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Imperial Cities
featuring Prague, Vienna & Budapest
10 DAYS
$6,349
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Grandior Hotel
Nights 1-3
Intercontinental Hotel Wien
Nights 4-6
Up Hotel Budapest
Nights 7-9
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Well organized, planned well and generally interesting. Some locations could have been skipped without impacting the tour.Leslie Hsu
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Everything was excellent except for the hotel in Budapest I was not too impressed. The tour guide Patrick was excellent very nice personality and very helpful always there for us. Friendly and polite. Every tour guide should be like him.Conchita Syrigos
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I prefer traveling with Colette because they place us in nice hotels in great locations. This wasn’t the case on this trip. Our hotel in Prague while lovely was at least a 25-30 minute walk to the center of town. In Vienna we were in a “historic” hotel. My room was tiny and hot!
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Enjoyed every moment of this tour. Beautiful landscapes, rich history, wonderful cultural events, hard-working tour guide.
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River cruises, dinners, hotels
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From the sites we visited to the terrific tour guide of Polina, it was a wonderful and educational experience.Ann Decker
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Excellent experience, and all excellent tours. The communist talk, however really want something I wished to have listened to and would not suggest that be included again.Colleen Cotter
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Learning the history of these great cities from Tomas, our Collette Guide and the many local guides inch city.Mary Skalitzky
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Incredible locations, exceptional Tour Manager as well as interesting historical sites.Laura Tyree
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The variety of experiences on this tour made for a great experience.Christopher Tiano
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The trip was fabulous!!!. The hotels were in excellent walking distance for activities, eating, and sightseeing. Unfortunately, I felt that a few of the side options were just filler activities to make easy money. The music walking tour in Vienna was a perfect example. The Music performance people and venue workers were very rude and the show again was not worth the money. A few of the others were at restaurants that appeared to only be open for our group and not very inviting.At times, we felt rushed and would have liked a few extra minutes. Prague was a fairytale land. Loved it !!! The tour of the Jewish section was emotionally impacting.Vienna was a big city, not as enjoyable, although historical buildings and history was interesting.Two of the side options were not worth the money. Budapest had a lot to offer. Could have spent a bit more time there. Eliminate Vienna and add days to Prague and Budapest.Jousting show and dinner was enjoyable, but little village for a waste of time. Local tour guide seemed to be a marketing person for the village. I would use Collette Tours in the future. NINA was the BEST!!! She not only was there for us at every moment, but provided a really personal connection to the area.Patricia Cayer
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The tour included many experiences but I think that the dinners in local restaurants and the entertainment,especially when we were singled out to dance was definitely one of the highlights.Karen Hamm
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The evening cruise in Budapest was beautiful. And the events of the last day with the Medieval competition and meal was great fun. By then, we knew everyone in our group and we all just had fun together!Debra Gatto
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The hotels were great but the Grand in Vienna was really special.
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The walking tour of the city was a bit long for me that day. My fault though for not having the best shoes and it was extremely hot. I would split it up if possible.Cynthia Silva
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I hate forced essay feedbacks: The tour manager was great and patient with us. He also arranged nice events with other very knowledgeable guides. We had a great time and would definitely book with this tour manager again if he was avaialble. The whole trip (minus walking on horrible cobblestone that was not comfortable) was great. Oh, the bus driver was excellent too and getting us safely to locations, and the best driving of I bus I've ever seen through tight traffic.James Rasmussen
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Was wonderful would advise changing hotel in Hungary
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We had so many unique experiences! Boryana was a wonderful guide!Julie Rodgers
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Prague was breathtaking and very enjoyaboelRandy Roberts
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The location of the hotels were perfect. The day to Dürnstein, cruise to and tour of Melk along with the concerts and the rose gardens at the summer castle outside Vienna are a few favorite memories.
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Cities were beautiful and the tours were informational. Not impressed with some of the group meals & the location of the Budapest hotel was a bit seedy. However the Vienna hotel was spectacular.Michael Hatch
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Enjoyed the Hungarian Medieval Castle with the local "knights" performing ax-throwing, archery, and "sword" fights. The generous medieval banquet service was tasty; fun to wear the paper crowns. We learned about the area's past and saw the local revitalization in the countryside. Way to blend the past and present for tourists!Kathleen George
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Hungarian feast in the forest with musicians that came to the tables and played requested songs. Food was plentiful, atmosphere picturesque.
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See previous remarks. We loved everything we saw, but the boat rides outside Vienna and Budapest by night were very special.Robert Kemp
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Very well planned and executed.
