Journey Through Central Europe & Romania

Guide

All Intrepid group trips in Europe are accompanied by one of our local European group leaders. ’Local’ in this context means a leader who is European or lives in Europe. The aim of the group leader is to take the hassle out of your travels and to help you have the best trip possible. Intrepid endeavours to provide the services of an experienced leader however, due to the seasonality of travel, rare situations may arise where your leader is new to a particular region or training other group leaders. Your leader takes care of logistics, will provide information on the places you are travelling through, offer suggestions for things to do and see, recommend great local eating venues and introduce you to our local friends. While not being guides in the traditional sense you can expect them to have a broad general knowledge of the places visited on the trip, including historical, cultural, religious and social aspects. At Intrepid we also aim to support local guides in the individual cities or locations we travel to. If you are interested in delving deeper into the local culture at a specific site or location then your leader can recommend an optional local guide service in most of the main destinations of your trip.

Meals

20 breakfasts, 3 dinners

Others

Cecky Krumlov Cycling trip (weather and season permitting) Underground City of Osowka visit Hiking in the Vysoke Tatry mountains (not between Nov and Mar) StareSmoke Electric train Smokovec Funicular Gondola, Tatranska Lomnica Eger Wine Tasting Maramures Tour with Local Guide Sapanta Merry Cemetery Viscri Fortified Church Bucharest Guided Walking Tour

Transport

Train,Public bus,Private vehicle,Bicycle,Metro,Taxi,Tram TRANSPORT IN EUROPE: Half the fun of travel is the travelling itself, that's why we like to travel the local way – whether that means mingling with commuters on a local train, watching the scenery roll by from the window of a long distance bus, arriving on a high speed train in the city centre of your next destination, or navigating each city's public transport system. In Europe, you are guaranteed to travel by genuine local public transport wherever possible, which puts you right in the centre of the action. LONG TRAVEL DAYS: As we cover lots of ground on this trip, expect some long travel days on local trains and buses. This is an opportunity to mix with the locals and enjoy the scenery out the window. Travel schedules are known to change with little notice. Not all transport may have air conditioning.

Accommodation

OCCASIONAL ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION: The style of accommodation indicated in the day-to-day itinerary is a guideline. On rare occasions, alternative arrangements may need to be made due to the lack of availability of rooms in our usual accommodation. A similar standard of accommodation will be used in these instances. TWIN SHARE BASIS: Accommodation on this trip is on a twin/multishare basis. We pair up solo travellers with another traveller of the same gender as per the gender marker on each of their passports. Please note there may be times where facilities will be shared rather than ensuite and rare occasions when you share a room with passengers travelling on different Intrepid trips than your own. CHECK-IN TIME: Throughout the trip we request that our hotels prepare rooms in time for our arrival, especially if we're arriving prior to normal check-in time. However this isn't always possible which means we won't be able to check-in immediately on arrival at some hotels. Instead, we can store our luggage and explore our new destination. PRE/POST TRIP ACCOMMODATION: If you've purchased pre-trip or post-trip accommodation (if available), you may be required to change rooms from your trip accommodation for these extra nights. FACILITIES: Your accommodation may not always have private en suite facilities or air-conditioning. European hotels generally don't provide kettles or fridges. Hotel (18 nights),Pension (4 nights),Homestay (1 night)

Others

Other activities and services not included

Flights

International flights not included.

Insurance

Insurance is not included. Travel insurance is required for this tour. Please make sure you are adequately covered. If you require travel insurance, TourRadar has partnered up with World Nomads to provide a hassle-free experience. More information can be found here (https://www.tourradar.com/travel-insurance).

