Christmas Time Grand Alsace Tour BSL-BSL THY 26261
3 December 2026 – 6 December 2026
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3 Nights, 4 Days
Tour details
Day 1: Istanbul – Basel – Alsace
Day 2: Alsace – Obernai – H.Königsburg – Strasbourg – Alsace
After having breakfast at our hotel, we will depart for our tour where we will visit OBERNIA panoramically. In our tour, we visit the fairy-tale-like city of Obernia with its colorful flower-decorated wooden houses and stone streets. After our city visit, we head to H.Königsburg Castle. Located in the heart of the Alsace region, the pearl of Eastern France, H.Königsburg Castle is situated on a hill 750 meters high. The castle, which hosts half a million tourists annually, clearly displays unique views and Medieval vibes. Then, we move towards Strasbourg, one of the most popular cities in Eastern France. This city, which has become a brand in terms of Christmas Markets, hosts French & German shared cultural vibes. Among the places we will see are architectures carrying traces of French & German shared culture, Petite France, Cathedral Square, Notre Dame Cathedral, and Kammerz House. After our tour, we transfer to your hotel and have free time. Overnight at our hotel.
Day 3: Alsace – Riquewihr – Kayserberg – Colmar – Alsace
After having breakfast at our hotel, we will depart for our tour where we will visit RIQUEWIHR Tourpanoramically. In this small, clean town with clean streets, cookie-shaped houses, and Medieval vibes, we will walk through the Christmas Markets. Leaving this city that captivates us and leaves an important place in our minds, we head to KAYSERBERG. This town, full of Medieval vibes in Northeastern France, is one of France's wine towns with its period walls, semi-wooden fairy-tale houses, and churches. On this journey, we are heading to the city that excites us the most. Our next stop is again a brand related to Christmas Markets: COLMAR ! After arriving in Colmar City, which we named the Land of Fairy Tales, you will not be able to get enough of strolling through its streets with its Christmas Markets, Old Customs House, Pfister House, and magnificent architecture around the Rhine River. We also do not forget to take photos in its most famous area, Petite Venice (Little Venice), with its colorful houses. In this unique environment surrounded by the Rhine River and canals, you will find many delicious foods according to your taste buds and opportunities to buy many souvenirs. After our tour, we transfer to your hotel and have free time. Overnight at our hotel.
Day 4: Alsace – Basel – Freiburg - Istanbul
After having breakfast at our hotel, we move to Freiburg. In our FREIBURG City Tour; the channels and waterways covering the entire Old Town with a length of 15.5 km lined along the roads, the Cathedral (Freiburger Münster) visible everywhere in the city with its height of 116 meters, the Covered Market (Markhalle) which is like a paradise welcoming you with dozens of varieties from all world cuisines, the Grand Square Münsterplatz, the old and new Town Hall Rathausplatz, Kaiser Joseph Street with many souvenir shops, chain stores, cafes and restaurants, and Gerberau where you can see the city's most enjoyable cafes, bars and beer gardens are visited, followed by free time for shopping. At the time determined by our guide, we transfer to Basel Airport. We complete our check-in, baggage, and customs procedures. We carry out our flight to Istanbul on the scheduled flight belonging to Turkish Airlines. After our arrival, we conclude our tour with Christmas memories and good wishes. Hoping to be with you again on another journey.. Goodbye!
CHRISTMAS TIME GRAND ALSACE TOUR
With THY
With THY
No Extra Tour! All Tours Included!
Basel – Freiburg – Alsace - Obernai – H.Königsburg – Strasbourg - Riquewihr – Kayserberg – Colmar
Tour Departure Date
Tour Departure Date
December 3
Day 1: Istanbul – Basel – Alsace
Meeting in front of the Turkish Airlines counter at the International Departures Terminal, Istanbul Airport. After ticket, baggage and passport procedures, we depart for Basel on Turkish Airlines flight number. Arrival in Basel. After passport, baggage and customs procedures, we meet with our guide and transfer to our tour vehicle. We conduct our city tour in BASEL, known as the Cultural Capital of Switzerland. You can take a lunch break in the cafes and restaurants located in the narrow streets of Basel. The streets, built along the river and preserving their historical texture, will leave you in awe. You can travel through historical eras in the city by following Erasmus, Hans, Holbein, Jacob Burchardt and Paracelsus. We do not neglect to take a photo stop in front of the Red and Ornate Town Hall and the Cathedral. After completing our tour in Basel, we transfer to your hotel and have free time. Overnight at our hotel.