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excellent tour guide (Marius); options were entertaining and informative,Robert Ronan
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Very well informed tour guides. The cities we toured were beautiful. I especially liked the boat trip to Melk on the Danube.Janice Dawid
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So many things the beautiful buildings, the history, food, people and music.Margaret Silva
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Everything we had an experience I thought it was my most memorable. Every experience was my most memorable.Nancy Russo
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The tour manager, Dariusz Kuzniar, made our tour great. Prague is a beautiful city but at Budapest we discovered unexpected wonderful city.
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History and people were amazingBarbara Zawlocki
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Loved having 3 days in each cityJean Mccallister
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Good ratio of planned tours and free timeLaura Drendel
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The lower rating here is more my issue than the actual tour. I am not much for history so not sure why I chose this tour. Loved Budapest. The food was amazing. The tour manager I felt did not get our group under control before leaving the bus, which lead to some people wandering off and not hearing full details on times and meeting places.Doris Babos
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Each city was beautiful and each one was even better.Kathleen Taylor
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I enjoyed the musical concerts, the optional tour by night on the Danube River in Budapest, visiting the palace in Vienna, the castle district in Prague, the Renaissance-style dinner at the castle in Visegrad.
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I thought the tour was very good but there were some glitches that were handle very well by the tour guide. I have two suggestions. !.The first day in Prague was very taxing. Could the day 1 and day 2 events be switched. 2.Many people complained because the bus seats weren't assigned daily. Tour manager was excellent except he could have been more organized and communicated better. He was good at fixing problems beyond his control. Had a problem getting coins in Czech Republic and Austria. Enjoyed the Danube cruise at night in Budapest.James Sweeney
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From JFK back to JFK every single day was pleasant and Memorable.Romina Clemente
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Seeing the old and new side of Prague and going to concerts in both Prague and Vienna.Carol Currey
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Everything expected and more!Lester Stano
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Jewish walking tour. All the free time.
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great value, most attractions, enough free time.Susan Leon
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I truly enjoyed this tour. It was a good mix of exploring the big capital cities and also enjoying trips outside of the hustle and bustle into smalller towns. Actually I thought the day trips out of the city were more enjoyable. Prague is by far the highlight of the tour. We arrived a day early which I highly recommend. It gives you a full extra day exploring the beautiful city. The micro brewery in Prague was a fun night. Good beer, good food and music. Cesky Krumlov was a picturesque village on our way to Vienna. We had just a couple hours here on our own for lunch and exploring. The town of Durnstein was another highlight. We only had about an hour to shop. Would have loved extra time. Then we took a boat ride from there on the Danube. Great time. Bratislava Slovakia was wonderful too. Had free time after a short guided tour through the old town area. Fisherman’s Bastion in Budapest was amazing. But the best part of Budapest was the optional evening dinner and boat ride. The Parliament building lit up at night made for the most incredible photos. Our last day we went to this artists village outside of Budapest which was probably the best place to pick up souvenirs and gifts. The only complaint I have was in Prague during our tour of the Castle we had lunch in the Palace then had to go straight into a classical music concert which was an hour long where everyone was basically falling asleep. It was not the right time to sit through that with a full stomach in a warm room in uncomfortable chairs. Most people in our group of 40 agreed.
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The countries had much history and the guides provided much information.L. Ballesteros
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There were several changes from the original itinerary. Tour guide had to clarify the changes several times. Enjoyed time spent in Prague especially the free time to tour on your own. Needed more assistance in negotiation with three different currencies. Not pleased with the hotel accommodations on Budapest.Ilene Clinton
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I lked the tour of the Lobkowicz Palace and to meeting with the Prince.Paul Kovceses
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We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and loved all the sites and the food was great throughout the tour. We would recommend this tour. each city we visited had its sites which make it hard to select our favourable moment. All the palaces were fabulous, the cathedrals and churches in Europe are incredible. The Parliament buildings in Budapest are just a stunning site to behold.Brian Woodford
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Prague walking tours and wonderful guides.Susan Savard
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Prague was my favorite place. Every place was wonderful.Magda Albert
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The actual tour couldn't compare with our 3 other tours we have taken with Collette. Walking pace too slow. Mozart Tour slow and boring. Spent too much time driving to locations out of town vs. touring main attractions in the 3 cities. Tour Director was not top notch. Collette needs to schedule other sightseeing options into the tour such as Parliament. Tour Director needs to attend Dinner with group vs. Restaurant staff asking each table where the tour director is and who has a voucher to pay for dinner. Tour Director needs to sit and eat with tour participants sometime.Sara Elliott
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Hard to remember one. Will anything happen for the night the 22 folks stuck in Philadelphia and missed one night and part of first day of tour. When our group finally landed in Prague it was the first time a representative from Collette did not greet us. We had 22 people waiting for 10-15 minutes. Not good!Larry Elliott
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Vienna palace and concert.Helaine Herman
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Excellent tour. well paced. was probably a bit more physically challenging with walking and steps than expected. Some tour members had difficulty with this. Beautiful cities.Charles Resnick
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The brewery tour in Prague was great! Most of our good memories were when we were on our own. Could have skipped Vienna.
