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Prague Vienna Budapest
Central Europe Tours Czech Republic - Germany - Austria - Hungary - Slovakia |
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| Itinerary Day 1. Arrival in Prague. Check-in hotel. Day 2 "Welcome in Dresden" tour, Germany. You will be transferred by coach to the Saxon Capital of Germany. During this tour you will visit "Zwinger" Art Gallery where you can admire "Sixtin Madonna", the famous picture by Raffael, as well as many notable works by the Old Masters of centuries 14--17 (Rubens, Rembrandt, Poussin etc.). After visiting the Art Gallery, we will take a walk in the historical center. During your trip to Dresden, you will get some time to visit also Dresden Castle, State Collection of Natural History , Museum of Ethnology etc. Return to Prague. Day 3 "Welcome in Karlovy Vary" tour. After you have breakfast, our bus takes you through the picturesque West Bohemian countryside to Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) which situated in a beautiful wooded valley. First you visit the glass exhibition at Moser factory and then we visit the world famous spa town, known especially for its 12 thermal springs and both historical and modern colonnades. In addition to the curative waters you can also try the delicious local wafers and traditional Becher liqueur produced from herbs. Day 4. Prague -- Vienna by private bus.On the way to Vienna, we will show you the beautiful countryside of South Bohemia. In the afternoon, we invite you for Vienna Grand City Tour. We drive you around Vienna's Ringstrasse, a leafy boulevard around the heart of the city and the location of many impressive buildings, for example the State Opera House, the Hofburg (Imperial Palace), the Museums of Fine Arts and Natural History, the Parliament , the Burgtheater, the City Hall and the University. Our guide will show you the most interesting and famous places of Vienna. Day 5 Half day tour in Vienna Woods (optional) . A half-day excursion which shows you the most beautiful sights of the southern part of the Vienna Woods. Passing the Roman City of Baden which is famous for its thermal springs, we drive through the romantic valley Helenental to the former Mayerling hunting lodge, the place of a murder-suicice where Crown Prince Rudolph with Baronesse Vetsera died tragically in 1889. At the Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz (1133) you visit the medieval cloister which houses the remains of the last Babenberger. Then we arrive at the Seegrotte .After a boat ride on the largest subterranean lake in Europe you leave the Vienna Woods and return to Vienna. Day 6 Vienna -- Budapest by bus. After breakfast, we invite you to the Schonbrunn Palace at the outskirts of Vienna, then we depart to Budapest Arrival and check in hotel. At the second part of the day, we invite you for Budapest Grand City Tour. You will see the impressive neo-gotic house of the Parliament, you cross the Danube on the Margaret-bridge (Margaret island) and drive to the Royal castle on the Buda side, where you visit the picture-perfect Fishermens' bastion and the Matthias church. After the Citadel you cross Elisabet -bridge and drive the City-park towards Heroes' sqare. Day 7 Half day optional tour in Szentendre, the picturesque artist village. We welcome you in small, but very famous baroque city at the gate of the Danube Bend, at the meeting place of the river Danube and the Pilis Hills, in a beautiful natural setting. You enjoy the special atmosphere of this village. We also stop at the unique Marzipan Confectionery Museum. This tour includes the entrance tickets. Day 8 Back to Prague. On the way from Budapest, we will stop in Bratislava, Slovakia's capital, where you will have some free time for sight seeing tour and lunch. Day 9 Tour of Historical Prague. After breakfast , we invite you to historical center of Prague. You will see Royal Palace, St. Vitus Cathedral, St. George Monastery and Golden Lane. A pleasant stroll through romantic Nerudova Lane will lead you to Lesser Town with its famous and marvelous palaces and medieval Charles Bridge We'll walk together through the bridge to the Old Town Square surrounded by the Old Town Hall with its famous Astronomical Clock, Tyn and St. Nicholas Churches. From the Old Town Square, we continue our tour to Wenceslas Square with St. Wenceslas' statue .We finish our tour at the National Museum, in the heart of Prague. Day 10 After breakfast end of your Central Europe tour. (Please advise if you need airport transfer) Price per person in Euro ($ (dollar rates vary based on daily exchange rates, as of March 1, 2009 the rate is 1.29) Based on
3*** hotel accommodation is EURO 769 |
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