Included in your program fee are a range of activities which will take you outside Budapest and deepen your social, historical and cultural understanding of Hungary.

Szentendre (day trip)

Escape to the artsy Hungarian town of Szentendre during a day trip that includes:

• Round-trip transportation
• Sightseeing of Szentendre’s multicolored houses, narrow winding streets, Baroque city center, and more

Vienna, Austria (3 days)

Included in program fee

Spend three unforgettable days in Vienna, Austria while studying abroad in Budapest.

Trip includes:

• Accommodations
• Round-trip transportation
• A group dinner
• Guided sightseeing tour of Vienna city center including the Hofburg Palace and Stephansplatz
• Tour of the magnificent Schönbrunn Summer Palace
• Free time to explore on your own

Lake Balaton and Wine Country Tour (2 days)

Included in program fee

Explore Hungary’s beautiful Lake Balaton region during a weekend trip that includes:

• Accommodations
• Round-trip transportation
• Sightseeing tour, wine tasting and experience culinary traditions
• Opportunity to bike ride and to hike

Optional Excursion to London, England (2 nights)

Included only for students on the AIFS Flight Package

Check Buckingham Palace off your bucket list with a trip to London en-route to Budapest.

Visit includes:

• Accommodations
• Breakfasts
• Guided sightseeing tour past major sights such as Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament and Tower of London
• Free time to explore on your own

Optional Excursion to Prague, Czech Republic (3 Days –$475)

Visit the captivating City of a Hundred Spires. This excursion includes:

• Accommodations
• Transportation
• Breakfasts
• Guided tour of the Old Town square, the Prague Castle and gardens, the Malá Strana, Hradcany Castle complex, and 14th-century Charles Bridge
• Explore culinary and beer making traditions of the Czech Lands
• Free time to explore Golden Lane or the Prague Jewish Ghetto including the Kafka house, Jewish Museum and the oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe
• A minimum of 10 students is required for the excursion to run

Dates and itineraries of all excursions are tentative and subject to change. Students must enroll and pay for the optional excursions in the U.S. by the final payment deadline. Once paid for excursions are non-refundable except in the event of cancellation by AIFS.