Romantic Hungary Group Tour

ROMANTIC HUNGARY GROUP TOUR

Included
Hire of 21 speed touring cycles and equipment.
B&B accommodation
in hotels or pensions in twin/double rooms with shower/wc.
8 evening meals, including 2 with wine.
Luggage transport.

English speaking cycling guide and vehicle support

Map and tour information

Transfers during program
Wine tasting on Balaton Uplands
Sightseeing tour and night excursion in Budapest by bus
Admission tickets and guiding according to the program.

Excluded
Cycle Helmets
Lunches

Extras
Single rooms

Access (advice only, not included)
By air to Vienna Airport.
Transfer Budapest back to Vienna by bus £22, train £25, hydrofoil £59

Duration
8 Nights/9 Days

Start: Sundays, Group Tour only please refer to the tariff sheet for dates.

Level 2

Tour Code HVB

Price £550 per person
Single suppl £130

Children 0-5 free, 5-14 £385, 14 - 18 £465

Extra night Vienna £45dbl, £62sgl

Extra night Budapest £35dbl, £52sgl

Day 1. Arrive VIENNA
Meeting with your guide 1830hrs at your hotel. Welcome, route briefing, dinner and overnight in Vienna.

Day 2. VIENNA - BRUCK a.d. LEITHA 32ml(51km)
After breakfast receive your cycles and begin your adventure. Pedal through the Prater Gardens to Bruck an der Leitha which lies romantically between vineyards and forests. It has a pretty old walled town with circular walls, four city gates and a moat. Visit St Martin's Church and the beautiful baroque main square.

Day 3. BRUCK a.d. LEITHA - SOPRON 39ml(62km)

First stop today is the village of Parndorf, an Austrian village inhabited by Craotians. Afterwards cycle along the banks of Lake Neusiedler to the picturesque town of Rust "a town of the storks and excellent wine". Cycle to Mörbisch, a small town on the lake shore and continue to Sopron on the Hungarian border. It is the only town in Hungary where almost the entire city centre has survived from the middle ages. Enjoy a good dinner with fine local wines.

Day 4. SOPRON - SZELESTE 35ml(56km)
Cycle by the Lake enjoying the superb panoramic views, pass quaint villages and reach Fertod. Visit the magnificent baroque castle of the Eszterhaza royal family where Hadyn was court musician for 30 years. Continue to the spa town of Szeleste to relax with a bathe in the thermal springs.

Day 5. SZELESTE - MAGYARPOLANY 41ml(66km)

A special treat today is the hill climb to a beautiful Baroque chapel from which there are magnificent views. In the evening dine in a village pub on fiery goulash soup and local wine.

Day 6. MAGYARPOLANY - KESZTHELY 39ml(62km)
Start the day with a bus transfer and then cycle through sleepy Hungarian villages with stork nests on the house roofs and electric poles. Visit the medieval castle at Sumeg built high on a cliff and at Heviz enjoy a coffeee and a stroll in the park beside the largest natural thermal lake in Europe. End the day with a short ride to your comfortable hotel in Keszthely.

Day 7. Rest day KESZTHELY 19ml(30km)
In the morning the choice is yours. Visit Festetics Castle, explore the varied shops in Keszthely or take a short cycle ride (10ml) to swim in the warm waters of the thermal lake at Hévíz. In the aftenoon join a scenic bike trip to the Balaton highlands for a wine tasting and dinner, returning by bus to your hotel in Keszthely.

Day 8. KESZTHELY - BUDAPEST 39ml(62km)
Cycle through little well-cared for lakeside villages, by fields, fruit gardens and vineyards to Fonyod on the south side of the lake. Perhaps go for a swim in the lake before we continue through the romantic region of Csiszta-puszta to reach Balatonfoldvar. This is your last chance to see the lake as we board our coach for a 90 minute journey back to Budapest After dinner enjoy a "Budapest by night" bus tour.

Day 9. Depart BUDAPEST