique dialect of the Venetian language, Fiuman, with an estimated 20,000 speakers among the autochthonous Italians, Croats and other minorities. Historically Fiuman served as the main lingua franca among the many ethnicities inhabiting the multi-ethnic port city. In certain suburbs of the modern extended municipality the autochthonous population still speaks Chakavian, a dialect of Croatian.
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Rovinj
Day 10-14
Rovinj is a city in Croatia situated on the north Adriatic Sea with a population of 14,294 (2011). Located on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, it is a popular tourist resort and an active fishing port. Istriot, a Romance language once widely spoken in this part of Istria, is still spoken by some of the residents. The town is officially bilingual, Italian and Croatian, hence both town names are official and equal.
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