There are not many countries where the art of folk-dancing is at such high artistic level. In Hungary there exists a college for studying Hungarian folk dances. The Hungarian State Folk Ensemble, the Danube Folk Ensemble and Rajkó Folk Ensemble are three of the best professional Hungarian folk ensembles with the longest tradition (formed in 1951, 1957, and 1952), which have performances all around the country and abroad. All the three of the ensembles consist of 30 artists. Their choreographies are based on authentic dances. Some of them were collected in isolated villages and date back hundreds of years. Through the performed dances you can get a broad view of the music, dance and costume heritage of Hungary and the Hungarian inhabited areas. Every concert starts at 20.00, and consists of two parts, 40-45 minutes each, plus an intermission.
Concerts dates:
2009. december: 26., 28., 29.
2010:
February: 27
March: 13 20. 27.
April: 2. 3. 4. 5. 10. 17. 20. 22. 24. 25. 30.
May: 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 30. 31.
June: 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 27. 28. 29. 30.
July: 1. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 31.
August: 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 29. 30. 31.
September: 1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
October: 1. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 24. 26. 28. 30.
November: 6. 13. 20. 27.
December: 4. 26. 28. 29.
Ticket prices (Depending on the category of the seats): 6200 HUF / 5400 HUF / 3600HUF
Student: 5600 HUF / 4900 HUF / 3300 HUF
It is possible to book this program with the Dinner & Cruise® at 22:00. In this case, you will get a full evening program, an unforgettable theatre performance, and a romantic and delicious candlelight dinner on one of our heated or air-conditioned ships.
On this occasion, a host or hostess will escort you to the pier. The cruise starts at 22:00, but always waits for the guests from the theatre.
Discounted package price with Dinner & Cruise (Depending on the category of the seats for the performance): 13.400 HUF / 12.600 HUF / 10.800 HUF
Application in our tourist information office:
AVALA Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft.
Address: Budapest V. Belgrád rkp. 26.
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 9-17
Saturday and Sunday: 9-18
Telephone: 06 1 / 235 06 86
e-mail: turistapont@avala.hu
Mozart, Liszt or Gershwin for symphony orchestra and Hungarian cimbalom (hammer dulcimer)?
Outside Hungary it maybe sounds curious to include a typical Hungarian folk instrument, the cimbalom to perform with a symphony orchestra, but in Hungary the beauty of this instrumental combination has been known since the 19th century. Join us for an unforgettable musical travel á la hongroise through the most beautiful classical melodies ever.
The Danube Symphony Orchestra was formed in 1961. And since then they have given many performances both in Hungary and abroad. Their repertoire covers almost every musical style from the Baroque music to music of the 20th century. They perform the most famous classical melodies combined with typical Hungarian instrument, the Cimbalom (Hummer Dulcimer). It is a unique opportunity to hear most popular masterpieces of classical music interpreted by cimbalom and symphonic orchestra in a virtuous way which can be enjoyed only in Hungary.
Besides their permanent conductor András Deák, they are often conducted by other Hungarian and foreign conductors. They have given performances in Germany, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Italy.
The program of the concert and the orchestra is expanded with a world-known typical Hungarian instrument Cimbalom (concert hammer dulcimer). This instrument is played primarily with beaters. It is equipped with a heavy frame for more dynamic power and added many strings courses for an extended range of sounds and a damper pedal to allow more dynamic control.
Through the instrument combination of a cimbalom and a symphonic orchestra you can enjoy the most famous classical melodies in impressive Hungarian style.
Every concert starts at 20.00, and consists of two parts, 40-45 minutes each, plus an intermission.
