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Optional Tours The 2009 Classical Music Festival will be offering two optional tours from which you may choose one since they will take place on the same day. Each tour costs an additional fee. A form with information about the tours will be sent out in the spring for Festival participants to fill out and return with their choice and payment. Tour destinations for this year include the Abbey at Melk and Danube boat ride to Durnstein and Budapest. |
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Tour 1 Wachau and the Abbey at Melk 
The tour bus will depart from Eisenstadt at 7:00 a.m.
for the beautiful land of the
Wachau. This scenic area runs along the Danube River and is steeped in history,
wine and charming villages, including Durnstein, where Richard the Lionheart was
imprisoned during the 3rd Crusade. After lunch, we will enjoy a trip
on the Danube River through the heart of the Wachau, passing the beautiful city
of Krems and stopping in Melk to visit the most beautiful and remarkable Melk
Abbey, a masterpiece of the Baroque style. Our return trip should have us back
in Eisenstadt around 7:00 p.m.
(Minimum of 25 persons)
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The tour bus will depart from Eisenstadt at 7:00 a.m. in the morning to
travel to Budapest, Hungary. We will travel over the Hungarian border, via
the Sopron-Gyor Autobahn to Budapest, the "Charm
of the Danube". You will have a city tour
of Budapest, including a visit to the Bela Bartok Museum and Castle Hill
to view the beautiful Matthias Church. Lunch will be a buffet in a
typical Hungarian restaurant. After lunch, your city tour will continue
with a visit inside the Budapest National Opera Theatre, with its
elegant and refined friezes, followed by free time to explore and shop
in this beautiful city on the Danube.
The tour bus will depart Budapest around 6:00 pm, arriving back in Eisenstadt around 9:00 pm. (Minimum of 25 persons)
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