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The Danube Cycle Tour Vienna to Budapest 2008


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Map of the Danube from Vienna to Budapest This tour through central and eastern Europe consists of six days cycling and seven nights in hotels. Overnight stopping points may vary from those indicated on the map.
On this tour you cycle from the Austrian capital of Vienna via into the Slovak capital of Bratislava before entering Hungary and continuing through the gentle Transdanubian hills to Esztergom and Budapest.

Most of the route in Austria is traffic free, but the standard of the route is inevitably less refined in Slovakia and Hungary.
Day 1. Arrive in Vienna.
If you have arrived by air in Budapest, transfer to the start of the tour at Vienna.
Charles Church Viena Museums
Day 2. Cycle from Vienna through the Stopfenreuther Au National Park, then to the Roman fort of Carnuntum, where you should definitely spend an hour or so. Overnight in the area of Bad Deutsch-Altenburg (about 29 miles).

Day 3. Follow the river through Hainburg and Wolfsthal into the Slovak capital of Bratislava. Continue into Hungary through a number of farming villages to Moson-Magyaróvár (about 40 miles).
Bratislava
Day 4. Cycle through the marshy landscape of this part of Hungary past the fine castle at Hedervár to the fine baroque city of Györ, sometimes known as the city of rivers (about 28 miles).
Pannonian Plain Komarom
Day 5. From Györ you cycle via the town of Bábolna, famous for its horses to Komarárom, then continue to Almásfüzitö. Here you leave the river and head into the gentle transdanubian hills, to end at the small town of Tata (about 39 miles).

Day 6. This day's stretch is quite hilly and forested. Your goal is the former Hungarian capital of Esztergom, situated on the Golden Bend in the river (about 34 miles).
Esztergom The Danube at Pest
Day 7. The first town you come to on the final day is another former Hungarian capital, Visegrad. Continue to Szentendre, famous for its craft workshops and a popular day trip for the people of Budapest. Follow the river towards Budapest for a short distance, but we recommend that you take the train or the river boat for the remainder of the way into Budapest, as most of the route from here is on, or alongside, a busy main road (about 37 miles).
Tour Details:7 nights bed and breakfast, in 4* hotels in Vienna & Budapest, elsewhere in inns and pensions, in rooms with shower/WC. Dinner on six nights, if ordered (at additional cost).
Cycle (7 or 21 speed bikes available) and panniers. Children's bikes are available.
Bus transfer from Budapest to Vienna at end of trip if required.
Baggage transfer. Additional nights may be taken in Vienna and Budapest.

Dates: Available starting any Friday, Saturday or Sunday from 19 April to 4 October.
Tour Code: DWB

2008 Tour Price: Rail via Brussels / Cologne - £755
2008 Tour Price: Self Drive via Harwich - Hoek van Holland - £529
2008 Tour Price: From Vienna Airport - £469
2008 Tour Price: From Budapest Airport - £469
2008 Tour Price: Half Board Supplement (6 nights only, Vienna excluded) - £ 85
2008 Tour Price: Single Supplement - £125
2008 Tour Price: Rebate for using own bikes - -£ 36
2008 Tour Price: Supplement for travel during Euro 2008 football - £ 38
Accommodation Upgrade
You can upgrade your accommodation to a mix of 3* & 4* hotels throughout.
2008 Tour Price: Upgrade - £45
You may find that flying to Bratislava is more convenient than flying to either Vienna or Budapest. Please ask for the price adjustment. Please check our travel page for information on other ways of travelling to your holiday.

Please contact us for prices when using one of these other routes, and also for child discounts and so on.

Our telephone number is 01946 861652.
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