Most popular works from the program:
J. S. Bach - Air - with cimbalom
J. Brahms - Hungarian Dance No.5 - with cimbalom
T. Albinoni - Adagio - with cimbalom
P.I. Tchajkovsky - Flower Waltz - with cimbalom
G. Gershwin - Rhapsody In Blue
W. A. Mozart - A Little Night Music
L. v. Beethowen - Für Elise - cimbalom solo
B. Bartok Hungarian Pictures - with cimbalom
L. V. Beethowen - Moonlight Sonata - cimbalom solo
H. Berlioz - Rakoczy March
J. S. Bach - D-Major sonata - cimbalom solo
A. Vivaldi - Four Seasons- winter - with cimbalom
J. Haydn - Rondo all'Ongroise
F. Liszt - 2. Hungarian Rhapsody - with cimbalom
V. Monti - Csardas - with cimbalom
F. Erkel - Palotas
J. Haydn - Farwell Symphony
J. Strauss - Blue Danube Waltz
J. Strauss - Gipsy Baron - with cimbalom
Z. Kodály - Háry János - Intermezzo - with cimbalom
F. Chopin - As-Minor waltz - with cimbalom
Duna Palota (Danube Palace) Zrínyi utca 5. V. district, Budapest
Concert dates:
2009 december: 25. 27. 30.
2010:
January: 1.
April: 3.
May: 1. 8. 15. 22. 29.
June 5. 12. 19. 26.
July: 3. 10. 17. 24.
August: 7. 14. 21. 28.
September: 4. 11. 18. 25.
October: 2. 9. 16. 23.
December: 25. 27. 30.
Ticket prices: VIP 8900 / I. cat. 8100 HUF/ II. cat. 7200 HUF / III. cat. 6400 HUF
Student: VIP - /I. cat. 7200 HUF / II. cat. 6400 HUF / III. cat. 5600 HUF
It is possible to book this program with the Dinner & Cruise® at 22:00. In this case, you will get a full evening program, an unforgettable theatre performance, and a romantic and delicious candlelight dinner on one of our heated or air-conditioned ships.
On this occasion, a host or hostess will escort you to the pier. The cruise starts at 22:00, but always waits for the guests from the theatre .
Discounted package price with Dinner & Cruise (Depending on the category of the seats for the performance): 15.300 HUF / 14.400 HUF / 13.600 HUF
Application in our tourist information office:
AVALA Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft.
Address: Budapest V. Belgrád rkp. 26.
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 9-17
Saturday and Sunday: 9-18
Telephone: 06 1 / 235 06 86
e-mail: turistapont@avala.hu
The Széchenyi Bath is largest thermal spring bath complex not only in Budapest, in but Europe as well. It was built in 1913in neo-baroque style. At that time it had private baths, separate men and women steam-bath sections, and different men / women "public baths".The complex was expanded in 1927, and it still have 3 outdoor, and 15 indoor pools. After its expansion, the thermal artesian well couldn't fullfill its purpose, so a new well was drilled. The second thermal spring was found in 1938. Its depth is 1256m ( 4 120 ft ), and its temperature is 77 °C ( 170.6 °F ) and it supplies 6.000.000 litres ( 1 585 032 US gallons) of hot water daily. The temperature of the water in pools is 38 °C. The complex was damaged during the second world war, and was reconstructed in many steps till 1952, when the daily hospital service opened foro people who needed physico therapy treatment. Its thermal spring is one of the deepest and warmest in the city. The bath is situated in the City park, opposite of the City circus and it can be reached by subway line No. 1 (station of the same name: Széchenyi fürdo~).
Széchenyi Bath:
Tickets (includes the use of a cabin): 3500 HUF, 3650 HUF(at the weekend)
Aroma massage (30 minutes): 3900 HUF
Children tickets:
Children under 2 years: Free
Széchenyi Bath (Pest side, Állatkerti krt. 11., 1146 Budapest) Public Transport: by the yellow subway (M1) from the Vörösmarty tér to the Széchenyi fürdo~. Direction Mexikói út.
GPS Latitude: 47° 31’ 7.5432" N, Longitude:19° 4’ 50.16" E
Application in our tourist information office:
AVALA Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft.
Address: Budapest V. Belgrád rkp. 26.
