Buda Castle House
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Day 1
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Six days of thermal baths, ruin bars and cellar wine. Six days with central Pest accommodation, guided Jewish quarter and castle walks and a cellar tasting arranged with the family.
Buda is the hills on the west bank and Pest the flat city on the east. They were separate towns until 1873.
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| Parliament |
| Chain Bridge |
| Danube promenade |
Szechenyi is fed by a thermal spring at 74 °C and the outdoor pools run all winter, which is when they are best.
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| Buda Castle |
| Fisherman's Bastion |
| Matthias Church |
| Szechenyi Baths |
The Shoes on the Danube are sixty pairs of iron shoes on the embankment, marking where Arrow Cross militia shot Jews into the river in 1944-45.
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| Dohany Street Synagogue |
| Shoes on the Danube Bank |
| Szimpla Kert |
Szentendre was settled by Serbs fleeing the Ottomans and has seven Orthodox churches for a very small town.
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| Szentendre |
| Serbian Orthodox churches |
| Danube Bend |
The Valley of Beautiful Women is a horseshoe of cellars cut into tufa, most of them family-run, pouring Egri Bikaver.
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| Eger castle |
| Minaret |
| Szepasszony-volgy |
| Bull's Blood |
Gellert is the art nouveau one and is a twenty-minute tram from the station.
All accommodations are subject to change
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5 breakfasts and 2 dinners across 6 days, at the lodges you sleep in. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 6.
7 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Accommodation was a notch better than the price suggested. Plenty to eat and they were happy to work around a gluten allergy. Would send friends their way.
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Recommended.
Well paced over 6 days with enough free time to not feel herded. Would send friends their way.
Glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you on another trip.
Well paced over 6 days with enough free time to not feel herded. Would book with them again.
Thank you for travelling with us — glad the route worked out.
Well paced over 6 days with enough free time to not feel herded. The team read the group well and adjusted without making a thing of it.
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Hotels were clean and central, which saved a lot of time. The team read the group well and adjusted without making a thing of it.
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Solid operator.
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Accommodation was a notch better than the price suggested. No hesitation recommending them.
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