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Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria & Turkey

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Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey form one of Europe's most rewarding overland routes, stretching from Central Europe through the Balkans to the edge of Asia. Travellers are drawn by Budapest's thermal baths and ruin bars, Romania's Transylvanian castles and Carpathian landscapes, Bulgaria's ancient Thracian history and Black Sea coastline, and Istanbul's iconic mosques, bazaars, and Bosphorus waterfront. The route blends rich Ottoman, Byzantine, and Eastern European heritage with dramatic scenery, vibrant nightlife, and some of the continent's most affordable travel. It's a favourite for independent and group travellers seeking cultural depth and variety across a single connected journey.

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Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria & Turkey · 20 days

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Highlights of Eastern Europe & Turkey — Self-Launched

A 20-day independent run from Budapest to Istanbul covering four countries and two continents: Hungarian ruin bars, a Romanian winery in the hills near Arad, medieval Sighișoara and Brașov with Bran Castle, Bulgaria's Veliko Tarnovo, Sofia and Plovdiv, then across the Bosphorus into Turkey for Istanbul's bazaars and mosques, the Gallipoli battlefields, Troy, Ephesus and Izmir's Kemeraltı bazaar, Konya's Mevlana Museum, and the fairy chimneys and underground cities of Cappadocia. Everything on the G Adventures Classic itinerary, done with local buses, trains, ferries and self-booked day tours at roughly a third of the price. Costs are approximate backpacker/budget-traveller estimates and exclude international flights.

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