Day 2: Alsace – Obernai – H.Königsburg – Strasbourg – Alsace
After having breakfast at our hotel, we will depart for our tour where we will visit OBERNIA panoramically. In our tour, we visit the fairy-tale-like city of Obernia with its colorful flower-decorated wooden houses and stone streets. After our city visit, we head to H.Königsburg Castle. Located in the heart of the Alsace region, the pearl of Eastern France, H.Königsburg Castle is situated on a hill 750 meters high. The castle, which hosts half a million tourists annually, clearly displays unique views and Medieval vibes. Then, we move towards Strasbourg, one of the most popular cities in Eastern France. This city, which has become a brand in terms of Christmas Markets, hosts French & German shared cultural vibes. Among the places we will see are architectures carrying traces of French & German shared culture, Petite France, Cathedral Square, Notre Dame Cathedral, and Kammerz House. After our tour, we transfer to your hotel and have free time. Overnight at our hotel.
Day 3: Alsace – Riquewihr – Kayserberg – Colmar – Alsace
After having breakfast at our hotel, we will depart for our tour where we will visit RIQUEWIHR Tourpanoramically. In this small, clean town with clean streets, cookie-shaped houses, and Medieval vibes, we will walk through the Christmas Markets. Leaving this city that captivates us and leaves an important place in our minds, we head to KAYSERBERG. This town, full of Medieval vibes in Northeastern France, is one of France's wine towns with its period walls, semi-wooden fairy-tale houses, and churches. On this journey, we are heading to the city that excites us the most. Our next stop is again a brand related to Christmas Markets: COLMAR ! After arriving in Colmar City, which we named the Land of Fairy Tales, you will not be able to get enough of strolling through its streets with its Christmas Markets, Old Customs House, Pfister House, and magnificent architecture around the Rhine River. We also do not forget to take photos in its most famous area, Petite Venice (Little Venice), with its colorful houses. In this unique environment surrounded by the Rhine River and canals, you will find many delicious foods according to your taste buds and opportunities to buy many souvenirs. After our tour, we transfer to your hotel and have free time. Overnight at our hotel.
Day 4: Alsace – Basel – Freiburg - Istanbul
After having breakfast at our hotel, we move to Freiburg. In our FREIBURG City Tour; the channels and waterways covering the entire Old Town with a length of 15.5 km lined along the roads, the Cathedral (Freiburger Münster) visible everywhere in the city with its height of 116 meters, the Covered Market (Markhalle) which is like a paradise welcoming you with dozens of varieties from all world cuisines, the Grand Square Münsterplatz, the old and new Town Hall Rathausplatz, Kaiser Joseph Street with many souvenir shops, chain stores, cafes and restaurants, and Gerberau where you can see the city's most enjoyable cafes, bars and beer gardens are visited, followed by free time for shopping. At the time determined by our guide, we transfer to Basel Airport. We complete our check-in, baggage, and customs procedures. We carry out our flight to Istanbul on the scheduled flight belonging to Turkish Airlines. After our arrival, we conclude our tour with Christmas memories and good wishes. Hoping to be with you again on another journey.. Goodbye!
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TK1923 |
03.12.2026 |
IST 08:40 - BSL 09:50 |
TK1926 |
06.12.2026 |
BSL 18:10 - IST 23:15 |
What's included
* Turkish Airlines Istanbul – Basel – Istanbul Flight Tickets
* 3 Nights Bed & Breakfast Accommodation in Alsace Region and Surrounding Cities
* Airport – Hotel – Airport Transfers
* All City Transfers with Our Private Buses
* Panoramic Basel Tour
* Freiburg Tour
* Panoramic Obernai Tour
* Strasbourg Tour
* Panoramic Riquewihr City Tour
* Kayserberg Tour
* Colmar Tour
Not included
* Museum and archaeological site entrance fees.
