Highlights
Vienna: Visit Vienna’s grand Baroque palace with your Local Expert and trace the legacy of the Habsburg dynasty. See the Hall of Mirrors where Mozart performed as a child, the richly decorated Great Gallery used for court functions, and the private apartments of Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth. Learn how court rituals, politics and personal tastes shaped one of Europe’s most influential empires.
Vienna: Travel along the Ring Road to see the Hofburg Imperial Residence, Opera House, Parliament Building and Karlskirche.
Cesky Krumlov: Your Travel Director will lead you on an orientation of the city as you explore the medieval streets of this fairy-tale town.
Auschwitz: Visit the Auschwitz Memorial and Museum with a Memorial Guide Educator, viewing preserved barracks, guard towers and the barbed-wire perimeter of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp.
Kraków: Visit Wawel Cathedral with your Local Expert, stepping inside the burial place of Poland’s monarchs and statesmen. You’ll see chapels added across successive dynasties and the cathedral where Karol Wojtyła, later Pope John Paul II, served as Archbishop of Kraków.
Kraków: Join your Local Expert to trace Kraków’s development around Rynek Główny and the streets that formed the city’s medieval core. You’ll see the layers of architecture shaped by royal patronage, mercantile guilds and university life, noting how each period left its mark on the Old Town’s pattern.
Kraków: Visit the 14th-century St. Mary's Basilica, the most important church in the city.
Budapest: Explore the Old Town of Buda with a Local Expert.
Kraków: Join your Local Expert to trace Kraków’s development around Rynek Główny and the streets that formed the city’s medieval core. You’ll see the layers of architecture shaped by royal patronage, mercantile guilds and university life, noting how each period left its mark on the Old Town’s pattern.
Kraków: Visit the 14th-century St. Mary's Basilica, the most important church in the city.
Budapest: Explore the Old Town of Buda with a Local Expert.
Itinerary
Experience the best Europe has to offer, beginning with Vienna sightseeing and a serving of Polish charm in breathtaking Kraków. Fall in love with the fairy-tale town of Český Krumlov before an exciting Insight Choice in the Czech capital—touring the thousand-year-old castle courtyards or joining a Local Expert for a walk through the Jewish quarter. Both will end by wowing you in the Old Town square with the fortune-telling astronomical clock. Journey through Slovakia and across the Tatra Mountains to Budapest. Explore the Old Town of Buda, separated from Pest by the Danube River, and admire the spectacular views from the Fisherman’s Bastion before feasting on the finest local delicacies paired with select Hungarian wines.
day 1Welcome to Vienna
Your journey begins in Vienna, the capital of Austria. Spend your afternoon at leisure before meeting your Travel Director and fellow travellers for a pleasant dinner at a local restaurant.
day 2Stately Vienna and the Habsburgs
day 3Charming esk Krumlov and Golden Prague
day 4Prague, City of a Hundred Spires
day 5Reflect on Auschwitz then on to Krakw
day 6The Damsels and Dragons of Krakw
day 7Through Slovakia to Budapest
day 8Budapest, the Queen of the Danube
day 9Depart Vienna
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Customer Reviews
Excellent itinerary covering the main historical sites of the region. Walking tours are a valuable part of the experience.
Make sure of the hotels before you sign up. They are important as on our tour we had 2 good ones 2 and 2stars.
The best itinerary and one of the best tour directors. She made all the difference.
Good trip…possibly could have been a little longer….
It was a very rushed itinerary and leaving very little time for the travelers to see the cities themselves. The places of interests chosen seemed to be overly touristy and not overly interesting as they didnt offer enough depth. There were 2 days that we were on the road for about 8 hours each with stops in between. But that kind of traveling took the fun out for a good portion of the 8 days. The choice of hotels for a relatively premium tour was rather poor, especially for choosing Verdi Aquincum in Budapest. That hotel was seriously needing renovation and we switched rooms twice because the air conditioning was not even working properly, and the mattresses were of very poor quality. Our Tour Director has tried her very best to accommodate everyone's needs and complaints. She was really good but I felt that her efforts could not compensate for what she could not really control.
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