Category: World Trip 2024 Balkans
A 33-day European focused adventure visiting Finland, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Poland, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Singapore from 5 April 2024 to 5 May 2024.
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Monday 29 April 2024Highlights: Exploring Dubrovnik Today was the ninth country of this G Adventure tour and the tenth of this trip as we near the end of this adventure. Today we re-enter the European Union and visit Croatia.
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Sunday 28 April 2024Highlights: Sea kayaking in Kotor Bay, Hiking up Kotor Fortress Wall Today was to be a strenuous day of activities, with an included sea kayaking in Kotor Bay and an optional hike up Kotor Fortress wall in the plan today.
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Saturday 27 April 2024Highlights: Mostar Old Bridge, The Bay of Kotor, Exploring Kotor Old Town. A later start was the plan for today to allow two new tour members to join us Susanna and Steve (after Dubai floods cause major delay) and Rich and Cynthia to catch up after staying in Sarajevo due to ill…
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Friday 26 April 2024Highlights: Exploring Tito’s Atomic Fallout Bunker, Experiencing stunning Mostar Our thoughtful CEO Nadya suggested that today we do a side excursion on our way to Mostar and visit Atomska Ratna Komanda, or more commonly referred to as Tito’s bunker. This bunker was constructed between 1953 and 1979 by the Yugoslavian Government protect…
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Thursday 25 April 2024.Highlights: Sarajevo Tunnel of Hope, Walking the 1984 Olympic Bobsled track, Viewing Sarajevo from Cable Car, Viewing the eternal flame. We commenced an included morning tour to learn about the Sarajevo Tunnel aka the Tunnel of Hope. The tunnel was constructed between March and June 1993 during the Siege of Sarajevo (1992…
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Wednesday 24 April 2024Highlights: The mountains of Bosnia, Exploring the history of Sarajevo Today we left Belgrade at 8.30 am for a long travelling day to Sarajevo and visiting a new country Bosnia and Herzegovina with a complex and bloody history with their neighbour in Serbia.
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Tuesday 23 April 2024Highlights: Yugo Car Tour, Semlin Concentration Camp, Genex Tower, Learning about Josip Broz Tito leader Yugoslavia, Nikola Tesla Museum Today we had booked two optional activities, a Yugo Tour (6,000 Dinars / 50 Euros) and a tour of the Nikola Tesla Museum (500 Dinar). These activities would take most of the day…
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Monday 22 April 2024Highlights: Exploring Novi Sad, Exploring Belgrade, The bombed NATO buildings, Statue of Gavrilo Princip (starter of WW1), Belgrade Fortress We had a late departure from Novi Sad today at 1 pm which meant time to explore the city a little more. Probably the biggest highlight was Eparhy of Backa, which is a…
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Sunday 21 April 20224Highlights: Exploring the Petrovaradin Fortress, discovering Novi Sad. Today we left the relative comfort of Eastern Europe and moved further east into the Balkans. G Adventure had upgraded the transportation today from public bus to private minivan which was very welcomed.
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Saturday 20 April 2024Highlights: Visiting the Cave Church on Gellert Hill, meeting new tour members Today was the end of the Best of Eastern Europe Tour and the start of the Croatia and the Balkans tour. While I booked this as one tour this does mean a new Chief Experience Officer (CEO), some tour members…
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