Istanbul, Budapest - Vienna - Prague Tour
Highlights:
• With Turkish Airlines • 7 Nights 8 DaysIstanbul - Budapest
Meeting at Istanbul Airport in the international departures terminal three hours before the flight. After ticketing and baggage procedures, we fly to Budapest on Turkish Airlines’ scheduled flight. Upon arrival, we begin our panoramic Budapest city tour by private buses. Places to be seen include Heroes' Square, Andrássy Avenue, the Opera, the Chain Bridge, the Elizabeth Bridge, and the banks of the Danube River. After the tour, transfer to the hotel. After checking into our hotel, our guests may join the Hungarian Folklore and Gypsy Night tour, which will be arranged as an extra by your guide. On this tour, while watching Hungarian dances performed in traditional costumes at Budapest’s most authentic restaurant and dancing accompanied by the music of the famous Hungarian Gipsy orchestra, you will enjoy an entertaining and unforgettable night filled with unlimited drinks and delicious tastes of Hungarian cuisine. After our evening, transfer back to our hotel and overnight at our hotel.
Hungarian Night: On this tour, you will watch Hungarian dances performed in traditional costumes at Budapest’s most authentic restaurant and dance accompanied by the music of the famous Hungarian Gipsy orchestra. An entertaining and unforgettable night awaits you, filled with unlimited drinks and the various flavors of Hungarian cuisine, especially the world-famous goulash dish. In addition, you will have the opportunity to taste the famous Tokaji wines. On the way to the evening event and on the return, you will have the chance to see Budapest’s magnificent night views.
Tour Fee: (Transportation + Dinner + Unlimited Drinks + Guide Service) Per Person: 70 €
Budapest
After breakfast, free time. Guests who wish may join the Esztergom & Višegrad & Szentendre tour, which will be arranged as an extra by your guide. On this tour, we visit Esztergom Castle, which has strategic importance in Turkish history, and the Esztergom Basilica, the center of the Hungarian Catholic Church. Passing through the town of Višegrad, we go to Szentendre Artists’ Village. After our sightseeing and free time in Szentendre, where you will have the opportunity to buy all kinds of souvenirs from Hungary at reasonable prices, we return to Budapest. In Budapest, we tour the Buda Castle area; within the castle, Fisherman’s Bastion and Matthias Church are among the places we will see panoramically. In the evening, guests who wish may join the Danube River Boat Tour, which will be arranged as an extra by our guide. On this tour, while taking a boat trip on the Danube River, one of the most magnificent rivers in the world, you will have the opportunity to photograph both the Buda and Pest sides of Budapest, which has some of Europe’s most beautiful night illuminations, from the best angles, accompanied by 1 complimentary drink. Transfer to the hotel after the tour. Overnight at our hotel.
Esztergom Castle - Višegrad - Szentendre Tour And Buda Castle: On this tour, we visit Esztergom Castle, located north of Budapest and of strategic importance in Hungarian and Turkish history, and Esztergom Basilica, the center of the Hungarian Catholic Church. After Esztergom, we pass through Hungarian villages established along the Danube in Višegrad Town, the most beautiful region of Hungary’s nature and countryside, and arrive at Szentendre Artists’ Village. Founded by Greeks and Serbs fleeing the Ottomans, this town with narrow and winding streets is also known as the “Town of Artists.” Here, you will have the opportunity to buy all kinds of souvenirs from Hungary at reasonable prices. After our sightseeing and free time in Szentendre, we return to Budapest. In Budapest, we tour the Buda Castle Area; within the castle, Fisherman’s Bastion and Matthias Church are among the places we will see panoramically.
Tour Fee: (Transportation + Guide) Per Person: 60 €
Danube River Boat Tour: On this tour, while sipping your drink on our boat, you will discover the historical fabric of the magnificent structures on both sides of the Danube River, which divides Budapest, one of the world’s most splendid rivers and known as the pearl of Europe with its unique night lighting, with Turkish explanations. You will have the opportunity to photograph the Buda and Pest sides from the best angles.
Tour Fee: (Transportation + Boat + 1 Drink + Guide) Per Person: 40 €
Budapest - Vienna
After breakfast, we depart from Budapest and head towards Vienna. Guests who wish may join the Bratislava tour, which will be arranged as an extra by your guide en route. In our Bratislava city tour, one of the capitals of Central Europe, the sights to be seen include the Bratislava riverbanks, the Jewish Holocaust Memorial, St. Martin’s Cathedral, the palace buildings where Mozart gave his first concerts at the age of 6 and F. Liszt at the age of 9, Michael’s Gate, Old Town Square, Napoleon’s Military building, and the Slovak National Theatre Building. After free time, we continue to Vienna. Upon arrival in Vienna, panoramic city tour. During our tour, sights to be seen include the Opera, University, Parliament Building, Theatre, Hofburg, and the Museum District. After the tour, transfer to our hotel. In the evening, guests who wish may join the Vienna Concert Night tour, which will be arranged as an extra by your guide. After the tour, transfer to our hotel. Overnight at our hotel.