* City taxes (40 EUR per person, payable to the guide upon arrival)
* Tours organized by the guide
* All personal expenses
* Extra tours
* Lunch and dinner meals
* All excursions and tours not specified in the program.
* Tips for the driver and guide (5 EUR per person)
* Exit fee from the country
* International travel health insurance
* City taxes (40 EUR per person, payable to the guide upon arrival)
* Tours organized by the guide
* All personal expenses
* Extra tours
* Lunch and dinner meals
* All excursions and tours not specified in the program.
* Tips for the driver and guide (5 EUR per person)
* Exit fee from the country
* International travel health insurance
Need to Know
- To be able to shop and spend in all countries included in the program during the tour, it is sufficient for us to have Euros. In regions where local currency is used, the guide will assist with currency exchange.
- Comfortable walking shoes or sneakers should be preferred during the tour. It is advisable to bring a cardigan or similar clothing for the evening.
- In our tours, seat rotation (seat change) is applied daily in the seating plan, so fixed seats and front seat guarantees are not provided. Seat changes are organized by the vehicle guide.
- When entering Turkey from abroad, there is a mandatory minimum stay of 3 days to bring goods (alcohol, cigarettes, etc.).
- Duty-free shopping limit when entering Turkey from abroad: Cigarettes: 3 cartons, Alcoholic Beverages: 1 liter of alcoholic beverages (excluding spirits with more than 22% alcohol, wine, and champagne), Alcoholic Beverages: 2 liters of alcoholic beverages (including spirits with less than 22% alcohol, wine, and champagne), Perfume: 600 ml, Makeup or Skin Care Products: 5 items, Chocolate and Sweets: 2 kg, Coffee: 1 kg, Tea: 1 kg
- In the tour program, guides may make changes to the program flow while ensuring that all places specified in the program are shown, depending on weather and road conditions.
- Guests who register for the tour have the right to cancel free of charge up to 30 days before the tour date. If the cancellation is made less than 30 days before the tour date, a 30% penalty applies; if 20 days or less remain, a 100% penalty applies. Documents such as hospital reports obtained from Turkish authorities, work permission letters, etc., submitted with the participant's cancellation request are unfortunately not accepted for cancellations of hotels and services to be received outside Turkey.
- Our tour program is organized with a minimum participation requirement of 25 people. If sufficient participation for the trip is not achieved, the final cancellation notification date is 20 days before the tour departure. Tours cancelled due to insufficient participation will be notified by tueswaytravel.
- In cases where only category information is provided without specifying names in the tour program and/or options exist for the same destination, the hotel(s) will be notified by tueswaytravel 2 days before the tour departure.
- During periods such as fairs, congresses, concerts, events, sports tournaments, etc., hotels may be used at distances greater than the specified kilometers. In such cases, information will be provided by tueswaytravel 15 days before the tour departure date.
- Triple rooms are subject to hotel availability; in these rooms, the bed assigned to the 3rd person is smaller than standard beds. Triple rooms consist of 1 large bed + 1 extra bed. Since extra beds are foldable or called coachbeds, participants booking triple rooms for the 3rd person and/or children are deemed to have accepted potential crowding in the room and the type of bed.
- Breakfasts included in the tour package are served according to the breakfast culture of the country visited, generally as a limited continental menu consisting of butter, jam, bread, tea, or coffee, and may be served in a separate hall allocated for the group.
- Panoramic city tours included in the tour package are tours lasting a maximum of 2-3 hours, organized for general introduction of cities, conducted panoramically with guide commentary from inside the vehicle, and do not include entry to museums or historical sites. Panoramic tours, including other tours specified in the program, may not take place if local authorities do not allow visiting or entering on the scheduled day and time, due to any event causing closed roads, or if weather conditions make the tour impossible. In such cases, tueswaytravel is not responsible for the inability to conduct these tours. Some tours may be conducted via public transport or on foot, within available means, at points where vehicles are not allowed due to closed roads or access restrictions.
