Travel the Balkans

FEZ TRAVEL is celebrating its 20th year of operation by increasing its number of destinations. For the last 20 years, the company has been providing guaranteed departure small group tours in Turkey and Greece and now it will be extending its operation networks to the Balkans including Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia & Bulgaria.

Fez Travel's guiding principle is to provide travellers with a genuine experience rather than just a holiday. Fez Travel Managing Director Ekrem Usta explains:

"We want our guests to feel that they have had a genuine insight into the country & culture when they visit, and we achieve this by carefully selecting the places we visit, the properties we stay in and expert guides who know the routes like the back of their hand. We will deliver 3 different itineraries in the Balkans within same principle.".

Fez Travel is offering two special early booking incentives. Travellers booking and paying in full for the above tours by 31 January 2017 will save 20%.

Travellers who book and pay in full for any escorted small group tour between 1 February 2017 and 31March 2017, receive a 15% discount. These savings are also available for bookings made through travel agents.

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Adventure activities in Serbia

WHILE #Serbia is developing a reputation as a cycling and hiking destination –offering experiences such as the Danube Bike Trail – these activities represent only a small sample of the adventures an adrenaline junkie can expect to find. 

The country’s wild spaces are calling out to thrill-seeking holidaymakers …   

HIKING – Serbia offers a variety of hiking options for walkers of all aptitudes. Some of the top destinations include the national parks of Fuska Gora, Djerdap, Zlatibor & Tara, and Kopaonik. 

CYCLING – From the sedate to the challenging, Serbia offer this and everything in between. Options for the more sedate cyclists include the Danube Bike Trail, 410 miles of which are to be found in Serbia. Road cycling and mountain biking options include the Beast From The East, or more formerly the Euro Velo 11.

CAVING – Serbia has more than 4,000 caves, including the 3,000ft Lazareva Cave near Zlot, the longest in Serbia, or the 2,542ft Ceremošnja Cave near Kučevo.

FLYING – Serbia has a long tradition of aerial sports. Travellers can choose from gliding, paragliding, microlite flying, ballooning and tandem skydives. Many resorts and spas are now offering paragliding under the guidance of experts from local clubs.

ORIENTEERING – If you like to find yourself in a remote spot with little more than a map and a compass ticking off control points in the right order in the shortest possible time, Serbia will greet you with open arms. This sport is popular in Serbia, with around 180 specialized orienteering maps covering many tourist locations.

SKIING – Serbia's most developed and popular ski resorts are Kopaonik, Tornik on Zlatibor, and Stara Planina.

WHITE WATER RAFTING – Hot spots for rafting include Lim, one of Serbia's most exciting rivers, and the River Drina, which is suitable for dinghy rafting.

CANYONING is new sport for Serbia. Key locations include the Tribe Canyon, the second highest in Serbia. Most canyoning takes place in May to late September. 

WATER SPORTS – The fast-flowing rivers are great for rafting, dinghy sailors, rowers and flat-water kayakers head for the wide waters of the Danube, Lake Sava at Ada Ciganlija, Lake Palić, Bela Crkva lakes, and the Silver Lake.

GETTING THERE –

Tour operators offering activity holidays in Serbia include Ramblers Worlwide Holidays, Travel The Unknown Utracks, and Blue Plum Escapes

Flights to Belgrade are with: Air Serbia from Heathrow, from Manchester via Amsterdam, Wizz Air from Luton, and British Airways from Heathrow via Frankfurt.

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Festival fun … and what it costs

TRAVEL money company No.1 Currency has compared the costs of the most popular festivals across the globe this summer on a per-day basis, once ticket cost, accommodation, food and drinks are taken into consideration. 

When calculated on a per-day-rate, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California – said to be America’s answer to Glastonbury – tops the list as the most expensive, at £187 per day. Coachella has the highest admission charge, at £252. 

Tomorrowland in Belgium follows as the second most expensive, at £186 per day.

England’s Glastonbury is one of the longest-established summer festivals, but music lovers heading there in June will certainly pay for the experience. It comes in as the third most expensive at £113 a day.

Roskilde in Denmark will set revellers back £641, but for that you get eight days of festival fun.

British festival fans looking to make their pounds go further are best off heading to Slavic countries. The Exit festival in Serbia is the cheapest place to enjoy live music, with the daily and total costs for the four days coming to just £54 and £217 respectively. A beer there costs £1, almost a sixth of the cost of beer at Coachella. 

The Open’er festival in Poland closely follows Exit as the second cheapest, with a day costing just £57.

Simon Phillips, Head of Retail for No1. Currency, says: ‘As the birth place of British festival culture, Glastonbury remains one of the most iconic and celebrated music events in the British calendar but, as our research shows, being a part of this tradition will cost you. Tickets are not far behind those of Coachella in terms of prices, and neither is the cost of food and drink when you’re there – unsurprising considering the festival is famous for having some of the best festival food around.

‘It can actually work out much better value to travel to a festival in mainland Europe than to stay at home. Not only does your cash go further in Europe, where food and drink in particular are relatively cheap compared to the UK, but Brits heading to festivals in the eurozone this summer will enjoy the added bonus of a strengthening pound.’

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