Bratislava: In our Bratislava city tour, the capital of Slovakia and one of the richest capitals in Central Europe with a per capita national income of €25,000, the sights to be seen include the Bratislava riverbanks, Bratislava Castle, St. Martin’s Cathedral, the old city center, Parliament, the Slovak National Theatre Building, the historic building where Mozart gave a concert at the age of 6, and the street sculptures.
Tour Fee: (Transportation + Guided Tour) Per Person: 40 €
Vienna Concert Night: With the reservation we made in advance, you can attend the Vienna concert nights, world-famous and attracting millions of tourists to Vienna every year. At the concert, waltzes will be presented accompanied by works of Mozart and Strauss, a chamber orchestra, and soloists.
Tour Fee: (Transportation + A Category Concert Ticket + Guided Tour) Per Person: 65 €
Vienna
After the breakfast we will have at our hotel, guests who wish can join the Hallstatt tour, which our guide will arrange as an extra. We are visiting Hallstatt, which was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List and is home to the country’s most important Alpine lakes and the oldest salt mine in the world. After the introduction and short walk by the lake, during the free time provided, you will be able to sip your coffee while watching the Alpine view by the turquoise lake. Transfer to the hotel after the tour. Overnight at our hotel.
Hallstatt: After the breakfast we will have at our hotel, guests who wish can join the Hallstatt tour, which our guide will arrange as an extra. Hallstatt, home to the country’s most important Alpine lakes and the oldest salt mine in the world, is also included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. After the introduction and short walk by the lake, during the free time provided, you will be able to sip your coffee accompanied by the turquoise lake and Alpine views of this unique town.
Tour Fee: (Transportation + Guidance) Per Person: 120 €
Vienna - Prague
After breakfast, we depart from Vienna and head towards Prague. Guests who wish may join the Český Krumlov tour, which will be arranged extra by your guide along the route. Český Krumlov, which looks like an island within the bends of the Vltava River, will take you back to the Middle Ages with its houses, streets, and castle. After our tour, we continue to Prague. Upon arrival, we take a panoramic city tour. During our city tour, Little Quarter, Charles IV Bridge, Old Town Square, and the Astronomical Clock Tower are among the places to be seen. After the city tour, transfer to our hotel. Overnight at our hotel.
Cesky Krumlov: Situated among the bends of the Vltava River, Cesky Krumlov is one of the most enchanting historic towns of the Czech Republic. Protected by UNESCO and one of the most visited medieval towns after Prague, Cesky Krumlov will give you the chance to admire the entire city from the castle, its most important landmark, during the tour. As you walk among dozens of preserved historic buildings and narrow streets, you will feel as if you are on a film set.
Tour Fee (Transportation +Guiding) Per Person: 40 €
Prag
After breakfast, free time. Guests who wish may join the Karlovy Vary tour, which will be arranged as an extra by your guide. In the unique natural setting of Karlovy Vary, a city frequented by European society and statesmen in the 17th and 18th centuries, after seeing the dozens of magnificent palaces built side by side, the hotel where Atatürk stayed in 1918, and the houses of Dvořák, Mozart, Goethe, Beethoven, Russian Tsar Peter the Great, and Pushkin, we will visit the thermal galleries where 12 different springs emerge. Free time after our tour. During your free time, you may visit shops selling traditional Czech souvenirs. After our excursion, we return to our hotel. In the evening, guests who wish may join the Czech Night tour, which will be arranged as an extra by your guide. You will have an enjoyable evening experiencing the delicious flavors of Czech cuisine accompanied by Czech music and folk dances in Prague's local restaurants. Transfer to our hotel after the tour. Overnight at our hotel.
Prag
After breakfast, free time. Guests who wish may join the Dresden Culture & Shopping tour, organized as an extra by your guide. On our city tour in Dresden, known as the “Florence of the Elbe” and located 160 km from Prague, sights to be seen include Frauenkirche, Zwinger Palace, Brühl Terrace, the Royal Route, the Elbe River, and the Martin Luther statue. After our city tour, free time for shopping and strolling in the city, one of Germany’s most beautiful cities and protected under UNESCO World Heritage. After our tour, transfer to our hotel. In the evening, guests who wish may join the Vltava River Boat Tour, organized as an extra by your guide. On the Vltava River, famous for its canals that split Prague into two and bring life to the city, you will take a tour on our private boat accompanied by an open buffet dinner. You will see the daytime and nighttime views of fairy-tale Prague and enjoy an unforgettable evening by experiencing the canal passages resembling the Panama and Suez Canals. After our tour, transfer to our hotel. Overnight at our hotel.
