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Highlights of Eastern Europe - Premium | End Budapest
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Length
14 Days
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Quality
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Starts in
Budapest (Hungary)
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Ends in
Budapest (Hungary)
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Available Tour Start Dates
APR 10, 2027 to OCT 9, 2027
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Activity Level
No Rating Provided
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Language
English
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Guaranteed Date(s)
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$4,232.25
Overview
Across Eastern Europe, you’ll travel with Local Specialists from the wide waters of the Danube to the banks of the Vistula, then beneath Berlin’s linden trees. You’ll cross the deep green of the Tiergarten towards the Reichstag’s glass dome and Brandenburg Gate, before following Unter den Linden past the State Opera House to Museum Island on the Spree. In Vienna, you linger over traditional Austrian dishes as Mozart’s melodies pass between the strings, rising and softening through the room while each course arrives to the rise and fall of the music.
Visited During Tour
Auschwitz (Poland) | Berlin (Germany) | Budapest (Hungary) | Cesky Krumlov (Czech Republic) | Dresden (Germany) | Krakow (Poland) | Oravsky Podzamok (Slovakia) | Prague (Czech Republic) | Vienna (Austria) | Warsaw (Poland)
Dates, Offers & Prices
Tour Itinerary
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Dates, Offers & Prices
The following are Highlights of Eastern Europe - Premium | End Budapest tour dates available from Trafalgar. Select a bonus offer graphic to view its details, including its terms.
Tour Itinerary
Trafalgar Tour Code 827-2305
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1Begin Your Journey in Budapest
As you travel into Budapest, you catch sight of yellow trams humming along the city's broad boulevards, passing carved façades and historic coffeehouses lit behind tall windows. Perhaps you'll pass tiled bathhouses heated by thermal springs, where mosaics gleam through the steam above open-air pools. At a local restaurant, you’ll join your Travel Director and fellow travelers over dinner, tasting Hungarian cooking as you exchange names and meet your fellow travelers.
- Meals Included:
- Dinner
Accommodations: Kempinski Corvinus Budapest -
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2Budapest’s Cultural Highlights and River Views
At the *Liszt Academy of Music, you’ll settle beneath the gilded balconies of the Art Nouveau Grand Hall as the first notes travel from the stage, clear enough to catch every pause and change in tempo. With your Local Specialist, you’ll walk through Buda’s Old Town and look up at the patterned Zsolnay tiles of Matthias Church before crossing the stone terraces of Fisherman’s Bastion. Between its seven towers, you’ll follow the Danube across the city to Parliament on the opposite bank. In the evening, perhaps choose an Optional Experience and take to the river, tasting Hungarian specialties as the lights of Budapest’s bridges tremble in long ribbons across the dark water. *On some occasions, the Liszt Academy visit will be replaced by an organ recital at Matthias Church.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Kempinski Corvinus Budapest -
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3Journey Through Slovakia to Kraków
You’ll leave Budapest behind and follow the road into Slovakia, watching long valleys narrow and weave between the forested slopes of the Low Tatras. At Donovaly, where the mountains meet Veľká Fatra, you pause among open meadows and breathe in the resinous scent of spruce and fir. Further north, you’ll pass villages of traditional wooden houses before lifting your gaze to Orava Castle, its stone walls and steep roofs rising tier by tier from the rock above the river. You’ll cross into Poland and continue towards Kraków as the Carpathian hills slowly recede behind you.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Mercure Kraków Stare Miasto -
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4Discover Kraków’s Heritage and Memorials
Climbing Wawel Hill with your Local Specialist, you’ll enter the cool hush of Wawel Cathedral, where candlelight catches on gilded chapels and the faint scent of wax hangs beneath the high vaults. Back outside, you’ll follow Kraków’s worn cobbles past the former residence of Pope John Paul II and into the vast Market Square, where the arcades of the Sukiennice Cloth Hall run beneath carved façades. Inside St Mary’s Basilica, you look up at the deep blue vaults and the richly carved altar before stepping back into the square. Then the hejnał sounds from the tower, its lone trumpet call floating above the rooftops before stopping abruptly on the final note. Later, at Oświęcim, you’ll visit Auschwitz with a Local Specialist. Among the preserved remains and memorials, you pause to reflect on those who suffered and died here.