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I rate Collette as one of the best tour companies. They are dependable, reasonably price, and professional.
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Well planned and done at a comfortable pace.Aloysius Heinrich
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Favorite experience was visiting Cesky Krumlov and having a potato pancake wrapped around sauerkraut. Also, enjoyed eating a pretzel ice cream cone in Bratislava. Enjoyed shopping in Visegrad. We felt the tour was way overpriced for what was included. Food and bathrooms were deplorable at the underground place in the Grinzing region.Jacklin Romeo
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Maury's was knowledgeable and fun. I thought we saw the high spots and enjoyed the entire trip.Patricia Hemmerle
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Beautiful Cities and the hotels were very nice. They were each centrally located which allowed us to walk anywhere in the city. Especially enjoyed our tour manager Borianna who had exceptional knowledge of the history of all the cities. She was also very amusing and kept us laughing.Michael Talmadge
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Prague was great and would like to revisit this city. There’s a lot to see.
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Great cities loved the cities outside the main citiesRocco Romanella
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I had many memorable experiences. I would like to have had a number of additional/ replacement experiences that are big highlights of the cities but not included on this tour.Mary Tortorello
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Mediocre food, location, restaraunt staff and musicians in Vienna.Norman Tyring
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Great trip for a real value. Loved Budapest.Sandra Babiarz
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Probably touring Prague and the small towns around. Budapest was the prettiest city.James Skala
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Three nights each in Prague, Vienna, and Budapest, with side trips out of these cities to other sites, as well as a stop in Bratislava. Most memorable experience was probably the concert in Vienna (an option at an additional cost) and a nighttime trip on the Danube at Budapest (an option at an additional cost).
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Good experience and fun!!Brenda Yowell
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Danube river night cruiseArnold Lipschutz
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see 1 and 2nhotels had construction going onJohn Maccoon
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tour great, hotels below par and several group dinner restaurants miserably hotRenee Maccoon
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Loved the cruise! It was beautiful.
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We enjoyed almost every thing. The hotel in Vienna was not greatRonald Sheridan
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enjoyable and inexpensive.
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Did not like the evening spent in the village (i.e. restaurant) in Prague. Local dancers and singers were okay for an hour or so, but not all evening. Did not like being herded in to the uncomfortable tables where we sat for a VERY long time. Food was adequate, but not great. Nothing about this was event was good. Also did not like the crowded accommodations at the buffet in Prague. Did not like the rushed dinner in Austria prior to the river boat cruise.Diane Kasten
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The concert at the palace in Vienna was the highlight of the trip.Theresa Condie
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Loved Cesky . We had an extended time here due to a national holiday that altered our schedule.This town was a gem . Our hotels were nice but could have been better . Prague hotel lgreat .Marriott beautiful hotel but did not offer free wifi in room Nh hotel in Budapest didn't like.Courtyard design,room windows faced into lobby courtyard . It was noisy throughout night.
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Excellent Hotels, Good Sightseeing, Excellent Tour Guide,Oliver Schwarz
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Better hotel maybe and more included events would have been needed to improve rating and I would have paid for this.
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Enjoyed the side trips outside main cities. The dinner in Budapest was the most awesome dinner/buffet ever.Jerome Berni
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One of our better trips and we have done dozen trips.
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Beautiful picturesque cities and towns. Loved visiting Cesky Krumlov.Jill Fioriello
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Our tour manager gave us much information and personal experiences since he was from Budapest.
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Really enjoyed the Danube cruise. Beautiful section of the river.
