Istanbul - New Year 2027, by bus
- Coach
- 3 nights / 6 days
- Hotel 3* / Hotel 4* with breakfast
What you will see
- Blue Mosque, the symbol of Istanbul
- Hagia Sophia, UNESCO heritage
- Topkapi Palace, the residence of the sultans
- Kapali Carsi, the covered bazaar
- Bosphorus cruise, a view of Europe and Asia from the water
- Balat and Pierre Loti, colorful steps and a viewpoint over the Golden Horn
- Celebration on the Bosphorus, fireworks from the European and Asian sides
Dates and prices
Price per person for the departure 30.12. - 04.01.2027.
Hotel 3*
| Price type | Per person |
|---|---|
| Special price | €169 |
Hotel 4*
| Price type | Per person |
|---|---|
| Special price | €219 |
Payment is made in the dinar equivalent at the NBS middle exchange rate on the date of payment.
Price per person
- Prices per person for 3* and 4* hotels are in the table of dates and prices on this page, and the supplement for a single room is in the room selection next to the table of dates and prices on this page.
- The special price is valid for bookings until the places are filled, a maximum of 6 persons per departure.
- Discount for departure from Nis 5€.
Itinerary
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Belgrade - Istanbul
Meeting of travelers at 13:30h at the BAS main bus station, block 42 (Antifasisticke borbe 46-48). Departure at 14:00h. A drive through Serbia with short stops along the way for rest and border formalities. Night drive through Bulgaria and Turkey.
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Istanbul
Arrival in Istanbul in the late morning hours. Panoramic sightseeing of the city: the walls of Constantinople, the Valens Aqueduct, the Golden Horn, the Bosphorus, Dolmabahce Palace, the Galata Bridge. Accommodation in the hotel. After a short rest, an optional walk with a guide, mostly along Ordu Street, the main street of the old European part of Istanbul, with an introduction to the city's public transport. Among the sights to be seen are the Laleli Mosque, the building of the State University in Istanbul, the remains of the Triumphal Arch of Theodosius, Beyazit Square and Mosque, the Grand Bazaar, the tomb of Sinan Pasha, the Column of Constantine, the former ancient Hippodrome (today Sultanahmet Square), the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia (from the outside). The walk ends in the first courtyard of Topkapi Palace. Individual trip to the NEW YEAR 2027 CELEBRATION. Overnight stay.
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Istanbul
Breakfast. Free time or an optional trip on a cruise on the Bosphorus Strait accompanied by a local guide. After that, a visit to the Ortakoy district right on the Bosphorus shore, followed by free time at Taksim Square and the main street, Istiklal. Free afternoon. Optional: in the evening hours, a trip to a restaurant on a boat for dinner with oriental music and unlimited drinks. Overnight stay.
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Istanbul
Breakfast. Free day for individual activities. Optional: a tour of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Bulgarian St. Stephen Iron Church and the Balat district, known for its colorful stairs. A trip to the Pierre Loti viewpoint, and after the viewpoint a visit to the Eyup Mosque, in whose immediate vicinity is also the tomb of Mehmed Pasha Sokolovic. The journey continues to the Venezia outlet center, a replica of the city of the same name. Free time for shopping. Overnight stay.
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Istanbul - Serbia
Breakfast. Check-out from the hotel. Free time or an optional excursion to the Asian part of Istanbul: the Camlica Mosque, Uskudar, the Maiden's Tower, Bagdat Avenue and free time in Kadikoy - the center of the Asian part of the city. Departure for Serbia in the afternoon hours. A drive through Bulgaria with short breaks for rest.
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Belgrade
Arrival in Belgrade in the late morning hours.
