Keszthely-Tihany.

Visit the Festetics Estate in Keszthely. Interior tour in the Castle, built in baroque style. Learn about the aristocratic lifestyles of the 18th-19th centuries in Hungary.

After it arrive to Tihany peninsula.  See the Open-air Ethnographic Museum, the rural houses of the old village and the Potter's House, showing the life of fishermen in the past centuries. Then visit the unique Doll Museum, featuring hundreds of colorful dolls from all over the world. Short free time for shopping!

Budapest.

The general part of our tour covers the major highlights of the city, showing the grandeur and Old World charm of Budapest. Visit both sides of the city: the colorful hills of Buda and the bustling businesslike boulevards of Pest. Explore the gorgeous House of Parliament, the elegant Andrassy Avenue, the impressive Heroes Square, walk in the Castle District and enjoy the magnificent panoramic view to the city from the Fishermen's Bastion.   

The Jewish part of the tour includes a visit to the old Jewish Quarter in the heart of Pest, featuring the impressive Dohany Street Synagogue (Europe's biggest), the Jewish Museum with its wealth of Judaica treasures, the unique Holocaust Memorial, the newly re-opened Rumbach Street Synagogue, the memorial statue dedicated to Carl Lutz (the Swiss Consul who saved thousand of Jews) and the beautifully restored Kazinczy Street Orthodox Synagogue.

Sumeg, Herend & highlights of the Balaton Uplands National Park.

9.30 leave from the hotel. At 10.30 A.M. arrive to Sumeg. Visit the Fortress inside.  At 12.30 p.m. arrive to Herend.

Herend is known for the world famous porcelain factory founded in the early 19th century.  Visit the Herend Porcelain Museum to learn about the history of the factory, and enjoy the beauty of the exceptional porcelain pieces manufactured in the traditional way. The world's largest collection of Herend porcelain can be seen in the Museum as well. Moreover, visitors not only will have the chance to examine the process of manufacturing porcelain but also can have a lesson in the art of porcelain making.

At 2:00 p.m. get to Veszprem. One of the biggest city of the area. (nice Zoo, good shopping in the center. ) Get back to the hotel around 5.00 p.m.

Sopron-Eisenstadt

The earliest traces of a Jewish community in Western Hungary can be found in Sopron and dates back to the 13th century. The Jewish merchants who settled down in Sopron probably came from Austria and Bavaria, like other settlers at that time. Sopron is known for its abundant wealth of historic buildings, nevertheless, the Old Synagogue (built around 1300) is one of the most interesting of them, a rare survival from medieval Jewish culture whose other material remains have almost entirely vanished.

In the Middle Ages, Eisentadt was probably the only town within the western Hungarian region now known as Burgenland (Austria) to have a fully developed Jewish community, with a synagogue, mikveh and rabbinate. It was the privilege of the big landowners and the smaller nobility to settle the Jews at that time. That is how the Seven Communities came about in the western part of Hungary, on the estate of the Esterhazy family. The Seven Communities were the first organizational unity of separate Jewish communities in Hungary. The communities of Eisenstadt (Kismarton), Mattersdorf (Nagymarton), Deutschkreutz (Sopronkeresztur), Frauenkirchen (Boldogasszony), Kittsee (Kopcseny), Lackenbach (Lakompak), and Kobersdorf (Kabold) belonged to the chief rabbinate of Eisenstadt, and they had their own inner administration; their privileges and culture made them prestigious and famous in Central and Eastern Europe.

The full-day tour includes the following program:
Visit Sopron, one of the oldest and most charming cities in Hungary built on the ruins of a Roman town called Scarbantia. Explore the almost intact medieval inner city, including the former Jewish street (today called Uj utca-New Street) where a Jewish community lived until the beginning of the 16th century. Visit two unique synagogues built around 1300 that have been saved from complete oblivion.

Continue to Eisenstadt, the capital of Burgenland (Austria). Visit the Judengasse (Jewish Street) to see the Austrian Jewish Museum, in the house of Samson Wertheimer, the Chief Rabbi of Hungary in the late 17th and early 18th century. Visit Samson Wertheimer's private synagogue, the most extraordinary attraction of the Jewish Museum. This beautiful synagogue is one of the very few ones in Austria that were not destroyed by Nazi vandalism.

Vienna 

Vienna is a remarkable city. Its eminent role in history, its gorgeous architecture, its art and its music (a myriad of treasures) combine to embody the phrase “Old World Charm.” We will see the Belvedere palace, the State Opera House, the Parliament building. Interior visit in the Hofburg Palace, residence of the Habsburgs, enjoy the Imperial Apartments, the Sisi Museum and the Imperial Silver Collection.

Jewish part of our tour includes: the walk along the Juden gasse and visit the excavation of the Medieval Synagogue.

Boat ride to Siofok.

Take an hour pleasure boat ride to cross the Lake Balaton.

Visit Siofok, the capital of the Southern Shore. Arrive to Szantodpuszta at noon . Visit the Open Air Ethnography Museum, ( horse riding possibility ), then see the nice embroidery collection and the Lake Balaton Aquarium where you can learn about the 18 different types of fishes which live in the Balaton. After it take a ferry ride back to the Northern Shore. Arrive to the Hotel by 3.00 P.M

Possibility for private excursions

The followings are additional programs in the area. Need to book them 2 days in advance.

- Balaton BOB. www.balatonibob.hu

- Underground adventure. Visit the Cave Csodabogyos. www.csodabogyos.hu

- Quad tour

- Jeep tour in Badacsony