Our Story
Over the last few decades, we’ve been fortunate to share in the travel stories of many happy adventurers. Our own story began in the 1980s, when two travel professionals—a tour leader from Boston and a ground operations manager from Istanbul—first met. In 2001, Mary Bai and Sina Danyal combined their travel expertise, commitment to exceptional hospitality, and passion for the Mediterranean to establish CTCAdventures. Since then, our team has grown, along with the range of destinations we offer throughout the Mediterranean and Europe.
Today, CTCAdventures operates from offices in the Boston area and Istanbul, specializing in custom itineraries designed around the way you want to travel. We are proud to offer our clients the ideal combination of sending and receiving operations, so that you will be well taken care of both at home and abroad.
Our destinations include Greece, Türkiye, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Egypt, and Morocco. We work with trusted local experts in each country, and our team travels regularly throughout the region. This allows us to share our own experience and make recommendations tailored to each trip. Our guests include families, couples, honeymooners, retirees, and small groups—anyone who values personalized service, carefully planned experiences, and stress-free travel.
Our Mission
We believe that any journey can become an adventure simply by remaining open to new and spontaneous experiences, like meeting locals and trying new tastes. Travel is exciting, uplifting, educational, and has the power to change how we see the world and our place in it. Extraordinary vacations begin with careful planning, and that’s why we take the time to answer your questions and listen to your ideas before making recommendations specifically tailored for you. Our mission is to create itineraries that allow for your own unique needs, while ensuring that you encounter unforgettable moments during your travels. Our goal is to take the stress out of travel planning, so you can relax and enjoy every moment of your journey.
Why Let Us Plan Your Trip
Save Time
Think about all the hours of research you can save! Good travel planning takes time. Finding the best hotels for your budget and bed arrangement. Mapping an ideal route that stitches your itinerary together, while making sure not to miss anything special. And how many days is enough for Sicily anyway?
We have the experience to answer your questions and save you loads of time in researching the more tedious details.
Stress Less
Your Travel Specialist is here to make sure your trip is a success. We provide support before and during your journey.
Planning a trip, especially with a large group of people, can be an organizational headache if you don’t know what works best for different group sizes, ages and special requests. We all know travel can be stressful at times. During your trip, you can contact us or a local representative if problems arise.
Spend Well
With our local connections in destinations around the world, we can provide you with fair and competitive pricing on hotels, activities and more. Most importantly, we recommend only the best quality services, private drivers, guides and activities that have been chosen carefully by our team.
Travel memories are once-in-a-lifetime and can’t be returned or exchanged, but you can be sure your money is well spent!