Price and conditions
The package price includes
- Non-scheduled bus transport (high-deck or double-decker, audio and video equipment, average comfort, without drinks, food, etc. included during the trip) on the route according to the travel itinerary
- Accommodation in Istanbul in a 3* or 4* hotel in 1/2 and 1/3 rooms, on the basis of three nights with breakfast
- Services of a guide and group escort
- Agency services
The package price does not include
- Costs of international travel health insurance
- Individual expenses of travelers
- Supplement for a single room for three nights (the amount is in the room selection next to the table of dates and prices on this page)
- Station voucher for entering the platform 150,00 rsd (purchased at the agency)
- Extra suitcase 30€
Optional excursions
- Europe-Asia excursion - 25€ (the price includes transport and guide services)
- Ecumenical Patriarchate, Balat, Bulgarian church, Miniaturk, Venecia outlet - 20€
- Old town of Istanbul - Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque and Hippodrome - 15€ (without admission tickets)
- Bosphorus cruise, Ortakoy, Taksim - 25€
- Turkish night - New Year reprise - 45€ (the price includes dinner and traditional Turkish dance)
- New Year's Eve celebration - cruise - 180€ (registration at the agency is mandatory, at least 10 days before the trip)
New Year's Eve celebration on the boat: the boat is of the panoramic type with large windows. On the lower deck, besides seating, there is a dance floor with an animation program and belly dancing. The program lasts from about 21:30h, when the boat leaves the port, until about 2h. The cruise starts from the Golden Horn, via Sirkeci, Ortakoy, Alibeykoy and Yildiztepe to the Sultan Mehmed and Fatih Pasha bridges, where the boat turns around. Exactly at midnight the boat is under the Fatih Bridge, from where there is a view of the fireworks from the European and Asian sides. A DJ accompanies the program on the boat. The celebration includes a hotel - marina - hotel transfer, a gala dinner with unlimited consumption of domestic alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, a music program and belly dancing.
Optional excursions are not a mandatory part of the itinerary and depend on the number of registered passengers. They are organized by a local agency, a foreign partner, which bears all responsibility for carrying them out. Registration for all programs is on site. The minimum for carrying out the optional excursions and visits is 16 passengers.
Accommodation
Accommodation in the listed or similar hotels. The exact hotel names will be known 7 days before departure for the trip. All hotels in our offer are located in the same, European part of Istanbul, on a city transport line and within walking distance of the Golden Horn - the historic center of the city.
Hotel Delta 3* - Location: central district Laleli-Aksaray, only 1 km from the Kapali Carsi and about a 20-minute walk from the historic district of Sultanahmet. The new airport is about 34 km away, and Sabiha Gokcen Airport about 33 km. Facilities: restaurant and bar, Wi-Fi at the reception. The rooms are double (two separate beds or a double bed) or double with an extra bed; all have a bathroom (shower), mini bar (for a supplement, on site), TV, telephone and air conditioning. Service: bed and breakfast (buffet).
Hotel Grand Ant 3* - Location: the old European part of Istanbul, Aksaray - Laleli, about 1 km from the Kapali Carsi and 2 km from Sultanahmet Square (Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, the Blue Mosque). It is 280 m from the main street Ordu, served by the T1 tram, and 400 m from the M2 metro to Taksim Square. Facilities: restaurant, bar, WiFi, elevator. Accommodation: double rooms or double with an extra bed, with a bathroom and hair dryer, air conditioning, telephone and SAT TV. Service: bed and breakfast (buffet).
Hotel Ephesus 4* - Location: the old European part of Istanbul Laleli/Aksaray, about 1,5 km from the Kapali Carsi and 2 km from Sultanahmet Square. It is about 300 m from Ordu street (T1 tram) and 400 m from the M2 metro. Facilities: restaurant, bar, WiFi, elevator. Accommodation: double rooms or double with an extra bed, with a bathroom, air conditioning, SAT TV and telephone. Service: bed and breakfast (buffet).
Hotel Dalan 3* - Location: the old European part of Istanbul Laleli, about 1 km from the Kapali Carsi and 2 km from Sultanahmet Square. It is 150 m from Ordu street (T1 tram) and 400 m from the M2 metro. Facilities: restaurant, bar, WiFi, elevator. Accommodation: double rooms or double with an extra bed, with a bathroom, air conditioning, SAT TV and telephone. Service: bed and breakfast (buffet).
