Price of the tour
1030 EUR/pax
Take part in the European Christmas festive bustle in November-December and explore Central Europe’s two capital cities: Vienna and Budapest. “Advent” is a six week period before New Years’ Eve, which is characterised by colourful outdoor fairs.
The tour begins in the Austrian capital, Vienna, and ends in the Hungarian capital, cities that both have a charming atmosphere at this time of the year. The streets are beautifully decorated with Christmas lights and local vendors offer a huge range of souvenirs, Christmas gifts, local food and a lot more to the guests. After Vienna, we will go to the Austrian mountains (Alps) and visit the city of Semmering. Here we can go up to top of the mountain for the scenic view, sit in a local mountain restaurant. In the afternoon and evening we will have a lot of fun and laughter, when we try out the region’s longest, unique, 3 km long, lightened night sledge course. Than in the city of Hévíz, you can enjoy Hungary’s favourite spas, the natural hot water lake, and in a traditional vine cellar we can also get a feel of the winery traditions along with a folklore dinner. At Budapest, the last stop, we have endless possibilities for shopping and sightseeing, before returning home.
• Arrive to Vienna airport, meet your guide, private transfer to your city-center hotel
• Check in to hotel, short rest.
• In the afternoon we start the city tour in Vienna. The city has numerous sights to see, including: Hofburg, St. Stephen’s Cathedral (Stephansdom), Vienna Ring Boulevard, The Vienna Opera House, Schönbrunn Palace, Karlskirche, Belvedere Palace, The Secession House, Rathaus (City Hall), Hundertwasser House, The Giant Ferris Wheel and many museums.
• In the evening visit the Advent fair near the Rathaus, and look around the beautifully lit, festive city.
• Dinner and wine tasting in Grinzing at a local restaurant, orientation.
• Breakfast at the hotel
• Continue exploring the numerous sights of the city.
• Short lunch, in the afternoon free time shopping
• In the evening continue walking around the Advent fair, tasting local and festive cuisine, for example the famous hot wine and sausage.
• Dinner in an Indian restaurant, night at Vienna
• Breakfast at the hotel, check out
• We drive to reach Semmering which is a famous mountain destination close to Vienna (app. 1h 30 min).
• Check-in to hotel
• Short relax, free time
• In the afternoon we have lots of activities to choose from, for example relaxing at a mountain top restaurant, taking pictures, making snow man and learn how to do snow angels.
• In the evening try the 3 km long, lightened night sledge course, which is most fun around and after sunset.
• Night at Semmering.
• Breakfast at the hotel
• Short relax, leisure time
• Free time activities, for example carridge ride, sledge course.
• Dinner and night at Semmering.
• Breakfast at the hotel, check out.
• Continue our tour to Hévíz, Hungary. Hévíz is one of Hungary’s favourite spa locations, well known for its unique natural thermal lake, where even in winter time the water temperature does not drop below 23 degrees.
• Check-in to hotel at Hévíz
• Short relax, free time to enjoy the wellness facilities of the hotel or the thermal lake.
• Visit a Hungarian wine cellar. On the way we shift our bus to a horse carridge or sleigh (If there is snow, we use horse-sleigh, which is even more fun) taste some vine or in the Hungarian spirit some traditional “pálinka”, and eat “pogácsa” and other food cooked in “kemence” (famous hungarian stone structured owen)
• Night at the castle hotel
• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Relax at spa, free time, shopping.
• In the afternoon short visit to Keszthely to see the Festetics castle and to have lunch.
• Evening leisure time
• Dinner at the hotel
• Breakfast at the hotel, check out.
• Drive to the Hungarian capital, Budapest.
• Check-in to hotel.
• Short relax, than guided visit at the Parliament.
• Evening – walk to see the Advent fair at Budapest with festive streets, shopping.
• Dinner at a local restaurant.
• Night at Budapest.
• Breakfast at the hotel.
• After breakfast we will have a Budapest sightseeing tour, including Buda Castle with Fishermen’s bastion and Mathias Church, Citadella, and on the Pest side St. Stephen Basilica, Heroes’ square, City park, Váci street and Danube Promenade.
• Afternoon – free time, shopping.
• Evening – farewell dinner with a boat trip on the River Danube.
• Breakfast at the hotel, check out
• we drive to the International Airport of Budapest, say goodbye to each other
• depart home