- Waiting times at customs checkpoints crossed by road during travel may exceed standard limits; tueswaytravel cannot be held responsible for any negative consequences arising from these waiting times.
- Extra tours are organized by the local tueswaytravel we serve with a minimum participation requirement of 20 people. If sufficient numbers are not met, tours may not take place, or extra tour prices, content, and vehicles used may vary based on the number of participants. Additionally, the days and times of tours may be changed by the guide depending on whether museums and historical sites at the destinations are open/closed and weather conditions.
- Extra tours are optional and depend on the participant's preference. Passengers who do not wish to participate in extra tours organized during the tour are deemed to have agreed to wait at a suitable rest facility along the route. These passengers will be dropped off at the roadside rest facility before the extra tour begins and picked up from that point after the main tour is completed.
- Check-in and boarding procedures for those participating in air tours are personal processes and must be completed by the guest at the airport counters of the relevant airline or online via the airline's website before the flight.
- tueswaytravel is not responsible for guests failing to board their flights because they did not arrive at the specified airport at the times announced by tueswaytravel for tour participation, failed to complete check-in and boarding procedures on time, or completed them on time but did not board the plane. All costs for new round-trip flight tickets required for passengers who miss their flight to join the tour, as well as all transfer costs in the destination area, are borne by the passengers themselves.
- tueswaytravel acts as an intermediary between the passenger and the airline and is subject to the Hague Protocol of 28.09.1955. There may be risks of delays in scheduled and special flights, or times may change prior to the existing tour and flight. tueswaytravel is obligated to notify of such changes as soon as possible. The passenger purchases the tour accepting the risk of time changes. Children aged 0-2 years do not pay airport tax or airport service fees.
- Vehicle types used in our tours are classified as follows based on the number of passengers. For each tour, vehicle types are determined according to the number of participants:
Buses: (Used for 25 - 46 passengers) *Mercedes Travego/Tourismo *NEOPLAN Cityliner/Tourliner -*Temsa Safir/Maraton *Man Fortuna
Midibuses: (Used for 17 - 24 passengers) *Isuzu Turkuaz, *Otokar Mega
Minibuses: (Used for up to 16 passengers) *Vw Volt, *Mercedes Sprinter
- All guests are deemed to have completed the sale of the tour by accepting the above terms.
- Comfortable walking shoes or sneakers should be preferred during the tour. It is advisable to bring a cardigan or similar clothing for the evening.
- In our tours, seat rotation (seat change) is applied daily in the seating plan, so fixed seats and front seat guarantees are not provided. Seat changes are organized by the vehicle guide.
- When entering Turkey from abroad, there is a mandatory minimum stay of 3 days to bring goods (alcohol, cigarettes, etc.).
- Duty-free shopping limit when entering Turkey from abroad: Cigarettes: 3 cartons, Alcoholic Beverages: 1 liter of alcoholic beverages (excluding spirits with more than 22% alcohol, wine, and champagne), Alcoholic Beverages: 2 liters of alcoholic beverages (including spirits with less than 22% alcohol, wine, and champagne), Perfume: 600 ml, Makeup or Skin Care Products: 5 items, Chocolate and Sweets: 2 kg, Coffee: 1 kg, Tea: 1 kg
- In the tour program, guides may make changes to the program flow while ensuring that all places specified in the program are shown, depending on weather and road conditions.
- Guests who register for the tour have the right to cancel free of charge up to 30 days before the tour date. If the cancellation is made less than 30 days before the tour date, a 30% penalty applies; if 20 days or less remain, a 100% penalty applies. Documents such as hospital reports obtained from Turkish authorities, work permission letters, etc., submitted with the participant's cancellation request are unfortunately not accepted for cancellations of hotels and services to be received outside Turkey.
