Private Budapest Danube Bend Tour Lunch and Cruise
Description
The Danube Bend is a beautifully scenic riverside region that’s ideal for day trips. Enjoy the ’’Blue Danube” with stops in Visegrád, Esztergom and Szentendre. Esztergom: The center of the Catholic Church. Let's make an interior visit in the largest cathedral of Hungary. Visegrád: We drive up to the top of the hill to enjoy the beautiful panoramic view of the Danube valley. During some free time the main attractions of the town, the medieval fortress can be visited. Then a 3 course menu lunch with drinks is included in a typical restaurant with a unique panorama. We drive on to the artist's village of Szentendre. After getting around the baroque settlement have a great walk on the lovely narrow streets reaching the Danube. During some free time here you have the possibility to visit some museums or to do some souvenir shopping. At the return enjoy a 70 Min long boat cruise from Szentendre ( May - Sept. )every year except Mondays and Tuesdays. The tour ends at your hotel.
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Itinerary
The Esztergom Basilica is the largest church and building in Hungary. The church is breathtaking inside and out. For a small fee, climbing to the top of the dome gives you a beautiful panoramic view of the countryside!
Visegrad, in the vicinity of Budapest, is famous for the remains of the Renaissance summer residence of King Matthias. Here we visit the sights as a one hour long guided tour.
You will get a great walking tour in this small charming town with a special Mediterranean atmosphere, nice location on the river bank. It is also called as the city of artists.
Admire the sights along the way returning back to Budapest on a one hour long cruise (not private) on the Danube. The cruise operates 17.April-14. September every day except Mondays and Tuesdays. ON Mondays and Tuesdays THERE IS NO CRUISE!
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Pickup Locations & Times
Pick up service is available from any hotels or from any private addresses in Budapest.
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Important Information
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
- We are serious about taking extra precautions to stop the spread of this virus by practicing regular hand washing and sanitization, we regularly sanitize and clean our equipment and work areas, we make hand sanitizer readily available to our guests and team members, and practice social distancing measures through providing private tours and private transfers.We will check the health of employees every day, wear masks and thoroughly disinfect our hands, equipment, vehicles and changing areas.
Reviews(58)
Sofia was a great guide! Very friendly and informative. We enjoyed all three towns on the tour, especially the castle at Visegrad. Lunch was at a very charming restaurant in Szentendre and we had plenty of time at each spot. Great way to see part of Hungary beyond Budapest.
I would highly recommend this day trip tour from Budapest. All three stops were interesting and unique. Our guide, Susan, was great. She was informative and personable.
Our guide was excellent. Not only did we see other places in the country, but we also learned a lot about Hungary, its history, and its people. This tour was very interesting, and above all, we learned a little more about this beautiful country.
Our guide, Nora, made our experience memorable. Her knowledge of the history and culture of the area was extensive. Her easy manner made for a fun day. We would highly recommend this tour.
Wonderful time! Susan was very knowledgeable and knew a lot about the sites we toured and the culture. We couldn’t have asked for a better guide or experience!
Once again we were fortunate to have Nora as our tour guide. We had an awesome time seeing all the sights. Again she is very knowledgeable and answered all our questions. Would highly recommend this trip and hope you get Nora for your guide.
Not quite sure why this tour has mixed reviews. It was an awesome full day of visiting 3 small towns outside of Budapest. Susan, our guide, was an immense wealth of knowledge. I couldn't believe the things she knew! She could answer every question we threw at her. We took the tour on a Thursday. Since the boat doesn't run on this day, we got to choose a nice compensation instead. We spent the perfect amount of time in each city. Susan was with us at the beginning of each city then we were left to spend time on our own. We never felt rushed to get to the next place. Lunch was delicious. The car was a tight fit for 4 adults, but this in no way would keep us from doing the trip again. The conversation alone made it worth it. Please remember to tip your guide 10%. They deserve it!
I was informed that the regular cruise was not going because we were too late in the season. But as an alternative, I was offered a smaller boat that would take us on the same Danube Bend route at the same time. This was not what we got. Instead, we were taken by car to the monuments and villages along the Danube Bend. Our tour guide was great, but we weren't on the River.
Thank you for taking the time to write us a review. However we kindly ask you to check if you added your review to the correct local provider as WE DO NOT sell the Danube bend tour by cruise all around . We do provide a one hour long cruise at the end of the tour from Szentendre city in Summertime as you see the tour description. Please recheck and modify your review accordingly not to have any misunderstanding. Thank you for checking. Warm regards.
Terrible experience. Driver didn’t give correct information as what he is going to cover. We found out later that cruise is not availability that day. Once we called the number on voucher, operator mentioned don’t worry we will give you cruise from city center. Lunch offered was very uncourtious and did not like it at all. It looked like waste of time and money.
I’m a big Viator fan - this is my first ever negative review. This tour was an overpriced ripoff. We paid almost twice the ‘starting from’ price advertised, which made this quite expensive. Not clear why. But ok - I figured the experience will be worth it. Nope - tour started with the guide saying that we pretty much won’t see anything at the first stop since it’s under major renovation and most things are scaffolded or covered. Why is it on the tour then?? She also told us that the ‘good’ cruise doesn’t run on Mondays; I knew that but figured there would be an equitable substitute. Nope, we were offered the standard 15 euro cattle call city cruise that everyone does downtown (and that we had done the day before) - nothing private or special about it. We did enjoy the Visegrad ruins, that part was cool. The final stop was an ok lunch in a completely unmemorable town that was billed as a picturesque shopping opportunity (it wasn’t). On the whole I would’ve been ok with this trip if it wasn’t so ludicrously overpriced. For what we paid I would’ve e expected a good bit more.