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- Breakfast
- Dinner
Accommodations: Mercure Kraków Stare Miasto -
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5Kraków to Warsaw Across Poland
On today’s Optional Experience, you’ll descend 380 steps into Wieliczka, the timbered stairway winding deeper as silver-gray salt ripples through the walls like frozen silk. Beside a dark saline lake, you pause before entering St Kinga’s Chapel, where chandeliers of salt crystal spill pearly light over an altar and reliefs carved by generations of miners. Alternatively, you can enjoy time at leisure before traveling across Poland’s open plains to Warsaw.
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- Breakfast
- Dinner
Accommodations: Sheraton Grand Warsaw -
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6Royal Warsaw and the Chopin Memorial
Guided by your Local Specialist, you’ll cross Warsaw’s meticulously rebuilt Old Town, moving between painted townhouses and the warm red walls of the Royal Castle before looking up at the Palace of Culture’s pale stone tower. In Łazienki Park, you’ll follow garden paths to the Chopin Memorial, where the composer sits beneath a bronze willow, its branches swept sideways as though caught in the wind. At the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes, you pause and pay your respects to those who fought and died in the Warsaw Ghetto. The afternoon is yours. Perhaps continue exploring Warsaw’s past at your own pace, or take your seat for a Chopin recital, as you listen to the piano sweeping from tender, measured notes into full passages.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Sheraton Grand Warsaw -
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7Cross the Oder into Berlin
West of Warsaw, you’ll watch the central plains stretch towards the horizon, the road dipping through farmland until the Oder River gleams below and you cross into Germany. As you enter Berlin, ochre-red S-Bahn trains thread between apartment blocks while you travel deeper into the capital. Perhaps begin your stay in Berlin with traditional local cooking, tasting crisp currywurst covered in a rich tomato-curry sauce.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: DoubleTree by Hilton Berlin Ku'damm -
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8Berlin’s Highlights: Reichstag to Museum Island
With your Local Specialist beside you, you’ll travel beneath the spreading branches of the Tiergarten, their leaves rustling above the avenue as the Reichstag’s glass dome catches the shifting sky. At Brandenburg Gate, you stand between tall sandstone columns with the bronze Quadriga crowning the gate above, then follow Unter den Linden into former East Berlin. The broad avenue carries you past the State Opera towards Museum Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, where domes and colonnades line the Spree. You’ll move along the stone embankment beside the curve of the river, past carved balustrades and arched bridges.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: DoubleTree by Hilton Berlin Ku'damm -
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9Dresden to Prague Across the Ore Mountains
Traveling south to Dresden, you'll stand before the Frauenkirche, where dark stones rescued from the ruins remain set among pale sandstone, the scars of 1945 still visible in its rebuilt walls. Along the Royal Palace, trace the Procession of Princes across more than 100 meters of Meissen porcelain, following horsemen, flowing robes and raised banners from tile to tile. Beyond the Catholic cathedral, tiered curves and the Zwinger’s Baroque court rise around Theater Square and sculpted nymphs lean above fountains as you make your way across. After free time for lunch, you'll cross the Ore Mountains and continue through the Czech Republic towards Prague. In Malá Strana, move between venues for a Dine-Around dinner, tasting each course at a different table. Then, you'll wander streets marked by carved emblems above centuries-old doorways before finishing on Charles Bridge, where rows of gas lamps line the bridge and the Vltava slips beneath the arches.
