Your itinerary
Day 1
Day 1: Begin Your Journey in Budapest
Arrive in Budapest. Settle in and meet your Travel Director and fellow travelers over dinner featuring traditional Hungarian dishes and selected wines.
Meals: Dinner
Day 2
Day 2: Experience Budapest’s Music and Grand Boulevards
Tour the Liszt Music Academy and enjoy a student recital. See Heroes’ Square, cross the Danube and explore the medieval lanes of the Buda Castle District with a Local Specialist.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 3
Day 3: Budapest Your Way: Culture and Cuisine
Enjoy a free day in Budapest—perhaps visit a thermal bath or stroll along Váci Street—before dinner at a local restaurant.
Meals: Breakfast,Dinner
Day 4
Day 4: Travel Through Győr and Into Vienna
Travel via Győr’s Baroque center, then continue to Vienna. In the evening, savor a dinner of Viennese cuisine.
Meals: Breakfast,Dinner
Day 5
Day 5: Imperial Vienna: Schönbrunn Palace and Beyond
Enjoy a private visit of Schönbrunn Palace with a Local Specialist. Drive the Ringstrasse to see the Opera House, Hofburg, Parliament and Karlskirche. Choice: a traditional coffeehouse with Sachertorte or an inclusive Viennese waltz workshop. Afternoon at leisure.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 6
Day 6: Explore Vienna at Your Own Pace
Free day in Vienna—consider St Stephen’s Cathedral and Kärntnerstrasse—or opt for a visit to Bratislava.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 7
Day 7: Český Krumlov and Prague: Bohemia in Full
Cross into Czechia and stop in Český Krumlov for an orientation and free time. Continue to Prague for a dine-around progressive dinner in Malá Strana, including a walk across Charles Bridge.
Meals: Breakfast,Dinner
Day 8
Day 8: Prague Highlights: Castle and St Vitus
Explore Prague Castle’s courtyards and visit St Vitus Cathedral with a Local Specialist. Enjoy free time—perhaps a river cruise or the Royal Route—and sample Czech pilsner with local cuisine.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 9
Day 9: Discover More of Prague Your Way
Leisure day in Prague—consider Petřín Hill gardens or an excursion to Dresden. Dinner at a local restaurant.
Meals: Breakfast,Dinner
Day 10
Day 10: Finish Your Journey in Prague
Your journey ends in Prague after breakfast.
Meals: Breakfast
What’s included
What’s not included
Additional information
Dining Summary
- 5 Dinner (D)
- 9 Breakfast (B)
How You'll Travel
- Business class coach with extended leg room
- Top-rated dining, from farm-to-table to local restaurants
- 4 & 5-star stays
Premium Experience
- Budapest: Enjoy a tour of the Liszt Music Academy with a student, followed by an enchanting recital. Producing incredible musical talent, the university was founded by piano virtuoso and composer Franz Liszt in 1875.
Authentic Dining
- Budapest: Enjoy dinner at a local restaurant, where you can indulge in traditional Hungarian flavours!
- Vienna: Savour a traditional meal of Austrian specialities at a local restaurant.
- Prague: Upon arrival to ”The Golden City”, you are invited to a Dine-Around progressive dinner experience in a number of exciting venues in the heart of Prague’s Mala Strana district, topped off with a visit to the famous Charles bridge!
- Prague: Enjoy your dinner at a specially selected Prague restaurant, encapsulates the very essence of the Golden City.
Trafalgar Choice
- Vienna: Visit a traditional coffeehouse to enjoy Viennese specialities of coffee and Sachertorte.
- Vienna: Learn the Viennese Waltz in an inclusive workshop designed to support the visually impaired community. ‘Dancing without Barriers’ takes place in a specially designed sensory studio, promising a unique experience for all your senses. This workshop focuses on inclusion and education around the topic of visual impairment. Through their foundation, the organisation supports children from disadvantaged families and children with a visual impairment. This experience advances United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities.
Budapest Panoramic Tour & Buda Castle District Walk
Join a guided panoramic tour to see Heroes’ Square and the elegant Andrássy Avenue, passing the shopfronts of Váci utca and the Danube’s chain of bridges linking Buda and Pest. Feel the river breeze and watch the city’s grand facades unfold from boulevard to waterfront.
Continue on foot through the medieval Castle District, where cobbled lanes reveal Gothic and baroque details. Pause by the ramparts near Fisherman’s Bastion for sweeping views of the Parliament and Pest’s rooftops across the river.
Schönbrunn Palace Private Visit & Gardens, Vienna
Step inside imperial Vienna with a private visit through Schonbrunn Palace, where the Hall of Mirrors and the Great Gallery gleam with chandeliers and gilded stucco. Glimpse the private apartments of Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth, their tastes reflected in delicate Rococo detail.
Trace the legacy of the Habsburg dynasty as you wander the formal gardens, fountains and statues aligned to baroque geometry. Stories of court rituals and music—Mozart performed here as a child—bring the palace’s ceremonial heart to life.
