By regions
INTERNATIONAL TOURS
Our long-lasting co-operation with our partners enables us to organise your round trip in the region with the utmost professional level. (Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Croatia and Slovenia)
Budapest – Transylvania
Sightseeing, cultural and thematic trips in the beautiful and mystic Transylvania: Dracula Tour, In the Footsteps of Bartók, the Melting-pot of three cultures. Lovely villages with living traditions, fair towns of a thousand years of culture like Cluj, Sibiu, Oradea, Brasov, etc., and beautiful landscapes. This tour begins and ends in Budapest.
Budapest – Bratislava – Vienna – Prague
These capitals belong to the same cultural sphere although the spoken languages are different in each of them. The tour starts in beautiful Budapest (the Basilica, The Opera House, the Avenue Andrássy, the Heroes’ Square, the Parliament, the castle district, entry to the Matthias Church and to the Fishermen’s Bastion) - Bratislava is the youngest capital (castle of medieval origin, gothic coronation church, Franciscan and Jesuit churches, Ancient town Hall with medieval origin, Archbishop’s Palace) – the fabulous Prague (Wenceslas Square, the Strahov Stadium and the Castle Square the Royal Castle of Hradcany, St Vitus Cathedral, Royal Palace and Loretto Church, the old quarter of Prague to view the Jewish Ghetto, Town Hall and the world famous Astronomical Clock) and majestic Vienna (St. Stephen’s cathedral Capuzziner Chapel, Ring, Hofburg Castle, the Schönbrunn Palace, State Opera House, Marie-Therese Square, etc).
TOURS IN HUNGARY
Budapest plays a central role in the tourism of Hungary. The Capital and its surroundings therefore cannot be left out of our visitors’ programme. Here could be found the country’s administrative centre, our main airport, major railway terminals and river ports. However, one should also explore the countryside, as it abounds in a similarly wide range of offers (culture, heritage, nature, gastronomy). We have linked some of those features to a number of tours departing from Budapest:
Roundtrip – Hungary
This tour links the capital, the main cities and the most important attractions of the country in a cultural roundtrip: Budapest – Eger (medieval castle, beautiful baroque downtown, basilica, baroque Franciscan church, Archbishop’s palace and baroque library, 17th century Turkish minaret) – Hollókő (traditional village part of UNESCO World Heritage) – Hortobágy (National Park, the famous Hungarian puszta) – Szeged (Dome Square, gothic church, Diocesan Museum and Gallery, New Synagogue) – Pécs (pre-Christian necropolis – a world heritage site, cathedral, Csontváry, Amerigo Tot and Zsolnay museums) – Székesfehérvár (coronation and resting place of Hungarian kings, baroque downtown) – Veszprém (cathedral, Gizella chapel, Bishop’s Palace, medieval baroque castle district, Town Hall) – Pannonhalma (1100 year old Benedictine Abbey, UNESCO World Heritage) – Győr (‘Waters’ town’, beautifully restored baroque downtown /Europa Nostra prize/, cathedral of medieval origins, Bishop’s castle) – Sopron (remains of Roman times, gothic-renaissance and baroque downtown).
Budapest – the Great Plain
Main attractions: Kecskemét (Main Square with Liberty-style Town Hall and buildings, medieval-baroque churches) – Kalocsa (Paprika Museum, Archbishop’s Palace and Treasury) - Bugac puszta (National Park) – Kiskunfélegyháza (Liberty-style Town Hall) – Szeged (Dome Square, gothic church, Diocesan Museum and Gallery, New Synagogue) – Ópusztaszer (National History Park, the Feszty panorama painting entitled the Hungarian Conquest) – Békéscsaba (Lutheran and catholic churches, Jókai Theatre, Árpád spa) – Debrecen (‘the Calvinist Rome’ Calvinist churches and College, Town Hall and County Hall, Déry Museum) – Hortobágy (National Park, the famous Hungarian puszta) – Lake Tisza (aqua-park with fun slides, bird watchers’ paradise)
Budapest – Southern Transdanubia
South-West Hungary is known among others for its tasty wines. Pécs, the capital of the region is one of the European Capitals of Culture in 2010. The main attractions are - Pécs (pre-Christian necropolis – a world heritage site, cathedral, Csontváry, Amerigo Tot and Zsolnay museums) – Villány (lovely village of wine-cellars and delicious red wines) – Siklós (fortress) – Szigetvár (fortress) – the region of Ormánság, tiny village chapels with painted wooden interior like the one in Drávaiványi, – Kaposvár (County Hall, gothic ruins of Szentjakab, baroque pharmacy, Rippl-Rónai Museum) – Ozora (renaissance castle).
