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Budapest program and excursions
 
BUDAPEST CITY TOUR
(half day or full day tour)
 
BUDAPEST holds a front-ranking position among the most attractive cities of the world. Centuries-old architectural and cultural heritage with the latest features of modern life • The river Danube divides the city into two parts: the hilly right side with the Castle Hill for her charming squares, narrow twisting streets, and fantastic views over the city. Visit to the Mathias Church, the Fisherman's Bastion, the Royal Palace courtyards • PEST offers a really amazing tour for architecture lovers of the 19th century. The Parliament, State Opera House, Heroes' Square, the Museum of Fine Arts, the hundred-year old Thermal Baths , the Capital's Largest Covered Market, Europe's largest Synagogue in the Jewish city area... and many other beautiful and interested sites to explore with me.
 





Walking tour along the ANDRASSY AVENUE and enjoy the nice architecture.
(half day walking tour)
 
Come to explore this elegant UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, lined with trees and a wealth of beautiful apartments buildings.
 
This elegant Pest's greatest boulevard, called the Champs Elysées of Budapest. It become the new fashion street of Budapest.
 
Visit inside to a noble palace style Apartment Museum with oak ceiling decoration, furniture and frescoes of the Hungarian high aristocracy. Museums, magnificent palace-buildings, many history and story at every corner. State Opera House entrance hall, Operetta Theater, colorful terraces and elegant fancy boutiques bring back the splendor of this elegant avenue.
 
Sit for a coffee on a terrace in Liszt Ferenc Square and listen to the music coming out of the windows of the Music Academy, walk to the extraordinary Terror House Museum to understand tears and terror during the past Communism time.
 





EXPLORE JEWISH HERITAGE IN BUDAPEST
(half or full day tour)
 
Jewish cultural and religious heritage in Budapest represents one of the largest Jewish population's history in Europe. Around 90,000 Jewish practice active life and culture in Budapest. Our tour starts at the St. Stephen Park with the Holocaust Memorial, continuing to the Danube river embankment to view a new monument The SHOES for Jewish people killed there during the Holocaust • We proceed to DOHANY Main Synagogue complex: visit the Synagogue, cemetery, Tree of Life in the Park, Jewish Museum, then we walk to an other Synagogue (from outside), Carl Lutz Memorial, KAZINCZI Orthodox Synagogue. Trough the small streets of the former Ghetto we arrive to the new PAVA St. Holocaust Memorial Center of Budapest and follow the tour of this extraordinary exhibition.
 





EVENING CITY TOUR
(half day tour in the evening)
 
Take an evening tour to explore the lights of a fascinating city. The tour organized by car, brings you to the highlights of Budapest: Castle district with its romantic old houses, view to the river Danube from Fisherman's Bastion, the old Chain Bridge lights, Gresham Four Season luxury hotel (outside), the Parliament area and Liberty Square, St. Stephen Basilica, pedestrian roads, view the evening life on the promenade of the river bank, Andrassy Blvd with its elegant buildings, Hero's Square statues, the old Castle in the City Park, the modern National Theater and Concert Center at the modern bridge: We take a final look to the city from the Citadel. You will enjoy a welcome drink and free entrance in an elegant Casino in downtown.
 
 
 
 
 
 





 
GARDENS AND CASTLES (Budapest & countryside)
(full day tour)
 
Escape from the busy city and take a deep breath of fresh air, enjoy the gardens, flowers, and mystic castles. this is an ideal program for congresses PARTNER TOURS • We first stop at the Margaret Island and walk around the island, famous for the most beautiful flower garden of Budapest. Thousands of distinctive flowers bloom here from early spring to late autumn, a real blasé of color contrasting the surrounding green. We continue to the Japanese Garden and small lake, after a train round trip. We proceed to City Park and visit the Castle and the Thermal Bath. After this pleasant walk, we travel 25 km outside the city, to visit the Baroque-style Summer Castle of Emperors. Guided tour of the interior of the Queen Sissy' castle.
 
