Danube Bend: Picturesque Day trip from Budapest exploring Esztergom, Visegrád and Szentendre
3.8
87 Ratings
Budapest
Embark on a picturesque day trip from Budapest to explore the charming cities of Esztergom, Visegrád, and Szentendre in the Danube Bend. Discover the rich Hungarian history and enjoy a memorable boat tour back to Budapest.
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Esztergom Basilica / Cathedral - A visit to Hungary’s largest cathedral
  • Parkovisko - Námestie slobody II - Beautiful view of the Danube
  • Visegrádi fellegvár - Panoramic view from the fortress & lunch break
  • Main Square (Fo ter) - Charming artists’ village
  • Danube River - Relaxing river cruise from Szentendre to Budapest (between May 1 - Sept 30)
What's Included
  • Boat ride between May and 17th September (Szentendre
    – Budapest, only on weekends)
  • Professional guide
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pick-up & drop-off
  • Lunch
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Come explore Esztergom, Visegrád, and Szentendre, the trio of stunning cities located along the Danube Bend. Experience breathtaking views in each location and immerse yourself in Hungarian history along the famed Blue Danube. Make your trip memorable with a boat trip returning to Budapest. The package includes air-conditioned transportation, and from May to September 17th, a boat journey from Szentendre back to Budapest is also offered (only available on weekends).

  • May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
  • A current valid passport or ID card is required on the day of travel
Location
Báthory utca 19
Báthory utca
Báthory utca 19
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(87 Ratings)
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_elijade97
May 8, 2024
Loved this tour - We loved this tour. The guide was excellent and the info was all so interesting. We had plenty time at all the stops to get photos and see the sights, all of which are stunning. Would highly recommend
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Dellangelo54
Apr 29, 2024
Excellent agency - We booked this tour through Viator who supported this agency. The meeting was in their headquarters behind the Parliament and we traveled in a comfortable minibus (we were about fifteen people). Excellent English and Spanish speaking guide and equally good driver (Attila). Correct visit times.
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Vincenttd9775ns
Jan 12, 2024
Overall good experience; Better to visit in non-winter seasons - The tour had both English and Spanish interpretations concurrently. Can be slightly confusing especially when you have a bigger tour group who needed to wait for the guide to finish, but the guide did such an amazing job!! The stories are great, but the views could have been better due to a gloomy/foggy day (not the agency's fault). Lunch service at the recommended hotel could be better managed, as we had to wait quite a while for the food which lessened our time to explore the place. Otherwise, the overall experience is good.
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Sarahzammit
Nov 17, 2023
Great day! - Vera did at utmost to explain well in English eventhough it’s not her native tongue. Very informative tour!
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Culture61173962712
Nov 13, 2023
Good. But recommended to come between May and September. - The tourist guide is very good, fluent in English and Spanish. The itinerary arrangement is fine. But highly recommended to come between May and September. November is cold you may meet rainy or cloudy weather, and no river cruise in the Danube. All the stops are good except the lunch in Siraly restaurant in Visegrádi is terrible. Maybe it's because the only opened restaurant in that small town, at least in Nov 2023. Waiting for food to be served and eating spent all the 1 hour. No room for the "Panoramic view from the fortress". With this service, they still take a 10% service fee without asking. In Bratislava, they took the basic price first, and then I gave the tip later, which I feel more respected.
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Henrietta_m
May 28, 2024
Destinations worth a visit - different guide needed - The destinations were lovely and worth a visit. However, our guide, although pleasant enough, was too elderly and infirm to do the job effectively. She walked very slowly with a stick and couldn't climb stairs very well so she briefed us at the bottom of 2 of the 3 stops and sent us off. She regularly lost her train of thought when explaining the history and background on the bus. She also gave poor advice about the cruise which meant we all wound up with poor seats on the return
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Etame
Dec 9, 2023
Not worth it. - Tu Much Travel and a lot of Time Just to see two things. It is really not worth it, there is a lot to do and see in Budapest. You are better you skip this one.
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Baroque5
Oct 18, 2023
Check if the Basilica is still a building site before booking this tour. - Before booking this tour, check whether works at Esztergom Basilica are complete, as it's undergoing such major restoration works that everything other than the altar painting was either covered up or pulled up. It was basically the tour of a building site after which we walked across the terrace to see the view of the Danube. At Visigrad, the restaurant was mediocre. Szentendre was very commercialised but pretty, better to have lunch there to have more time to walk around.
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Lolimaya
Dec 18, 2023
Nice excursion that we could not enjoy due to bad weather - The tour itself is great, but unfortunately ours went awry due to bad weather. That day it snowed a lot and we couldn't do part of the route, due to the poor condition of the road. We did not enjoy the views due to poor visibility, we could not visit the Esztergom Basilica, nor could we go to Visegrad. And because of how slow the transportation had to go, we barely had any free time in Szentendre. In addition, the streets were icy and some people fell. In short, I consider that given the weather, the excursion should have been canceled and returned to Budapest. But we went ahead and we didn't enjoy almost anything of what we contracted. It's obviously no one's fault and the guide did her best to liven up the situation. She receives orders from the agency and cannot make any decisions about it.
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Ravi_g
Dec 13, 2023
Not a Place to visit in Winter - This tour is not recommended during winter time. Esztergom was OK as they take you to a point for photos and then visit the cathedral without the guide. The guide gives 45 minutes to visit and doesn't accompany you inside. Visegrád is just a lunch break in an expensive restaurant where the waiter charges whatever he feels like without referring to the price on the menu card. Good thing in hotel was they gave vegetarian food without onion & garlic. In Visegrád, they don't show any place to you, even from a distance. In Szentendre, the agent gave 45 minutes to go on your own and being winter, it was dark at 4.30 pm and almost all shops closed. Couldn't enjoy the beauty of the small village. What a waste of time the tour was? Not at all recommended in winter time. In summers they have a boat ride back to budapest, maybe that is good.
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