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 9-17
Saturday and Sunday: 9-18
Telephone: 06 1 / 235 06 86
e-mail: turistapont@avala.hu
Since its building in 1918, the Gellért Spa was one the most prestigiousthermal bath on the Buda side of the city. Gellért spa is famous for its main hall with gallery and glass roof, built in the Art-Nouveau style, sparkling bath and open-air pool with artificial waves. The bath is decorated with numerous Art-Nouveau furnishings, artistic mosaics and sculptures. The earliest remaining records about the "magical healing spring" are from the 15th century. Later the Turkish favorised this spring, becouse it was warmer and larger than any other springs in Buda. In the 17th century the bath was called the "muddy" bath, due to the fine layer of mineral mud consolidated on the bottom of the pools. The current bath complex and hotel was opened in 1918, and was expanded in 1927 and 1934 with artificial wave pool, and with bubble bath. Today its working also as a medical bath, with wide variety of services, including even an inhalatorium.
Main swimming pool including one warm water swimming pool in Gellért Bath are possible to visit mixed, but the women and men thermal sections (and massage) are separated!
Gellért Bath:
Tickets (includes the use of a cabin):3900 HUF, 4050 HUF(at the weekend)
Aroma massage (30 minutes): 4300 HUF
Children tickets:
Children under 6 years: Free
Children from 6 years to 14 years: 2500 HUF, 2600 HUF(at the weekend)
Gellért Bath (Buda side, Kelenhegyi út 4., 1118 Budapest) Public Transport: by the tram number 47-49 from the Deák Ferenc tér to the Gellért tér station
GPS Latitude: 47° 29’ 2.7564" N, Longitude:19° 3’ 2.9124" E
Application in our tourist information office:
AVALA Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft.
Address: Budapest V. Belgrád rkp. 26.
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 9-17
Saturday and Sunday: 9-18
Telephone: 06 1 / 235 06 86
e-mail: turistapont@avala.hu
Feel Budapest's romantic atmosphere surrounded by the friendly lights of the Danube capital and enjoy a warm, excellent buffet-dinner, which is prepared by Hungary’s only one Gault Millaurated chef, Klöter Gregor-Grex. We will take you on a 1,5-hour-long cruise on one of our air-conditioned ships. In the romantic candlelight atmosphere you can enjoy the wonderful view of Budapest swimming in light. After dinner you can also admire the panorama from the open upper deck of the ship.
It is possible to book Dinner & Cruise program at 22:00 with Hungarian folk dance performance or classical and organ concert together with package-price discount. In that case, you are coming to the performance in the evening and after that you will be accompanied to the ship by our hostesses (ca. 4-5 min./200m by walk)
In the other case, without folk-dance performance the meeting point for Dinner & Cruise (22.00 h) is at 21.30h in:
Danube Palace (Zrínyi street 5.):
2009. december 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
2010:
January: 1.
February: 27.
March: 13. 20. 27.
April: 2. 3. 4. 5. 10. 17. 24. 25. 30.
May: 1. 2. 3. 5. 7. 8. 9. 10. 12. 15. 16. 17. 19. 21. 22. 23. 24. 26. 28. 29. 30. 31.
June: 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 11. 12. 13. 14. 16. 18. 19. 20. 21. 23. 25. 26. 27. 28. 30.
July: 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 9. 10. 11. 12. 14. 16. 17. 18. 19. 21. 23. 24. 25. 26. 28. 30. 31.
August: 1. 2. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9. 11. 13. 14. 15. 16. 18. 21. 22. 23. 25. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31.
September: 1. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 10. 11. 12. 13. 15. 18. 19. 20. 22. 24. 25. 26. 27. 29.
October: 2. 3. 4. 6. 8. 9. 10. 11. 13. 16. 17. 18. 20. 22. 23. 24. 26. 28. 30.
November: 6. 13. 20. 27.
December: 4. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
2011th January: 1.
or in Budai Vigadó:
2010:
April: 3. 20. 22.
May: 4. 6. 11. 13. 14. 18. 20. 25. 27.
June: 1. 3. 8. 10. 15. 17. 22. 24. 29.
