Danube Bend: Day trip from Budapest

Good tour to see main sights of Budapest

This was a good tour to see the main sights of Budapest and helpful to get around on the coach. Our tour guide Mikkhail was very helpful and informative giving us some good background on different places we visited including Heroes Square and the Buda Var area and allowing time on our own. The instructors to get into the Parliament building and audio tour were very helpful. A good trip to get to see some of the main attractions in Budapest.

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Danube Bend Day Trip

Vela is an experienced guide and very professional. She is 73 years old and still so active ! It was a comfortable trip and we even got to enter Slovakia. A good mix of scenery, castle and small village.

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Esztergom, Visegrad and Szentendre

A great tour, the guide was informative and interacted with the tour participants throughout the day. He was exceptional in translating the information, in 3 languages. Good 3-village excursion in the Danube Bend, visiting Esztergom, Visegrad and Szentendre and crossing into Slovakia. Very picturesque and the views were fabulous.

Response from the operator: Thank you very much for the fantastic rating! We’re happy to hear that you enjoyed the tour and appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. We hope to welcome you again!

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Not recomnended.....

Cut time short at first stop, the castle. We arrived at 10:31, and told to be back at 11:10 only 39 minutes due to the Spanish tour guide cutting it short as she was also in charge of us, the English guided tour...when asked why we where told because she was not guiding her group up the stairs to show and guide the upstairs area, apparently could not deal with stairs....ya you are a guide and incapable of guiding you need to find another job, maybe a librarian. So us, the English group, rushed back at 11:10 and guess what, the Spanish guide and her group not there! Came trotting up at 11:15... At the Cathedral stop we where told we are not doing the treasury and balcony areas, no time, then ushered out side to once again look at the river and told we had 15/20 minutes outside on our own! Why not see the treasury? We had to sneak back in through the exit to go see the treasury on our own, crazy stuff, can not explain why the guides just sat in one spot in the church chatting away about everything and never walked anyone around... Now the "lunch stop", once again the English group(us) was there waiting at a closed up bus at the designated meeting time and no one in sight.... So about 10 minutes LATE the guides, bus driver, and the Spanish group stroll up like nothing......turned into a big waste of time that we could have spent more at the first 2 stops! The "artist" village has maybe 2 or 3 true artist shops and all wall to wall cheap souvenir shops, nothing to write home about! Buildings are not anything special, simply not worth visiting.While not the excursion fault, this is just a tourist trap and nothing else. Overall do not recommend this excursion at all, certainly not with these guides. While our guide Christina was very pleasant and full of history and information, pretty well talked non stop, some critical and usual information explaining the days itinerary specifics, toilet stops, and prepare for arrival at a stop was never given. Rent a car for a day and go see the castle/cathedral if u want to see those, but frankly there are better day trips, especially if time limited, like Bled.....

Response from the operator: Dear Gysbert, Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We are very sorry to hear that the experience did not meet your expectations! We understand your concerns regarding the timing, the coordination between the groups and the missed opportunity to explore some of the sights more thoroughly. Feedback like this is important to us, as it helps us identify areas where we can improve both the organisation of the programme and the communication provided to our guests. We will review your constructive comments internally with the team. We sincerely regret that the overall experience left you disappointed, and we appreciate you bringing these issues to our attention. We are pleased to hear that you found Krisztina pleasant and knowledgeable! Kind regards, Márton / Cityrama

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Lovely Tour, Definitely worth it!

Maximo was great, he’s very knowledgeable and made the whole experience really interesting and nice. He speaks perfect Spanish and English so we were able to truly enjoy the whole tour and get some very useful tips and interesting facts about Hungary past and present. Would definitely recommend it as a great full day of fun. The castle, basilica and towns are beautiful.

Response from the operator: Thank you very much for your wonderful feedback! We’re delighted to hear that Maximo’s knowledge and bilingual guidance made the day so enjoyable and interesting. It’s great to know you loved the beautiful sights and towns along the way. Thank you for your recommendation, and we hope to welcome you again soon!

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