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Several guided sites we needed more timeEdward
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I chose this tour because it stayed three nights in each city. I do not like to cover a lot of ground by bus and I avoid tours which visit many cities over a short time period. The bus travel was not overly long and less than three nights in Vienna and Budapest would have been far too short; three nights is already inadequate. The highlights of the trip where the preset tours which took you to the city highlights. The hotels were excellent. The locations and quality of rooms exceeded my expectations. The downside of tours is generally the meals as large groups entail a drop in quality but not quantity.Glenn
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The tour manager knew the tour very well answered a lot of questions. Our guide Nina in Prague was fantastic. Very knowledgable and great sense of humor.Marcy
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The tour overall was an excellent experience with tour and free time nicely divided. I think this tour should be two days longer as I found adding an extra day on each end helped us with jet lag at the beginning and then gave us time to do a few things we could not do on tour at beginning and end. Most of the meals were good but I would not choose the all you can eat buffet style restaurant. These destinations had so many choices of restaurants that even eating out on your own was almost a guarantee to find a good meal at a reasonable price. As for the hotels they were all good. In Budapest I would chose a different location. While near the bridge and easy access to other areas it was not in the best part of town. I would gladly pay a little more to have stayed closer into the city center. Overall we had a congenial group. Ralph our tour guide was informative and witty, relayed historical details, and helped us with currency, history, and language by providing us with handouts. I also would recommend the extra add on tours. One thing I like about Collette is they keep these add ons to a limit. We did two out of the three and found that to be just right. I would not miss those extraordinary nights out on the town or going to dinner and musical event or boat cruises as they were part of the highlights. Also the small towns on the way where we made stops were excellent. I would only say maybe give us another 1- 2 hours per stop over towns so not to be as rushed. That is where the extra two days would allow this to happen without sacrificing time away from other things. I could go on but this trip as it was like no other. Eastern Europe has such old world charm and beauty. Monasteries, castles, cathedrals, museums, music, cobblestone streets, villages, river valleys, mountains, goulash and pastries...need I say more. It truly was a trip of a lifetime for us.Mary
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This tour was great, but it was also expensive. Upsides: • Great tour manager who added value through in-depth information sharing about locations we visited. • Good selection of structured activities in tour. • Accommodations and transportation was uniformly good. Downsides: • Large group (35+) means lots of wasted time herding everyone together throughout the day, and loading/unloading. • Provided dining options were limited to locations able to accommodate large groups • Pre-packaged services like airfare and dining options were on the whole overpriced or constraining (IMO). Collette and their staff did a fine job, but for my preferences the value proposition in such large group travel is not positive. YMMV
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Our tour manager Marius was fantastic! The hotels were perfectly located and the included breakfast was wonderful! One great memory was the Danube river cruise to Melk - spectacular!Elisa Magill
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I loved this tour and our guide, Thomas, was amazing! Best guide I have ever had. Collette tours are fabulous. I am a retired teacher and have lead student trips so I knew what tours are like in general. I don't think that I would do another tour like this, however, because I don't like a rigid schedule while vacationing. But if you are looking for a guided tour, this company is top notch. My favorite part of the tour was Prague.Kimberly Engel
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Walking tour of Prague was great. Moonlight cruise on the Danube in Budapest was great. Tour of Sean Brun Palace average. The hotel in Budapest i.e. UP was not desirable.
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A site packed trip, visited many wonderful sites.
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The food was terrible. I felt sick every time I ate those cheap meals, which were primarily salty fried dishes. It made me wonder if any of these countries served fruits or vegetables. Regarding the accommodations, only the hotel in Vienna was nice. Budapest felt depressing and rundown, making the trip overall quite sad. However, I really enjoyed the tour guide; she was fun! I thought the trip was well organized, and I would travel with Collette again. I would have preferred to have seen Poland. Vierna - we needed more time there Prague is a lot of fun.
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Collette tours are the absolute best!!!Kelly Anderson
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Prague and Vienna were the best for tour, hotel and friendliness. Didn't have much tour time in Hungary as tour was only for a half day in the morning for each of the 2 days leaving us on our own for 2 half days in the afternoon with no tour guide around. Hungary was a large country with scenic areas at a distance. I was not happy with Dariusz as our tour guide.
