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Classic City Break – ’Budapest and around ’
Day One
Meet and greet on the rail station/airport. Transfer by first class vehicle to city center. ’Welcome to Budapest’ – a welcome drink on a scenic spot of the Hungarian capital. Check-in.
Dinner at an evocative restaurant, possibly within walking distance from your hotel at a pub with live jazz, or at a traditional restaurant with gipsy music.
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Citadel on Gellért Hill |
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Gresham Palace and Basilica |
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Day Two
Am. Orientation tour of Budapest with the ’musts’ : Gellért Hill with the Habsburg Citadel, medieval Castle District with Mathias Church and Fishermen’s Bastion, the Parliament, St.Stephen’s Basilica, Andrassy Avenue with the Opera House, Heros’ Square with the Fine Arts Museum and the millenary monuments, Vajdahunyad Castle, City Park Lake, National Museum, the Great Synagogue.
Pm. Half day excursion to the old settlement on the Danube, Szentendre which is both an artists’ colony and shopping paradise.
Evening : guests will be treated to a colorful folk dance show at a tipical Hungarian restaurant that completes a characteristic dinner with wines.
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Heros’ Square |
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Market Hall |
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Day Three
Am. Visit to the Central Market Hall which is a vibrant farmers’ market and a great place to get a touch of rural Hungary. Fall to temptation and taste the delices of the Hungarian countryside at one of the food stands. Be sure to stop at its upper gallery which is stocked with the stalls of articrafts vendors.
Proceed to Spa Gellért to indulge in the blessings of this unique spa.
Rest of the day is free.
Dinner cruise on the Danube. The visitors will be marvelled by the view of the illuminated waterfront by the haunting waltz melodies.
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Parliament from Buda |
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Day Four
After breakfast check-out.
Transfer to the airport.
Building bricks
To enrich a trip to Budapest here are a few more ideas. Ask also for a complete list of Optional Programs.
- Visit to a renowned museum of Budapest: Fine Arts Museum (Old Masters Gallery with vast Spanish, Dutch, Italian collections); National Gallery (comprehensive collection of Hungarian painting and sculpture 18th-20th centuries); Budapest History Museum (revealed constructions of the medieval royal palace); Agricultural Museum in the Barock palace of Vajdahunyad Castle complex; Ethnography Museum in the neo-Renaissance palace of the former Appeals Court; Franz Liszt Memorial Museum in the old Academy of Music; Vasarely Museum in Old Buda (a generous picture collection of the father of op-art).
- Tour of the Opera House. The impressive, neo-Renaissance edifice reveals a sumptuous and richly decorated interior with valuable frescos, wood panelling, marble staircases. An imprompted opera recital can be a surprising enhancement for your party.
Note: in the opera season from mid-September to mid-June we provide tickets for an opera performance.
- Tour of the Great Synagogue in Dohány Street. It is Europe’ largest functioning synagogue built in Byzantine-Moorish style, with colored brick, decorated with ceramics and two onion-domed towers resembling minarets. The preciously preserved sacred place makes impression with its Oriental ornate interior, the two huge chandeliers , the vaults and arches. In the cemetery garden the interesting Weeping Willow Monument captures the eyes, a commemorating the Jews killed in Second World War. The adjacent Jewish Museum is also included.
Note: this tour can be part of a more comprehensive Jewish Interest Tour (ask for the complete program).
- Sightseeing tours day and night on the River
Danube. The daylight tours include a stopover in the recreation park of Budapest, on Margaret Island. The night boat trips offer an unforgettable sound and light parade on the river. Served drinks.
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Ship Győr |
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- Explore the Roman vestiges in and around
Budapest. The Roman Empire conquered the region of Transdanubia and founded Aquincum as seat of the province. The River Danube was the natural border (limes) of the Province Pannonia (AD 100 – AD 250) where the Romans erected a network of fortifications like Counter- Aquincum at the site where Elisabeth Bridge now crosses the Danube.Óbuda was the military settlement. A commented tour leads the visitors to the those places. Remarkable are the two amphitheaters, the field of ruins along with an inside museum of Aquincum. To round off the tour in style embark a Roman galley (messenger boat of the period) and go for a good row upstream/downtream (not available in winter) .
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Aquincum Roman ruins |
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- Pub tours
Discover the amazing diversity of the metropolitan’s night life, the night clubs, jazz and rock cafés, discos. Night tour to the Soho of Budapest in and around Ráday Street. We can update you of the character and program of the current musical entertainments. Dinners served at any time of the day. Ask for details.
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Pub Fatmo |
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- Half and full day excursions (Tour Descriptions on request)
to Szentendre;
to Gödöllő Royal Mansion (combinable with Eger);
to the Danube Bend (Szentendre-Visegrád-Esztergom);
to Kecskemét and the Great Plain;
to Eger and the surrounding wine region;
to Hollókő the ethnic village (combinable with Gödöllő Royal Mansion);
and more.
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Basilica, Esztergom |
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Gödöllő Main Entrance Royal Palace |
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Szentendre Village Museum |
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