Optional

Urban Adventures - Vienna Food, Coffee and Market Tour - EUR78 Belvedere Lower Gallery - EUR13 Albertina Museum - EUR13 Sisi Museum - EUR14 Spanish Riding School Practice - EUR28 St Stephen's Tower - EUR5 Schoenbrunn Palace - EUR14 Hofburg Palace and Sisi Museum - EUR14 Leopold Museum - EUR13 Prater Ferris Wheel - EUR10 Vienna Boys Choir concert - EUR70 Belvedere Gallery - Combined - EUR20 Belvedere Gallery - Upper Gallery - EUR15 Brewery tour - CZK130 Guided walking tour - CZK300 Egon Schiele Art Centrum - CZK160 Raft/canoe trip per person - CZK1200 Guided castle tour - CZK250 Urban Adventure - Prague Discovery - EUR66 Urban Adventure - Prague Beer and Czech Tapas Tour - EUR68 Urban Adventure - Bohemian Tastes and Neighborhoods - EUR58 Urban Adventure - Food by foot - Prag - EUR89 Urban Adventure - Prague parks and views - EUR89 Jewish Quarter - CZK500 Kafka Museum - CZK200 Day Trip to Kutna Hora - CZK250 Mucha Museum - CZK240 Museum of Communism - CZK190 Prague Castle Entrance - CZK350 Sedlec Ossuary - CZK90 Church of St Barbara - CZK60 Town Hall Clock Tower - CZK250 Bike tour - CZK490 The Dancing House - Free John Lennon Wall - Free Urban Adventure - Home Cooked Krakow - EUR60 Urban Adventures - Food by Foot - EUR73 Urban Adventures - Markets and Flavors of Krakow - EUR76 Urban Adventures - Made in Krakow - EUR86 Wieliczka Salt Mines tour - PLN145 State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau Tour - PLN155History Museum - PLN8 Galicia Jewish Museum - PLN15 Schindler's Factory Museum Tour - PLN65 Wawel Royal Castle - PLN25 Walking tour - PLN30 St. Mary's Basilica - PLN10 Cloth Hall 'Sukiennice' Krakow - Free Rynek Underground Museum - PLN19 Summer Luge - EUR3 Bike rental- Tatranska Lomnica - EUR10 Spa treatment in Grand Hotel Praha (starting from price) - EUR20 Ski Museum - EUR3Bike Ride - HUF6000 Great Synagogue - HUF4850 House of Terror - HUF3000 Hungarian National Museum - HUF1600 Hungarian State Opera House Tour - HUF3000 Parliament Tour - HUF5800 Pub Crawl - Starting from - HUF5000 Transport and Entry to Statue Park - HUF5000 Thermal Bath - Starting from - HUF4500 Urban Adventures - Budapest Custom Tour - EUR35 Urban Adventures - Buda Castle Explorer - EUR52 Urban Adventures - Bites & Sights - EUR74 Private Budapest: Best Beers of Budapest - UA - EUR97 Budapest Central Market - Free Urban Adventures - Made in Budapest - EUR72 Urban Adventures - Best Beers of Budapest - EUR74 House of Terror - HUF3000 Thermal Bath - Starting from - HUF4500 Pub Crawl - Starting from - HUF5000 Hungarian State Opera House Tour - HUF3000 Urban Adventures - Buda Castle Explorer - EUR52 Hungarian National Museum - HUF1600 Urban Adventures - Bites & Sights - EUR74 Bike Ride - HUF6000 Parliament Tour - HUF5800 Transport and Entry to Statue Park - HUF5000 Great Synagogue - HUF4850 Eger Castle - HUF1400 Minaret - HUF300 Astronomy Museum, Magic Tower, Camera Obscura, Lyceum Panorama Terrace - HUF1300 The Black Church - RON10 Bran Castle - RON35 Rasnov Fortress Entrance Fee - RON15 Guided Walk - RON200 Cable Car to Mt Tampa - RON8 Museum of the Romanian Peasant - RON8 Bucharest Bike Tour - EUR20 Village Museum - RON15 Palace of Parliament Tour - RON35 Urban Adventures - Home Cooked Bucharest - EUR85 Urban Adventures - Bucharest Sites and Bites - EUR57 Urban Adventures - Outcast Bucharest - EUR52 Urban Adventures - Bohemian Bucharest: Markets & Mahallas - EUR60