Budapest Danube Bend Full-Day Tour with Lunch

Budapest, Hungary

From $104.25

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up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)

9 hours 30 minutes
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Offered in: English

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Overview

Discover the sights of the Danube Bend in one trip on this full-day tour from Budapest. Drive across the border into Slovakia, and visit Esztergom’s green-domed Basilica, the seat of Hungary’s Catholic church. Then, admire the Danube views from hilltop Visegrad Castle and enjoy a guided stroll around cobbled Szentendre, famous for its art shops. Hotel pickup, lunch, and return transport, with a Danube boat ride back to Budapest (May-September), are included.

Cross into Slovakia and then visit the monumental, green-domed Esztergom Basilica
Photo stop at hilltop Visegrad Castle, overlooking the Danube Bend
Guided walk around Szentendre to see its cobbled squares and arty shops
Includes transport by air-conditioned vehicle, lunch, and hotel pickup

What's Included

Professional guide
Transport by air-conditioned bus
Photo stop at Visegrad
Lunch
River cruise by public boat from May until the 17th of September

Hotel pick up and drop-off
Drinks

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

EUrama Budapest Quality Sightseeing City Tours *****
Budapest, Apáczai Csere János u. 12, 1052 Hungary
The Eurama Office is located in The InterContinental Hotel Budapest, ground floor facing to Apáczai Csere János street. Please be at the meeting point (Eurama office - InterContinental Hotel Budapest) 30 minutes before the scheduled departure time! Look for the blue Eurama flag.

Start time

09:00 AM

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Esztergom Basilica / Cathedral

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Visegrad

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Szentendre

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Danube River

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Infant seats available
Transportation is wheelchair accessible

Not recommended for travelers with back problems
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Return by boat between 1 May - 1st of Oct. In case of low water and during winter time, return to Budapest is by bus
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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Featured review

B_J

Very knowledgeable tour guide Elizabeth. Enjoyable day out. Plenty of information. Delicious lunch. Very relaxed and plenty of time for shopping for local art and craft.

Reviews

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Don't waste your time

dstiger57, Apr 2024

This tour was a waste of time and money. I was in the back of the van and so I couldn't hear a word he was saying the whole time. Even when we got out to see things we would race off a head of people and if you couldn't keep up you never knew what he had described because he wouldn't wait until everyone got together. This was not organized very well. We stopped and was told if we needed to use the restrooms it was a walk in the other direction. What we weren't told was the restrooms only took Euros not Hungarian money. This should have been something mentioned before I walked up to the restrooms. By the time I got back he was loading the bus to leave. I also think two hours is too long to spend in a small town just to shop. It's fine if that's your thing but for people who don't like to shop it was wasted time. This wasn't exactly how the tour was described, very misleading. The only positive thing about the whole tour was the meal, hats off to the restaurant.

excellent

B_J, Mar 2024

Very knowledgeable tour guide Elizabeth. Enjoyable day out. Plenty of information. Delicious lunch. Very relaxed and plenty of time for shopping for local art and craft.

Loved our Danube Tour!

Kari_B, Nov 2023

This was a great excursion. We toured very interesting and lovely locations, we had a great lunch and our tour guide was excellent. We had a great experience!

Fabulous out of Budapest experience.

MariadeQuinto, Oct 2023

Our guide Yolanda was the highlight of this trip. Her documentaries on the sites we visited was so informative.

Trip to the bend

shmuel_f, Oct 2023

Strendenze was nice but too much time Marzipan museum was ok Lunch was ok. The dessert was not good. Almost everybody left it

River bend out of BUDAPEST

Veronicarndzz, Sep 2023

Seeing the country side and small villages... along with the history... pleasant trip away from the city

A total waist of time and money

Awdhesh_S, Sep 2023

I would like to get my refunds because this was a terrible tour experience for me. First of all the tour company didn’t pick me up from the hotel. After I called they said that I have to have my own transport. I got the taxi and reached there and then the tour guide didn’t explain if the Basilica will be closed and there was no vegetarian meals. We didn’t see the any of the places shown in as photos on this tour such as Visgard and no tickets were provided for any of the excursions so whole trip was waist. My valuables vacations time was lost entirely for whole day. I would like to get my refunds back and compensation for the day. On my this trip I had booked total three trips the other two were fantastic except this one which was worse in my entire life. Thanks for your assistance. Awdhesh Sharma

Must see experience

Louise_Z, Sep 2023

The amazing views were worth the trip. Lunch was delicious and the cruise back to Budapest relaxed. A long but enjoyable day

Averadge day out.