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Excelent only instead 2 better 3 Days on VienaZoraida Rodriguez Munoz
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Loved the night Cruise in Budapest Loved the little town outside of Prague on the way to Vienna Loved the cruise on the Rhine
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All went very well until the last 24 hours. At that time , we were told there were difficulties with the return trip on our scheduled carrier. This necessitated adding an additional night at our Budapest hotel. I was told by the clerk at the hotel I would have an additional room cost of $150.73 which I paid. We were not in a position to refute or question this price as we were in an emergent situation in a foreign country. I have submitted this statement to my Collette insurance representative and have been told $50 is all that will be reimbursed . Needless to say, I am quite unhappy about this. I have also been told I will be given vouchers to cover the cost of an unscheduled taxi I fee I paid in cash because I was not given a receipt. I doubt I will use Collette again unless these fees are paid for me. In addition to this, we missed our introductory dinner on the first evening- Lynda Bebrowsky has the cost of this. This too should be refunded. I have no idea of the cost of this. Laura SteidleLaura Steidle
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hello tour leader was great....hotels mixed vienna hotel great budapest room was hot floors not clean. big bust was airline cancelling flight and taking 16 hours to rebook. had i not self advocated would have arrrived home at 2am. wont book airfare through the company again. great to see the empire cities so lovely.
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Imperial Cities - Prague, Vienna and Budapest. Beautiful Cities. Great friends and family. Loved the combination of planned tours and free time. Disappointed in the speaker in the hotel of Budapest. I realize the slide show was not able to be used but it should not have flustered her in the manner it did. Hotel in Budapest was a bit of a disappointment. Location was good however, Elevator down (and has been down for months) causing bottlenecks. Rooms were not as nice as Prague and Vienna. Carpet was dirty. Would be willng to spend more to have better accomodations.Melia Hord
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Tour was too busy with unnecessary inclusions. Bus trips between cities that should have not taken all day but did because of unnecessary uninteresting stops. Example….Making strudel in a tourist trap. Exception that was interesting was Slovakia.
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Loved learning to make strudel and roll **** bread.Georgianna Pulley
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I loved the three cities, as well as our en route stops at Cesky Krumlov and Bratislava. Had a fun time at the folk dinner in Prague. Would have loved more time in Cesky Krumlov and Bratislava. The evening cruise on the Danube in Budapest was stunning. Learned so much about the history of these places, from 1000 years ago right through Soviet rule times. Would have appreciated better time estimates for tour activities, in order to plan free time.
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I loved Prague and the beauty of the city. The tour of the Old Jewish Quarter was very moving.
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Tour director was terribly incompetent. There were a few odd choices in the itinerary rather than concentrating on the major cities.
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Even though the tour guide had been working for years as a guide, he was very poor. He didn't tell us that there was water on the bus until 3 days before the end of the tour. He and the bus driver got lost for 4 hours going to a venue that they had been to several times before. I requested vegetarian, and I was given meat dishes. How can you forget that you have 2 vegetarians on the tour when there are only 28 in the tour. People were frequently walking on the bus when it's known that this is a huge safety hazard. The local tour guide in Prague you couldn't hear. Several of us asked that she speak into the microphone. She had the microphone on her collar, and was speaking in the opposite direction. I got sick and missed most of the tour and the guide called once at the end of the tour to see how I was doing. I had been a Collette customer for over 20 years, taking at least 20 tours with them. I'm done with Collette.
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Perfect balance between planned activities and free time. Positive vibes throughout from the tour manager, and very informative local guides. Acquired a strong feel for the culture of all three major cities.
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Everything was excellent except for the hotel in Budapest I was not too impressed. The tour guide Patrick was excellent very nice personality and very helpful always there for us. Friendly and polite. Every tour guide should be like him.Conchita Syrigos
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Well organized, planned well and generally interesting. Some locations could have been skipped without impacting the tour.Leslie Hsu
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Enjoyed every moment of this tour. Beautiful landscapes, rich history, wonderful cultural events, hard-working tour guide.
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I prefer traveling with Colette because they place us in nice hotels in great locations. This wasn’t the case on this trip. Our hotel in Prague while lovely was at least a 25-30 minute walk to the center of town. In Vienna we were in a “historic” hotel. My room was tiny and hot!
