CENTRAL EUROPE Traveling Well Includes…
• TAUCK’S YELLOW ROADS! Authentic cultural discoveries as you travel from Poland to Hungary, from a visit to Wawel Hill to lunch in a Slovakian village in the Tatra Mountains
• TAUCK EXCLUSIVE! – Gala evening with dinner at Lobkowicz Palace in Prague Castle • TAUCK EXCLUSIVE! – Private tour of the Baroque libraries of Strahov Monastery in Prague • Private piano recital in Warsaw celebrating the music of Frederic Chopin • A private dinner cruise on the Danube River in Budapest • Strudel-making demonstration and tasting in Vienna’s opulent Schönbrunn Palace • Airport transfers upon arrival and departure as noted • 29 meals, service charges, gratuities to local guides, admission fees, taxes and porterage
Warsaw Ghetto and the heroes of the 1943 uprising. Chopin’s music comes to life at a private piano recital in the early evening, followed by an à la carte dinner at your hotel. Meals BD
3. ACROSS POLAND TO CRACOW & OLD TOWN Traditional villages and farms dot the Polish countryside as you wind your way through the country’s heart to Cracow, considered one of the finest medieval cities in Europe. A millennium ago, Cracow was the capital city of Poland; today, its historic center (Old Town) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. After lunch, highlights of your guided walk through Old Town include the Jagiellonian University, one of the world’s oldest; the Franciscan Church; and the Archbishop’s Palace. Meals BLD
4. KAZIMIERZ OR WAWEL / AUSCHWITZ Take your choice of locally guided sightseeing in Cracow this morning. You may tour Kazimierz, the city’s former Jewish Quarter (holidays permitting) or visit Wawel Hill with your local guide. View Wawel Castle, Poland’s seat of power and royal residence for five centuries, and go inside Wawel Cathedral. The afternoon is also your choice – spend it at leisure, or journey to the poignant memorial and museum at Auschwitz, 40 miles southwest of the city, for a guided visit. Meals BD
5. TATRA MOUNTAINS & ON TO BUDAPEST Traverse dense forests and idyllic farmland as you depart Cracow and make your way into the scenic Tatra Mountains en route to Hungary, stopping for lunch in Slovakia. Arrive in Budapest, once two independent cities on opposite sides of the River Danube. Join us for dinner with wine included aboard a private Tauck cruise on the Danube. Your home for the next three nights is ideally located in the city center. Meals BLD
6. THE ARCHITECTURE OF PEST The Danube River divides Budapest into two distinct areas, Buda and Pest. Today, Tauck’s locally guided sightseeing shows
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you the best of Pest, sprawling along the eastern banks of the Danube. View the city’s historic embassy district; City Park; and adjacent Andrassy Avenue, one of Budapest’s main shopping boulevards, lined with elegant 19th-century mansions and townhouses and itself a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Go inside the neo-Renaissance State Opera House for a special visit; tour St. Stephen’s Basilica and the synagogue at Dohány (holidays permitting); visit Heroes’ Square, whose impressive statuary commemorates many of Hungary’s early rulers and national heroes. Enjoy dinner à la carte at your hotel this evening. Meals BD
7. EXPLORE BUDA, CASTLE HILL & MORE Today includes a guided tour of Hungary’s neo-Gothic Parliament building in Pest, an icon of Budapest’s skyline. Crossing over to Buda, you can practically feel the history that’s been made
Maximum Elevation: 3,000 ft. POLAND GERMANY Prague CZECH REPUBLIC Vienna AUSTRIA Budapest ITALY SLOVENIA Auschwitz Bratislava HUNGARY Cracow SLOVAKIA
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