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day 1
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Arrival
at the airport of Budapest where the guests are awaited by our coach
and are welcomed by our tourguide. They take the coach to a short
sightseeing tour around the Hungarian capital, one of Europe’s most
magnificent and most dynamic capitals, often referred to as „Little
Paris”. Budapest gives home for 2,1 million inhabitants in the two parts
of the city. The powerful current of the Danube divides it into two
parts, the hills and valleys of Buda on one side and the flatlands of
Pest on the other.
After the short tour we leave for Vienna and arrive there in the
evening. Check-in, dinner, and overnight in the hotel in Vienna.
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day 2
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After
breakfast we set forth to the centre of the Austrian capital for the
first time to see the city as we proceed on the Ring: Opera, Mary
Therese Square, City Hall, University etc. We visit the Stephansdom
(Saint Stephen Cathedral) that has an enormous and very characteristic
roof. The lunch in a restaurant is followed by the visit of the Castle
of Schönnbrunn in the afternoon, that once served as the famous summer
residence of the imperial dynasty.
At the end of the day dinner and overnight in the hotel in Vienna.
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day 3
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After
breakfast we go to the famous Prater and then have some free time for
shopping and discovering Vienna individually. After lunch in a
restaurant we continue the tour towards Prague and arrive in the Czech
capital in the evening. Check-in, dinner, and overnight in the hotel in
Prague.
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day 4
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Whole
day programme in Prague, the city of the hundred towers, both magical
and romantic, with architectural treasures of ten centuries. In the
morning we go to the district of the Royal Castle to visit the Saint Guy
Cathedral, the Saint George Basilica, and the Little Golden Street. Our
lunch is served in a local restaurant. In the afternoon we continue the
tour in the Old Town with the Charles Bridge, the Gunpowder Tower, the
Old Town Square, the City Hall, and the Astronomic Clock. Dinner and
overnight in the hotel.
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day 5
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Breakfast
is followed by a visit to the Mala Strana district where the Nerudova
street and the Saint Michael Church are situated. Again we have lunch in
a local restaurant and then set forth to Hungary. Arrival in Budapest
in the evening, check-in, dinner, and overnight in the hotel there.
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day 6
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After
breakfast we go to the historic centre of Budapest, that is Buda with
the Castle District. One of the most beautiful Gothic churches in all
Hungary stands next to the Holy Trinity Column commemorating the plague
of 1709 in Szentháromság Square in Buda. The Church of Our Lady – more
commonly known as the Matthias Church – was founded more than 700 years
ago. We go up to the snow-white towers of the Fishermen’s Bastion. Its
seven towers symbolize the seven Hungarian tribes who founded the
country in 896. Our lunch is served in one of Central Europe’s most
elegant restaurants, the Gundel Restaurant. After lunch we continue the
sightseeing tour in the Pest side of the city, the cultural and
commercial centre of the capital with the Andrássy street, the Opera
House, the Saint Stephen’s Basilica that is Budapest’s largest church
built in classical, baroque and renessaince style, the Heroes’ Square
with the Millenary Monument, and the Castle of Vajdahunyad that is a
copy of the original castle in Transylvania. In the evening we have
typical Hungarian dinner with gipsy music. Return to the hotel,
overnight.
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day 7
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After
breakfast we visit the neo-classical Hungarian National Museum which,
as Hungary’s largest museum, displays the country’s oldest public
collection. Here we can follow Carpathian Basin’s people’s history right
from the Stone Age until the foundation of the Hungarian nation and it
also includes exhibitions of Roman, mediaeval and modern stonework. The
building itself reminds one to a Greek church because of its principal
facade’s impressive coloumns. Then we go to the Danube Bend. It is
situated right where the Danube’s stream follows the form of a double
”S” shape, which it carved out for itself between the hills of forests
in this romantic region, that lies about 20 minutes from Budapest. Lunch
in a characteristic peasant-baroque style restaurant. In the afternoon
we walk around in the centre of Szentendre, the Danube Bend’s capital,
the most picturesque little town along the Hungarian stretch of the
Danube, and home to sculptors, painters, and writers. The town’s
Mediterranean atmosphere is probably thanks to the Serbs, Dalmatians,
and Greeks, who settled here from the fourteenth century onwards. We
visit the Kovács Margit Museum, Hungary’s world famous ceramist, known
for her charming pottery figures. Then free-time for shopping. Return to
Budapest. Dinner and overnight in the hotel.
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day 8
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After breakfast free-time in accordance with the air flight schedule, then transfer to the airport of Budapest.
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Budapest
Vienna
Prague
Szentendre
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