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Eastern Europe CityBreaks EASTERN Combined Train Tours Themed Tours EUROPE Fly & Drive www.premiumincoming.com Hungarian parliament (Budapest) Combined Train Tours Eastern Europe Central European Symphony Czech Republic, Slovakia & Hungary Prague, Bratislava & Budapest 7 days / 6 nights The tour includes 4 Private transfers, Prague Airport - hotel and Budapest hotel - Airport. 4 Overnight Accommodation with Buffet Breakfast, 3 nights in Prague,1 night in Bratislava & 2 nights in Budapest. 3 Prague 4 Train tickets (tourist class): Prague - Bratislava - Budapest CZECH 4 REPUBLIC Sightseeing Hop on-Hop Off tour (24 hours), Prague (including one hour River cruise) & Budapest. SLOVAKIA 1 Bratislava Introducing the tour 2 Budapest This tour starts in Prague with its renowned beauty which has little changed over the centuries. In addition to the city’s attractions you can join one of the daytrips to very interesting nearby towns. Then be swept away by the romance of rail travel till Bratislava, HUNGARY the charming capital of Sovakia occupying both banks of the Danube River. Continue by train till the impessive Budapest, also spread on both sides of the romantic Danube. Once in the Hungarian capital, you can explore more sights around this wonderful country. Day 1 | Origin - Prague also a city of pubs and beer halls where consecrated in 1452. As Bratislava ments and the whole of Andrássy út Upon arrival to Prague Airport you will the locals go, and a typical Czech dinner). became the capital of the Hungarian have been recognized as UNESCO be welcomed by our driver and then Daytrips: FD Pilsen Brewery & Koneprusy Kingdom in the 16th century, the Ca- World Heritage Sites. At the Castle Hill transfer to the hotel. Check-in and rest Karst Caves (visit Pilsen where the most thedral was the coronation place for and the Castle District there are three of the day free to explore the capital of famous Czech beer – Pilsner Urquell is Hungarian Emperors (11 Hungarian churches, six museums, and a host of Czech Republic one of the most beauti- produced. Also Koněprusy, known for the Kings and 8 queens were crowned nice buildings, streets and squares. ful in Europe. Since 1992, the extensive longest system of caves in the Czech Repu- here between 1563 and 1830). The Overnight in Budapest. historic centre of Prague has been in- blic); HD Konopiste Chateau (visit the for- Michael’s Gate is the only one of the cluded in the UNESCO list of World He- mer seat of the successor to the Habsburg city gates that has been preserved Day 6 | Budapest (Option: Day trips ritage Sites. Overnight in Prague. throne, Franz Ferdinand d´Este with his from the medieval fortifications, and it to the Surroundings) art collection); Cesky Krumlov, a beautiful ranks among the oldest of the town’s Buffet Breakfast Day at leisure. Option: Day 2 | Prague medieval UNESCO Heritage city at South buildings; the narrowest house in Eu- Citytours: Budapest City Tour; Danube Buffet Breakfast Today you will have Bohemia and the world famous Spa town rope is nearby. Also Bratislava enjoys Cruise; Budapest by Night with folkloric the opportunity to experience the city of Karlovy Vary, with a visit to the Moser numerous theatres, museums, galle- dinner. Daytrips: HD Royal Tour (Visit the on your own pace with the sightseeing Bohemian glass Factory. Overnight in ries, concert halls, cinemas, film clubs, summer residence of Queen Elisabeth - Hop on-Hop off tour. The city boasts Prague. and foreign cultural institutions. Over- Sissi - in Gödöllő); FD/HD Danube Bend more than ten major museums, along night in Bratislava. Tour (Visit Esztergom, the center of the with numerous theatres, galleries, ci- Day 4 | Prague - Bratislava (Slovakia) Catholic Church, the antique town of Vi- nemas, and other historical exhibits. Buffet Breakfast Check-out from the Day 5 | Bratislava - Budapest segrád, the former Royal Residence, with Here you can also buy the world’s best hotel. Train from Prague to Bratis- Buffet Breakfast Check-out from your lunch and Szentendre, the magical Artists’ crystal and glass. Overnight in Prague. lava. Option: Transfers in both cities hotel. Train from Bratislava (Slovakia) Village). HD Szentendre & Visegrád Tour from hotel to train station. Arrival and to Budapest. Option: Transfers in both (Szentendre is known as the Artists’ Village Day 3 | Prague (Option: Day trips to check in at your hotel and the rest of cities from hotel to train station. Arri- where you’ll be able to see the breath ta- the Surroundings) the day free at the capital of Slovakia, val and check in at your hotel. Rest king Danube Bend from the top of the Buffet Breakfast Day at leisure in Pra- located on the river Danube. Bratislava of the day free in the Hungarian ca- Visegrád Hill. At the end of your journey gue Option: Citytours: Grand City Tour; has been part of the Roman Empire pital. Architecturally, Budapest is a