Eastern Europe Budget Tours & Packages Tours & Trips

Highlights

• Visit the colorful riverside market, the playfully Art Nouveau Dragon Bridge, and the town's lively main square dedicated to Slovenia's greatest poet, France Prešeren.
• Enjoy the architectural adventures of native born architect Jože Plečnik along the way.
• The outdoor cafés along the river, and maybe hike up to the castle to enjoy the city view.
• Visit the Slovenia's Julian Alps brings us to the azure jewel of Lake Bled.
• Enjoy a local-style lunch together, sampling the tasty prsut (prosciutto), and award-winning wines.

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• Gdansk - Begin in Gdansk at Westerplatte where the Polish garrison withstood German naval, artillery and infantry assaults for seven days in the war’s first action. Hitler's Wolf's Lair - Walk through the eerie remains of Hitler’s Wolf’s Lair hidden in the pine forests of NE Poland. Here he masterminded his eastern front operations and survived the 1944 assassination attempt. Warsaw - Tour Old Town Warsaw completely rebuilt after the city was destroyed and the Warsaw Rising museum, tribute to the courageous 1944 battle that lasted 63 days. Krakow - We highlight 1000-year-old Krakow and the Royal Castle and the Schindler Factory and Museum before entering through the “Arbeit Macht Frei“gates of Auschwitz, the international symbol of the Holocaust. Stalag Luft III - Visit Stalag Luft III where the “Great Escape” took place allows us to see the barracks and the remnants of tunnels Tom, Dick and Harry dug by the Allied airmen. Berlin - In Berlin we stand where the final surrender took place at Karlshorst, as well as see the Reichstag and the chilling Topography of Terror Museum. Not far from the Brandenburg Gate we experience the height of the Cold War at the Checkpoint Charlie Museum straddling what was East and West Berlin.

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• See the bronze-cast, larger-than-life players in Hungary's national story
• Visit the Vltava River and up the hill to the most massive castle complex in continental Europe: Prague Castle.
• Visit the most evocative Jewish districts in all of Europe
• Enjoy the impressive St. Vitus Cathedral, Old Royal Palace, St. George's Basilica, and the Golden Lane.

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• Visit the Alexander Nevsky Memorial Cathedral, famous for its gilded domes and masterful mosaics,
• Drive through the scenic Rilska Valley, passing traditional villages en route to our destination high in the mountains
• Enjoy the structures that Plovdiv is proudest of the old town's unique collection of elegant, pastel-pretty "Bulgarian Renaissance"
• Visit the remote village of Glogovo — a community that converted to Islam under the Ottoman Turks.

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• Experience the rich diversity of Eastern Europe
• Explore the energetic cities of Kraków and Budapest to tradition-rich "back door" towns and villages across the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, and Slovenia

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• A walking tour through the historic heart of Berlin.
• Enjoy a full morning of sightseeing with our local guide, beginning with a walking tour of the Old Town Square
• Baroque wonders of Melk Abbey and cruise Austria’s prettiest stretch of the Danube: the Wachau Valley.
• Visit the Mucha museum, or make your own discoveries in Prague
• Visit with a walking tour of the reborn-from-the-ashes city, including the city's greatest symbol of pride

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• Welcome to Bucharest
• Guided sightseeing in Bucharest; onboard welcome reception
• Choice of full-day excursion, visit to Tsarevet's Fortress in Veliko Târnovo and to the Ethnographic Museum and the Church of the Nativity in Arbanassi, or guided sightseeing in Rousse, or bike with your Adventure Host
• Guided sightseeing to Baba Vida fortress, see the rock formations in Belogradchik or bike with your Adventure Host
• Scenic cruise through the Iron Gates Gorge; choice of visit Lepenski Vir archaeological site or walk with your Adventure Host; visit to Golubač fortress

Highlights

• Visit seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites
• Party in Budapest’s eclectic ruin bar scene
• Experience Classical music in classical Vienna
• Discover the fairytale magic of Prague’s Old Town and Golden Lane
• Wash down hearty Bohemian food with an authentic Pilsner. Or three