July: 1. 6. 8. 13. 15. 20. 22. 27. 29.
August: 3. 5. 10. 12. 17. 19. 24. 26.
September: 2. 7. 9. 14. 16. 17. 21. 23. 28. 30.
October: 1. 5. 7. 12. 14. 15. 19. 21.
Aperitif
Champagne or Peach Pálinka or Orange Juice
Cold entries
Curd Cheese Cream seasoned Hungarian style
Goose Greaves Cream
Soup
Traditional Goulash Soup with Loin Cubes
Warm main course
Grilled Chicken Breast served with Cheese Sauce Tokaj style
Hungarian Letcho with Vienna sausage
Grilled Sausage with Mini Stuffed Cabbage
Vegetarian
Vegetable - Lasagna
Garnishes
Stewed Rice
Buttered Parsley Potatoes
Salads Dinner
Greek Rustic Salad with Feta Cheese
Potato Salad with Onions and Light
Mayonnaise Noodle Salad with Rosemary
Fresh Green Salads with different kinds of Dressings
Desserts
Variety of Mini Desserts
Variety of Mini Strudels with Cinnamon-Vanilla Sauce
Fruit basket Season and Exotic Fruits
Drinks:
1 glass of red or white wine + 1 bottle of water (0,33) or soft drink
Price with dinner: 7900 HUF
Student: 7200 HUF
Price with drinks only: 3600 HUF
Student: 3300 HUF
Application in our tourist information office:
AVALA Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft.
Address: Budapest V. Belgrád rkp. 26.
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 9-17
Saturday and Sunday: 9-18
Telephone: 06 1 / 235 06 86
e-mail: turistapont@avala.hu
Budapest has many faces. This vibrant city calms down a little bit at nights, lights are lit up, and a new city comes out from the twilight. We created this program for those who would like to enjoy the wonderful view of the city swimming in lights in a romantic candlelight atmosphere, and have a romantic dinner what is prepared by Hungary’s only one Gault Millau rated chef, Klöter Gregor-Grex, on a boat with live music.
The salon music is performed by 3 members of the Zoltán Kodály Awarded Rajkó Folk Orchestra, including the world-famous violinist Zsigmond Vidak who is the owner of the Bronze Merit Cross of the Hungarian Republic.
We will take you on a 1,5-hour-long cruise on one of our air-conditioned ships. After dinner you can also admire the panorama from the open upper deck of the ship.
Our Dinner& Cruise programs with live music are also available without dinner. If you book a cruise only with drinks, you can enjoy the beautiful night panorama over a glass of champagne and another glass of soft drink, wine or beer.
Menu:
Aperitif
Champagne or Peach Pálinka or Orange Juice
Cold entries
Curd Cheese Cream seasoned Hungarian style
Goose Greaves Cream
Soup
Traditional Goulash Soup with Loin Cubes
Warm main course
Grilled Chicken Breast served with Cheese Sauce Tokaj style
Hungarian Letcho with Vienna sausage
Grilled Sausage with Mini Stuffed Cabbage
Vegetarian
Vegetable - Lasagna
Garnishes
Stewed Rice
Buttered Parsley Potatoes
Salads Dinner
Greek Rustic Salad with Feta Cheese
Potato Salad with Onions and Light
Mayonnaise Noodle Salad with Rosemary
Fresh Green Salads with different kinds of Dressings
Desserts
Variety of Mini Desserts
Variety of Mini Strudels with Cinnamon-Vanilla Sauce
Fruit basket Season and Exotic Fruits
Drinks:
1 glass of red or white wine + 1 bottle of water (0,33) or soft drink
Dinner & Cruise with live music at 19.00 starts every day (except 20. of August, and 24. of December)
Meeting point for Dinner & Cruise is inside the Danube Palace/Duna Palota (Zrínyi street 5.). Please be at the reception of the ship latest at 18.30h.
Price with dinner: 9400 HUF
Student: 8600 HUF
Price only with drinks: 4200 HUF
Student: 3900 HUF
Application in our tourist information office:
AVALA Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft.
