Ffestiniog Travel
Highlights of Bosnia Herzegovina
8 daysfrom $3,793
PTG Tours · Escorted tour
Budapest & Sarajevo Luxury Explorer
A luxury rail tour aboard the vintage Continental Classic Express, discovering Budapest and journeying in First Class Pullman carriages through the mountains of Bosnia to historic Sarajevo.
Day by day
- Day 1overnight: Budapest (2 nights)
UK - Budapest
Departing from selected UK airport (Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, Manchester or Birmingham); transfer to the InterCity Hotel. Ground Only passengers travel independently and meet at the hotel.
- Day 2overnight: Budapest
Budapest
Hop-on/hop-off bus tickets to explore St. Stephen's Basilica, National Museum, Parliament Building and Buda Castle, plus a guided walking tour and a River Danube cruise.
- Day 3railovernight: Sarajevo (4 nights)
Budapest - Sarajevo by Continental Classic Express
Board the Continental Classic Express at Keleti Station, travelling in First Class Pullman carriages with welcome champagne, breakfast, four-course lunch and four-course evening meal served on board through Hungary and Croatia to Bosnia. Arrive Sarajevo, transfer to the Movenpick Hotel.
- Day 4railovernight: Sarajevo
Sarajevo - Mostar by train
Re-join the Continental Classic Express through 89 tunnels and the dramatic Neretva Valley to Mostar; free time to explore the Old Town and the UNESCO Old Bridge. Afternoon tea and cakes served on the return train.
- Day 5railovernight: Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Guided sightseeing walk of Sarajevo including Ottoman architecture, the site of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Gazi Husrev Bey Mosque and the Bascarsija bazaar. Afternoon visit to the Tunnel of Hope and the 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh track ruins, with a coffee stop at a former narrow-gauge railway station.
- Day 6overnight: Sarajevo
Sargan Eight and Visegrad
Travel to Mokra Gora for a steam-hauled narrow-gauge journey on the renowned Sargan Eight. Continue to Visegrad to visit the Bridge on the Drina River (UNESCO World Heritage Site) with a traditional lunch.
- Day 7railovernight: Budapest
Sarajevo - Budapest by train
Return journey to Budapest aboard the Continental Classic Express, First Class, with Adria Bar and a four-course lunch and evening meal on board.
- Day 8rail
Budapest - UK
Transfer to Budapest Airport for the return flight to the selected UK airport. Overland travellers join the 09:40 through train to Munich.
Included
- 7 nights' bed & breakfast plus 4 lunches and 2 evening meals (9 nights' if overland by rail)
- Services of experienced Tour Leader
