Danube River Cruising

The Best of Budapest

Without doubt, the most comfortable tours!

3-hour car driving tour with short stops 115 Euros
4-hour car driving tour with nice walks 130 Euros

(4-hour minivan tour: 165 Euros) Prices are always per tour not per person!

Taking in all of the principal sights, my fascinating route takes you through the most famous and interesting parts of the city; Downtown of Pest, Andrassy Avenue with the Citypark, Gellért hill and the Buda Castle district.

The 4-hour tour is a very comprehensive yet a leisurely one with nice walks in the most enchanting parts of the tour.

Main sights: the most beautiful view points, Gellert Hill, Statue of Liberty, bridges, boulevards and avenues, famous spas, Central Market Hall, Opera House, House of Terror, Heroes' Square, Great Synagogue, St. Stephen's Basilica, Parliament, Castle district, Royal Palace, Matthias Church, Fishermen's Bastion, Chainbridge, all the major museums.

Baroque Szentendre

Winding lanes in the artists' town

4-hour car driving tour 130 Euros (always per tour, not per person)

The town has a picturesque setting on the Danube , with a Mediterranean feel, winding lanes, seven church towers, colorful houses, several galleries and warm cafés. Main sights: Greek Orthodox Church, Margit Kovács Museum, Belgrade Orthodox episcopal Cathedral, Jewish Memorial House, House of Folk Arts, Marzipan Museum. You can come back by boat!

Gödöllö, royal town and Horse show

6-hour car tour 156 Euros

Visit in the Royal Palace (see above).The world champion Lazar brothers' Equestrian Park is in Domonyvolgy, close to Godollo. 1-hour colourful show, demonstration of our colourful historical horse culture. Hall of Champions, Stables (more than 70 horses), traditional Hungarian farm animals, Hall of Hunters.

Eger*

Most beautiful wrought iron gates and best ruby dry reds in the Beautiful Lady's Valley

All-day car driving tour 205 Euros
 This one thousand-year old baroque town is one of the most beautiful places in Hungary . It is famous for its Castle, the Classicist Cathedral, the Turkish minaret, the late Baroque Lyceum with a unique library and observatory. Other sights: County Hall, Dobó Istvan square, Minorite Church , wine tasting in the Beautiful Lady's Valley.

Lake Balaton

"The Hungarian Sea"

All-day car driving tour 220 Euros

Balaton is the ' Hungarian Sea ', the largest lake in Central Europe. It is surrounded by hills on the northern side offering a beautiful view. Veszprem is 'the city of the Hungarian queens'. Main sights: Benedictine Abbey on the top of the Tihany peninsula, Veszprem Castle District, Fire Tower, Bishop's Palace, St Michael's Cathedral.

Szeged

The town of sunshine and Opusztaszer

All-day car driving tour 220 Euros

This beautiful little southern town was completely rebuilt after a devastating flood in 1879. Main sights: attractive statues, amazing art-nouveau palaces, a lot of history!, home of the famous red paprika and Pick salami Museum, Szeged Cathedral, National Pantheon, synagogues.
Opusztaszer Historical Memorial Park : one of the world's very few circular paintings (cyclorama), Feszty's 'The arrival of the Magyars', a great spectacle!

Györ

The town of rivers and Pannonhalma Abbey

All-day car driving tour 205 Euros

Gyor is one of the Roman settlements, famous and well-loved for its atmospheric centre and fine Baroque buildings at the confluence of three rivers. We will visit the Bishop's Cathedral and local art collections. Pannonhalma Benedictine Abbey is a World Heritage site. Abbey's history collection, library, cloister.

Arriving in Budapest

By plane: All passengers planes land at Ferihegy Airport 1 or 2, 24 km east of the city centre.

Airport Minibus inside the arrivals hall: within Budapest to any hotels 2300 HUF (return 3900 HUF).

Airport Taxi service: called Zona Taxi operates with fixed rates. It is reasonable, particularly for two people. From the airport to the central hotels from 4000-4300 HUF.

The public transport: Bus 200 is the cheapest option; it stops at the airport every 15 minutes, from 04:55 to 23:20. It goes to Kobánya-Kispest metro station (No 3 or blue line).You can buy tickets at the bus stop.

By train: Budapest has three major railway stations: KELETI (Eastern), NYUGATI (Western), DÉLI (Southern) and each has connections to the metro system as well as the other public transport. If you come from Vienna or Prague , you will arrive in the Keleti or Nyugati, both are in the centre. Train tables: www.elvira.hu

Local Time

Hungary is in the Central European Time Zone: GMT+1 hour. Summer time (March to the middle of October): GMT+2hours.

Money

The Hungarian currency is the Forint (Ft or HUF). 2008 April: 1 Euro is 260HUF, 1 USD is 165HUF.
Euro, US dollar and credit cards are accepted by most tourist-related businesses such as hotels, restaurants. Paying by credit card is not the routine experience like it is in much of the West, it is better to have some HUF in cash in museums, small shops, markets.

Security

Budapest is a safe city; that is why the visitors number is increasing. There are quite a few policemen in downtown and around the main tourist attractions. But never forget, it is a big city! Take care in crowded places!

Public transport

Budapest has an efficient transport network: buses, trolleybuses, trams and three metro lines (they intersect at Deák Square in the centre of town). I am going to teach you what the simplest ways are to do your own discoveries. Last trams run until 23:45. A ticket for a single one-way journey costs 270 HUF. A day pass (napijegy) costs 1550 HUF.

Taxis

Please, use the larger reputable taxi companies working with lower rates. All cars must have a taximeter installed and they are cheaper if you call them. The operators speak English. Survival kit: take a cab if there is a telephone number on the side of the car.
Fotaxi: tel.222 2222
City Taxi: tel. 211 1111
6x6 Taxi: tel. 266 6666
Buda Taxi: tel. 233 3333.