Fully Packed Central Europe Tour: Budapest & Vienna & Prague Route (Closed Group)

·        As an evening activity in Budapest you can join the Hungarian Folklore & Gypsy Night Event, where you can get to know Hungarian folklore up close and have the opportunity to experience Hungarian culture, food, drinks, music and entertainment all together. You can enjoy local drinks and regional dishes. The Danube River Boat Event in Budapest is a pleasant alternative. In this event, you can take a boat tour on the Danube River, one of the most magnificent rivers in the world, and have the opportunity to photograph the Buda and Pest shores from the most beautiful angles in Budapest, where some of Europe’s most beautiful night illuminations take place.

·        In Vienna, the capital of art, as an evening activity you can join the Vienna Concert Event. In this concert event, which takes place accompanied by the salon orchestra that made Vienna famous around the world, magnificent soloists and waltzes you will never tire of watching, you will have an unforgettable night.

·        Our evening activity recommendation in Prague is the Czech Night Event; at one of the city’s finest restaurants, you can have a magnificent dinner accompanied by local dance performances and have the chance to get to know the folk dances, music and musical instruments of the Czech Republic more closely. Another evening activity recommendation in Prague, one of Europe’s most beautiful capitals, is; you can watch the daytime and nighttime views of the fairy-tale city Prague on a boat tour on the Vltava River, famous for the canals that divide the city in two and give life to it.

 PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT

Our tour is organized with a minimum participation requirement of 40 people.  If sufficient participation is not achieved, the final cancellation notification date is 20 days before the tour start date. The canceled tour due to insufficient participation will be notified to you through your agency.

VISA

Ordinary Passport   -  Visa required                        

Green Passport  -   Visa not required

Service Passport  -  Visa not required 

You must have a passport that is valid for 6 months from the end date of travel and not older than 10 years. 

In destinations requiring a visa, the visa application must be made with the documents specified in the “Documents Required for Visa” list that your agency will provide to you for the visa application.

HEALTH

We do not think that there will be any problem threatening your health with meals taken in the region’s good restaurants and hotels. However, when you are not with the group, we recommend that you be careful about what you eat and drink, definitely consume bottled water, avoid ice, milk and dairy products, consume meat and fish products that you are sure are well cooked, and eat fruits with peel that can be removed such as bananas and pineapples. Current vaccination/PCR rules must be followed at country entries and on return to the country.

FLIGHT TIMES

Istanbul  -  Budapest 2 hr 30 min

Prague -  Istanbul   2 hr

OPTIONAL TOURS & ACTIVITIES

Optional tours and activities are organized by the local agency we receive service from with a minimum participation requirement of 20 people, and there is no obligation to participate. If the required number is not reached, excursions may not take place, or optional tour/activity prices, content, and the vehicle to be used may vary according to the number of participants. In addition, the days and times of optional tours/activities may be changed by the guide depending on whether the museums, ruins or venues in the places to be visited are open or closed and according to weather conditions.

ACCOMMODATION

During periods such as fairs, congresses, concerts, events, sports tournaments, etc., hotels may be used at distances greater than the specified km. 

Triple rooms may be provided depending on hotel availability, and the bed provided for the 3rd person in such rooms may be smaller than standard beds. Triple rooms consist of 1 large bed and 1 extra bed. Since extra beds are foldable and/or coach beds, participants are deemed to have declared that they accept the possible crampedness in the rooms and the bed type in reservations for the 3rd person and/or children. 

Child discounts are valid only for one (1) child staying with 2 adults and matching the age group specified in the pricing section. 

Breakfasts included among the services in the tour program are served at the hotel in accordance with the breakfast culture of the country visited and usually as a limited menu consisting of butter, jam, bread, tea or coffee, commonly referred to as a continental breakfast, and may be served in a separate hall allocated to the group.

TIME ZONE

Germany, Austria, Czechia and Hungary are 3 hours behind Turkey during daylight saving time and 2 hours behind during winter time.

For example, when it is 18:30 in Turkey in summer, it is 15:30 in Germany.

CLOTHING AND REQUIRED ITEMS

If you are traveling in the summer season, we recommend bringing T-shirts that can be easily put on and taken off, short- and long-sleeved shirts, cotton trousers, shorts, comfortable walking shoes, a light jacket and a thin sweater for evenings. In addition, you may also bring a hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, earplugs against possible noise, a camera, a video camera, their chargers and spare memory cards. In winter, we recommend clothes that allow you to move comfortably and keep you warm.

FOOD CULTURE

When German cuisine is mentioned, pastries, potatoes and of course beer come to mind first. In this culture, which has a great variety of meat and vegetable dishes, there is also a very wide variety of beer and wine. 

The flavors and ingredients in Austrian cuisine are largely inherited from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Its most well-known dish is schnitzel, and meat dishes are predominant. 

Czech cuisine has been influenced by all the surrounding countries and is a true Central European synthesis. 

Hungarian cuisine, considered among the world’s most important cuisines, is quite colorful and rich. Meat dishes are common, and freshly made homemade pasta is also an important element of the cuisine. “Goulash,” accepted as the Hungarian national dish, is among the best-known flavors. 

SHOPPING

There is an opportunity to shop at shopping centers in city centers and at small stalls selling souvenirs.

IMPORTANT NOTES

Having a valid passport and/or having obtained a visa (for visa-required destination/passport) does not necessarily mean that you will be allowed to enter the country. The passport police have the authority not to let you into the country. The agency is not responsible for this situation; responsibility belongs to the passenger.  

The agency is an intermediary between the airline and the passenger and is subject to the Hague Protocol of 28.09.1955. There may be a risk of delay on scheduled and special flights, or times may change before the current trip and flight. The agency is obliged to notify these changes as soon as possible. Our passengers have purchased the tour knowing and accepting that flight details may change. Children aged 0-2 do not pay airport tax and airport service fees. 

The panoramic city tours included in the tour package are tours of up to 2-3 hours, organized for the general introduction of cities and conducted panoramically from the vehicle with guide narration, excluding museum and ruins entrance fees. The agency is not responsible for the failure to carry out the aforementioned tours, including other tours specified in the program, if they do not take place on the day and time of the tour due to roads closed by local authorities, places not permitted to be visited or entered, or closed roads due to any event, and likewise in cases where the tour becomes impossible due to weather conditions. Some tours may be conducted by public transport or on foot where possible at closed roads or points where vehicle entry is not allowed.