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From the sites we visited to the terrific tour guide of Polina, it was a wonderful and educational experience.Ann Decker
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Excellent experience, and all excellent tours. The communist talk, however really want something I wished to have listened to and would not suggest that be included again.Colleen Cotter
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Learning the history of these great cities from Tomas, our Collette Guide and the many local guides inch city.Mary Skalitzky
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Incredible locations, exceptional Tour Manager as well as interesting historical sites.Laura Tyree
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The variety of experiences on this tour made for a great experience.Christopher Tiano
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The trip was fabulous!!!. The hotels were in excellent walking distance for activities, eating, and sightseeing. Unfortunately, I felt that a few of the side options were just filler activities to make easy money. The music walking tour in Vienna was a perfect example. The Music performance people and venue workers were very rude and the show again was not worth the money. A few of the others were at restaurants that appeared to only be open for our group and not very inviting.At times, we felt rushed and would have liked a few extra minutes. Prague was a fairytale land. Loved it !!! The tour of the Jewish section was emotionally impacting.Vienna was a big city, not as enjoyable, although historical buildings and history was interesting.Two of the side options were not worth the money. Budapest had a lot to offer. Could have spent a bit more time there. Eliminate Vienna and add days to Prague and Budapest.Jousting show and dinner was enjoyable, but little village for a waste of time. Local tour guide seemed to be a marketing person for the village. I would use Collette Tours in the future. NINA was the BEST!!! She not only was there for us at every moment, but provided a really personal connection to the area.Patricia Cayer
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The tour included many experiences but I think that the dinners in local restaurants and the entertainment,especially when we were singled out to dance was definitely one of the highlights.Karen Hamm
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The evening cruise in Budapest was beautiful. And the events of the last day with the Medieval competition and meal was great fun. By then, we knew everyone in our group and we all just had fun together!Debra Gatto
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The hotels were great but the Grand in Vienna was really special.
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The walking tour of the city was a bit long for me that day. My fault though for not having the best shoes and it was extremely hot. I would split it up if possible.Cynthia Silva
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I hate forced essay feedbacks: The tour manager was great and patient with us. He also arranged nice events with other very knowledgeable guides. We had a great time and would definitely book with this tour manager again if he was avaialble. The whole trip (minus walking on horrible cobblestone that was not comfortable) was great. Oh, the bus driver was excellent too and getting us safely to locations, and the best driving of I bus I've ever seen through tight traffic.Trusted Customer
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Was wonderful would advise changing hotel in Hungary
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We had so many unique experiences! Boryana was a wonderful guide!Trusted Customer
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Prague was breathtaking and very enjoyaboelTrusted Customer
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The location of the hotels were perfect. The day to Dürnstein, cruise to and tour of Melk along with the concerts and the rose gardens at the summer castle outside Vienna are a few favorite memories.
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There were too many people 42
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Cities were beautiful and the tours were informational. Not impressed with some of the group meals & the location of the Budapest hotel was a bit seedy. However the Vienna hotel was spectacular.Trusted Customer
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Enjoyed the Hungarian Medieval Castle with the local "knights" performing ax-throwing, archery, and "sword" fights. The generous medieval banquet service was tasty; fun to wear the paper crowns. We learned about the area's past and saw the local revitalization in the countryside. Way to blend the past and present for tourists!Trusted Customer
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Hungarian feast in the forest with musicians that came to the tables and played requested songs. Food was plentiful, atmosphere picturesque.
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See previous remarks. We loved everything we saw, but the boat rides outside Vienna and Budapest by night were very special.Trusted Customer
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Very well planned and executed.
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excellent tour guide (Marius); options were entertaining and informative,Trusted Customer
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Very well informed tour guides. The cities we toured were beautiful. I especially liked the boat trip to Melk on the Danube.Trusted Customer
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So many things the beautiful buildings, the history, food, people and music.Trusted Customer
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Everything we had an experience I thought it was my most memorable. Every experience was my most memorable.Trusted Customer
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The tour manager, Dariusz Kuzniar, made our tour great. Prague is a beautiful city but at Budapest we discovered unexpected wonderful city.
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History and people were amazingTrusted Customer
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Loved having 3 days in each cityTrusted Customer
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Good ratio of planned tours and free timeTrusted Customer
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The lower rating here is more my issue than the actual tour. I am not much for history so not sure why I chose this tour. Loved Budapest. The food was amazing. The tour manager I felt did not get our group under control before leaving the bus, which lead to some people wandering off and not hearing full details on times and meeting places.Doris Babos
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Each city was beautiful and each one was even better.Trusted Customer
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I enjoyed the musical concerts, the optional tour by night on the Danube River in Budapest, visiting the palace in Vienna, the castle district in Prague, the Renaissance-style dinner at the castle in Visegrad.
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I thought the tour was very good but there were some glitches that were handle very well by the tour guide. I have two suggestions. !.The first day in Prague was very taxing. Could the day 1 and day 2 events be switched. 2.Many people complained because the bus seats weren't assigned daily. Tour manager was excellent except he could have been more organized and communicated better. He was good at fixing problems beyond his control. Had a problem getting coins in Czech Republic and Austria. Enjoyed the Danube cruise at night in Budapest.Trusted Customer
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From JFK back to JFK every single day was pleasant and Memorable.Trusted Customer
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Seeing the old and new side of Prague and going to concerts in both Prague and Vienna.Trusted Customer
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Everything expected and more!Trusted Customer
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Jewish walking tour. All the free time.
