Sightseeing Highlights

• Prague Sightseeing includes Hradcany Castle, the old town square and romantic Charles Bridge.
• Lednice View the castle and visit the gardens.
• Vienna Sightseeing shows us Hofburg Palace, the Parliament Buildings, the Opera House and St. Stephen's Cathedral.
• Esztergom See the Cathedral, Castle Hill and St. Tamas Hill.
• Budapest Sightseeing includes the Fisherman's Bastion, Heroes' Square, the Parliament Buildings and Gellert Hill.

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Dining & Entertainment
Welcome drink with your Tour Planner in Prague.

• Continental breakfast with fruit juice daily
• 3 local restaurant dinners in Prague, Vienna and Budapest.

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Travel Highlights
Accommodation in twin–bedded rooms with private facilities. All hotel service charges and tips, baggage handling fee and local taxes are included. Suberb travel in a luxury air–conditioned motorcoach. Professionally Escort multi–lingual Tour Planner throughtout and local guides in Prague, Vienna and Budapest. Travel bag and wallet with tour documents.

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Breakway Hotels
Prague: Setp, Vienna: Austria Trend Messe Wien, Budapest: Grand Hungaria

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Airport Transfers
Transfers will be provided only for passengers who have booked our Land + Air package. Group transfers on arrival at Prague Airport will operate at 09:00 and 13:00. Return transfers from the last hotel will arrive at Budapest Airport at 07:00.

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Tour Duration: 11 days

• Day 1
  Depart USA. Overnight transatlantic flight to Prague.



• Day 2
  Arrive Prague (3nights). Welcome to the Czech Republic as you are met at the airport and transferred to your hotel. Later we will all meet for a welcome drink and get to know our Tour Planner and fellow travelling companions. Perhaps this evening discover Prague by night and its wonderful Pilsner beer!



• Day 3
  Prague sightseeing & at leisure. With a local expert we'll visit the city seeing Hradcany Castle, the old town square and the romantic Charles Bridge over the River Vlatva ( Smetana's Moldau). Then you are free to explore the old twon, fwllow in the steps of Mozart and other great musicians who spent time in this beautiful University city or shop for bargains in Bohemain crystal. Maybe attend a concert this evening. Prague remains a musical haven! (Continental breakfast)



• Day 4
  Prague at leisure. A full day at leisure to enjoy the many cultural opportunities this city has to offer – or take an excursion to visit one of the nearby castle. Cruise the Moldau, admire the 'art nouveau' paintings of Prague's Alphonse Mucha and later maybe try out some of the beer halls. Tonight, we will enjoy some typical Czech cuisine in a local restaurant. (Continental breakfast / Dinner)



• Day 5
  Prague – Lednice Castle – Vienna (3nights). First via Brno, one–time headquarters of Napoleon, to Lednice Castle, where we stop to visit the Italianate Gardens. Next, we cross the border into Austria and are soon in the capital, Vienna. Tonight, why not take a stroll through the Prater Park and take a ride on the big wheel? (Continental breakfast)



• Day 6
  Vienna sightseeing & at leisure. A local guide takes us on a tour of the city and points out its main highlights such as the Hofburg Palace, the Parliament Buildings, the famous Opera House and pretty St. Stephen's Cathedral. Later you may wish to visit the Schonbrunn Place and perhaps enjoy a concert of Strauss music. Tonight we'll have an evening of fun, music and great food at a typical "Heurige" at the edge of the Vienna Woods. (Continental breakfast / Dinner)



• Day 7
  Vienna at leisure. Plenty of time to do your own thing today! Whether it be to explore the cafes of the old town, visit some of the city's fine museums and galleries, or to toake an excursion into the heart of the Vienna Woods – you'll be sure to love this city! Tonight, if you wish to stay out later, we will have transportation availabe to take you back to the hotel. (Continental breakfast)



• Day 8
  Vienna – Danube Valley – Budapest (3nights). The Hungarian border at Hegyeshalom is not very far away, so it's not long before we will be in Hungary. We drive along the route known as the 'Danube bend' with its quaint old villages and pretty orchards, growning plums later to be made into Hungarian brandy! Here we stop at Esztergom, where the Danube splits into branches forming an island at the heart of this attractive town. We see its fine Cathedral, Castle Hill and St. Tamas Hill before following the Danube to the spot where the towns of Buda and Pest straddle the river, forming the Hungarian captial. Tonight, why not enjoy seeing the city illuminated while enjoying a Danube dinner cruise? (Continental breakfast)



• Day 9
  Budapest sightseeing & at leisure. Sightseeing with our local Hungarian expert will reveal to us the magnificence of this ancient city. First at the Fishermen's Bastion in old Buda overlooking the Danube and the city of Pest. Then at Heroes' Square, the Parliament Buildings, the Gundel Park and on Gellert Hill. Time later to shop for Hungarian embroidery and beautiful enamelled boxes. Tonight we enjoy a goulasch dinner to the accompaniment of gypsy violins! (Continental breakfast / Dinner)



• Day 10
  Budapest at leisure. A full day to relax and enjoy the sights this city has to offer, or to perhaps indulge in some spa treatments at one of the Turkish baths, so popular in the Hungarian captial. You may also wish to visit the interior of the Opera House or enjoy some mouth–watering pastries at Gundel's famous restaurant! Tonight, why not try out the excellent Hungarian Folklore – so colourful and lively – and if you wish to use, it we will have late – night transportation for you back to the hotel. (Continental breakfast)



• Day 11
  Budapest – USA. Bid farewell to new–found friends at the end of your tour. Your Trafalgar Tour Director organises you transfer to Budapest Airport arriving at approximately 07.00am for your return flight to America. For passengers who wish to be transferred to Vienna, we will transfer you the Trafalgar Viena extral night hotel. (Continental brekfast)