Vienna - Istanbul

Your journey begins in Vienna. With its gentle hills and vine-clad slopes, is it any wonder it became a haven for writers, musicians, and artists? The Danube River will guide you past Serbia, Croatia, and the narrow gorge that divides the Balkans from the Carpathian Mountains. Bucharest awaits you, a capital that combines the splendor of the past with the luxury of the present in such attractions as the Snagov Monastery and the National Museum of Contemporary Art. A motor coach will lead you on to Veliko Tarnovo, the ancient capital of Bulgaria, before you arrive in your destination of Plovdiv, a town of fascinating architecture. Your journey concludes in Istanbul, the city of the Byzantine Empire, the city of the Ottomans, the city that will leave you breathless.