Address: Budapest V. Belgrád rkp. 26.
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 9-17
Saturday and Sunday: 9-18
Telephone: 06 1 / 235 06 86
e-mail: turistapont@avala.hu
See the Danube capital during a romantic cruise combined with a delicious lunch on one of our air-conditioned ships. We will take you on a 1,5-hour-long cruise with an excellent warm buffet-lunch, what is prepared by Hungary’s only one Gault Millau rated chef, Klöter Gregor-Grex.
After lunch you can enjoy the panorama from the open upper deck of the ship.
Lunch & Cruise starts at 14.00 every day. (except 20. of August, and 1. of January)
Meeting point: Danube Palace/Duna Palota at 13:30.
Our Lunch & Cruise programs are also available without lunch. If you book a cruise only with drinks, you can enjoy the beautiful panorama over a glass of champagne and another glass of soft drink, wine or beer.
Menu:
Aperitif
Champagne or Peach Pálinka or Orange Juice
Cold entries
Curd Cheese Cream seasoned Hungarian style
Goose Greaves Cream
Soup
Traditional Goulash Soup with Loin Cubes
Warm main course
Grilled Chicken Breast served with Cheese Sauce Tokaj style
Hungarian Letcho with Vienna sausage
Grilled Sausage with Mini Stuffed Cabbage
Vegetarian
Vegetable - Lasagna
Garnishes
Stewed Rice
Buttered Parsley Potatoes
Salads Dinner
Greek Rustic Salad with Feta Cheese
Potato Salad with Onions and Light
Mayonnaise Noodle Salad with Rosemary
Fresh Green Salads with different kinds of Dressings
Desserts
Variety of Mini Desserts
Variety of Mini Strudels with Cinnamon-Vanilla Sauce
Fruit basket Season and Exotic Fruits
Drinks:
1 glass of red or white wine + 1 bottle of water (0,33) or soft drink
Price with dinner: 7900 HUF
Student: 7200 HUF
Price with drinks only: 3600 HUF
Student: 3300 HUF
Application in our tourist information office:
AVALA Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft.
Address: Budapest V. Belgrád rkp. 26.
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 9 -17
Saturday and Sunday: 9 -18
Telephone: 06 1 / 235 06 86
e-mail: turistapont@avala.hu
This is a whole evening program. After classical music concert in Danube Palace enjoy one-hour dinner-cruise on the Danube by the candlelight atmosphere.
Mozart, Liszt or Gershwin for symphony orchestra and Hungarian cimbalom (hammer dulcimer)?
Outside Hungary it sounds unusual to include a typical Hungarian folk instrument, the cimbalom to perform with a symphony orchestra, but in Hungary the beauty of this instrumental combination has been known since the 19th century. Join us for an unforgettable musical travel á la hongroise through the most beautiful classical melodies ever.
The Danube Symphony Orchestra was formed in 1961. And since then they have given many performances both in Hungary and abroad. Their repertoire covers almost every musical style from the Baroque music to music of the 20th century. They perform the most famous classical melodies combined with typical Hungarian instrument, the Cimbalom (Hummer Dulcimer). It is a unique opportunity to hear most popular masterpieces of classical music interpreted by cimbalom and symphonic orchestra in a virtuous way which can be enjoyed only in Hungary.
Besides their permanent conductor András Deák, they are often conducted by other Hungarian and foreign conductors. They have given performances in Germany, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Italy.
The program of the concert and the orchestra is expanded with a world-known typical Hungarian instrument Cimbalom (concert hammer dulcimer). This instrument is played primarily with beaters. It is equipped with a heavy frame for more dynamic power and added many strings courses for an extended range of sounds and a damper pedal to allow more dynamic control.
Through the instrument combination of a cimbalom and a symphonic orchestra you can enjoy the most famous classical melodies in impressive Hungarian style.
Every concert starts at 20.00, and consists of two parts, 40-45 minutes each, plus an intermission.
