Mercados do inverno

Photo by D.Rostuhar

Day 1 | December

Arrive to Zagreb

Transfer to your hotel. Check-in hotel

Free time to settle in and relax

City Orientational Panoramic Tour and Welcome dinner

 

Day 2 | December

Breakfast at the hotel 

Walking City Tour of Zagreb in the morning (incl. coffee tasting). Free time for lunch (NOT INCLUDED). Tour of the now famous Christmas Markets of Zagreb that have been for 3 years in the row awarded the recognition as the best Christmas Market of Europe and you will see with a good reason. Free time for individual exploration.

Return to the hotel. Dinner (INCLUDED)

 

Day 3 | December

Breakfast at the hotel

Daytrip to Plitvice National Park

Visit to the Park (INCLUDED) and lunch on the way(INCLUDED).

Transfer to Zagreb.

Free Dinner (NOT INCLUDED)

Overnight.

 

Day 4 | December

Breakfast at the hotel. Check out.

Departure for Varaždin. Stop for walk and lunch in the Baroque Capital of Croatia

Considered one of the most romantic cities of Northern Croatia.

Lunch (INCLUDED).

Continue to Budapest. Orientational Panoramic Tour of Budapest, Citadella Hill and Heroes Square.

Check-in to Hotel. Free time to settle in and relax. Free time for dinner (NOT INCLUDED)

Return to the hotel

 

Day 5 | December

Breakfast at the hotel

Panoramic tour of the Budim Castle; St. Matthias Church and Fishermen Bastion and Budim Side of the City.Free time for lunch (not included)

Afternoon stroll in the Pest Side, incl. Andrassy street, Heroes square, Jewish quarter, St Stephen

Church, Vaci street etc.

Visit to the Budapest Chrismas Market-Pest side (Vorosmarty Square and Basilica area)

Dinner in Traditional Hungarian Csarda, incl. a Folk Show (INCLUDED)

Return to the hotel

 

Day 6 | December

Breakfast at the hotel.

Optional half day tour to Hungarian countryside, incl. Castle Godollo+Horses show.

Or enjoy some of the famous city spa, shopping areas or museums.

Visit to the The Ice Rink in Budapest City Park, a must for winter sports lovers in Budapest. Rent a pair of skates to glide around the Ice Rink Palace and Vajdahunyad Castle.

Danube River Cruise and dinner (INCLUDED)

 

Day 7 | December

Breakfast at the hotel. Hotel check-out

Transfer to Vienna

(travel time is ~4 hours)

Arrive to Vienna. Panoramic Tour of the City includes drive throught the most famous street of Vienna, possibly of Europe, the Ringstrasse. Hotel check in and lunch (INCLUDED).

In the afternoon we will explore the famous 1. Bezirk where most of the attractions are situated; Opera, St. Stephans Cathedral, Graben, Kohlmarkt, Daimler Coffeshop, Hofburg Palace, Heldenplatz and Marientheresien Platz. Free time in the afternoon for shopping, stroll. In the night we will check out the most famous Christmas Market of Europe the one in front of the Rathaus where it all started many centuries ago.  Free time for dinner (NOT INCLUDED) and overnight.  

 

Day 8 | December

Breakfast at the hotel.

Continue and visit the Schonbrunn palace – summer residence of the family Habsburgs, today one of the most important cultural monument in Vienna. The palace and gardens illustrate the tastes, interests, and aspirations of successive Habsburgs monarchs. During the tour you will see Schonbrunn palace from the inside and outside, gaze upon the beautiful gardens, fountains, and 32 sculptures. After the history lesson time to indulge and take part in an Apple Strudel making lesson, and of course tasting! Watch the professional pastry chef hand-bake an original Viennese apple strudel . Onlookers not only learn how this divine Viennese dessert is made, but are also given the original Viennese Apple Strudel recipe to try out for themselves at home. Optional visit to Vienna ZOO, the oldest one in the world or Klimt Atelier where he spent last years of his life.

Afternoon free for Lipizzaner Show (NOT INCLUDED) or Classical Music Concert (NOT INCLUDED). Dinner and overnight in hotel in Vienna.

 

Day 9 | December

Breakfast at the hotel.

Today you will choose how your day will look out. Our last of the tour and you will tailor it by your wishes. You can choose from a fine selection of Museums  (ENTRANCES NOT INCLUDED) (on the menu you have Kunsthistorisches and Naturhistorisches Museums, Sisi Apartments, House of butterflies, Freud Museum, Royal Treasury or Belvedere where you can admire the most famous Austrian painting called the Kiss. After a cultural morning we will visit the local market and have free time for lunch. In the afternoon some free time for shopping, rest, enjoying some Austrian coffeeshops. In the evening we will head for Prater, one of the oldest amusement parks in the world and take some ride. You can enjoy another perspective of the city riding the Praterring. Farewell Dinner INCLUDED. Return to the hotel. Overnight.

 

Day 10 | December

Breakfast at the hotel.

Transfer to Vienna Airport Schwechat. End of services.