Prague, Vienna & Budapest

The union of the Austrian, Slav and Magyar peoples was the core of the empire developed by the Habsburgs as they acquired, by marriage or conquest, lands stretching from Italy to Poland and the Balkans and the title, Holy Roman Emperor.

Prague, the Slavic capital to the north, and Budapest, the Magyar capital to the east, are thus inextricably linked with the imperial capital of Vienna, even though the 20th-century ‘Iron Curtain’ has thrown up fascinating contrasts of development. A greater understanding of the history, architecture and character of each city is attained by visiting these three capitals where the narrow streets of the originally medieval centres, based around an original castle, are a counterpoint to the grand boulevards and open squares created in the 19th century. The hotels have been chosen for their quality and character as well as positions in Prague old town, in Vienna old town or opposite Schönbrunn Palace and on the Danube in Budapest..