PRAGUE, VIENNA AND BUDAPEST – SUMMER

• Join your Travel Director and travel companions this afternoon and admire some of the beautiful Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque facades before enjoying an unforgettable dinner to kick off your holiday.

Arrival Transfer: Depart the airport at 11:00, 14:30

Welcome Meet your Travel Director at 16:30

• Delve into centuries of history, joining your Local Specialist for a guided walk past the city’s iconic sights.
• Visit the final resting place of Bohemian kings, St. Vitus Cathedral, set within the precincts of Prague Castle.
• Then, admire the Astronomical Clock in the Old Town Square, with its hourly Walk of the Apostles.
•  Join a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience –  an educational lecture with a local bee expert.
• Spend the afternoon admiring the spectacular cityscape on your own.

Included Experience: Prague City Tour, Rooftop Bees in Prague

Optional Experience: Scenic Vltava Cruise with Lunch

• Today is yours to explore the legends, castles and palaces of Prague.
• Follow the ‘Royal Route’, discover historic treasures and admire picturesque views of the city from Petřín Hill, or join an Optional Experience to Kutná Hora, with its bone-bedecked chapel and five-nave St. Barbara Church.
• Spend your evening at leisure, enjoying some of the local beer for which the country is famous, or join a traditional dinner to bid farewell to this beautiful city with newly acquired friends.

Optional Experience: Kutna Hora Bohemian Experience / Traditional Dinner in Prague

• Travel south from Prague through lush Moravian landscapes to Bratislava, passing its quaint Old Town, before continuing your journey to Vienna – our home for the next three nights.
• Admire the city’s musical talents and consider attending a fun dinner with musical entertainment.

Included Experience:  Bratislava Orientation

Optional Experience: Viennese Dinner with Musical Entertainment

• The heritage of one of Europe’s most influential royal families is explored this morning as we Dive Into Culture during a Small Group Sightseeing guided visit to the spectacular Kunsthistorisches Museum.
• Admire the valuable objects collected by the emperors and archdukes of Habsburg over the centuries before the doors are open to the general public.
• Later, we join an included sightseeing tour with a Local Specialist to view the Hofburg Palace, the official residence of the President of Austria and former home of the Habsburg Dynasty.
• We’ll see such sights as the Parliament Building, the magnificent Opera House and St. Stephen’s Cathedral with its geometrically tiled roof.
• Spend the afternoon on your own, indulging in the city’s kaffee culture with a slice or two of Sachertorte.

Included Experience: Discover the Royal Collection at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna City Tour

Optional Experience: Dinner and Viennese Concert

• Today is yours to explore the ‘City of Music’ on your terms.
•  Consider a visit to the beautiful Baroque Schönbrunn Palace to see the former imperial summer residence.

Optional Experience: Schönbrunn Palace and Gardens / Vienna Woods Excursion / A Very Viennese Afternoon

• Cross the hilly Transdanubia region – its orchards and vineyards providing a picturesque backdrop – as you continue along the path of the Danube and stop in the former trade-route town of Győr.
• Amble along Baross Gábor Street and admire the Baroque façade, before continuing to the romantic city of Budapest where we will spend the next two nights.

Included Experience: Győr Orientation

Optional Experience: Danube Cruise with Dinner

• Join a Local Specialist this morning for a walking tour.
• Visit the Fisherman’s Bastion, view the Matthias Church and drive to Pest to see the Great Synagogue, the largest in Europe.
•  Tonight’s Be My Guest experience will see us Connect With Locals over dinner with the Schieszl family and hear the story of their winery.

Included Experience: Enjoy a Hearty Hungarian Be My Guest dinner with the Schieszl Family and Budapest City Tour

Optional Experience: Budapest’s Heritage

• Venture up Gellert Hill for spectacular views of the Budapest skyline, relax in the Szechenyi Baths or consider an Optional Experience to Szentendre, a riverside village popular with artists and craftworkers.
• On our last evening together, we toast to a magnificent journey to the imperial capitals of Europe and enjoy a Farewell Dinner in a local restaurant.

Optional Experience: Hungarian Parliament Visit / Szentendre and Light Lunch

• We say a fond farewell to our companions and Travel Director today after an unforgettable trip.

Departure Transfer: Arrive at the airport at 07:00, 11:00