“Austrian Hit + Budapest” Bus Tour
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Lviv (Stryi, Mukachevo, Uzhhorod) 4 days Overnight journeys: 2
Price: € 98
What awaits you on the tour: A 4-day tour, departing on Friday evening and returning on Monday in the first half of the day (depending on the border crossing).
We will visit wonderful European cities: Vienna (Austria), Budapest and Eger (Hungary). We will begin our journey in Vienna, the capital of a brilliant empire, a city of palaces and majestic squares, then travel to beautiful Budapest, where we can enjoy incredible evening illuminations and see the famous Parliament. Wine and goulash tasting in Eger. Opportunity to visit the Tropicarium–Oceanarium in Budapest.
Sightseeing tours of Vienna and Budapest are included in the price.
Two overnight journeys and a night in a wonderful 3* hotel in Hungary.
Book a tour
The tour price includes:
Mandatory excursion: “Budapest’s Chic and Sparkle” (€18) — no charge during martial law
Travel by Euro-class bus
Accompaniment by a group leader
Accommodation along the route: 3* hotel
Meals — breakfasts
Sightseeing tours of Vienna and Budapest
Insurance
Additional charges
Mandatory excursion: “Budapest’s Chic and Sparkle” (€18) — no charge during martial law
This excursion is mandatory when booking the tour at the promotional price. If the tour is purchased at the standard price, no charge is made for the mandatory excursion.
Public transport travel
Optional excursions
Entrance tickets to excursion sites
Personal expenses (lunches, dinners and other expenses)
Mandatory supplement for renting a radio receiver with headphones for excursions — €2/day (paid to the group leader on the bus).
The visa-free regime came into effect in 2017. Ukrainian citizens need only a biometric passport to travel to 34 European countries.
Tour Programme:
The programme may change because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Day 1
● 18:00 — group meeting at Lviv railway station.
● 18:30 — group departure. ● Opportunity to join the group along the route.
● Overnight journey to Vienna.
Day 2
● Arrival in Vienna. “Vienna — Capital of Luxury” sightseeing tour (included in the tour price). The capital of a brilliant empire, a city of palaces and majestic squares, picturesque streets and numerous gardens. Vienna is an ancient city with a renowned name that awakens dreams. Great composers worked here: Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn and Strauss. Waltzes always sound here, and the famous Viennese balls have moved more than one generation. Vienna… Lavish and pompous, carefree and cheerful… All these descriptions quite rightly fit one of the world’s most beautiful cities. Vienna has many facets, and each is beautiful. On the walking tour, you will see the amazing Maria Theresa squares, museums, Heroes’ Square, the Habsburgs’ winter residence — Hofburg Palace, the Royal Stables, the Cathedral of Peter and Paul, the marvel of medieval architecture — St Stephen’s Cathedral — and the Vienna Opera.
In your free time, we offer a choice of optional excursions:
Brilliant Vienna (€18).
The Town Hall, stock exchange, university, State Opera, Burgtheater, Parliament and museums — Vienna attracts tourists with its magnificent buildings, parks and other sights. The Ring is shaped like a horseshoe, with both ends meeting the canal, so the embankment appears to close the ring. On this combined bus and walking tour, we will also see Vienna’s most cheerful house, Hundertwasser House. At the end, we will visit Belvedere Palace, one of Vienna’s main landmarks.
Legends of Vienna (€18)
A walk through the city’s narrow medieval streets, shrouded in legends. It begins at St Stephen’s Cathedral with legends associated with it, also taking in the house where the famous Austrian composer W. A. Mozart lived. Next, you can see a house with a 16th-century fresco of a cow playing chess, then hear the legend of the Basilisk on Schoenlaternegasse. We will then see the cosy courtyard of the Monastery of the Holy Cross, the Greek quarter and the musician Augustine, the Greek Church and the Jewish quarter. The tour ends by the dancing clock — ANKER UHR.
Schonbrunn Imperial Palace (€10 for the transfer only) is the summer residence of the Austrian emperors and Maria Theresa’s favourite palace.
The Habsburgs’ Golden Treasury (€18 + entrance tickets charged separately) is a museum that can undoubtedly be called one of the world’s finest collections of Christian relics. It is in Hofburg Palace, the seat of the Austrian imperial court.