Budapest – Lake Balaton
Lake Balaton is not just a bathing resort, there are countless things to see and to do on both shores: Keszthely (Festetics castle, Balaton Museum, Georgikon Museum, City Church) – Szigliget (13th century fortress, Esterházy cellar) – Tapolca (Water Cave, Main Square, Lake Mill) – Sümeg (13th century fortress, baroque Parish church decorated by Maulbertsch) – Badacsony (wines) – Nagyvázsony (15th century fortress, Zichy castle, ruins of the 15th century abbey) – Tihany (Benedictine abbey from the 11th century on top of a volcanic mount overlooking the lake) – Balatonfüred (neo-classical downtown, plage) – Herend (China Museum) – Veszprém (cathedral, Gizella chapel, Bishop’s Palace, medieval baroque castle district, Town Hall) – Székesfehérvár (coronation and resting place of Hungarian kings, baroque downtown) – Siófok (bathing resort) – Kis-Balaton (natural reserve, birdwatchers’ paradise)
Budapest – Northern Transdanubia
North-West Hungary is the richest region of the country in monuments and historic towns: Sopron (remains of Roman times, gothic-renaissance and baroque downtown) – Fertőd (rococo Esterházy palace, the ‘Hungarian Versailles’ Haydn Memorial) – Nagycenk (neo-classical castle, home of the ‘Greatest Hungarian’, Count István Széchenyi) – Győr (‘town of four rivers', beautifully restored baroque downtown /Europa Nostra prize/, cathedral of medieval origins, Bishop’s castle) – Pannonhalma (1100 year old Benedictine Abbey, UNESCO World Heritage) – Tata (medieval castle, Esterházy palace, Great Lake) – Székesfeshérvár (coronation and resting place of Hungarian kings, baroque downtown) - Veszprém (cathedral, Gizella chapel, Bishop’s Palace, medieval baroque castle district, Town Hall)
Budapest – Western Transdanubia
Main attractions: Zalaegerszeg (Göcsej Museum, Open-air Ethnographic Museum, baroque parish church) – Nagykanizsa (Thury Museum, parish church) – the region of Őrség with roman/gothic village chapels (Őriszentpéter, Velemér) and the village museum of Szalafő – Szombathely (ruins of the Roman town, Savaria Museum, downtown) – Kőszeg (14-17th century city centre, 13th century fortress) – Pápa (cathedral, 18 century Esterházy palace) – Sümeg (13th century fortress, baroque Parish church decorated by Maulbertsch) – Sárvár (13-17th century renaissance Nádasdy castle, City church, spa)
Budapest – Northern Hungary
Northern Hungary is the land of the famous Tokaji Wine and a very special place with World Heritage sites and National Parks. You must see: Eger (medieval castle, beautiful baroque downtown, basilica, baroque Franciscan church, Archbishop’s palace and baroque library, 17th century Turkish minaret) – Hollókő (traditional village part of UNESCO World Heritage) – Miskolc (gothic church of Avas, 19th century downtown, 13th century castle, the beautiful Hámori lake and Palota Hotel at Lillafüred) – Tokaj (centre of the world famous wine region, historic downtown with wine cellars) – Sárospatak (gothic-renaissance castle, gothic Calvinist church) – Nyíregyháza (Liberty-style and eclectic downtown, open-air village museum)
For gourmands we can extend the tour to the Upper-Tisza region, the land that ‘God created in high spirits’ with exquisite treasures to see: Túristvándi (18th century watermill), Nyírbátor (14th century gothic church), Szatmárcseke (cemetery with wooden headstones in form of a boat) Calvinist churches of medieval origin, painted wooden inner decoration and characteristic wooden belfry (Tákos, Csaroda, Nyírmihálydi, Vámosatya, etc), medieval and renaissance castles (Pácin, Vaja).
Budapest and Surroundings
Budapest / Danube Bend: ESZTERGOM (catholic capital of Hungary with the largest basilica and the Christian Museum) – VISEGRÁD (the ruins of the 13th century fortress and the 15th century renaissance palace of king Matthias) – SZENTENDRE (lovely ‘artists town’, Open air village museum and the Margit Kovács Ceramics Museum)- Budapest / the Puszta: a very characteristic region of eastern Hungary with specific fauna and flora. For those who whish to experience the Hungarian ‘derring-do’ there are places offering traditional meal and programme in a highly professional way but not cliché. As the horse has always been the companion of Magyars, there are different horse programmes from 10th century warriors and the hussars to the ‘csikós’ (19th century cowboys of the puszta) and the racehorses and trotters of these days.
- Budapest / Gödöllő: the largest baroque castle of Hungary, favourite residence of empress Sissi, magnificently restored.