The towering spires of Imperial Europe may seem to touch the sky, but you’ll want to keep your feet on the ground so you don’t miss any of the many travel highlights and heart-warming surprises delivered on your visits to Prague, Salzburg, Budapest and Vienna.

Shine a spotlight on Prague's colorful medieval streets and good times with a local Hungarian family at their winery. On this exciting eastern Europe trip you’ll get to know all the highlights and hidden gems of eight spellbinding countries.

A jam-packed Bohemian trip showcasing the stories of central Europe. Learn about its colorful folklore and the tragedies of war as you visit the heart of Old Town Kraków, slice through the Carpathians and see all the highlights of Prague, Budapest and Vienna.

Uncover the medieval heart of Transylvania, as you journey from Bucharest to Budapest. Walk in the footsteps of Vlad the Impaler, explore UNESCO-listed citadels and soak up the charm of Sibiu and Timișoara.

Imperial capitals and their captivating history are the highlights on this exciting Prague, Vienna and Budapest trip. You’ll also join a local Hungarian family in their winery for a hearty meal and be spellbound by the stunning views of Charles Bridge and Prague’s Old Town.

Across nine days, you wander from marble halls and coffee-scented streets to market squares, river bends, castle courtyards and candlelit tables. In Prague, choose between the cool ancient stone of its thousand-year-old castle precincts and the Jewish Quarter’s synagogues and narrow lanes with a Local Specialist. Across Slovakia and the Tatra Mountains, verdant forests and high mountain peaks pass the window before Budapest waits beside the Danube sparkling in the sun. In Buda’s Old Town, you gaze across to Pest from Fisherman’s Bastion, then end at dinner with Hungarian wines and warm, rich dishes under a candlelit glow.

Across Eastern Europe, you’ll travel with Local Specialists from the wide waters of the Danube to the banks of the Vistula, then beneath Berlin’s linden trees. You’ll cross the deep green of the Tiergarten towards the Reichstag’s glass dome and Brandenburg Gate, before following Unter den Linden past the State Opera House to Museum Island on the Spree. In Vienna, you linger over traditional Austrian dishes as Mozart’s melodies pass between the strings, rising and softening through the room while each course arrives to the rise and fall of the music.

You'll cross Europe from Rothenburg’s half-timbered houses along Germany’s Romantic Road to the gilded rooms of Vienna’s Schönbrunn Palace. In Budapest, dinner is served aboard a cruise on the Danube, with the low hum of the boat beneath you. In Venice you'll arrive at your hotel by its exclusive private boat access, dine on Venice Island and finish with a nightcap in St Mark’s Square as evening settles over the arcades. On the Rhine, a glass of local wine accompanies the journey past steep riverside slopes and the legendary Lorelei Rock. Then the doors of Vienna’s Schönbrunn Palace open for a private tour through the rooms once inhabited by Empress Maria Theresa.