Floransa City hotel 3* - Location: the old part of Istanbul, Laleli/Aksaray, within walking distance of all the city's sights; about 1,5 km from the Kapali Carsi and 2 km from Sultanahmet Square. Facilities: restaurant, WiFi, elevator, parking. Accommodation: double rooms with air conditioning, TV, mini-bar, hair dryer and safe. Service: bed and breakfast (buffet).
Notes on accommodation
- The accommodation facilities can be entered on the first day of the stay from 15:00h, and must be vacated on the last day of the stay by 09:00h.
- The descriptions of the accommodation facilities are for information purposes. The tour operator bears no responsibility for any deviations or for the quality of service within the accommodation facilities.
- In some accommodation facilities the third and fourth beds may be extra beds (a pull-out sofa or a smaller bed).
- The tour operator cannot influence the distribution of guests among rooms, as this depends exclusively on the reception of the accommodation facility.
- The buffet (by Turkish standards) may be served with the assistance of hotel staff.
Payment and notes
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TRAVEL DOCUMENTS
According to the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Turkey, the travel document must be valid for at least 150 days, i.e. 5 months from the day of entry into Turkey. Confirm the passport validity with the agent before payment. (Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, checked 18.10.2026.)
METHOD AND TERMS OF PAYMENT
The prices of holiday packages are expressed in EUR. Payment is in dinars at the official NBS middle exchange rate on the day of payment. If the package is not paid in full, the remainder of the debt is expressed in euros and is paid at the exchange rate on the day of payment.
- in cash or by Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, American Express and Dina payment cards, the package reservation is secured by paying a deposit of 40% of the package value, and the remainder is paid no later than 15 days before departure.
- in installments (up to 9 monthly installments, with no deposit and no interest) - by Intesa banka credit cards (Visa and Mastercard), payment at the time of booking.
- by citizens' checks in three monthly installments, the package reservation is secured by paying a deposit of 40% of the package value, and checks for the remainder are deposited no later than 15 days before departure.
- by bank transfer of individuals or companies on the basis of an issued invoice.
Belvi d.o.o. reserves the right to determine special payment terms for special types of packages or promotional offers.
IMPORTANT NOTES
- It is not possible to choose a seat. The agency makes the seating arrangement, taking into account elderly persons, families with small children, pregnant women, and the time of payment. By signing the contract, the traveler is obliged to accept the seat on the bus assigned by the agency.
- The permitted baggage is 1 travel bag whose sum of length, width and height does not exceed 158 cm, with a maximum weight of 20 kg. Each additional suitcase or bag is subject to a 30€ supplement.
- A traveler who, by inappropriate behavior, disturbs other travelers, hinders the drivers and the escort in their work or endangers the realization of the travel program will be excluded from the trip without the right to a refund.
- The traveler is obliged to respect the schedule set by the agency representative during the trip.
- Stops for rest breaks along the way are planned every 3-4 hours of driving. Toilets cannot be used on tourist buses.
- The tour operator reserves the right to change the content of the travel program due to unforeseen objective circumstances (crowds at borders or in traffic, closure of sites, roadworks...).
- The tour operator reserves the right to sell available capacity through promotions and last minute offers at prices different from those in the price list.
- Minor travelers must have a notarized parental consent naming an adult - escort - when traveling.
- The agency is not responsible for an invalid passport, nor if border or immigration authorities do not approve the entry, transit or further stay of a traveler. Border services may ask the traveler to show financial means and international health insurance.
- Check the exact departure time and place of the bus 2 days before the trip.
- Travelers who are not citizens of Serbia are required to familiarize themselves with the visa regime of the country they are traveling to and through.
- In the event of changes on the monetary market or an insufficient number of registered travelers, the agency reserves the right to correct prices, change the program or cancel the trip no later than 5 days before the start of the trip.
The package is based on a minimum of 55 registered travelers.
Tour operator: BELVI d.o.o., 11070 Belgrade (New Belgrade), Jurija Gagarina 12b, company reg. no. 06037763, license category A no. OTP-116/2021 of 13.10.2021.
This program and price list are governed by the General Terms and Conditions of Travel of the agency Belvi d.o.o.