● Transfer to Budapest.
● Check-in at the hotel.
● Night at the hotel.
Day 3
● Breakfast.
● Check-out from the hotel.
We suggest visiting the Szechenyi Baths independently (€20 — 3 hours).
City sightseeing tour (included in the tour price): a panorama of the Buda side, Pest and “Europe’s largest river”, the Danube. The Royal Palace, Fisherman’s Bastion terraces, the Parliament grounds, St Stephen’s Basilica, Heroes’ Square, the Millennium Monument, Vajdahunyad Castle, the monument to Anonymous and Varosliget City Park.
In your free time, we offer a choice of optional excursions:
“Budapest — City of Contrasts” (€18).
We invite you to take a closer look at Budapest’s most famous and longest building, Parliament. Seeing this building for the first time is naturally overwhelming. Parliament is Hungary’s largest building, with 691 rooms, 29 staircases and 10 courtyards. Inside is a small parliament museum. Next, we will visit Budapest’s main church, St Stephen’s Basilica, a very beautiful Renaissance-style church and one of Hungary’s largest. The basilica’s dome is visible from afar, so be sure to climb to the viewing platform for truly stunning views of Budapest! Budapest’s heart is Vaci Street, running from Vorosmarty Square to Elizabeth Bridge. The street acquired this status in the middle of the 19th century, when its original small buildings and little shops were replaced by Neoclassical and eclectic buildings. It contains the most fashionable residential buildings, large department stores, luxury hotels and an international shopping centre, making Vaci Street another symbol of Budapest. Next comes our walk along Korzo Street, whose name means “a place for walking” in Italian. If you arrive from Linden Avenue, you will find a special tourist signpost lamp. Here, in the heart of the historic centre, there are many cafés — “Vertep”, “Cactus”, “Korzo10” — and small shops.
“Budapest’s Chic and Sparkle” (€18).
Look this way, my dear friend! This city is full of wonders. Passing one of the city’s busiest squares, Deák Ferenc tér, we reach Budapest’s “Champs-Élysées”, Andrassy Avenue. Here we will learn about the avenue’s features and the history and legends of its many adornments, among which the Opera House holds an important place. Then… we will walk through historic neighbourhoods and visit an authentic local market, where you can taste and buy genuine, uniquely Hungarian delicacies — “Hungarikums” — to take home! An excursion to Szentendre (€20), a wonderful, cosy little town where you can immerse yourself in old streets, small churches, museums and souvenir shops. This is the place to try real marzipan and spend sweet moments in a fairy-tale world! Central Europe’s largest Tropicarium–Oceanarium (transfer €10; entrance 3000F≈€10 for adults, 2100F≈€7.5 for children up to 11.99 years), located in the “Campona” shopping centre. Campona also has TESCO, where you can buy Hungarian “gastronomic souvenirs”: wines, Unicum, goose liver and paprika.
A boat trip on the Danube (€25) — during the excursion, you will see a panorama considered part of World Cultural Heritage: 9 bridges over the Danube, Castle Hill with the Royal Palace and the embankment with festive illuminations.
Evening baths in Budapest (group leader accompaniment + public transport + entrance ticket €40).
● Departure for Ukraine.
A visit to the wine cellars in the Valley of Beautiful Women with wine and delicious goulash tasting (€19).
Eger is one of the centres of Hungarian winemaking. It is home to one of the most popular attractions among Ukrainian tourists, the Valley of Beautiful Women (where the well-known red wine Egri bikavér, or “Eger Bull’s Blood”, is made). You can taste this wine and many others in small wine cellars, where the owner will treat you to several glasses of different wines and, of course, Hungarian national dishes. Besides Egri bikavér, popular wines here include the white Muscat “Ottonel”, the popular dry wine “Girl from Eger”, the very original red “Zwainger” and the delicious, fragrant dessert wine “Melora”. You can also try the so-called “sweet ice wine Cabernet Sauvignon”. You will also be able to take part in competitions and win wonderful prizes…
● Overnight journey to Ukraine.
Day 4
● Early arrival at Lviv railway station.
You can book the “Austrian Hit + Budapest” tour on our website.