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Hungary and Slovakia

DAY 1 MADRID – BUDAPEST Meeting in Barajas Airport at the indicated time to leave on a flight to Budapest. Arrival and transfer to the hotel. Dinner and lodging.

DAY 2 BUDAPEST Breakfast. Morning panoramic tour of the city. We will traverse the part of Buda (Right side of the Danube), Mount Saint Gerard, the main street, the Turkish bath, the medieval ruins, the Castle complex, the Fisherman’s Bastion, and the part of Pest (Left side of the Danube), the center of the city, the Municipal Park, Heroes Square, Avenue Andrássy, Basilica of Saint Stephen, Parliament. Lunch in restaurant. Afternoon free. Dinner and lodging.

DAY 3 BUDAPEST – LAKE BALATON Breakfast. Departure for Keszthely (Lake Balaton). En route tour of the Benedictine abbey of Tihany, from where the lovliest views of the lake are had. Lunch en route. Tour of the Festetics Palace in Keszthely. Free time. Dinner and lodging.

DAY 4 LAKE BALATON – SOPRON Breakfast. Departure for Sopron. En route tour of Lake Hévíz, the second largest thermal lake in the world. Brief stop in Sumeg and Sárvár. Lunch en route. Continuation to Fertöd, tour of the Eszterházy Palace. Dinner and lodging.

DAY 5 SOPRON Breakfast. Morning tour of Sopron, where we highlight the Fire Tower, the Synagogue. Departure for Forchtenstein (Austria). Tour of the fortress with the Treasury of the Esterházy family. Lunch in Eisenstadt, tour of the Palace. Return to Hungary. Arrival in Sopron. Dinner and lodging.

DAY 6 SOPRON – BRATISLAVA – GYOR Breakfast and departure for Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. City tour. A walk through the Old City of Bratislava will reveal to us the marvels of this city. Bratislava is the capital and the largest city in Slovakia. It is situated on the banks of the Danube, and in the historic center they have preserved many precious monuments. Lunch en route. Afternoon arrival in Györ. City tour. Dinner and lodging.

DAY 7 GYOR – BUDAPEST Breakfast and departure from Gyor. Morning tour of Pannonhalma Abbey, World Heritage Site since 1996. Lunch en route. Arrival in Budapest. Dinner with folklore show. Lodging.

DAY 8 BUDAPEST – MADRID Breakfast. Transfer to the airport at the scheduled time to leave on a flight to Madrid. Arrival in Madrid and END OF TRIP