Vienna Ringstrasse Panoramic Highlights
Travel the grand boulevard of the Ringstrasse to view the Hofburg Imperial Residence, the Vienna State Opera, the Austrian Parliament and Karlskirche. Classical facades, cupolas and colonnades line the route where the city walls once stood.
Learn how 19th-century urban planning transformed Vienna into a showcase of imperial confidence. Architectural styles—from neo-Renaissance to neo-Gothic—illustrate a capital in dialogue with its past, framed by parks, statues and café culture.
Prague Castle Courtyards & St Vitus Cathedral
Explore the courtyards of Prague Castle with a Local Specialist before stepping into St Vitus Cathedral. Gaze up at the soaring nave and jewel-toned stained glass that bathes the Gothic interior in color.
Unpack centuries of Czech history—from royal coronations to modern statehood—while viewing buttresses, chapels and sculpted portals. Outside, terraces reveal the “City of a Hundred Spires” spread across red rooftops and the Vltava below.
Malá Strana Progressive Dine-Around & Charles Bridge by Night
Taste Prague across multiple courses on a curated progressive dinner in Malá Strana, moving between characterful venues to sample regional dishes paired with local drinks. Each stop adds a new flavor and story to the evening.
Between courses, cross the Charles Bridge beneath baroque statues as the river glints with city lights. Lamplit streets and vaulted interiors set a timeless mood, revealing Prague’s romance through cuisine, architecture and atmosphere.
Viennese Coffeehouse Culture: Melange & Sachertorte (Trafalgar Choice)
Visit a traditional Viennese coffeehouse to savor a silky melange and a slice of Sachertorte beneath stuccoed ceilings, marble-topped tables and rustling newspapers. Staff in crisp aprons keep time with the clink of china.
Discover why Wiener Kaffeehauskultur is woven into daily life—an elegant living room for the city. This is an included Trafalgar Choice experience, from which you will select one option during your time in Vienna.
Viennese Waltz Workshop – Dancing without Barriers (Trafalgar Choice)
Learn the Viennese Waltz in an inclusive Dancing without Barriers workshop, guided by expert instructors in a specially designed sensory studio. Feel rhythm and posture as you glide through three-four time.
This MAKE TRAVEL MATTER Experience supports Reduced Inequalities (UN SDG 10)</strong) through programs for visually impaired and disadvantaged children. This is an included Trafalgar Choice activity; you will select one option during your time in Vienna.
Prague Vltava River Cruise
Cruise the Vltava for a fresh perspective on Charles Bridge, the Old Town’s spires and the silhouette of Prague Castle. Glide beneath stone arches as reflections ripple across the water and the city’s facades unfold from the river.
Enjoy light commentary on Prague’s architectural eras—from Gothic towers to Art Nouveau embankments—while you sit back and take photos. This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.
Bratislava Old Town Excursion from Vienna
Visit Bratislava, Slovakia’s capital, to explore pastel lanes, courtyards and café-lined squares in the compact historic center. See viewpoints toward the hilltop castle and pass through the medieval gate that once guarded the old city.
Hear stories of Habsburg ties, crafts guilds and café culture while enjoying time to browse or taste local specialties. This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.
Dresden Day Trip: Frauenkirche & Baroque Ensemble
Journey to Dresden to admire the reconstructed Frauenkirche, stroll the Zwinger courtyard and walk along Bruhl’s Terrace above the Elbe. Elegant squares and galleries showcase the city’s baroque artistry.
Learn how Dresden rose from wartime destruction, blending faithful restoration with contemporary spirit. Enjoy guided sightseeing and time at leisure for photos or a coffee on the square. This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.
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Budapest Liszt Music Academy Tour & Student Recital
Discover the Art Nouveau jewel of Budapest on a guided tour of the Liszt Music Academy, pausing in the Grand Hall where reddish marble, gilded panels and floral motifs frame the stage. Settle into your seat as a current student performs, the hall’s resonant acoustics carrying each note with clarity and warmth.
Founded as the national conservatory by Franz Liszt in 1875, the Academy nurtured generations of Hungary’s musicians. Hear stories of its virtuoso alumni and sense how music shapes the city’s identity, from salon culture to concert tradition.
Gyor Baroque Old Town Stroll
Explore Gyor’s compact historic center at the meeting point of four rivers, where pastel facades, wrought-iron balconies and church towers gather around cobbled squares. Follow your Travel Director among merchant houses and arcades that showcase Central Europe’s Baroque flair.
Hear how the city prospered at the crossroads of trade routes, admire Baroque facades softened by centuries of sun and rain, and pause for photos and reflection beside riverside promenades that frame the town’s gentle skyline.
Ceský Krumlov Orientation Walk
Walk the storybook lanes of Ceský Krumlov, where the Vltava loops around painted houses and the castle’s striped tower commands the skyline. Follow your Travel Director through arcaded squares, artisan workshops and riverside viewpoints.
Hear how merchants, millers and nobility shaped this UNESCO-listed town, preserved with Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque touches. Cobblestones underfoot and river sounds below create a fairy-tale atmosphere that invites lingering photos.