CENTRAL EUROPE
Traveling Well Includes… • Small groups of no more than 24 guests
• Lippizaners behind-the-scenes in an exclusive VIP visit to Vienna’s Spanish Riding School • Waltz steps and Viennese etiquette tutelage at Tauck’s private ball in Vienna • A mysterious Charles Bridge ghost tour & a wine-tasting dinner at Villa Richter in Prague • Learning the art of making traditional Hungarian strudel at an authentic strudel house in Pest • Horseback riding, a Puszta equestrian show and a visit to a private farm in rural Hungary • Club-hopping among unique “ruin pubs” & visiting a Romani musician at home in Budapest • Airport transfers upon arrival and departure as noted • 19 meals, gratuities to local guides, drivers, taxes, service charges, admission fees, porterage
exploring on your own. Experience another side of the city tonight, club-hopping among Pest’s trendy “ruin pubs” set in unrepaired pre-war and communist-era buildings. Meals BL
3. HUNGARIAN FLAVORS, CITY TO COUNTRY Restored to its neo-Gothic beauty, Central Market Hall is Budapest’s largest indoor market, offering everything from fresh meats and produce to arts and crafts – and where you’ll shop like a local (from a list in Hungarian) to pick up, then cook, fresh ingredients for your own brunch. Off-the-beaten path in District 8, meet a Romani musician and his wife in their private apartment, where he’ll play for you; exploring his neighborhood, notice scars from the 1956 uprising on the Soviet-era buildings. Out in the country, pastries and schnapps welcome you to a Puszta horse farm in Fülöpháza; go horseback riding* in Kiskunsági National Park, and watch a demonstration of the equestrian skills of Hungarian “Robin Hoods” who roamed the steppes centuries ago. Grab an authentic slice of rural life as a horse-drawn carriage takes you to a local farmer’s home; enjoy dinner, talk about modern farming, relax by the fire, and perhaps have an astrologer help you see into the future! Meals BLD
4. A SURREALIST ICON & A GOTHIC ARCHABBEY 20th-century painter Molnár-C. Pál, known as “the Hungarian Dali,” grew up in rural Hungary, studied in Paris in the 1920s and produced a diverse body of work over a 70-year career. The Culturious can explore the work of this prolific artist – including self-portraits, landscapes, nudes, religious and surrealist works, sculptures and graphics – and meet “MCP’s” grandson on a private visit to the Molnár-C. Pál Museum, established by his family in the Budapest atelier where he worked until his death at 87, brush in hand. Departing Budapest, head to Pannonhalma Archabbey for a guided visit inside Hungary’s first Benedictine monastery; you’ll see the Gothic, Baroque and Classicist styles reflected in its restored 15th- to 19th-century buildings. Continue to Vienna, Austria for a 3-night stay. Meals BL
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5. LIPPIZANERS & WALTZING IN VIENNA As the heart of Europe’s old Habsburg Empire, Vienna is a city that thrives on its cultural legacies. And few are as enduring as the Spanish Riding School, the world’s oldest riding academy, charged with maintaining the equestrian traditions of the famed Lippizaner Stallions for over 430 years. On your exclusive Culturious VIP visit to the school and its stables (including a champagne reception), go behind-the-scenes for a look at the snowy white stallions descended from Spanish Andalusían horses, and the process of training horse and rider to perform the classical equestrian ballet seen around the world. After a free afternoon and dinner back at the Hotel Imperial Vienna, meet up in the Marble Ballroom for drinks; time-honored dance traditions of another kind are on the card as students and staff of Vienna’s renowned Elmayer Dance School perform and teach you waltz steps and Viennese etiquette at your own private ball. Meals BD
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AUSTRIA Prague REPUBLIC CZECH Krumlov
Wachau Valley Vienna
Nationalpark Neusiedler See
AUSTRIA HUNGARY Fülöpháza Pannonhalma Budapest Cesky
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