Turn the wasted travel day into the highlight of your trip with stops at Györ, Bratislava the capital of Slovakia, and the UNESCO-listed Lednice Palace on your journey from Budapest to Prague.
Loved our time with Peter! Invaluable to have the insights from a local about many of the issues of the countries we visited. Even our three teenagers enjoyed the pace and the sites and the conversations. The lunch location was a real bonus as it felt like a very location for local families. Thank you, Peter and Sidetrip crew! Keep up the good work!
This tour offers hotel pick-up for private bookings. You will be picked up from your hotel, apartment, or any other pick-up point accessible by car. Please check the "Meeting Point" section for open group tour departures.
We stroll around the fairytale-like Baroque Old Town of Győr and discover its narrow streets and beautiful views.
What we'll do
During the tour we walk around the Old Town of Györ. It’s famous for Baroque style houses and a fabulous Town Hall from 1900. Györ is known for many of its churches that remind us of the 1000-year Christian history of Hungary. We’ll wander around the narrow streets and learn about Hungarian history.
About Györ
Györ is one of the most important cities in Hungary. The city has a population of about 130 000 people. It’s located on the Danube River. The river has brought people, trade, and wealth to the region throughout history. In the 18th century the city prospered and that is when most of the beautiful Old Town was built. Despite heavy damage to the city in the Second World War Györ has been extensively renovated since the 1970s.
We walk around the beautiful medieval Old Town of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia and sit down for a delicious lunch.
What we'll do
We’ll visit Bratislava Old Town that is famous for its medieval buildings, narrow streets, and little courtyards. You’ll learn about the history of the region as we wander around the city centre. We will also admire the beautiful castle of Bratislava that towers over the whole Old Town. The castle was rebuilt in the 20th century and reminds us of the importance of this city throughout history. In Bratislava you will also have time for a lunch break (not included).
About Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia with a population of about 475 000 people. The location of Bratislava has been inhabited continuously for almost 7000 years. The city is situated on the Danube River that has brought people, wealth, and trade to the area. For a long time Bratislava was part of the Kingdom of Hungary. It is under the 18th-century reign of Queen Maria Theresa that the city truly flourished. After the First World War Bratislava became part of Czechoslovakia and the population of Czechs and Slovaks in the city grew. The city became the capital of Slovakia after the Velvet Divorce in 1993 when Slovak Republic separated from the Czech Republic.
We have a chance to admire one of the former summer residences of the royalty of Liechtenstein, the Lednice Palace and Gardens.
What we'll do
We will have a chance to walk around the beautiful and famous gardens surrounding the Palace during the tour.
Lednice Palace and Gardens
, the way we see them today, are designed in the 19th century for entertaining in the summer season. They palace is probably the best example of English Gothic style in Continental Europe. The Palace and Grounds, about 200h, are under UNESCO World Heritage protection due their unique architectural landscape.
About Lednice
Lednice Palace and Grounds is a fabulous example of wealth the nobility had in Europe in the 19th century. The Lichtenstein family had huge landholdings in the area that they had gathered gradually over the centuries through conquering, marrying, and buying. It was their loyalty to the Habsburg dynasty that raised the Lichtensteins to great prominence in the Austria-Hungarian Empire.
This tour offers hotel drop-off for private bookings. Please provide your preferred drop-off location when making the booking.
If you book the open group tour then the drop-off is in front of Hilton Prague Old Town hotel (V Celnici 2079/7, Prague).
Want to personalize this trip? When booking a private transfer, tell us your itinerary and start time preferences and we'll do everything we can to accomodate your request. Note: open group tours cannot be customized.
Loved our time with Peter! Invaluable to have the insights from a local about many of the issues of the countries we visited. Even our three teenagers enjoyed the pace and the sites and the conversations. The lunch location was a real bonus as it felt like a very location for local families. Thank you, Peter and Sidetrip crew! Keep up the good work!
Mike was a fantastic driver and kept me laughing. The two stops were interesting and we had great weather. Would recommend instead of flying!
This was a great way to get the most out of the day on the way from Budapest to Prague without having to drive ourselves. We had booked a group tour but ended up being the only ones booked, so Veronica was kind enough to pick us up right at our hotel rather than the pickup spot, and she also dropped us off at our Prague hotel, even though it was rush-hour traffic at the time and tricky to get to our location. Veronica was very flexible and really kind, and she offered us some recommendations for Prague restaurants.
This tour offers hotel pick-up for private bookings only. You will be picked up from your hotel, apartment, or any other pick-up point accessible by car. Please provide your preferred pick-up location when making the booking.
If you have booked an open group tour, then hotel pickup is not available. The meeting point is at Erzsebet Square (Erzsébet tér, Budapest), opposite to the Hotel Ritz-Carlton, a few meters from the stop of bus no 16. Look out for a minivan with Sidetrip logo. Our guide will meet you at the marked meeting point.
This tour offers hotel drop-off for private bookings only. Please provide your preferred drop-off location when making the booking.
If you book the open group tour then the drop-off is in front of Hilton Prague Old Town hotel (V Celnici 2079/7, Prague).
Yes, this is a one-way tour ending in the destination city. Please note that the tour does not take you back to your departure city.
Hotel pick-up and drop-off are only available when booking this tour as a private tour for a single group. Open group tours have a fixed meeting point and drop-off location.
Yes! We have plenty of space for luggage at the back of our minivans. One big suitcase and one smaller bag or suitcase per passenger is totally fine. There is no extra charge for luggage, as long as you don't plan to move to the other city with all of your belongings :)
Lunch is not included in the tour price but a lunch break is scheduled. Kindly let our tour leader know if you have any special dietary needs that we should take in account.
Yes! With a maximum of 8 people in each group, our guide can make sure that the pace of the tour is suitable for everyone. Just note that the tour does include some walking at the stops.
All our groups are limited to a maximum of 8 travellers for open group tours and in case of a private transfer it’ll be just your group in the van with our guide. Face masks are available in each vehicle upon request and hand sanitizers are placed in a hand’s reach from all passengers.
If you cancel more than 48 hours before the tour, your booking is fully refunded*. If you cancel less than 48 hours before the tour or in the case of a no-show, no refund is issued.
*Please note, that the credit card processing fee (1.5-3%) charged by the third party payment provider will not be refunded.
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