Price list no. 01 / 12.10.2026.
In accordance with the provisions of the Law on Tourism, the Organiser holds a Travel Guarantee under Insurance Policy No. 30000061547 of 01.10.2026, concluded with the joint-stock company „MILENIJUM OSIGURANJE ADO BEOGRAD“, valid from 01.10.2026 to 30.09.2027.
Belvi d.o.o., Belgrade - New Belgrade, Jurija Gagarina 12b. Licence category A no. OTP-116/2021 of 13.10.2021.
Istanbul New Year's 2027 by bus lasts 6 days, with three nights and breakfast in a 3* or 4* hotel in the European part of the city. The departure date is 30.12.2026 - 04.01.2027. Departure is at 14:00 from the main BAS bus station in Belgrade, and you arrive in Istanbul the following morning. The organizer is Belvi.
Istanbul for New Year's by bus: program by day
On the second day, after arrival, comes a panoramic sightseeing tour: the walls of Constantinople, the Valens Aqueduct, the Golden Horn, the Bosphorus, Dolmabahce Palace and the Galata Bridge. After check-in there is an optional guided walk along Ordu Street to Sultanahmet and the first courtyard of Topkapi Palace, and in the evening an individual trip to the celebration of New Year 2027. On the third day there is an optional Bosphorus cruise with Ortakoy, Taksim and Istiklal Street, and on the fourth the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Balat, the Pierre Loti lookout and the Venezia outlet. On the fifth day you check out of the hotel, optionally visit the Asian part of the city and depart for Serbia in the afternoon; you arrive in Belgrade on the sixth day before noon.
New Year's Eve celebration on a boat
The celebration is not included in the price of the package. The optional celebration is a cruise on a panoramic boat from about 21:30 to about 2 a.m., with a festive dinner, unlimited local drinks, a music program and belly dancing, with a hotel - marina - hotel transfer. At midnight the boat is below the Fatih Bridge, with a view of the fireworks on both sides of the Bosphorus. The price of the celebration is in the list of optional excursions on this page, and registration at the agency is mandatory at least 10 days before the trip.
Price, hotels and what is included
The special price is valid for bookings until places run out and for a maximum of 6 persons per departure. The prices per person for the 3* and 4* hotel are in the table of dates and prices on this page, the supplement for a single room in the choice of rooms next to the table, and the discount for departure from Nis in the Price per person section below the table. The price includes bus transportation, three nights with breakfast, a guide and a group escort; insurance, a platform ticket and optional excursions are paid separately. The offer includes the hotels Delta 3*, Grand Ant 3*, Dalan 3*, Floransa City 3* and Ephesus 4* or similar, and the exact hotel name is known 7 days before departure.
What is known about Istanbul
According to the official tourism portal of Turkey, Istanbul lies at the crossroads of two continents, Europe and Asia. The Historic Areas of Istanbul were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985. For other dates, see the page Istanbul by bus, and for the New Year's flight, the page Istanbul New Year's by plane.
Documents for Istanbul
According to the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Turkey, a visa is not required for a stay of up to 90 days within a period of 6 months, counting from the day of first entry, and the validity of the travel document must be at least 150 days, that is 5 months from the day of entry into Turkey. Confirm the passport validity with an agent before payment. Data in this section: Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, verified 18.10.2026.
Sources and data verification
Text prepared by Belvi Travel, updated 18.10.2026. The offer data comes from our catalog and travel programs; facts about the destination were verified against official sources: Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Turkey, UNESCO: Historic Areas of Istanbul.
Frequently asked questions
When is Istanbul for New Year's by bus? The departure date is 30.12.2026 - 04.01.2027.
Is the New Year's Eve celebration included in the price? No. The celebration on the boat is optional, the price is in the list of optional excursions on this page, and registration at the agency is at least 10 days before the trip.
How much does it cost? The price per person depends on the hotel (3* or 4*), and the special price is valid until places run out; the amounts are in the table of dates and prices on this page.
Is a visa required for Turkey? According to the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a visa is not required for a stay of up to 90 days within a period of 6 months.
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