We are interested in a Escorted Tour to Prague, Budapest and Vienna next spring. Has anyone used Brendan Tours or any other tour group to these cities?

I read a thread here a few days ago but can't find it now sorry.

It was a private tour guide in Budapest. type 'private tour guide' into google

they were number 1

other fodorites recommended them

i would assume do the same for prague and vienna

hope this helps

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My wife and I went to Eastern Europe with Brendan several years ago. Frankfurt, Berlin, Warsaw, Krakow, Budapest, Vienna, Prague, & back to Frankfurt via Rothenburg. Very well organized, good guide, good hotels that were well located, good meals. Plenty of time to do things on our own. No pressure whatever to participate in optional events. Questions?

The people of the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Austria do not refer to themselves as Eastern Europeans; they describe those places as Central Europe.

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So as Crefloors suggests - click on your name.

"Eastern Europe" was the name of the Brendan tour at that time. I suppose it was named that because several of the nations we visited had formerly been behind the Iron Curtain and had been off-limits to western tourists for a long time. No matter -- we experienced fine hospitality everywhere we went. And we gained weight on the starchy food!

Normally I wouldn't make an issue over things like this, but if people do not know the distinction they might inadvertently cause some vexation.

I think destinations in Poland might be considered Eastern European, but I don't know for sure; that is why I was specific about the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Austria, the countries the OP is considering visiting. I know from visits there that the people consider themselves to be in Central Europe, and the emphasis that some place on it suggests to me that it matters a lot to them. Think Canadians who do not like to be taken for Americans, or Irish who do not like to be taken for English.

I agree with USNR about the hospitality and the richness of the food, but I detect a movement towards cuisine more like that of Western Europe.