Local Living Tours & Trips in Vienna Budapest Prague

Try pierogi dumplings at traditional restaurants in Kraków, soak in Budapest's thermal baths on Margaret Island, and take a hands-on pasta-making class in Rome. You'll stay in hostels and hotels where you can meet other travelers while checking out Ljubljana's cafe scene and Venice's gondola-filled waterways.

A local host invites you into their home for dinner in Rome, where you'll have regional dishes and wine while getting a real taste of Italian family hospitality. In Paris, walk through the pedestrianized Montorgueil district with a resident who'll take you to neighborhood boulangeries and patisseries.

Head to Amsterdam's Albert Cuyp Market by bike and try raw herring and poffertjes, then make stroopwafels in a hands-on workshop. Later in Tirana, check out the communist-era Blloku neighborhood and sip raki at Komiteti Kafe Muzeum. You'll also cook traditional pasta in Rome and taste regional foods at Provence's countryside markets.

Watch folklore dancers during a traditional Czech dinner in Prague, sample homemade pierogi dumplings in Kraków's historic center, and join a pasta-making class in Rome on this 16-day trip through Vienna, Budapest, and Prague, staying in hostels and boutique hotels with thermal bath time at Budapest's Széchenyi Baths.

Try authentic coffee culture at traditional Viennese cafés in the Grätzls neighbourhood, learning about local favorites from residents who know the hidden spots. Meet multigenerational bakers at Vollpension café, where grandmothers and grandfathers share homemade recipes and stories with visitors.

Watch an authentic Hungarian folklore show and have a traditional dinner in Budapest before checking out Vienna's Baroque palaces and the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Share home-hosted coffee and cake with a Slovakian family in Bratislava, then see Prague's Gothic St. Vitus Cathedral, Charles Bridge, and the Astronomical Clock at Old Town Square during your three-night hotel stay.

Get into local culture through a traditional Hungarian folklore performance in Budapest and home-hosted coffee with a Slovakian family in Bratislava's historic center. The trip includes time in Miltenberg's colorful half-timbered houses and artisan demonstrations at Wertheim's Glass Art Museum.

Local life in Prague's Old Town Square includes an included Vltava River boat ride, then you'll head to Vienna's Grinzing wine village with its traditional taverns and stay at Rainers Hotel Vienna. A Danube River cruise in Budapest gives you views of historic Buda and cosmopolitan Pest, and you can check out the lively Váci utca area for authentic lunch. The trip takes you through Salzburg's Renaissance center, St. Wolfgang's pilgrimage site, and includes a Traunsee Lake cruise from Traunkirchen that passes four castles.