Best of Prague & Budapest in 8 Days Tour
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Highlights
- See the bronze-cast, larger-than-life players in Hungary's national story
- Visit the Vltava River and up the hill to the most massive castle complex in continental Europe: Prague Castle.
- Visit the most evocative Jewish districts in all of Europe
- Enjoy the impressive St. Vitus Cathedral, Old Royal Palace, St. George's Basilica, and the Golden Lane.
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- A small, friendly group of 24–28 people — half the size of most tour groups
- Full-time services of a professional Rick Steves guide and local experts who will make the fascinating history, art, and culture of Prague and Budapest come alive for you
- All tours and admissions — at no extra cost — covering at least 21 group sightseeing events, Prague Castle Orchestra performance, Prague Castle tour, St. Vitus Cathedral, St. George's Basilica, Old Town orientation walk, Municipal House tour, Mucha Museum, Jewish Museum in Prague pass, Spanish Synagogue, Josefov neighborhood Jewish Quarter walking tour, Velvet Revolution walking tour, 3-day Prague transportation pass, Cultural performance, Buda Castle district and Matthias Church tour, Pest walking tour, Great Market Hall, Hungarian cooking class, Hungarian State Opera tour, Heroes Square walking tour, Danube cruise, 3-day Budapest transportation pass…and more
- All group transportation from Prague to Budapest
- 7 nights' accommodations (4- and 3-night stays) in memorable, centrally located hotels
- All breakfasts and half your dinners
- All tips for guides and driver
- Rick Steves Travel Store credit to use toward guidebooks for your trip
- Guaranteed tour price, locked in the moment you make your deposit
- Optional single supplements — this tour has a limited number of private rooms for solo travelers for an additional fee
- Tour alum discount of $50 for each tour you've taken prior to 2017
- 50% discount on a consulting appointment with our in-house experts to assist with your pre- or post-tour travel plans
- Flexibility should you need to transfer, or cancel/interrupt your tour
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Itinerary
We'll meet in our hotel at 4 p.m. to get acquainted and go over the week's schedule. Then we'll take an orientation walk through our Old Town neighborhood and over the historic Charles Bridge — one of Europe's most entertaining promenades — followed by a hearty dinner together accompanied by the Prague Castle Orchestra. Sleep in Prague (4 nights). No bus. Walking: light.
This morning we'll hop on a local tram to take us across the Vltava River and up the hill to the most massive castle complex in continental Europe: Prague Castle. We'll tour the impressive St. Vitus Cathedral, Old Royal Palace, St. George's Basilica, and the Golden La...
Today we'll take a walking tour through the Josefov neighborhood, once the site of Prague's Jewish Ghetto — and still one of the most evocative Jewish districts in all of Europe. For a thousand years one of the leading centers of Judaism, the neighborhood is studded w...
We'll start our day with tales of Prague's past struggles with communist occupation, the significance of the Prague Spring and the emergence of Václav Havel. We'll then retrace the footsteps of Prague's celebrated Velvet Revolution, following the events of November 17...
This morning we'll board our coach for the drive to Budapest. En route we'll pass through the rolling hills of ancient Moravia and modern Slovakia, catching our first glimpse of the wide, blue Danube as we approach the capital city that straddles both banks of the riv...
Our day begins atop Buda's proud Castle Hill with an introduction to Budapest's greatest church: the sumptuously gilded Matthias Church. The nearby Fisherman's Bastions provide a perfect bird's eye view of "twin city" Pest across the river and a glimpse of our next de...
This morning we'll tour the caked-in-splendor home of the Hungarian State Opera. Built in the 1880s, when Budapest was co-capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Hungarians took every opportunity to make their opera house more opulent than anything the Viennese co...
Breakfast is provided, but there are no group activities today. Budapest's Ferihegy Airport and three busy train stations can connect you to practically anywhere in Europe, and your return home. Whatever your plans, your guide will help you get on the right track. Viszontlátásra!
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