Most popular works from the program:
J. S. Bach - Air - with cimbalom
J. Brahms - Hungarian Dance No.5 - with cimbalom
T. Albinoni - Adagio - with cimbalom
P.I. Tchajkovsky - Flower Waltz - with cimbalom
G. Gershwin - Rhapsody In Blue
W. A. Mozart - A Little Night Music
L. v. Beethowen - Für Elise - cimbalom solo
B. Bartok Hungarian Pictures - with cimbalom
L. V. Beethowen - Moonlight Sonata - cimbalom solo
H. Berlioz - Rakoczy March
J. S. Bach - D-Major sonata - cimbalom solo
A. Vivaldi - Four Seasons- winter - with cimbalom
J. Haydn - Rondo all'Ongroise
F. Liszt - 2. Hungarian Rhapsody - with cimbalom
V. Monti - Csardas - with cimbalom
F. Erkel - Palotas
J. Haydn - Farwell Symphony
J. Strauss - Blue Danube Waltz
J. Strauss - Gipsy Baron - with cimbalom
Z. Kodály - Háry János - Intermezzo - with cimbalom
F. Chopin - As-Minor waltz - with cimbalom
In this case, you will get a full evening program, an unforgettable theatre performance, and a romantic and delicious candlelight dinner on one of our heated or air-conditioned ships. After the concert a host or hostess will escort you to the pier. The cruise starts at 22:00, but always waits for the guests from the theatre.
Feel Budapest's romantic atmosphere and enjoy excellent warm buffet-dinner, what is prepared by Hungary’s only one Gault Millau rated chef, Klöter Gregor-Grex, surrounded by the friendly lights of the Danube capital. We will take you on a 1,5-hour-long cruise on one of our air-conditioned ships. In the romantic candlelight atmosphere you can enjoy the wonderful view of Budapest swimming in light. After dinner you can also admire the panorama from the open upper deck of the ship.
Menu:
Aperitif
Champagne or Peach Pálinka or Orange Juice
Cold entries
Curd Cheese Cream seasoned Hungarian style
Goose Greaves Cream
Soup
Traditional Goulash Soup with Loin Cubes
Warm main course
Grilled Chicken Breast served with Cheese Sauce Tokaj style
Hungarian Letcho with Vienna sausage
Grilled Sausage with Mini Stuffed Cabbage
Vegetarian
Vegetable - Lasagna
Garnishes
Stewed Rice
Buttered Parsley Potatoes
Salads Dinner
Greek Rustic Salad with Feta Cheese
Potato Salad with Onions and Light
Mayonnaise Noodle Salad with Rosemary
Fresh Green Salads with different kinds of Dressings
Desserts
Variety of Mini Desserts
Variety of Mini Strudels with Cinnamon-Vanilla Sauce
Fruit basket Season and Exotic Fruits
Drinks:
1 glass of red or white wine + 1 bottle of water (0,33) or soft drink
Concert dates:
December: 25. 27. 30.
2010:
January: 1.
April: 3.
May: 1. 8. 15. 22. 29.
June: 5. 12. 19. 26.
July: 3. 10. 17. 24.
August: 7. 14. 21. 28.
September: 4. 11. 18. 25.
October: 2. 9. 16. 23.
December: 25. 27. 30.
Discounted package price with Dinner & Cruise (Depending on the category of the seats for the performance): 15.300 HUF / 14.400 HUF / 13.600 HUF
Application in our tourist information office:
AVALA Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft.
Address: Budapest V. Belgrád rkp. 26.
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 9 -17
Saturday and Sunday: 9 -18
Telephone: 06 1 / 235 06 86
e-mail: turistapont@avala.hu
Whole evening program. Starts with the Hungarian folk dance performance and continues with the Dinner & Cruise. On the evening maybe you can’t prove if Mr. Strauss was right with his colour of Danube, but you will have wonderful view on the illuminated Budapest .
We promise you unforgettable evening with romantic candlelight atmosphere.
