Draw your own route, we handle the rest

Browse our ready-made trip plans for inspiration — or pick your modules and build your own tour. Tour leader, accommodation, meals: one cart, no obligation to buy.

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  • Since 2018
  • 10,000+ participants
  • 190+ institutions
  • 22 countries · 59 cities
Route builder

Pick your cities, set your nights, see your estimated price

The route builder is the heart of Catalumia: line up your cities, choose nights and accommodation, and the price updates in front of you as the plan grows.

  1. Choose your cities and their order
  2. Set your nights and accommodation
  3. See the live price, send your request
Build your route

How would you like to explore?

Choose your own cities and pace, or join a fully planned ready-made tour.

Flexible and personalBuild your routeOrder your cities, set the nights and let us price your live plan together.Ready-made toursJoin our toursPick the ready-made tour whose program and route suit you; we set the dates together.
Experiences

Not the tourist version — what a resident knows

Not a list of places that sell tickets; the things a resident knows and a visitor is startled by.

IstanbulThe street catsCity phenomenonBarcelonaThe day starts lateCity phenomenonAmsterdamThe bicycle comes firstCity phenomenon

All experiences8 cities · 100 experiences

Before you travel

What you know before you go

The prep file covers what to know before setting off; the experience layer covers what someone living there already knows.

59 cities · 22 country files

Trip prep files

Money, meal hours, transport, etiquette and emergency numbers — written per country, deepened by city supplements.

See the files

8 cities · 100 experiences

What the city is doing

A mood the city falls into, a repeating ritual, one certain week of the year — entries travel books have no room for.

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  • Plan first, pay later

    Sending a request commits you to nothing, and online payment is not open yet. Build your route or pick your tour, and we will come back by email within 5 business days with the program and the exact price.

  • You choose how you travel

    On eligible routes, a private 8-seat vehicle with a tour leader — or a city transit card if you prefer your own pace.

  • Meals sorted

    Partner restaurants, halal options and open-buffet breakfast at the hotel.

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A journey planned from end to end

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Istanbul

Istanbul Tour

A ready-made group tour that takes you across Istanbul in seven days, from the thousand-year-old fabric of the historic peninsula to both shores of the Bosphorus.

Route
Istanbul
Duration
6 nights
Group
Small group · with a tour leader
Dates
Year-round · we set the dates together

€8266 nights · estimated per person

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Learn — see schools and institutions on site

An observation day at a school in the Netherlands, a university visit in Finland, a company traineeship in Belgium. Pick a country and an institution type, and send your request.

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