Bus tour - not so scary

We decided to try what a bus tour is. We wanted cheap and more cities to see. We bought a tour Budapest-Bratislava-Vienna-Dresden-Prague (110 euros - 6 days). The price is tempting at first glance, but keep in mind that most excursions are not included in the price. But you can choose whether to visit them or not. We took 350 euros with us (enough for all excursions and modest meals). All cities are beautiful, but such a tour is designed only for fact-finding excursions. In order to really see all the sights with sense, with feeling, you need several days for each city, and not several hours. Our guide Valentina, a petite, green-eyed blonde, tried to please literally everyone. Nice girl and good professional. As well as our drivers Slava and Igor. They fulfilled every whim: open and close the trunk, slow down here, wait there ... Always attentive, cheerful. Hotels. In Budapest - the Oriental Hotel - quite pulls for three stars, however, it is not located in the city center. Breakfasts are wonderful. Especially when compared with the Start Hotel in Prague. The breakfast in it was much worse, but no matter how much our tourists scooped up rolls, cheese and sausages into their bags, they brought it all to the buffet again and again. It's really bad that the sockets in the rooms are kept on snot. And the rooms are sheathed with plastic clapboard. God forbid a fire, you understand ...

Tips: before the trip, be sure to check the weather forecast in each city, do not forget to take a thermos, tea, coffee, and a kettle. If you are going to swim in the pool in Szechenyi, take a rubber cap and goggles, a towel. In the Dresden Gallery, be sure to take an audio guide in Russian (3 euros). Shopping is best done in Dresden (during sales), but if you have to choose between shopping and a gallery, give preference to the latter. Shops are everywhere. If you are on a budget, you can save on fountains in Prague (15 euros) and an audio guide in Schönbrunn (11 euros). I recommend visiting Bratislava. Szentendre is an ordinary town with old, narrow streets and an abundance of souvenir shops. The main thing is your attitude and mood. And do not be too lazy to look through the guidebooks before the trip in order to have at least a little idea of ​​where you are going. We had people on the bus who didn't know who Freud was, for example. :-)) Besides, it's impossible to listen to the guide and take pictures of sights at the same time. In general, we were lucky with the guide, with the drivers, with the group, and with the fact that the last few rows on the bus were empty, which made it possible to lie down at full height in turn. Have fun and be indulgent to the human factor :-)))

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