There are not many countries beside Hungary, where the art of folk-dancing is at such high artistic level. There exists even a college for studying Hungarian folk dances.
The Hungarian State Folk Ensemble, the Danube Folk Ensemble and Rajkó Folk Ensemble are three of the best professional Hungarian folk ensembles with the longest tradition (formed in 1951, 1957, and 1952), which have performances all around the country and abroad.
All the three of the ensembles consist of 30 artists. Their choreographies are based on authentic dances. Some of them were collected in isolated villages and date back hundreds of years. Through the performed dances you can get a broad view of the music, dance and costume heritage of Hungary and the Hungarian inhabited areas.
Every concert starts at 20.00, and consists of two parts, 40-45 minutes each, plus an intermission.
After the folklore performance, a host or hostess will escort you to the pier. The cruise starts at 22:00, but always waits for the guests from the theatre.
On the ship, you can feel Budapest's romantic atmosphere surrounded by the friendly lights of the Danube capital and enjoy a warm and excellent buffet-dinner, which is prepared by Hungary’s only one Gault Millau rated chef, Klöter Gregor-Grex. We will take you on a 1,5-hour-long cruise on one of our air-conditioned ships. In the romantic candlelight atmosphere you can enjoy the wonderful view of Budapest swimming in light. After dinner you can also admire the panorama from the open upper deck of the ship.
Menu:
Aperitif
Champagne or Peach Pálinka or Orange Juice
Cold entries
Curd Cheese Cream seasoned Hungarian style
Goose Greaves Cream
Soup
Traditional Goulash Soup with Loin Cubes
Warm main course
Grilled Chicken Breast served with Cheese Sauce Tokaj style
Hungarian Letcho with Vienna sausage
Grilled Sausage with Mini Stuffed Cabbage
Vegetarian
Vegetable - Lasagna
Garnishes
Stewed Rice
Buttered Parsley Potatoes
Salads Dinner
Greek Rustic Salad with Feta Cheese
Potato Salad with Onions and Light
Mayonnaise Noodle Salad with Rosemary
Fresh Green Salads with different kinds of Dressings
Desserts
Variety of Mini Desserts
Variety of Mini Strudels with Cinnamon-Vanilla Sauce
Fruit basket Season and Exotic Fruits
Drinks:
1 glass of red or white wine + 1 bottle of water (0,33) or soft drink
Concert dates:
2009 december: 26. 28. 29.
2010:
February: 27.
March: 13. 20. 27.
April: 2. 3. 4. 5. 10. 17. 20. 22. 24. 25. 30.
May: 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 30. 31.
June: 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 27. 28. 29. 30.
July: 1. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 31.
August: 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 29. 30. 31.
September: 1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
October: 1. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 24. 26. 28. 30.
November: 6. 13. 20. 27.
December: 4. 26. 28. 29.
Discounted package price for the Folklore show and the Dinner & Cruise (Depending on the category of the seats for the performance): 13.400 HUF / 12.600 HUF / 10.800 HUF
Application in our tourist information office:
AVALA Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft.
Address: Budapest V. Belgrád rkp. 26.
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 9 -17
Saturday and Sunday: 9 -18
Telephone: 06 1 / 235 06 86
e-mail: turistapont@avala.hu
With an active religious, artistic and historical heritage, Budapest has the biggest Jewish community in Middle - Eastern Europe. Through centuries the Hungarian and Jewish history has been so entwined that it is almost inseparable. Jews played and play an important role in the country’s economical, cultural and political life.
Our company was created in 1995 and since then we try to show our visitors the Hungarian and Jewish culture in our country. Our English speaking guides are well trained, and have the necessary qualification to help you understand the Jewish past and present in Hungary and in Budapest. Our tours are in one (English) language, and we try to keep the sightseeing tours with small groups of people. To customize your needs we prepared three types of heritage tours.
