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Trips through the Balkans in December

€177 per person with a cabin bag buys 3 flights through 4 countries: from Sofia on Sat 19 Dec. That trip's oldest price was seen 6 days ago and may be higher now. Each trip below leaves in December, between Tue 1 Dec and Thu 31 Dec, and starts and stops only in the Balkans: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia.

In December, typical highs in the Balkans run from 4°C in Sarajevo to 18°C in Heraklion (Crete).

Prices seen, not held: each says how old it is
Each total says what a cabin bag adds
Each flight is its own ticket
Ranked by price alone

We check the onward non-stop fares from each stop, for each number of nights you allow, and string the cheapest we find into a trip through several countries.

From Sofia, 19–24 Dec €177per person in flights, with a cabin bag

€140 without bags · prices seen up to 6 days ago, may be higher now

SofiaBelgrade3nPodgorica2nLjubljana

From Athens, 5–9 Dec €191per person in flights, with a cabin bag

€154 without bags · prices seen up to 6 days ago, may be higher now

AthensTirana2nBelgrade2nTivat

From Tirana, 6–11 Dec €212per person in flights, with a cabin bag

€175 without bags · prices seen up to 6 days ago, may be higher now

TiranaAthens2nSofia3nBelgrade

From Sofia, 1–9 Dec €246per person in flights, with a cabin bag

€209 without bags · prices seen up to 8 days ago, may be higher now

SofiaAthens4nTirana2nBelgrade2nPodgorica

From Podgorica, 2–10 Dec €288per person in flights, with a cabin bag

€228 without bags. We count €60 for the bag on 1 flight; check the airline's price. · prices seen up to 8 days ago, may be higher now

PodgoricaBelgrade4nSarajevo4nZagreb

From Athens, 17–24 Dec €294per person in flights, with a cabin bag

€234 without bags. We count €60 for the bag on 1 flight; check the airline's price. · prices seen up to 7 days ago, may be higher now

AthensSofia2nBelgrade3nPodgorica2nZagreb

One city per country, 2–4 nights in each, non-stop flights only. Updated every night.

The places in the Balkans you can fly to

46 places in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia. Typical daytime highs in December are long-term averages at a nearby weather station, not a forecast. A linked name has its own page of trips from there.

Each dot is a place in the Balkans you can fly to. Its colour is the place's typical high that month, blue for cool to orange for hot.

Albania

Tiranahighs of 13°C

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Banja Lukahighs of 7°C
Mostarhighs of 10°C
Sarajevohighs of 4°C
Tuzlahighs of 6°C

Bulgaria

Bourgashighs of 8°C
Plovdivhighs of 7°C
Sofiahighs of 5°C
Varnahighs of 8°C

37 more places, in 7 countries

Croatia

Dubrovnikhighs of 13°C
Pulahighs of 10°C
Splithighs of 12°C
Zadarhighs of 12°C
Zagrebhighs of 5°C

Greece

Alexandroupolishighs of 11°C
Athenshighs of 14°C
Chania (Crete)highs of 16°C
Heraklion (Crete)highs of 18°C
Ioanninahighs of 10°C
Kalamatahighs of 16°C
Karpathoshighs of 18°C
Kavalahighs of 11°C
Kefalliniahighs of 16°C
Kerkyra (Corfu)highs of 15°C
Kithirahighs of 15°C
Koshighs of 17°C
Leros
Limnoshighs of 12°C
Mikonoshighs of 16°C
Mytilene (Lesbos)highs of 14°C
Naxoshighs of 16°C
Paros
Rhodeshighs of 17°C
Samoshighs of 15°C
Thessalonikihighs of 12°C
Thira (Santorini)highs of 16°C
Zakinthoshighs of 16°C

Kosovo

Pristinahighs of 5°C

Montenegro

Podgoricahighs of 12°C
Tivat

North Macedonia

Ohridhighs of 7°C
Skopjehighs of 6°C

Serbia

Belgradehighs of 6°C
Kraljevohighs of 6°C
Nishighs of 7°C

Slovenia

Ljubljanahighs of 4°C

Plan your own trip through the Balkans in December

Where do you start?

Type a city or a country, or pick “Anywhere in Europe” for the cheapest start. From Canada or the US, type your home airport (e.g. Calgary or BOS): trips start with a flight from the nearest of 11 big airports there (Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and more), and the budget covers it.

Then fly on toFrom Vancouver, Los Angeles or San Francisco, or an airport near them: a few places in Europe, one long flight on to Southeast Asia, a few places there, and home. Three long-haul tickets, all in the budget.

Leavingbetween 1–31 Dec

WhenAnytimeA windowFixed dates

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In the next

Prices go up to 12 Feb; later dates are added daily.

Trip3+ places, 2–4 nights each

Trip length

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EndsAnywhere

Where it endsBack homeAnywhereIn a city

Total for all flightsUp to €400

Budget for all flights Only a small under-seat bag (leaves out the cabin bag)Only trips low for their dates (under what their flights usually cost)Leave it empty for no cap. Back home counts the flight home. With a cabin bag, each flight counts its airline's usual price for one, or €60 where we don't know it (€65 on a long flight).

Travellers1 adult

TravellersEvery price, the budget included, is for all of you.

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Prices are for one traveller, flights with a cabin bag, the cheapest seen lately.