9 - 18 May
10 days / 9 nights
START in Vienna - Austria
FINISH in Budapest - Hungary
Easy to moderate, flat or undulating
Daily 15 - 54 km / 9 - 34 miles
Total 267 km / 167 miles appr
Fully guided and supported
Your lovely family hotel is a 19th century Art Nouveau villa with a beautiful garden in the finest residential area of Vienna. You will meet us in the hotel, and taste some typical Austrian specialities at a Heuriger restaurant in the famous Grinzing wine region.
We bike along Lake Neusiedl, and cycling through picturesque vineyards and villages in the Fertő-Hanság National Park, we stop in Rust, the pretty town of storks. We ride to Sopron, and stay 2 nights in a perfect place for relaxation, a fantastic monastery where you’ll enjoy the cultural heritage of 500 years, combined with the comfort of the 21th century, and a delicious dinner under wonderful 18th century frescoes. (cycling appr 45km/28m)
A nice stroll in the lovely town Sopron among its Roman city walls & historic buildings, and we bike through nice woods to Lake Fertő. You will enjoy a boat trip in one of the most interesting steppe lakes of Europe, an old quarry with a fantastic paleontological exhibition, and a gourmet dinner & organic wines in a unique restaurant of Hungary, full of antiquities and special decoration, collected by the “Winemaker of winemakers” awarded owner. (cycling appr 22km/14m)
We visit the mansion of Count István Széchenyi, a prominent Hungarian statesman of the 19th century. The museum gives you a deep insight into his outstanding work promoting Hungary’s transport, industry, agriculture, and some of his projects such as the renowned Chain Bridge in Budapest. Cycling through nice and peaceful landscapes, we get to an old watermill, our lovely hotel with a small park, swimming pool, and cosy restaurant for 2 nights. (cycling appr 54km/34m)
Let’s walk around the prettiest town in Hungary, „the Sub-Alpine jewel-box”. Every house has its individual story and decoration, as well as the frescoed city hall and the castle, protected from the Turks in 1532. Cycling along wonderful woods and hills, you’ll enjoy an incredible experience & some local wine in a unique „Iron-Curtain museum” in picturesque vineyards. Then we bike along antique wine cellars, and get back to our hotel. (cycling appr 38km/24m)
We continue our bike tour through sleeping hamlets, beautiful woods, softly undulating lands in a hidden & fascinating area of Hungary, where the time stops and silence finds home. You can enjoy excellent “hand crafted” local wines and delicacies in a fantastic wine cellar of an antique Bishop’s Palace, and 2 nights in a beautiful Castle of a famous Hungarian noble family, with a nice park and spa. (cycling appr 40km/25m)
We visit the Festetics Castle, a wonderful Baroque palace of Hungary with a beautiful English Garden, rich furniture, and its biggest treasure, the Helikon Library. The Festetics founded the first agricultural institute of Europe, and developed a cultural center in Keszthely. Then you can swim among lovely water-lilies in the 2nd biggest thermal lake of the world in Hévíz, a unique & famous cure resort of Hungary and Europe.
We bike on the North side of the largest lake in Central Europe, most popular summer resort of Hungary, with breathtaking scenery of the volcanic hills & nice vineyards at Badacsony and Szigliget. Cycling through the picturesque Káli Basin with unique „stone seas” and „basalt organs”, you can taste the superb wines of the owner with your dinner in our lovely Chateau in one of the nicest vinyards of Hungary. (cycling appr 53km/33m)
In Tihany, the nicest place of Balaton with a famous Benedictine abbey, we take a stroll among the charming thatched houses & souvenir shops, admire the wonderful view of Balaton, and cycle through Balatonfüred, an old health resort. In the world-famous Herend Porcelain Manufactory you’ll see how they make their wonderful products by hand, and then you can enjoy a beautiful view of the Royal Palace or the Danube from your lovely design hotel in Budapest, and our farewell dinner in a nice traditional restaurant of Buda. (cycling appr 15km/9m)
After enjoying the friendly atmosphere of your hotel, we hope you get home safe & sound, with nice memories for a lifetime.
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“I was very excited when I found your bike tour on the internet. Thank you so much for a great and wonderful tour in Hungary. Your generousity and hospitality were appreciated! It was the best vacation I’ve had! Hope to return in few years.”
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