Join a guided history walk through Pest to trace Hungary’s past and present, viewing landmarks like St Stephen’s Basilica and poignant riverbank memorials, before stopping for a satisfying Lángos tasting—freshly fried dough topped with sour cream and cheese.

Your guide connects Habsburg grandeur, the 1956 uprising and contemporary life as streetscapes shift from stately boulevards to market arcades. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

• 2 Dinner (D)
• 8 Breakfast (B)

• London: A modular trip means fellow travellers will join and leave at various locations. There’ll be some goodbyes, sure, but there’ll also be plenty of hellos with new like-minded travellers.

• Berlin: Discover the history of 20th century Berlin with our Local Guide & get up close to notorious Third Reich spots. Get the low-down on Hitler’s last days at the site of his underground bunker & learn about Goebbels, the sinister spin doctor at the former Reich’s Propaganda Ministry. You’ll hear about East German communism before making a sobering visit to the Holocaust Memorial.
• Prague: Hang out with your Contiki fam and sample some classic Czech food and drink. 
• Vienna: Boost your step count with a stroll around Vienna. See St Stephen’s Cathedral and the State Opera House as you go. 

Cook with locals in a home-style kitchen, learning the rhythms of traditional Hungarian dishes—perhaps goulash, chicken paprikash or sweet túrós csusza—before sitting down to a shared dinner table.

Along the way you’ll unpack spice lore, market traditions and family recipes that anchor everyday life, savouring paprika-rich flavours. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Cruise the Danube at night as Budapest’s riverfront monuments ignite the skyline. Glide past the Parliament lit in gold, beneath the Buda Castle and Chain Bridge, while you sip a welcome drink and watch reflections ripple across the water.

The twin banks of Buda and Pest unfold as a UNESCO-listed panorama—neo-Gothic pinnacles, domes and quays shimmering in the dark. Commentary and open-air decks set the mood to soak in the riverside panorama at a tranquil pace.

Explore Berlin’s creative edge on a guided evening walk through Kreuzberg, threading past street art alleys, canal bridges and independent galleries. Your guide introduces the neighbourhood’s multicultural heartbeat and best-loved Kiez corners.

Round things off with a local dinner with your group, tasting Berlin’s global flavours in an easygoing spot—a window onto the area’s post-Wall counterculture. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Join a local-led food tour to sample classic Czech bites—think chlebícky and slow-simmered goulash—paired with craft lagers from microbreweries and cosy taprooms.

Between tastings you’ll wander characterful streets—perhaps Vršovice or Karlín—hearing how recipes evolved through Habsburg and communist eras into today’s revival. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Share a Make Travel Matter dinner at Habibi & Hawara, a social enterprise where refugees and locals run the kitchen and floor. Expect bright Middle Eastern flavours meeting Viennese comfort in a generous, family-style spread.

Hear stories of resilience and training that help newcomers build careers while you dine in a warm, art-filled space. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Experience a Mozart & Strauss concert in a gilded palace hall, where a chamber ensemble and soloists revive the sparkle of Vienna’s Golden Age. Expect soaring arias, virtuosic violin, and the lilt of the Blue Danube waltz in intimate, resonant acoustics.

Surrounded by stucco and chandeliers, you’ll appreciate Vienna’s musical heritage not as museum fare but as living performance. It’s an elegant evening that deepens your feel for the city’s soul.

Join a guided city walk along the Ringstrasse and through Vienna’s stately heart. Admire St Stephen’s Cathedral, the Vienna State Opera and the courtyards of the Hofburg Palace while hearing stories of emperors, composers and coffeehouse debates.

Your guide brings the Habsburg era to life amid baroque facades and grand museums, pointing out elegant cafes and waltz halls that shaped European culture. Orientation complete, you’ll be ready to roam Vienna’s boulevards with confidence.

Explore Prague’s Old Town on foot, from the Astronomical Clock and hushed Gothic lanes to the river views from the Charles Bridge. Learn your way around the maze of spires and cobbles, passing baroque facades and the lively Old Town Square.

Gather later for a traditional Czech tavern dinner, where you’ll sample regional beers alongside hearty classics like svícková or beef goulash. The blend of medieval streets and warm, wood-paneled hospitality offers a vivid taste of Bohemia.

Contiki

Discover Berlin’s layered past as you join a guided historical walking tour, tracing the capital’s grand boulevards and stark memorials. Stand at the site of Hitler’s bunker, view the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag’s glass dome, and walk among the stelae of the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe.

Hear how the city moved from dictatorship to division and reunification, with insights into East German communism and Cold War checkpoints. Your guide weaves architecture and testimony into context, inviting thoughtful moments amid places that reshaped Europe.