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- Breakfast
- Dinner
Accommodations: Hermitage Prague -
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10St Vitus Cathedral and Historic Prague
Across Prague Castle’s courtyards, your Local Specialist guides you towards the dark Gothic spires of St Vitus Cathedral. Inside, your gaze travels from stained-glass saints in ruby, sapphire and gold to the ribbed vaults high above, in the same church where Czech kings and queens were once crowned. With the city yours to explore, perhaps retrace the Royal Route once used by Bohemian monarchs, following their coronation path through Prague’s historic center. Later, perhaps order a local pilsner with hearty Czech cooking, letting the beer’s cold, clean bitterness cut through the richness on your plate.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Hermitage Prague -
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11Wander Český Krumlov’s Castle and Lanes
Following the Vltava into Český Krumlov, you watch red roofs rise above the river and climb towards the castle. In the castle courtyards, you'll pass walls covered with gods and heroes beside trompe-l’œil windows painted directly onto the plaster, then watch the layered arches of the Cloak Bridge stretch across the ravine. Once the day visitors have gone, you'll return through narrow lanes, listening to the river running below the houses. At a local restaurant, you savor a traditional Czech dinner as the streets outside grow quiet.
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- Breakfast
- Dinner
Accommodations: OLDINN, Český Krumlov -
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12Austria’s Capital: Spittelberg and Beyond
Crossing into Austria, you'll follow the road towards Vienna as rows of vines stripe the hills at the city’s edge. With the afternoon yours, you might wander through Spittelberg, where Biedermeier houses stand shoulder to shoulder and ivy trails from old pergolas behind arched entrances. Later, perhaps choose today’s Optional Experience and travel beyond Vienna for dinner at a country mansion, tasting Austrian cooking around the table with your fellow travelers.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Hilton Vienna Park -
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13Discover Schönbrunn and Vienna’s Grand Boulevards
At Schönbrunn Palace, you'll follow your Local Specialist through Maria Theresa’s state rooms, where crystal mirrors catch white-and-gold rococo ornament from every angle. Outside, you'll move along the Great Parterre, its dark boxwood and colored gravel arranged in patterns once compared to embroidery. Along the Ringstrasse, you'll pass the Opera House, Hofburg Imperial Residence and Austrian Parliament Building before reaching Karlskirche, where marble columns stand beneath its great green dome. For your choice experience, you can take a marble-topped table in a traditional Viennese cafe. The roasted scent of coffee rises as you press your fork through the fine chocolate coating of Sachertorte. Alternatively, join a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience and count one-two-three as you turn across the floor in an inclusive Viennese waltz workshop designed to support the visually impaired community. Later, you share traditional Austrian fare and drinks at a local restaurant before sitting down to a concert, watching bows sweep across the strings as Viennese melodies ripple through the hall.
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- Breakfast
- Dinner
Accommodations: Hilton Vienna Park -
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14Budapest Farewells and Journey Home
Today, you say farewell to the friends you’ve made before your transfer to the airport. Your complementary coach transfer will first drop guests at Vienna Airport before continuing to Budapest for your final drop-off.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
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Travelers Notes
* TRIP RUN BY INSIGHT VACATIONS.* DAY 1: Complimentary arrival transfers depart Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) at 10:00, 13:00 and 16:00 on the first day of the tour. Guests should arrive at least 2 hours before the last transfer time. Please be aware when booking your flights.* CHARGEABLE TRANSFERS: Chargeable transfers available in Budapest. Guests who have booked their pre hotel nights with us may purchase a chargeable transfer. However, guests booking independent hotel nights should make their own transfer arrangements.* DAY 14: The complimentary group transfer by motorcoach will arrive at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) at approximately 13:30, depending on traffic conditions, so please be aware when booking flights. We do not recommend flying in the evening on the last day of the tour, as unforeseen circumstances may arise upon return to Budapest and cause delays. A post night in Budapest is strongly recommended; however, it is not offered through us, guests who wish to extend their stay in Budapest will need to make their own accommodation arrangements.* IMPORTANT: Passport details are mandatory 90 days prior to departure (Passengers Full First, Middle & Last Name) to book Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum tickets. Passenger information must match exactly as per passport. Please note that these are nominative tickets, and passports will be checked upon entry to the venue. If the ticket information does not match the passport, entry may be denied.* NOTE: This trip falls under LEVEL 1. Please refer to the Deposit, Payment and Cancellations policies on our website.
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