Dresden, One of Germany’s Most Beautiful Cities: On this tour, we visit Dresden, called the Florence of the Elbe. This city, reborn from its ashes after World War II, has a captivating appearance with its baroque architecture. During our tour, the city’s most important structures, Frauenkirche, Zwinger Palace, Brühl Terrace, the Royal Route, the Elbe River, and the Martin Luther Statue, are among the places to be seen. Afterwards, free time for shopping and strolling will be given in this impressive city, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. In the late afternoon, return to Prague city center and free time.
Tour Fee (Transport + Guide Service) Per Person: 80 €
Vltava River Boat Tour: On our special boat tour, organized with open buffet dinner and live music on the Vltava River, famous for its canals that split Prague exactly in half and bring life to the city, you will have an unforgettable experience watching the daytime and nighttime views of fairy-tale Prague. As you pass through canal crossings resembling the Panama and Suez canals, you will discover the enchanting atmosphere of Prague from a different perspective. After the boat tour, you will have the opportunity to see the city’s important streets and boulevards once again under the night lights.
Tour Fee: (Transport + Boat Fee + Open Buffet Dinner + 1 Drink + Guide Service) Per Person:50 €
Prag - Istanbul
After breakfast, free time. Depending on the flight time, transfer to the airport at a time to be determined in advance by our guide. After ticketing and customs procedures, depart for Istanbul on Turkish Airlines’ scheduled flight. With our arrival in Istanbul, the end of our tour and services.
What's Included
Not Included
ACCOMMODATION, TOUR AND FLIGHT NOTES
o Hotel check-in times are between 15:00 – 17:00 / check-out times are between 10:00 – 12:00.
o Departure and arrival times are local times.
o Flights marked with * arrive at the destination on the next calendar day after the departure date.
o Please ask about domestic connection details and price differences.
o Prices are not valid for groups; please ask about our special prices.
IST-BUD TK1035 07:00-08:00
PRG-IST TK1770 19:45-23:25
ADVANTAGEOUS PACKAGE PRICES:
Package : ( 6 Tours): If the Bratislava, Cesky Krumlov, Estergon, Hallstatt, Karlovy Vary and Dresden tour package is purchased as a package, the amount of 400 Euro will be 350 Euro with the package discount.
** On extra tours, children aged 0-2 are free, and children aged 2-12 pay 50% **
IMPORTANT NOTE: Extra tours made en route will be carried out even if not all guests participate. Guests who do not wish to join the extra tours made en route are deemed to have joined the tour by accepting to wait at the rest stop 15 km away from the city.
IMPORTANT NOTES
Our tour program is organized with a minimum participation of 40 people. If sufficient participation is not achieved for the trip, the final cancellation notification date by the agency is 21 days before the tour departure. The tour canceled due to insufficient participation will be communicated to you through your agency.
When only category information is provided without specifying a name in the tour program and/or there are alternatives for the same destination, the hotel(s) will be announced by your agency 48 hours before the tour departure.
During periods such as fairs, congresses, concerts, events, sports tournaments, etc., hotels may be used at a greater distance than the specified km or in a different city. In such a case, you will be informed by your agency 48 hours before the tour departure.
Panoramic city tours included in the tour package are tours organized for the general introduction of the cities, lasting at most 2-3 hours, and conducted panoramically with narration from the vehicle only, without museum or archaeological site entries. Including panoramic tours and other tours specified in the program, if the tour cannot be carried out due to places that are not permitted to be visited or entered by local authorities on the relevant day and time, or due to closed roads because of any event, or if it becomes impossible to hold the tour due to weather conditions, Lidya Tour is not responsible for the inability to carry out the said tours. Some tours may be carried out by public transportation or on foot, where possible, in locations with closed roads or where vehicle access is not permitted.
3-person rooms may be provided depending on hotel availability, and the bed assigned to the 3rd person in such rooms is smaller than standard beds. 3-person rooms consist of 1 large bed + 1 extra bed. Since the extra beds are folding or coach beds, the tour participant is deemed to have declared that they accept the possible crowding in the rooms and the bed type in 3rd person and/or child reservations. Child discounts apply only to a single child staying with 2 adults and matching the relevant age group. No bed guarantee is given in hotels for children aged 0-2.
Breakfasts included among the services in the tour program are served in accordance with the breakfast culture of the country visited, generally with a limited menu called continental breakfast, consisting of butter, jam, bread, tea or coffee, and may be served in a separate hall allocated to the group for groups.
Tour flights are group tickets, so flight times may change. You can confirm the current flight details with your agency. The current times will be communicated by your agency with the tour information.