Paul_W, Sep 2023

The tour oprator did not mention that the main cathedral is under restoration. Almost everything to see inside is under wraps. The tour operator had 3 languages to contend with, so commentary was very limited.

Towns along the River

Debra_M, Aug 2023

We had a lovely day seeing the towns along the river and it was good to get out of the city. Our guide was very informative and very knowledgeable. It was great not to have to worry about finding our own lunch. One young lady serving at the restaurant was very rude and she didn't want to serve us but that was her problem. Overall, the lunch was lovely and in such a beautiful spot overlooking the river. Some really great camera shots. The trip back on the ferry was an excellent way to end the trip.

Fix the sound system

LUEVANOP, Jul 2023

The tour overall was good. Here´s the dilemna. I paid for a Spanish speaking tour. This one was bilingual. Being a seasoned traveler, I have been on many tours. I know the difference in the quality of the delivery of the explanations given by the guide. The tour guide Hilda tried her best to make the tour interesting. However, she felt short and the group didn´t get he full information had it been in one language. In addition, the sound system in the minibus was HORRIBLE. There was so much static, one couldn´t hear after Hilda spoke. We had to ask and remind Hilda to turn off the mic numerous times. One guest even recorded how BAD the static was. The sites visited and boat ride were great.

Good

indunil_S, Jul 2023

Good experience. Guide needs to tone down the inappropriate words. And dry jokes. Food could be better. And there should be non alcoholic dessert. When asked if alcohol was present in pudding they said rum. So clearly they did t know what rum was. The route is good. Slovakia could be bit longer stop.

Too much money for the experience

FLORENTIN_I, Jul 2023

The guide was very friendly and helpful, but unfortunately the 3 course lunch was a disgrace (sachet soup, dry cooked frozen vegetables, somloi galuska made from pudding) and a waste of time (enormous waiting time for a lunch that was already announced in advance, number of people coming and all). Such a waste of time that we only had half an our left for the very beautiful town of Szentendre - we only had a lemonade, since the day was scorching hot, and did not manage to see much of the town. The return trip by boat was with a public boat. So we ended up paying a ridiculous amount of money for a couple of beautiful views...

A great day out

Philip_M, Jul 2023

A really enjoyable day. Amazing insight from our guide. Highly appreciated lunch. This was one of the best day trips we've been on for some time.

Danube bend your from Budapest

Tracey_T, Jun 2023

We had a nice lunch overlooking the Danube bend. The little village of Szentendre was really lovely. We spent some free time there wandering around the pretty streets and shops

Danube Bend not to miss out on

Joel_E, Jun 2023

Clara is so knowledgeable about her country’s history, she talks about it as if she lived through the 18 centuries herself. Three languages were used by the two hosts, and Clara hosted in English and German, and switched between the two seamlessly and impressively.

Good overview of the area especially if you are interested in history and architecture

Delwyn_B, May 2023

It was great to visit 3 different towns outside of Budapest, the lunch was very good, and the weather for the boat ride back to Budapest on the Danube was perfect. Our group felt the guide's spoken English was not up to standard for a tour of this type; and tended to spend too much time imparting her knowledge of the area and history, which prevented us actually seeing/exploring things/places

Great lunch and boat ride was nice

kathleen_r, May 2023

The day overall was good. I was actually able to take the boat back to Budapest. The part that I was not happy with was there very little time in Slovakia and only went into it to see Danube from across the river. There is also a lot of construction on the building which you could barely spend any time inside due to the dust and everything being covered. Also on the outside there were repairs being completed as well. If I had known this part I would probably have not gone. Lunch was excellent. Tour guide was helpful

Nice to get out of the city

Elizabeth_K, May 2023

If I were to do this again, I would try to find a trip without lunch included. The lunch was ok. I would have rather spent more time at each location and had lunch on our own at Szentendre. This would give time to see the Royal Palace up close instead of seeing it from a distance. Because of the time it takes to drive to each location, there is a lot of time in the bus. The tour guide was wonderful as she provided a lot of history and intersting facts about the places as we passed them.

Nice tour of the countryside

Barbara_S, Apr 2023

It was great to get out of the city and see some of the countryside. The guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. The lunch stop was in a beautiful location and the food was very good (especially the dessert). The stop in Szentendre was too long. Most passengers were not interested in the marzipan museum. One hour in the town would be enough.

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