Budapest Spring Semester | Sample Itinerary
Sample Field Trip Itinerary
Week 1
Orientation to Budapest: An architectural tour (emphasis Turkish, Neo-Gothic, Baroque, Art Noveau, Bauhaus)
Week 2
Train excursion to Roman ruins of Acquincum and continuing excursion to Szentendre and the Hungarian Open Air Museum
Week 3
History tour of Budapest: Royal Palace, Matthias Church, St. Stephen’s Basilica, Hero’s Squire
Week 4
The Turks in Central Hungary: train excursion to Eger (city tour, Castle of Eger, Turkish Minaret, Turkish Bath)
Week 5
Austro-Hungarian Empire: bus excursion to Vienna (Schoenburnn Palace, Belvedere Museum, St. Stephen’s Cathedral)
Week 6
Austro-Hungarian Empire: Hungarian National Museum (War of Independence 1848-49); Hungarian Parliament tour
Hungarian Life and Culture: bus overnight excursion to Gyor (city tour and visit to Pannonhalma Archabby)
Week 7
Visual and Performing Arts in Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts; Museum of Applied Arts; Hungarian State Opera performance
Week 8
Budapest and the Holocaust: Dohany Synagogue and Old Jewish Quarter; Holocaust Memorial Center
Week 9
The Holocaust: 3-day bus excursion to Krakow and Auschwitz
Week 10
Hungary under the Soviets: House of Terror Museum, Budapest Prison
Week 11
Hungarian Revolution, 1956: revolutionary walking tour of Budapest
Week 12
Hungary and Central Europe: hydrofoil excursion to Bratislava, Slovakia
Week 13
Hungarian Life and Culture: bus excursion to Pec (city tour, Pec University, Zsolney Ceramics Factor, Viallany wine region)
Week 14
Hungary since 1989: Hungarian National Museum; Statue Park; European Institute of Innovation and Technology
Week 15
Hungarian Music: Bela Bartok Museum; Franz Liszt Academy of Music recital