Walton-on-the-Hill DFAS BUDAPEST 2017 10th - 16th September 2017 £899 per person* Discover a city steeped in history and culture on the banks of OUR TOUR 7 DAYS - 6 NIGHTS the River Danube. Eclectic Budapest is blessed with an array of What’s included • Return flights from London to Budapest beautiful architecture with many baroque, neoclassical and art • Executive coach for airport transfers & daily excursions nouveau buildings and an abundance of museums and galleries. • English speaking guide & admissions as per itinerary overleaf Our tour will incorporate a selection of the highlights, but we • 6 nights bed & breakfast accommodation in deluxe bedrooms will also allow some time for individual exploration. • Dinner on the night of arrival at the hotel • Danube dinner cruise • Lunch on the last day Our hotel • Gratuities for coach drivers and guides Located in the heart of Budapest, the • Whisper sets (when needed) 4 star Astoria Hotel combines timeless What’s not included elegance with all the amenities you would • Single supplement of £144 for the duration of the tour (twin/double for expect of a recently renovated modern sole use) hotel. The Mirror Café and Restaurant • Travel insurance - £38 per person. The serve tasty cuisine popular with visitors policy has an upper age limit of 85 and locals alike. All air-conditioned guest years as at the date of return bedrooms have en-suite facilities and are • Items of a personal nature such as drinks, souvenirs, etc. equipped with telephone, satellite TV, safe • Meals other than those specified and internet access. *Based on a minimum of 40 members travelling. Should fewer than 40 travel the cost will increase. OUR ITINERARY Day 1 - Fly from Gatwick to Budapest. guide. Visits will include Buda Castle National Museum houses the nation’s On arrival a local coach and English area and the Hungarian National Gallery, most important collection of relics in speaking guide will transfer to the Hotel Mathias Church and Fisherman’s Bastion. an impressive neoclassical building. The Astoria, subject to flight times with a Buda Castle is the historical castle and Central Market covers 3 floors packed tour of the main highlights of Budapest palace complex of the Hungarian kings with all sorts of goods; but the beautiful en-route, stopping at the Citadel for a in Budapest, and was first completed building and splendour also make it one panoramic view. Dinner at the hotel is in 1265. Today it houses the National of the city’s top attractions. There will included this evening. Gallery, with a permanent collection also be time for individual exploration. representing the past five hundred years Dinner at leisure. Day 2 - A full day exploring the Pest of art in Hungary, including Medieval and side of the city (with coach & guide), Renaissance stonework, Gothic wood Day 6 - Today will be completely at including Kerepesi Cemetery, Heroes’ sculptures and altarpieces. Mathias leisure for you to do just as you like. Square, Szecheny Baths (short tour), Church is over 700 years old and is However, nearer the time we will provide Shoes on the Danube Promenade renowned for its frescoes. The present a list of nearby places of interest for Memorial, St Stephens Basilica and the day towers of Fisherman’s Bastion were those who might want to take in a few Hungarian Parliament. Kerepesi Cemetery built in the 19th C. to serve as a lookout more sights. Also, if there is sufficient was established in 1847 and amongst tower and today offer the best panoramic interest, we may arrange an optional its 3000 gravestones and mausoleums views in Budapest. We will also have a behind-the-scenes tour of the Hungarian are several of statesmen and national little time at leisure before the return State Opera House, during the morning heroes. Heroes’ Square is the largest coach transfer to our hotel. Dinner at (tour cost not included). This evening a and most impressive in Budapest. The leisure. dinner cruise on the Danube has been Shoes on the Danube is a monument arranged. to Hungarian Jews shot and thrown Day 4 - A full day excursion with coach into the Danube by members of the & guide to the Danube Bend, visiting Day 7 - After breakfast, our coach fascist Arrow Cross Party in 1944. The Esztergom, Visegrad and Szentendre. & guide will meet us at the hotel and Szecheny Baths are housed in a neo- We will visit Esztergom Cathedral, the transfer to Godollo Palace, a Royal baroque style palace, specifically built to largest church in Hungary and the Royal Palace famous for being a favourite place house the baths. St Stephens Basilica is Palace at Visegrad, which fell into ruins in of Queen Elisabeth of Hungary. After the largest church in Budapest, dedicated the 18th C. but is undergoing continual our visit, continue to Lazar Lovaspark, to Hungary’s first king and the home excavation. Remnants of the Medieval a well-known equestrian park, where of the country’s most sacred treasure, Palace’s most stunning Gothic and after a welcome drink we will watch an St Stephen’s mummified right hand, the Renaissance elements can be seen here. equestrian show followed by a three Szent Jobb. The Hungarian Parliament At the end of the afternoon we travel by course group meal (included). We then Building is a magnificent example of boat along the Danube from Szentendre continue to the airport for our return Neo-gothic architecture and is home to back to Budapest. Dinner at leisure. flight to the UK. the Hungarian Crown Jewels. Return to hotel. Dinner at leisure. Day 5 - Our guided visits today include The exact order of excursions may be subject the National Museum and Central to change. Day 3 - Today we visit the Buda side Market. Both are within walking distance of the city with the help of our local of the hotel, so today will be on foot. The How to book Please obtain a booking form from David Tinkler, Tours’ Secretary Tel: 01737 858382 Mobile: 07720 597907 [email protected] A deposit of £150 per person will be required at the time of booking..