Essential Southern Balkans

What's Included

• Zekate Tower House

• Pellumbas & Black Cave Day Trip

• Bunk'Art Bunker Exhibition Visit

• Gjirokaster Local Guide

• Turkish Coffee 'on the Stone'

• Blue Eye Spring

• Meals

  7 breakfasts

• Accommodation

  Hotel (5 nights), Hostel (3 nights)

• Transport

  Public bus, Private vehicle, Ferry

• Tirana - Bunk'Art Bunker Exhibition Visit

• Gjirokaster - Zekate Tower House

• Gjirokaster - Local Guide

• Gjirokaster - Blue Eye Spring

• Gjirokaster - Turkish Coffee 'on the Stone'

• Gjirokaster - Gjirokaster Fortress

• Himare - Local Boat Tour

What's Not Included

• Tipping and Gratuities

• International Travel

Included Activities

Bunk'Art Bunker Exhibition VisitPellumbas & Black Cave Day TripZekate Tower HouseGjirokaster Local GuideBlue Eye SpringTurkish Coffee 'on the Stone'

Transport

TRANSPORT IN EUROPEHalf the fun of travel is the travelling itself, that's why we like to travel the local way – whether that means mingling with commuters on a local train, watching the scenery roll by from the window of a long distance bus, arriving on a high speed train in the city centre of your next destination, or navigating each city's public transport system. In Europe, you are guaranteed to travel by genuine local public transport wherever possible, which puts you right in the centre of the action.LONG TRAVEL DAYSAs we cover lots of ground on this trip, expect some long travel days on local trains and buses. This is an opportunity to mix with the locals and enjoy the scenery out the window. Travel schedules are known to change with little notice. Not all transport may have air conditioning.

Accommodation

The style of accommodation indicated in the day-to-day itinerary is a guideline only and may change. On some occasions, alternative arrangements may need to be made due to the lack of availability of rooms in our preferred accommodation. In these cases, we will use a similar standard of accommodation.Throughout the trip, we request that our properties prepare rooms in time for our arrival, especially if we're arriving prior to normal check-in time. However, this isn't always possible which means we won't be able to check-in immediately on arrival at some hotels. Instead, we can store our luggage and explore our new destination or on some trips, have use of shared day rooms until all rooms are available.We've sourced our accommodation very carefully and picked the best possible hotels in line with the Intrepid 18-35 style of travel. Our first accommodation choice is always as close to the main attraction of the destination as possible, however, sometimes we are not in the right centre of action, which means you may need to hop on a public transport to get to the city centre. Please note that service and accommodation in Europe may be different to the standards you are used to. Your accommodation will not always have private en suite facilities or air-conditioning. European hotels generally don't provide kettles or fridges and in particular destinations, rooms may be rather small.OCCASIONAL ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATIONThe style of accommodation indicated in the day-to-day itinerary is a guideline. On rare occasions, alternative arrangements may need to be made due to the lack of availability of rooms in our usual accommodation. A similar standard of accommodation will be used in these instances.ROOMING ALLOCATIONAccommodation on this trip is on a twin/multi-share basis. We pair up solo travellers with other travellers of the same gender as per the gender marker on each of their passports. Please note there may be times where facilities will be shared rather than ensuite and rare occasions when you share a room with passengers travelling on different Intrepid trips than your own.SINGLE ROOM SUPPLEMENTPlease note that on our 18-35 trips in Europe we do not provide a single room supplement option.CHECK-IN TIMEThroughout the trip we request that our hotels prepare rooms in time for our arrival, especially if we're arriving prior to normal check-in time. However this isn't always possible which means we won't be able to check-in immediately on arrival at some hotels. Instead, we can store our luggage and explore our new destination.PRE/POST TRIP ACCOMMODATIONIf you've purchased pre-trip or post-trip accommodation (if available), you may be required to change rooms from your trip accommodation for these extra nights.

Important Information

1. A single supplement is not available on this trip.2. Please provide your date of birth, nationality, passport number, and full name as per passport at the time of booking. This is mandatory to secure ferry tickets to Corfu. Fees may apply for amendments to details within 45 days of departure.

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