enjoy a boat cruise back to Budapest); Old Town & Jewish Quarter; Thematic and over centuries it attracted royal real treasure, with enough baroque, Herend & Balaton Tour (Visit the famous Tour Prague from movies (During this families such as the Habsburgs and neoclassical, eclectic and art nouveau Herend Porcelain Manufactory, then from tour you will watch scenes from famous has seen coronations of Hungarian buildings to satisfy even the most de- Tihany Abbey, the spectacular scenery of films on the big LCD screen when passing kings including the empress Maria manding traveler. It’s also known for Lake Balaton. Then lunch in a traditional the locations of them, allowing you to Theresa. Most historical buildings of its thermal baths. Overall, though, csárda and FD Individual Vienna Tour compare famous scenes with the actual Bratislava are concentrated in the Old Budapest has a fin-de-siècle feel to (240 kilometres from Budapest). Overni- appereance of the sites); Prague Folkloric Town. Bratislava’s Town Hall is a com- it, for it was then, during the capital’s ght in Budapest. Evening (The folklore evening is intended plex of three buildings erected in the “Golden Age”, that most of what you for everyone who wants to have a good 14th–15th centuries and now hosts see today was built. The neo-Gothic Day 7 | Budapest - Origin time in a traditional Czech restaurant, the Bratislava City Museum, which Parliament, is the biggest building in Buffet Breakfast Check out at the hotel. and perhaps even sing and dance, inclu- was established in 1868, being the ol- Hungary containing amongst others Private transfer to Budapest airport for ding a pleasant bus tour by night). Prague dest museum in Slovakia. St. Martin’s the Hungarian Crown Jewels. The your return flight and end of our ser- by Night: Beer Tour with Dinner (Prague is Cathedral, is a 3-nave Gothic building Castle Hill, the River Danube embank- vices. 2 View from Elbe River (Dresden) Combined Train Tours Eastern Europe Europe’s Romantic cities of Art Czech Republic & Germany Prague, Dresden & Berlin 8 days / 7 nights The tour includes 4 Private transfers, Prague Airport - hotel and Berlin hotel - Airport. 4 Overnight Accommodation with Buffet Breakfast, 3 nights in Prague, 1 night in Dresden & 3 night in Berlin at the chosen hotel. 3 4 Train tickets (tourist class): Prague - Dresden - Berlin. Berlin 4 Sightseeing Hop on-Hop Off tour (24 hours), Prague (including one hour River Vltava Romantic cruise) & Berlin. GERMANY 1 Dresden Introducing the tour Starting in Prague, one of Europe’s most beautiful cities you head to Dresden, the “Florence on the Elbe”. The absolute abundance 3 and splendor of the city’s cultural treasures are enough to take your breath away. Then, also by train, you continue to Berlin, the Prague vibrant German capital, certainly the liveliest city in the world. Whether it’s art, culture and music, there is always something to CZECH REPUBLIC do in Berlin. Also from Prague & Berlin you can join one of the daytrips to discover more interesting sights around both capitals. Day 1 | Origin - Prague have a beer and a typical Czech dinner). of it covered with green areas and verse and vibrant of its kind in all Eu- Upon arrival to Prague Airport you will Daytrips: FD Pilsen Brewery & Koneprusy forests. Check-out from the hotel. rope. Overnight in Berlin. be welcomed by our driver and then Karst Caves (visit Pilsen where the most Train from Dresden to Berlin. Option: transfer to the hotel. Check-in and famous Czech beer – Pilsner Urquell is Transfers in both cities to hotel from Day 7 | Berlin (Option: Day trips to rest of the day free to explore the ca- produced. Koněprusy known for the lon- train station. Arrival and check in at the Surroundings) pital of Czech Republic, included in the gest system of caves in the Czech Repu- your hotel and the rest of the day free Buffet Breakfast Day at leisure to dis- UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. blic); HD Konopiste Chateau (visit former in the Vibrant German capital. Overni- cover Alexanderplatz, one of the most Overnight in Prague. seat of the successor to the Habsburg ght in Berlin. famous squares in Berlin and certainly throne, Franz Ferdinand d´Este with his the largest. Option: you can join one Day 2 | Prague art collection); Cesky Krumlov, a beau- Day 6 | Berlin (Capital of Germany) of the following tours: Citytours: Best of Buffet Breakfast Today you will have tiful medieval UNESCO Heritage city at Buffet Breakfast Today you will have Berlin (A fantastic citytour, the most pro- the opportunity to experience the city South Bohemia and Karlovy Vary the best the opportunity to experience the city ductive touring-day you could spend in on your own pace with the sightseeing known spa town with a visit to the Moser on your pace with the sightseeing Hop Berlin); Cold War Berlin (Sovietic Secrets, Hop on-Hop off tour.
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