Tour flight times must be confirmed before purchasing a domestic flight. If the guest purchased the domestic connecting flight from a different provider independent of the agency, they cannot request any refund from the agency in case the trip is canceled by the agency or if there is a schedule change. The guest accepts in advance any financial and moral losses that may arise due to the cancellation or change of the tour when purchasing the tour. Lidya Tour cannot be held responsible for this situation.
According to airline rules; if the outbound flight of round-trip tickets is not used, the return flight is canceled by the airline.
Our guests who join the tour without a flight must be present at the tour starting point on their own without any delay. Otherwise, they will have to arrange all their transfers on their own.
Lidya Tour is not responsible if guests who do not arrive at the specified airport at the notified times in accordance with airline rules for participation in the tour, who do not complete check-in and boarding on time, or who complete check-in and boarding on time but cannot board the plane, are unable to complete the flight. All expenses related to obtaining new round-trip plane tickets necessary for guests who miss the plane to join the tour and transfers in the destination region, etc., are their own responsibility.
The personal belongings, bags, suitcases, passports/IDs of the participants are under their own responsibility, and Lidya Tour is not responsible for forgotten/lost/stolen items. In cases where forgotten items are found, there is no obligation to deliver them to the country and/or the person, and the costs incurred during delivery belong to the owner of the item.
In cases such as illness, loss, or theft, the guide cannot accompany guests one-to-one in such negative situations, as the integrity and continuity of the group are essential for the guide.
During the purchase of the tour, it is mandatory to provide the name on the passport, date of birth, and passport number correctly. Flight tickets are issued according to this information. Penalty fees for ticket cancellations and changes arising from incorrect information will be collected from you.
In some airlines, food and beverage services and online check-in services may be subject to a fee.
During the tour, seat numbers cannot be guaranteed when using the bus.
During our tours, the times announced by our guide to the guests are the departure times, the time the vehicle wheels start turning. Our guide, who is responsible for equally respecting the rights of all our guests, will set the vehicle in motion at the meeting times without waiting. In the event of a delay, our guest must make their own way to the next stop.
Extra tours are organized by the local agency from which we receive service, with a minimum participation requirement of 20 people. If the sufficient number is not met, the excursions cannot be carried out, or extra excursion prices, content, and the vehicle to be used may vary according to the number of participants. In addition, the days and times of the tours may be changed by the guide according to whether the museums and archaeological sites at the destination are open or closed and according to weather conditions. A different guide may accompany our guests during extra tours.
In our classic packages where extra tours are not included, extra tours are optional and not mandatory. Passengers who do not wish to participate in the extra tours organized during the tour are deemed to have accepted waiting at a suitable rest facility along the way. These passengers are dropped off at a rest facility on the route before the extra tour begins and picked up from the point where they were dropped off after the tour is completed.
The participant hereby accepts in advance that they will participate in the tours to be organized as stated in the tour program, will not disrupt the program, and accordingly will additionally pay the amount previously notified in the tour program for expenses such as local guide, museum & archaeological site entrance fees, city taxes, and audio system if any, to the tour official during the trip. The participant has been fully and completely informed about this matter.
In programs where extra tours are included, payment of museum & archaeological site entrance fees to your agency at the time of reservation or to the guide during the tour is mandatory.
Lidya Tour is an intermediary institution between the airline and the passenger and is subject to the Hague Protocol of 28.09.1955. There may be a risk of delay in scheduled and charter flights, or times may change before the current trip and flight. Lidya Tour is obliged to notify these changes as soon as possible. Our passengers have purchased the tour knowing and accepting that flight details may change.
VISA
There is a visa requirement for T.C. citizens. For visa applications, it is necessary to apply through our agency with a passport valid for at least 6 months from the end date of travel and the documents specified in the “Documents Required for Visa” list.
The visa must be obtained from the first country of entry on the trip or from the country where the longest stay will be made.
There is no visa requirement for holders of green passports, and a passport valid for at least 6 months from the end date of travel is sufficient.
The visa information stated in the program is the information applicable to citizens of the Republic of Turkey. Guests holding a passport other than that of the Republic of Turkey must obtain their visa information from the relevant consulates.
Being granted a visa does not mean that entry to the country will be allowed; the passport police have the authority to deny you entry. Lidya Tour is not responsible for this situation; responsibility belongs to the passenger.
In order to avoid problems with customs police at the border gate of the country to be visited due to passports that are torn, worn, wet and/or damaged in similar ways; the passports must be renewed, and if the country applies a visa to T.C. citizens, the relevant visa must be in the new passport. Otherwise, responsibility belongs to the passenger.
Since there is a possibility that our guests under 18 traveling alone or with only one of their mother or father may be asked by the police officer on duty at the country entry-exit points to present a document showing the mutual consent of the parents, we recommend that our guests under 18 and their parents pay attention to this matter.