- Our tour program is organized with a minimum participation requirement of 25 people. If sufficient participation for the trip is not achieved, the final cancellation notification date is 20 days before the tour departure. Tours cancelled due to insufficient participation will be notified by tueswaytravel.
- In cases where only category information is provided without specifying names in the tour program and/or options exist for the same destination, the hotel(s) will be notified by tueswaytravel 2 days before the tour departure.
- During periods such as fairs, congresses, concerts, events, sports tournaments, etc., hotels may be used at distances greater than the specified kilometers. In such cases, information will be provided by tueswaytravel 15 days before the tour departure date.
- Triple rooms are subject to hotel availability; in these rooms, the bed assigned to the 3rd person is smaller than standard beds. Triple rooms consist of 1 large bed + 1 extra bed. Since extra beds are foldable or called coachbeds, participants booking triple rooms for the 3rd person and/or children are deemed to have accepted potential crowding in the room and the type of bed.
- Breakfasts included in the tour package are served according to the breakfast culture of the country visited, generally as a limited continental menu consisting of butter, jam, bread, tea, or coffee, and may be served in a separate hall allocated for the group.
- Panoramic city tours included in the tour package are tours lasting a maximum of 2-3 hours, organized for general introduction of cities, conducted panoramically with guide commentary from inside the vehicle, and do not include entry to museums or historical sites. Panoramic tours, including other tours specified in the program, may not take place if local authorities do not allow visiting or entering on the scheduled day and time, due to any event causing closed roads, or if weather conditions make the tour impossible. In such cases, tueswaytravel is not responsible for the inability to conduct these tours. Some tours may be conducted via public transport or on foot, within available means, at points where vehicles are not allowed due to closed roads or access restrictions.
- Waiting times at customs checkpoints crossed by road during travel may exceed standard limits; tueswaytravel cannot be held responsible for any negative consequences arising from these waiting times.
- Extra tours are organized by the local tueswaytravel we serve with a minimum participation requirement of 20 people. If sufficient numbers are not met, tours may not take place, or extra tour prices, content, and vehicles used may vary based on the number of participants. Additionally, the days and times of tours may be changed by the guide depending on whether museums and historical sites at the destinations are open/closed and weather conditions.
- Extra tours are optional and depend on the participant's preference. Passengers who do not wish to participate in extra tours organized during the tour are deemed to have agreed to wait at a suitable rest facility along the route. These passengers will be dropped off at the roadside rest facility before the extra tour begins and picked up from that point after the main tour is completed.
- Check-in and boarding procedures for those participating in air tours are personal processes and must be completed by the guest at the airport counters of the relevant airline or online via the airline's website before the flight.
- tueswaytravel is not responsible for guests failing to board their flights because they did not arrive at the specified airport at the times announced by tueswaytravel for tour participation, failed to complete check-in and boarding procedures on time, or completed them on time but did not board the plane. All costs for new round-trip flight tickets required for passengers who miss their flight to join the tour, as well as all transfer costs in the destination area, are borne by the passengers themselves.
- tueswaytravel acts as an intermediary between the passenger and the airline and is subject to the Hague Protocol of 28.09.1955. There may be risks of delays in scheduled and special flights, or times may change prior to the existing tour and flight. tueswaytravel is obligated to notify of such changes as soon as possible. The passenger purchases the tour accepting the risk of time changes. Children aged 0-2 years do not pay airport tax or airport service fees.
- Vehicle types used in our tours are classified as follows based on the number of passengers. For each tour, vehicle types are determined according to the number of participants:
Buses: (Used for 25 - 46 passengers) *Mercedes Travego/Tourismo *NEOPLAN Cityliner/Tourliner -*Temsa Safir/Maraton *Man Fortuna
Midibuses: (Used for 17 - 24 passengers) *Isuzu Turkuaz, *Otokar Mega
Minibuses: (Used for up to 16 passengers) *Vw Volt, *Mercedes Sprinter
- All guests are deemed to have completed the sale of the tour by accepting the above terms.