The  trip  you  pick  is  customized according to your time and interest

Sailing Tours

LYCIAN COAST

15 days ▫  9 nights on board 

CARIAN ODYSSEY 

12 days ▫  7 nights on board

GREEK ISLANDS 

13 days ▫ 10 nights on board

Overland Tours

ANCIENT TURKEY  ▫  15 days

Western Turkey and Cappadocia

EASTERNMOST TURKEY

14 days ▫  Wild eastern highlands 

CAPPADOCIA  ▫  3 days

A wonderland & warm hospitability

ANTALYA DAY TOURS

Antalya Old Town, Perge, Aspendos, Archeological Museum, Termessos,

Phaselis, Olympus, Myra, Kekova,...

Balbius Travel, an expert  tour operator in cultural, adventure and family trips, was founded and is run by the Usta family. Balbius bears letters from the names Bahar and her beloved son Alp and daughter Bilge.  Huseyin, father of the family, made his contribution with "us"  from his family name Usta, named skilled and experienced in Turkish.  Balbius Travel is based in Antalya, on the southwest coast of Turkey.    

Members of the Usta Family

Huseyin Z. Usta

With an M.Sc. from Oxford and a doctorate  from Istanbul University in Forestry, Huseyin is an accomplished and fervent naturalist.  He has been in cultural and adventure travel business since 1987. 

Bahar Usta

Bahar's field of study was in social sciences, different than that of her husband Huseyin but they have completely common  interests in history and nature. She takes part in trip planning besides financial affairs of Balbius Travel.

Omer Alp is an enthusiastic and energetic  trip

leader and a nature lover. As being an industrial

engineer he also works to optimize the activities

and organization of Balbius Travel.

   Bilge, a classical  archaeologist, is  the  youngest member of  the

   family. She is a very competent trip leader as well as a successful

                                                                                 trip planner. 

The main policy of Balbius Travel, culturally and ecologically, is to be conservative with minimum  impact  on  the  environment. 

Your safety and security, as well as meeting your trip expectations are our most important tasks. Each of our unforgettable trips  is very carefully designed for small groups to fulfill all these tasks in a friendly atmosphere.

Our enthusiastic trip leaders are all graduates or post graduates in a variety of fields, such as archaeology, art history, ecology, natural sciences, natural history, education and medicine.  They're all experienced in trip leading and registered by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

We select small cozy hotels, in conformity with the natural or cultural environment,  all-comfort vans and for the sailing trips, the best available gulet boats with experienced and friendly crew.


 Happy holidays