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great value, most attractions, enough free time.Trusted Customer
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I truly enjoyed this tour. It was a good mix of exploring the big capital cities and also enjoying trips outside of the hustle and bustle into smalller towns. Actually I thought the day trips out of the city were more enjoyable. Prague is by far the highlight of the tour. We arrived a day early which I highly recommend. It gives you a full extra day exploring the beautiful city. The micro brewery in Prague was a fun night. Good beer, good food and music. Cesky Krumlov was a picturesque village on our way to Vienna. We had just a couple hours here on our own for lunch and exploring. The town of Durnstein was another highlight. We only had about an hour to shop. Would have loved extra time. Then we took a boat ride from there on the Danube. Great time. Bratislava Slovakia was wonderful too. Had free time after a short guided tour through the old town area. Fisherman’s Bastion in Budapest was amazing. But the best part of Budapest was the optional evening dinner and boat ride. The Parliament building lit up at night made for the most incredible photos. Our last day we went to this artists village outside of Budapest which was probably the best place to pick up souvenirs and gifts. The only complaint I have was in Prague during our tour of the Castle we had lunch in the Palace then had to go straight into a classical music concert which was an hour long where everyone was basically falling asleep. It was not the right time to sit through that with a full stomach in a warm room in uncomfortable chairs. Most people in our group of 40 agreed.
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The countries had much history and the guides provided much information.Trusted Customer
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There were several changes from the original itinerary. Tour guide had to clarify the changes several times. Enjoyed time spent in Prague especially the free time to tour on your own. Needed more assistance in negotiation with three different currencies. Not pleased with the hotel accommodations on Budapest.Trusted Customer
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I lked the tour of the Lobkowicz Palace and to meeting with the Prince.Trusted Customer
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We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and loved all the sites and the food was great throughout the tour. We would recommend this tour. each city we visited had its sites which make it hard to select our favourable moment. All the palaces were fabulous, the cathedrals and churches in Europe are incredible. The Parliament buildings in Budapest are just a stunning site to behold.Brian Woodford
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Prague walking tours and wonderful guides.Trusted Customer
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Prague was my favorite place. Every place was wonderful.Trusted Customer
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Hard to remember one. Will anything happen for the night the 22 folks stuck in Philadelphia and missed one night and part of first day of tour. When our group finally landed in Prague it was the first time a representative from Collette did not greet us. We had 22 people waiting for 10-15 minutes. Not good!Trusted Customer
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The actual tour couldn't compare with our 3 other tours we have taken with Collette. Walking pace too slow. Mozart Tour slow and boring. Spent too much time driving to locations out of town vs. touring main attractions in the 3 cities. Tour Director was not top notch. Collette needs to schedule other sightseeing options into the tour such as Parliament. Tour Director needs to attend Dinner with group vs. Restaurant staff asking each table where the tour director is and who has a voucher to pay for dinner. Tour Director needs to sit and eat with tour participants sometime.Trusted Customer
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Vienna palace and concert.Trusted Customer
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Excellent tour. well paced. was probably a bit more physically challenging with walking and steps than expected. Some tour members had difficulty with this. Beautiful cities.Trusted Customer
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The brewery tour in Prague was great! Most of our good memories were when we were on our own. Could have skipped Vienna.
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Favorite experience was visiting Cesky Krumlov and having a potato pancake wrapped around sauerkraut. Also, enjoyed eating a pretzel ice cream cone in Bratislava. Enjoyed shopping in Visegrad. We felt the tour was way overpriced for what was included. Food and bathrooms were deplorable at the underground place in the Grinzing region.Trusted Customer
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I rate Collette as one of the best tour companies. They are dependable, reasonably price, and professional.
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Well planned and done at a comfortable pace.Aloysius Heinrich
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Maury's was knowledgeable and fun. I thought we saw the high spots and enjoyed the entire trip.Trusted Customer
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Beautiful Cities and the hotels were very nice. They were each centrally located which allowed us to walk anywhere in the city. Especially enjoyed our tour manager Borianna who had exceptional knowledge of the history of all the cities. She was also very amusing and kept us laughing.Trusted Customer
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Prague was great and would like to revisit this city. There’s a lot to see.
