Imperial Cities Highlights: Vienna & Budapest

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Amazing Experience

Overview

  • Wander Vienna’s cobbled lanes and chandelier-lit cafés in Austria’s elegant capital.
  • Explore Schönbrunn and Belvedere palaces on a private tour of imperial art and gardens.
  • Taste Viennese traditions on a culinary walking tour through markets and hidden eateries.
  • Cross rural Austria by rail to Budapest for private sightseeing along the Danube.
  • Discover Hungarian heritage in the UNESCO-listed village of Hollókő with its enduring folk culture.

 

Trip Includes

  • Private arrival and departure airport transfers 
  • Private arrival and departure train station transfers
  • 3 nights premium accommodation in Vienna
  • 3 nights premium accommodation in Budapest
  • Private Schönbrunn Palace and Belvedere Palace
  • Private Culinary Walking Tour
  • Private Sightseeing Tour of Budapest
  • Private Hollókő Day Tour
  • One-way train ticket Vienna to Budapest
  • Breakfast daily (excluding Day 1)

 

Trip Excludes

  • Travel insurance
  • International and domestic airfare & airfare taxes
  • Meals and beverages not explicitly listed as included
  • Gratuities
  • Optional excursions
  • Items of a personal nature
  • Passport & Visa fees, if applicable

 

Summary

Terms and Conditions

Prices are "from" per person based on twin/double share accommodation and for travel in low season. Seasonal surcharges and blackout dates may apply. Limited seat/spaces and all pricing is subject to change and availability. Rates for single or triple travellers are available on request - please inquire.

 

Vienna Airport to Vienna

 

Your Accommodation

Hotel Kaiserhof Wien

When the Best Western Premier Kaiserhof Wien was built in 1896 on the former "Glacis Grounds" it was ranked as one of the most modern viennese hotels of its day, offering such novel conveniences (for the time) as a guest elevator, central heating, electricity and water in all rooms. The hotel offers rich tradition, but also a quiet and central location close to the imperial heart of Vienna. The top quality service and loving attention to details lend the hotel a uniquely comfortable and relaxing ambience. The hotel is just a short walk away from numerous sights, such as the Vienna State Opera, the Hofburg, the magnificent Ringstrasse, Konzerthaus, and many more sightseeing places in Vienna.

Duration

2 Night Stay

Meal Plan

Full Breakfast

 

Hotel Kaiserhof Wien

Enjoy a full day tour with your English-Speaking driver guide and drive around the Ringstrasse with its beautiful turn-of-the-century buildings (Opera, the Emperor’s Forum, Hofburg Imperial Palace, Parliament, City Hall, Burgtheater, Votiv Church…). Afterwards, discover the baroque world of Prince Eugen at the Belvedere Palace. On then past the Karlsplatz with Charles Church and the Secession Building, the Vienna “Nasch-Market” and along the Wienzeile with it’s imposing Jugendstil buildings and Otto Wagner pavilion to Schonbrunn Palace. Admire the impressive and imperial baroque architecture and follow in the footsteps of Maria Theresia in the beautiful gardens. Entrance fee of Belvedere and Schonbrunn Palace included. Including driver and guide. Transportation included.

The markets in Vienna play an important role in the culinary and social life of the city. Vienna’s best-known market has around 120 market stands and restaurants for a colorful culinary offering ranging from Viennese to Indian, from Vietnamese to Italian. The Naschmarkt has developed into a meeting point for young and old. On the Naschmarkt, a colorful crowd buys fruit, vegetables and various delicacies from every country from dawn till dusk. Increasing numbers of trendy "in" places are also finding somewhere to set up in the more than 120 market stands. You will have the chance to sample some local culinary products and delights. Certainly, you should not miss out trying one of the various sausage variations at a traditional Wurstelstand (sausage stand) and you will taste several typical Austrian wines. While walking through Vienna your guide will tell you a lot of anecdotes about Viennese personalities and their favorite dishes as well as traditional products of Vienna. But no culinary tour will be complete without coffee and cake. The Viennese coffee house is known around the globe for its informal pleasantness, as an oasis of gemutlichkeit. Since 2011, the traditional Viennese coffee house culture has even belonged to the intangible cultural heritage of UNESCO. You will taste one of the numerous coffee variation completed with a piece of cake according to your selection. If your hotel is located outside the city center, please include a transfer.

Today you will travel by train from Vienna to Budapest. A train journey from Vienna to Budapest is a smooth, scenic, and quietly atmospheric trip through the heart of Central Europe - an experience that feels both relaxing and subtly adventurous. You depart from Wien Hauptbahnhof, a modern, spacious station where sleek Austrian Railjets glide in with their signature red-and-blue livery. Once aboard, the train settles into an easy rhythm as you roll out of Vienna's urban edges and into open countryside. The landscape quickly opens into a patchwork of farmlands, small villages, and low rolling hills, with wide skies that change gently as you travel east. As the train follows the Danube corridor, the scenery shifts between quiet stretches of forest, distant church spires, and clusters of traditional Austrian houses with red-tiled roofs. You might pass through the towns of Gyor and Tatabánya, each offering a glimpse of Hungarian life beyond the capital. It's a peaceful route - no dramatic mountains, but a calm, pastoral beauty that suits the journey perfectly. After roughly 2.5 to 3 hours, the scenery becomes more urban again as the train crosses the Danube and approaches Budapest Keleti or Budapest Kelenföld station. The shift is striking - suddenly, you're surrounded by Budapest's grand architecture, ornate facades, and the energy of a city rich with character.

 

Vienna to Vienna Train Station

 

Vienna to Budapest

 

Budapest Keleti Train Station to Budapest

 

Your Accommodation

Continental Hotel Budapest

Born again from the ashes of the former Hungaria Spa and Continental Hotel, combines traditional hospitality and the expectations of the 21st century. Our aim in developing Continental Hotel Budapest****Superior was to create a green oasis for guests where the stresses and the noise of the big city can be totally left behind the minute they enter the hotel, completed with relaxation and entertainment possibilities.

Duration

3 Night Stay

Meal Plan

Buffet Breakfast

 

Continental Hotel Budapest

We are prepared to show You the Hungarian capital in 4 hours so get ready to engaged by this city. The Heroes Square, the State Opera House, the Hungarian Parliament, the Royal Palace and the Citadel (photostop) cannot wait for you to see them. During the Grand City Tour we will take You for an additional walk in the Castle District to enjoy its unique medieval atmosphere and get carried away in history. Sights include: Parliament, Margaret-Bridge (Margaret-Island), Royal Castle on the Buda side, Fishermen's Bastion (Castle Walk), Matthias Church, Gellert Hill (Photostop), Heroes' Square, Opera and St. Stephen's Basilica.

Discover the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Holloko, where folk art and tradition live on. Come and discover with us one of Hungary’s most popular attractions! The picturesque village Holloko is in the northern part of Hungary. After one and a half hours travelling we show you this famous Paloc Ethnographic village, which was built in the 17-18 century. The atmospheric narrow streets, the typical Hungarian rural houses and the beautiful surroundings mean the popularity of this village. At the western part of the village lies the Castle of Holloko-from the 13th century-with its ruins. From the hill above the village, you can take nice pictures of Holloko. After visiting the Village Museum and the Castle, you will sit down to a traditional Hungarian 3-course lunch at a local restaurant.

Budapest to Budapest Airport

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