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Travel to Hungary with PAT TOURS (Polish American Tours)
SCENIC HUNGARY TOUR – 2016
Starts in BUDAPEST on Mondays: (8 days/7nights)
Escorted car/minivan tour of Hungary
TOUR COST BASED ON 2-3 PEOPLE TRAVELING TOGETHER:
$2,650 dbl occupancy – April 16 – October 14, 2016
$2.150 dbl occupancy – October 15, 2016 – April 15, 2017
Single room supplement: $850
($500 per person discount with group of 4 or more travelers)
Airfare not included.
Tour Cost includes:
Accommodations in twin bedded rooms with bath, buffet breakfast daily, 5 dinners, transportation between cities by private car or a van,
sightseeing tours per itinerary, entrance fees, services of an English speaking guide/driver.
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| On Sunday, depart U.S.A. for Budapest. | |
| 2nd Day/Mon – BUDAPEST. Arrive in Budapest and settle-in at your hotel. | |
| 3rd Day/Tue – BUDAPEST/Godollo/EGER. Pick up at your hotel at 9 am. Drive to Godollo, a favorite summer retreat of the Hapsburgs. Visit of the Baroque Grassalkovich Palace. Drive through the picturesque Matra Mountains, site of Hungary’s highest peak (Kekes, 3039 ft) Afternoon arrival in Eger, fabled for its wine and legendary resistance to the invading Turks and Hapsburgs. Walking tour of historic Eger (Minaret, Castle, County Hall, Cathedral). Dinner in a local restaurant. Overnight in Eger. (B,D) | |
| 4th Day/Wed – EGER/Mezokovesd/KECSKEMET. After breakfast depart for Mezokovesd, marketplace of the “Matyo” folk artists, famous for richly decorated embroidery work. Continue to Kecskemet. Walking tour of the city includes Town Hall Kodaly Institute, Calvinist Church, Cifra Palace, Town Hall.Hungarian dinner with wine and gipsy music in a Csarda in nearby Lajosmizse. Overnight in Kecskemet. (B,D) | |
| 5th Day/Thu – KECSKEMET/Kalosca/PECS. After breakfast depart for Kalocsa, land of the “red gold”, better known as the paprika. Walking tour of the Archepiscopal Palace and Library, the Baroque Cathedral, Folk Art Museum and the renowned wall – paintings of the Kalocsa. Continue to Pecs, the most romantic city in Hungary’s Transdanubia region. In the afternoon, we recommend visiting the museums of the famous painters Vasarely or Csontvary and the sculptor Amerigo Tot or to explore the creations of the celebrated Zsolnay porcelain factory. Dinner and overnight in Pecs. (B,D) | |
| 6th Day/Fri – PECS/Keszthely/HEVIZ. Morning city tour of Pecs includes the former mosque, which is Hungary’s largest monument from the Turkish age, Cathedral, All Saint’s Church. Mosque of Jakovali Hassan. Continue to the Lake Balaton, the most popular holiday resort in the country. In Keszthely – the region’s oldest town – visit the Baroque Palace of the noble Festetich family with its stunning library. Dinner and overnight in Heviz. (B,D). | |
| 7th Day/Sat – HEVIZ/TIHANY/Herend/Veszprem/BALATONFURED. Travel to Tihany, the oldest settlement in the Balaton region. Visit the Abbey Church, founded in 1055. Continue to Balatonfured, check in at your hotel, and proceed to Herend, world famous porcelain factory, founded in 1839. Tour of Veszprem (Castle district, Gizella Chapel, Cathedral). Return to Balatonfured, for dinner and overnigh. (B,D) | |
| 8th Day/Sun – BALATONFURED/Pannonhalma/Gyor/BUDAPEST. Visit Hungary’s oldest building, the Pannonhalma Abbey. Its Library consists of over 300,000 volumes, rare documents and more than 70 manuscripts from the 11th century. We continue to Gyor, where Napoleon spent a night in 1809. After a walking tour (Carmelite Church, Cathedral, Szechenyi Square) we return to Budapest. Arrival at about 6 pm. (B) | |
| 9th Day/Mon – BUDAPEST. After breakfast termination of services. (B) | |
| HOTELS ON TOUR: | |
| BUDAPEST | Hotel Erzsebet or similar |
| EGER | Hotel Flora or Edger or similar |
| KECSKEMET | Hotel Aranyhomok or similar |
| PECS | Hotel Patria or Palatinus or similar |
| HEVIZ | Hotel Palace or Thermal Aqua or similar |
| BALATONFURED | Hotel Annabella or Fured or similar |
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