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Mediocre food, location, restaraunt staff and musicians in Vienna.Trusted Customer
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I had many memorable experiences. I would like to have had a number of additional/ replacement experiences that are big highlights of the cities but not included on this tour.Trusted Customer
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Great cities loved the cities outside the main citiesTrusted Customer
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Great trip for a real value. Loved Budapest.Trusted Customer
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Three nights each in Prague, Vienna, and Budapest, with side trips out of these cities to other sites, as well as a stop in Bratislava. Most memorable experience was probably the concert in Vienna (an option at an additional cost) and a nighttime trip on the Danube at Budapest (an option at an additional cost).
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Good experience and fun!!Trusted Customer
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Danube river night cruiseTrusted Customer
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see 1 and 2nhotels had construction going onTrusted Customer
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tour great, hotels below par and several group dinner restaurants miserably hotTrusted Customer
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Loved the cruise! It was beautiful.
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We enjoyed almost every thing. The hotel in Vienna was not greatTrusted Customer
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enjoyable and inexpensive.
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Did not like the evening spent in the village (i.e. restaurant) in Prague. Local dancers and singers were okay for an hour or so, but not all evening. Did not like being herded in to the uncomfortable tables where we sat for a VERY long time. Food was adequate, but not great. Nothing about this was event was good. Also did not like the crowded accommodations at the buffet in Prague. Did not like the rushed dinner in Austria prior to the river boat cruise.Trusted Customer
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The concert at the palace in Vienna was the highlight of the trip.Theresa Condie
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Loved Cesky . We had an extended time here due to a national holiday that altered our schedule.This town was a gem . Our hotels were nice but could have been better . Prague hotel lgreat .Marriott beautiful hotel but did not offer free wifi in room Nh hotel in Budapest didn't like.Courtyard design,room windows faced into lobby courtyard . It was noisy throughout night.
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Excellent Hotels, Good Sightseeing, Excellent Tour Guide,Trusted Customer
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Better hotel maybe and more included events would have been needed to improve rating and I would have paid for this.
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Enjoyed the side trips outside main cities. The dinner in Budapest was the most awesome dinner/buffet ever.Trusted Customer
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One of our better trips and we have done dozen trips.
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Beautiful picturesque cities and towns. Loved visiting Cesky Krumlov.Trusted Customer
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Our tour manager gave us much information and personal experiences since he was from Budapest.
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Really enjoyed the Danube cruise. Beautiful section of the river.
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Several guided sites we needed more timeTrusted Customer
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I chose this tour because it stayed three nights in each city. I do not like to cover a lot of ground by bus and I avoid tours which visit many cities over a short time period. The bus travel was not overly long and less than three nights in Vienna and Budapest would have been far too short; three nights is already inadequate. The highlights of the trip where the preset tours which took you to the city highlights. The hotels were excellent. The locations and quality of rooms exceeded my expectations. The downside of tours is generally the meals as large groups entail a drop in quality but not quantity.Glenn
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The tour manager knew the tour very well answered a lot of questions. Our guide Nina in Prague was fantastic. Very knowledgable and great sense of humor.Trusted Customer
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The tour overall was an excellent experience with tour and free time nicely divided. I think this tour should be two days longer as I found adding an extra day on each end helped us with jet lag at the beginning and then gave us time to do a few things we could not do on tour at beginning and end. Most of the meals were good but I would not choose the all you can eat buffet style restaurant. These destinations had so many choices of restaurants that even eating out on your own was almost a guarantee to find a good meal at a reasonable price. As for the hotels they were all good. In Budapest I would chose a different location. While near the bridge and easy access to other areas it was not in the best part of town. I would gladly pay a little more to have stayed closer into the city center. Overall we had a congenial group. Ralph our tour guide was informative and witty, relayed historical details, and helped us with currency, history, and language by providing us with handouts. I also would recommend the extra add on tours. One thing I like about Collette is they keep these add ons to a limit. We did two out of the three and found that to be just right. I would not miss those extraordinary nights out on the town or going to dinner and musical event or boat cruises as they were part of the highlights. Also the small towns on the way where we made stops were excellent. I would only say maybe give us another 1- 2 hours per stop over towns so not to be as rushed. That is where the extra two days would allow this to happen without sacrificing time away from other things. I could go on but this trip as it was like no other. Eastern Europe has such old world charm and beauty. Monasteries, castles, cathedrals, museums, music, cobblestone streets, villages, river valleys, mountains, goulash and pastries...need I say more. It truly was a trip of a lifetime for us.Trusted Customer