Essential Tour (1,5-2 hours)
Those guests who are short of time can take our 1,5 hour Jewish Heritage Essential Tour. The tour includes an interior visit to the Dohány synagogue, which is the largest in Europe. Guided tour in the Jewish Museum, which has an important and unique collection of art pieces from Hungary and Eastern Europe. The Holocaust Cemetery where thousands were buried, who were killed in the ghetto times. The Raul Wallenberg Memorial Park with the Tree of Life which was created to remind us of those who perished in the war.
Time table: 10:00 and 14:00 on weekdays (on Fridays there is only one tour at 10:00), on Sundays at 11:00.
Price: 3300, there is no student price.
Application in our tourist information office:
AVALA Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft.
Address: Budapest V. Belgrád rkp. 26.
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 9 -17
Saturday and Sunday: 9 -18
Telephone: 06 1 / 235 06 86
e-mail: turistapont@avala.hu
Grand Tour (2,5- 3 hours)
The tour includes an interior visit to the Dohány synagogue, which is the largest in Europe. Guided tour in the Jewish Museum, which has an important and unique collection of art pieces from Hungary and Eastern Europe. The Holocaust Cemetery where thousand were buried, who were killed in the ghetto times. Raul Wallenberg Memorial Park with the Tree of Life which was created to remind us of those who perished in the war. We pass by the Heroes temple, which was built in memory of those who gave their lives during WWI. To understand the present we continue our walk to the old – new Jewish Quarter, which was used as a ghetto during the WWII and it hosts synagogues, monuments, kosher restaurants, and shops. We will see the Carl Lutz Memorial, interior visit of the Rumbach Street Synagogue, the Király Street, the famous Gozsdu Courtyard and the center of the orthodox Jewish community, with an outside visit of the Kazinczy Street Synagogue. After our approximately 2,5-3 hour-long tour, we will offer you a cake and coffee in a kosher confectionary. You can chose this tour with a lunch too, in that case with our ticket you will get 15% discount in Carmel a kosher restaurant.
Time table: From Monday to Thursday at 14:00
Prices: GRAND TOUR 8900 / STUDENT 7900
Application in our tourist information office:
AVALA Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft.
Address: Budapest V. Belgrád rkp. 26.
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 9 -17
Saturday and Sunday: 9 -18
Telephone: 06 1 / 235 06 86
e-mail: turistapont@avala.hu
Expanded Grand Tour - with three synagouges (3,5-4 hours )
This tour was created for those people, who would really like to understand the differences between our main religious wings. With the help of our English-speaking guide you will be acquainted with the most important chapters of the history and culture of the Hungarian Jewry. The tour includes an interior visit to the Dohány synagogue, which is the largest in Europe. Guided tour in the Jewish Museum, which has an important and unique collection of art pieces from Hungary and Eastern Europe. The Holocaust Cemetery where thousand were buried, who were killed in the ghetto times. The Raul Wallenberg Memorial Park with the Tree of Life which was created to remind us of those who perished in the war. We pass by the Heroes temple, which was built in memory of those who gave their lives during the WWI. To understand the present we continue our walk to the old – new Jewish Quarter, which was used as a ghetto during the WWII and it hosts synagogues, monuments, kosher restaurants, and shops. You will see the Carl Lutz Memorial, than we have an interior visit of the statusquo movement, the Rumbach Street Synagogue, the Király Street, the famous Gozsdu Courtyard and the center of the orthodox Jewish community, with an interior visit of the Kazinczy Street Synagogue. After our approximately 3,5-4 hours-long tour, we will offer you a cake and coffee in a kosher confectionary. You can chose this tour with a lunch too, in that case with our ticket you will get 15% discount in Carmel a kosher restaurant.
Time table:10:00 on weekdays (Monday - Friday), on Sundays at 11:00
Prices: EXPANDED GRAND TOUR 9500, STUDENT 8900
Application in our tourist information office:
AVALA Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft.
Address: Budapest V. Belgrád rkp. 26.
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 9 -17
Saturday and Sunday: 9 -18
Telephone: 06 1 / 235 06 86
e-mail: turistapont@avala.hu
