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Independent Package Includes
- Flights NYC- Vienna, Budapest -NYC
Other departure cities available. Click on date of departure for selection and prices.
- Airline fuel surcharges
- 6 nights accommodations in your choice of hotels
- 3 nights Vienna
- 3 nights Budapest
- Transportation between cities via First Class rail (Plan A or B) or Standard rail (Plan C & D) with reserved seats ▲
- Breakfast daily
▲ Upgrade to First Class rail is available for Plan D & E.
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Book your Optional Tours before you travel and see more, save time, save money, and protect your investment. Tours purchased while traveling cost at least 10% more! Tours often sell out - avoid disappointment! Save your cash - many countries do not accept credit cards. Travel insurance only covers services purchased prior to final payment.
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Vienna City Tour & Schonbrunn (#1) 9:45 AM
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Day #3 |
01 Apr 2008 - 31 Mar 2009 $57
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Today's tour takes you into the cultural heart of Vienna with a drive along the famous Ringstrasse, the city's main boulevard. On this relaxing drive, you'll see many splendid buildings of the Austrian Baroque period, including the Vienna State Opera House, the Museum of Fine Arts, the Natural History Museum, the Museumsquartier, The Hofburg Imperial Palace, which formerly served as the winter residence of the Habsburg royal family, Parliament, City Hall and the Burgtheater, Europe's second-oldest operational theater after the Comédie Francaise. A visit to the beautiful staterooms of the UNESCO World Heritage Schönbrunn Palace is included as well. Afterward, return to the Vienna State Opera House, passing Belvedere Palace, the former summer residence of Prince Eugén, which houses the most precious Gustav Klimt collection in the world.
Departs at 9:45 a.m. Pick up from hotel approximately 30-45 minutes prior to departure time. Drop off in city center.
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Vienna Woods & Mayerling Tour (#4) 9:45 AM
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Day #4 |
03 Nov 2008 - 31 Mar 2009 $68
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Today you'll see the "Green Lungs" of Austria, the southern Vienna Woods. Venturing into a region of dense conifers, pines and firs, pass the Roman city of Baden, famous for its thermal springs. Continue through Helenental Valley to the former Mayerling hunting lodge, today a commemorative chapel, where Crown Prince Rudolph, together with Baroness Vetsera, died tragically in 1889. Visit the Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz with its medieval cloister and grave of the last Babenberger, the family that ruled before the Habsburgs. The tour continues to the Seegrotte, passing along the way the site where Franz Schubert composed "The Linden Tree." Here you will enjoy a relaxing boat ride on Europe's largest subterranean lake before returning to Vienna.
Departs at 9:45 a.m. Pick up from hotel approximately 30-45 minutes prior to departure time. The tour concludes at the Vienna State Opera House.
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Budapest City Tour (#2) 10:00 AM
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Day #6 |
01 Apr 2008 - 31 Mar 2009 $44
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Today, enjoy a comprehensive city tour of Budapest. Beginning in Pest, view the Hungarian Parliament Building before crossing the Danube via the Margaret Bridge. The tour continues to the Royal Castle on the Buda side. Once there, visit the Fishermen's Bastion on Castle Hill and the 13th-century Matthias Coronation Church. Following a photo stop at the Citadel on Mount Gellert, which offers one of the most spectacular views of the city, cross the Elisabeth Bridge and drive toward Heroes' Square, the central site of the Millennium Memorial and the statesmen sculptures. Upon your return to the city center, enjoy views of the Opera House and St. Stephen's Basilica in passing.
Departs at 10:00 a.m. Pick up from hotel 30 minutes prior to departure time. Drop off in city center.
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Book your Optional Tours before you travel and see more, save time, save money, and protect your investment. Tours purchased while traveling cost at least 10% more! Tours often sell out - avoid disappointment! Save your cash - many countries do not accept credit cards. Travel insurance only covers services purchased prior to final payment.
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- Gate 1 Travel Airfare - These are Gate 1 Travel fares which allow you to book your trip while paying a minimal deposit at time of booking.
- Instant Purchase/Published Airfare - These are fares that airlines have published which require payment in full at time of purchase. In some cases, these fares may be displayed as Gate 1 Airfare with Instant Purchase Requirement.
To find the lowest available airfare, select [ANY] and you will get results for both kinds of airfare.
Each of these fare types has its own set of restrictions which cover changes, cancellations, fuel surcharges, etc.
Please refer to our terms and conditions for full details.
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We are unable to reserve airline seats for you until 11 months prior to your date of travel. Until then, we offer a choice of airfares from major US cities which you may select for your reservation. Your final flight details, airfare, airport taxes and fees will be advised 11 months prior to travel. Airfares are subject to change.
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Air reservations may be completed no more than 11 months prior to the date of travel. For travel more than 11 months prior, please call Gate 1 at (800) 682-3333.
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