 
 
TRANSFER TO VIENNA AND STOP IN GYŐR or Danube bend, Bratislava and Vienna
 
If you make a calculation, how long time you loose with stressed travel to get from your hotel to airport, than to your new hotel, you can enjoy a better solution: take my car transfer service door to door and you do not have to touch anymore your suitcases. We stop for a pleasant walk and drink in a nice midway Hungarian baroque town. You will arrive fresh and relaxed.
 





Danube river boat tour with exploration of VÁC out of the T. main stream.
Visit to the Royal Summer baroque castle in Godollo.
(NEW full day tour)
 
This is a new summer refreshment program- combination to ESCAPE from the heat of the capital. Your adventure stars with a pleasant river boat trip with Hydrofoil line boat on the Danube and after 40 min. you will arrive to an unexplored sweet little town VÁC. We will explore the beauty of this ecclesiastic center, visit to the Cathedral, Main Square, an extraordinary burial museum, pleasant walking at the riverside. The town offers nice little restaurants to sit for a local lunch. After this brake we cross the pest region area, mostly covered by mixed forest overgrowing green hills around Budapest. We stop in Godollo to visit the spectacular neo-Baroque Royal Palace with an interesting museum tour. Boat and castle ticket is not included in the tour.
 





DANUBE BEND TOUR
(full day tour)
 
This is a pleasant excursion both for natural lovers, architecture and old city explorers. We start first in ESZTERGOM, the oldest town of Hungary. Take a view from the castle, visit the bigger catholic church of the country. Next we stop at VISEGRAD, driving up to the old ruins of the Citadel. Its special atmosphere, historic environment and the natural beauty of the Danube Bend makes this place a popular excursion area. Next town is famous for his colored houses, narrow charming roads, antique shops, museums and a lively movement atmosphere, SZENTENDRE is a town of arts and museums. It is not by chance that the quietness of the little town and the closeness of the bustling metropolis of Budapest has drawn over one hundred artists here. Good shopping, eating before going back home.
 





UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN HUNGARY, ON THE ROAD OF WINES
(full day tours)
 
This tours bring you to the UNESCO World Heritage protected sites of Hungary. You cross our country from West to East to explore beautiful scenery and country sites, monuments, buildings, treasures of the Central European nature and culture.
 
Tour 1, GO WEST: we drive trough the green Pannonia, stop for a refreshment walk in a nice castle park, stop for a detailed visit at PANNONHALMA (millinery Benedictine Abbey and cloister visit), we continue to the unique thermal Lake HEVIZ, at the birthplace of bathing culture, world's second-largest thermal lake, covered with India red water lilies. Continue to KESZTHELY to visit a notable historical landmark in town: the national's third largest palace, the Festetics Castle. Drive along the south coastline of the Lake Balaton and stop at the vast marshes Natural Conservation Reserve of Kis-Balaton, birds paradise and other interesting Buffalo Reserve.
 
Tour 2, GO EAST: On the path of queen Sissy... we stop at GODOLLO Royal Summer Castle for a visit, than follow up to the hills to explore a small hidden village HOLLOKO ( WH) with peasant county homes and beautiful folk art dressing of local Paloc ladies. Continue to an other history town EGER for her baroque churches, houses, old castle, place of Hungary's proudest symbols for the victory during the wars with Ottomans in 16th sec.. This is a famous wine area of Hungary, famous for the red wine (Bull's Blood).The best place to sample local wines is in the cellars (more than 200) of Valley of the Beautiful Women and cheers with happy local wine-friends.
 
 
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LAKE BALATON AND HEREND
(full day tour)
 
The lake, Central Europe's largest freshwater blue-green colored lake, some 60 miles southwest of Budapest, is Hungary's number one vacation resort and a major wine-producing region. We start our tour at the Porcelain Manufacture. You participate on a professional guided tour, organized by the factory, visit of the museum and you will have time enough in the factory's shop, where the prices are reasonable • We proceed to the lake and walk to the port of Balatonfured, taking pictures of swans, nice gardens and promenade • Have a breathtaking view from the baroque Abbey of TIHANY. Lunch brake and walk we cross the lake by a ferry and drive back to Budapest.
 

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