Budapest city break
| country: | Hungary |
| departures: | This trip can be tailormade throughout the year and can be adapted to suit your interests, budget and requirements as necessary, with durations from a half day to 3 days |
| price: | From €189 - €219 (3 days) excluding flights, depending on accommodation chosen. Price includes B&B accommodation, brochure and a surprise gift. Single supplement €69 - €79. Guide services €138 for 3 days |
the amazing things you'll be doing
A genuine thermal spa paradise, Budapest is an easily affordable travel option and a fascinating place for your holiday. The town offer is very generous: interesting sights, hundreds of thermal springs, great-value shopping, and wonderful vistas from virtually everywhere in the vicinity of the River Danube.
For certain, there will be a thing that you’ll fall for, be it an exquisite old building with superb architecture, a delicious 'gulyas' or a shot of the local 'water of fire', Palinka!
To make the most out of your Budapest city break we have chosen renowned hotels with a central location, tourist attractions you must not miss, fabulous shopping places and intimate restaurants for unforgettable evening.
The best thing? Based on our kit of information (containing detailed description on tourist attraction, entry fees, opening hours, transportation fares) you can choose the hotel you wish to accommodate in (we provide you with 3 excellent options for accommodation) as well as the tourist attractions you wish to visit.
Below is an itinerary for a 3 day tour, but we can also tailormake half-day and two day tours to suit you.
For certain, there will be a thing that you’ll fall for, be it an exquisite old building with superb architecture, a delicious 'gulyas' or a shot of the local 'water of fire', Palinka!
To make the most out of your Budapest city break we have chosen renowned hotels with a central location, tourist attractions you must not miss, fabulous shopping places and intimate restaurants for unforgettable evening.
The best thing? Based on our kit of information (containing detailed description on tourist attraction, entry fees, opening hours, transportation fares) you can choose the hotel you wish to accommodate in (we provide you with 3 excellent options for accommodation) as well as the tourist attractions you wish to visit.
Below is an itinerary for a 3 day tour, but we can also tailormake half-day and two day tours to suit you.
day-by-day itinerary
| Day 1: | Welcome to Budapest! Accommodation in a renowned 3 star hotel centrally located. Optional: opera, ballet or symphony - depending on scheduling. |
| Day 2: | Visit the famous Parliament House, Hungary’s largest building and permanent seat of its parliament, also home of the famous Crown Jewels of Hungary Budapest. Don’t miss the Great Synagogue of Budapest, the biggest one in Europe. Later on you’ll see the Great Market Hall. Built in the 19th century, the covered market impresses with its metal columns, high walkways and it’s also the perfect place to shop for Hungarian souvenirs. You will get the chance to visit the Matyas Church and see the Fishermen’s Bastion, built in 1895 in neo-Romanesque style. Have an evening walk in the beautiful Castle District and enter the famous Labyrinth of Buda Castle with only oil lamps to guide you. Have an elegant dinner in the world-famous Gundel Restaurant. Gundel’s special goose liver products are made following the recipes of Europe Prize winner, Tocque d'Or Chef Kalman Kalla, using rich and tasty Hungarian goose liver with garlic, paprika and onion. The fine bouquet of Tokaji Aszu Wine is a perfect match for the goose liver. Delight yourself with a traditional desert a Gundel palacsinta. |
| Day 3: | Take a relaxing trip on the banks of the Danube River, north from Budapest. Visit in Szentendre, Hungary’s largest ethnographical museum, the Hungarian Open Air Museum, preserving buildings and evidence of bygone lifestyle from all regions of the country. Continue your trip along the river to the small town of Visegrad, where the famous Vlad Tepes the Impaler (Count Dracula) was imprisoned for 12 years. The town houses Hungary’s largest ensembles of medieval buildings, the Royal Palace built in the reign of Charles Robert (1301-1342), that was considerably rebuilt and enlarged in the 15th century under King Matthias, to become one of the most imposing Renaissance palaces in all Europe and the Citadel atop the hill rising above Visegrad dating from the mid 13th century. Return to Budapest and visit the Heroes Square and the small version of the Corvinestilor Castle. After a splendid lunch transfer to the airport and depart for home. |
how this holiday makes a difference
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This Budapest short break provides you with the possibility of getting acquainted to the beautiful capital of Spas - Budapest through a shorter period of time. To make sure the money stays within the visited community we’re only using local suppliers, from the guide services to transportations and accommodations.
Our guests will receive via e-mail a kit of information containing detailed information on tourist attraction (entry fees, opening hours) and transportation fares, as we encourage our guests to discover Budapest’s culture by visiting museums and other locations of great historical importance, helping in this way to sustain these precious historic testimonies. We’re also making financial contributions for every persons who books one of our tours or programmes in the amount of £1 per person to support Saint Daniel’s Foundation programme entitled 'A grandfather for a nephew – A nephew for a grandfather', helping elderly and orphans, people most in need.  We encourage our guests do a little reading before coming to find out more about their host communities and the environment so that they would connect better with the locals. We provide suggestion on how best to support the local economies and communities, as well as the surrounding environment. Guests will receive a pre-trip information pack via e-mail, to minimise the use of paper, which will inform them about issues relating to the place they will travel, some language tips and general advice. Furthermore, our tour guides are well-educated multilingual people who can offer guests their skills as an interpreter and offer up-to-date details on current national and regional issues. |
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