ITINERARY TURKEY-BULGARIA-MACEDONIA-KOSOVO
BIL / DATE/DAY / PLACE / ACTIVITY / COMMENT1. / 21/12/13 / KL-ISTANBUL / DEPART KL-ISTANBUL
at 00.30 / Malaysia Airlines
(Saturday) / ISTANBUL / 6.00am –Arrive Istanbul
Pick-up by Airport Shutle (10 euro)
11.00am- check- in
Free and easy / Buy bus ticket to Sofea
(9hours-25 euros)
Sultan Hostel
2. / 22/12/13
Sunday / ISTANBUL / Blue Mosque
Hagia Sophea (closed on Monday)
Topkapi Palace (closed on Tuesday) / Sultan Hostel
3. / 23/12/13
Monday / ISTANBUL / Grand Bazaar (closed on Sunday)
Taksim / Sultan Hostel
4. / 24/12/13
Tuesday / ISTANBUL / Spice Market
Cruise (10 euro for 2 hours) / Depart to Sofea at 9.00pm on
Christmas Eve
By Metro Bus
5. / 25/12/13
Wednesday / SOFIA / Arrive in Sofia
Check –in
Vitosha Boulevard (city centre of Sofia)/Slaveikov Square/Sofia Public Mineral Bath / Buy bus ticket to Skopje(4 hours to skopje)
Hostel Mostel
6. / 26/12/13
Thursday / SOFIA / Cathederal St Alexander Nevski/Central Sofea Synagogue (behind Central Sofea Markethall/Banjar Masi Mosque/Skiing at Vitosha Mountain
Optional- Day Trip to Rila Monastery/ Boyana Church / Hostel Mostel
We went to Rila Monastery instead of Vitosha Mountain
7. / 27/12/13
Friday / SOFIA / Central Market Hall (Tsentralini Halite)/
/Zhenski Pazar (Street Market)/Women Market/Flea Market/ TSUM / Depart to Skopje at night
(4 hours)
Matpu 96 (3 buses daily)
From Sofia Central Bus Station
9.30am/16.00/19.00
(16.50 euros/33Lev
If amik bas 1600 akan sampai jam 2100.
Take bus from Serdika Avtogara (next door to Centralina Avtogara).
Since we chose midnight bus- Only Kaleia operating at 12am.
8. / 28/12/13
Saturday / SKOPJE / Arrive in Skopje
Rest
Memorial House of Mother Teresa/Holocaust Memorial Centre / Buy Bus ticket to Pristina, Kosovo
(5 euros one way)
Shanti Hostel
9. / 29/12/13
SUNDAY / SKOPJE / Old Bazaar (Bedeinstein), Mustafa Pasha Mosque (above the old bazaar)/
Bridge (between Main Square and Old Bazaar)/
Ikona Icon and Sovenir Shop / Shanti Hostel
10. / 30/12/13
MONDAY / SKOPJE-KOSOVO / Kosovo day trip by bus
Monument of Brotherhood
Mother Teresa Statute
Clock Tower
Green Market
Fatih Mosque (Next to Great Hamam)
Kosovo Museum
Boulevard
Bazaar / Catch last bus to Skopje at 6.00pm
Shanti Hostel
11. / 31/12/13
TUESDAY / SKOPJE / Skopje City Walk/Alexander The Great (warrior on a horse)/Macedonia Square/Lake Matka
Happy New Year!!!! / New Year Eve
Shanti Hostel
12. / 1/1/14
WEDNESDAY / SKOPJE-ISTANBUL / Depart to Istanbul by flight at 11.30am-13.50pm
Arrive at Sabiha Gocken Int Airport / Sultan Hostel
13. / 2/1/14
THURSDAY / ISTANBUL / Free and Easy / Sultan Hostel
14. / 3/1/14
Friday / ISTANBUL / Pierre Lotti
Eyyup Sultan Mosque / Last Day in Istanbul
Sultan Hostel
15. / 4/1/13
Saturday / Depart Istanbul –Kuala Lumpur
At 15.00 / BYE BYE ISTANBUL
16. / 5/1/13
Sunday / Arrive in Kuala Lumpur at 6.00 am / GO BACK HOME