Tours

List of Tours

Special tours and excursions will be arranged exclusively for the Delegates and Accompanying persons at the ERSA 2012 Congress.

  • All tours will leave from and return to the Congress Venue.
  • A minimum number of participants is 15.
  • Congress Organizer reserves the right to cancel the tour for which a minimum number of participants have not registered.
  • In this case another tour will be offered or a refund will be paid after the Conference.
  • Booking in advance is recommended, on-site availability cannot be guaranteed.
  • The deadline for application is June 30, 2012

“To register for tours please use this on-line form HERE”.

HALF DAY TOURS


1/ Bratislava Highlights

Date: August 22, 2012
Time: 13.00-16.00
Duration: 3 hours
Price: 33 €
Price includes: Admissions, Eng. sp. guide, transportation

This bus tour will give you a general impression of the city. We pass the most important places, historical and cultural sights, stopping at Bratislava Castle, Napoleon’s Hill and Slavin with their splendid panoramic views.
On our walk through the pedestrian zone of Old Town we take a look at St. Michael’s Gate, the first University Istropolitana, St. Martin’s Cathedral (where the coronations were performed), the Primate’s Palace, the Old Town Hall and finishing the tour at the Opera House.

2/ The Best of Bratislava & Devin Castle

Date: August 23,2012
Time: 9.00-13.00
Duration: 4 hours
Price: 42 €
Price includes: Admissions, Eng. sp. guide, transportation

This bus tour take to see Bratislava‘s most prominent historic and cultural sights outside the Old Town. You will visit the Bratislava Castle and enjoy the splendid panoramic views of the city.
It continues with a drive along the Danube to the magnificent ruins of the Devin Castle situated above the confluence of the Danube and Morava rivers. It was blown up by Napoleon’s troops in 1809; Devin Castle offers breath-taking views of the neighboring Austria and on a clear day the peaks of the Alps.

3/ City Sights and Night Life

Date: August 23,2012
Time: 18.00-21.00
Duration: 3 hours
Price: 41 €
Price includes: Admissions, Eng. sp. guide, transportation, refreshment

This tour invites you to know Bratislava from one other side. It is youthful city and on weekend nights the streets in Old Town are buzzing with life as the crowds move from vine cellar to cocktail bar following the laser beam that points down Michalska Street towards the heart of the action. The top of the tour wine and refreshment in one of the traditional vine cellars of Bratislava.

4/ Palace Hof

Date: 24 August 2012
Time: 9.00 -13,00 Duration: 4 hours
Price :42 €
Price includes: Admissions, Eng. sp. guide, transportation

Palace Hof, is one of the largest and most magnificent noble seats in the Habsburg empire, was the setting for some of the period’s most splendid celebrations and festivities. After the faithful restoration of palace and grounds, a unique Baroque artistic creation is now open to the visitor of today. Experience the atmosphere of the Imperial festivals in apartments furnished once again with pieces of original furniture and walk through splendidly landscaped, terraced baroque gardens known all over Europe. Savour the country life through all your senses on the idyllic manor farm with horses, loveable animals, herb and vegetable gardens and have a look at the workshops of ancient handicrafts.

5/ The Small Carpathian Wine Route
Date: August 25, 2012
Time: 9.00-14.30
Duration: 5, 5 hours
Price: 72 €
Price includes: Admissions, Eng. sp. guide, transportation, wine tasting

A half-day tour to a region which has been known for its wine since Roman times. We drive you to explore the surroundings of Bratislava with many quaint villages and historic towns. Typical for this region are vineyards on the slopes of the Little Carpathians. Apart from great wines this area is also known for beautiful pottery and naive art. The tour goes through the ancient royal wine towns of Svaty Jur, Pezinok and Modra, highlighting the most important sights. We will also see how the famous Modra pottery – majolica – is produced. The highlight of this tour is a visit to Cerveny Kamen (Red Rock Castle) – a wonderfully preserved castle, which ranks among the best preserved in Slovakia, with huge multi-storey cellars, the largest ones in Central Europe. The tour finishes in the historic wine cellar sampling the best local wines.


FULL DAY TOUR

6/ Religious Trnava and Healing Piestany
Date: August 25, 2012
Time: 8.30 -16.30
Duration : 8 hours
Price: 90 €
Price includes: Admissions, Eng. sp. guide, transportation, lunch

On this sightseeing tour, discover the old historic towns and villages of Slovakia. Steeped in history, these quaint little towns have much to offer . Enjoy sightseeing in the 13th century city of Trnava. The oldest free royal borough Trnava was the Church "capital" of the Kingdom of Hungary for several centuries in the past. Now it is the center of the dynamically developing area that stretches between Bratislava and Nitra. Trnava is the seat of the University, and since 1978 the Slovak metropolitan seat of archbishop. The center of the town has been designated the Town Monument Reserve in 1987.
Piestany has the best known spa resort in Slovakia. Visitors come from all over the world for the warm springs that are said to have curative properties. Hot springs with temperatures of 67-69°C, as well as its healing mud, originating at 2000 m depth on the Spa Island in the Vah River were known for ages. The architecturally interesting Colonnade Bridge connects the quiet pedestrian Old Town lined with little shops and cafés with the Spa Island, where elegant historic buildings of the spas surrounded by a beautiful historic park with ponds fed from the hot springs.

7/ Imperial Vienna
Date: August 25, 2012
Time: 8.30-17.00
Duration: 8,5 hours
Price: 92€
Price includes: Admissions, Eng. sp. guide, transportation, lunch

To reach Vienna we will drive through Hainburg a town with rich history and monuments and pass Heathen’s gate, the best known monument from the time of Roman province of Pannonia. Next there is a drive along the Ringstrasse with its magnificent buildings such as Parliament, the State opera, City Hall and many others. We will also visit the imperial winter residence Hofburg and walk to St. Stephan Cathedral. After a lunch break we will visit the imperial summer residence in Schönbrunn.

8/ Graceful Southern Moravia
Date: August 25 2012
Time: 8.30 -17.00
Duration: 8,5 hours
Price: 98€
Price includes: Admissions, Eng. sp. guide, transportation, lunch, wine tasting

The most southerly point in Moravia is an area of meadow woods, snow-white rock vineyards and fields .The unique Lednice-Valtice area is a protected landscape area listed by UNESCO. It is a comprised of a chateau, park buildings and landscape features in the region between the Romance chateau in Lednice and the Baroque chateau in Valtice. A must see is Lednice Chateau, the pearl of Moravia which is situated in the extensive natural area on the embankment of the Dyje River. It was residential place of Lichtenstein family till the end of World War II.

Mikulov is historical, cultural and tourist Centre of the region below Palava. For many the reasons for a visit include history embodied in architectural monuments, and for nature lovers and people preferring active rest it is the unique natural conditions of the region. The former Liechtenstein and later Diestrichstein chateau on the rock has been a unique dominant of the Mikulov skyline for centuries. The local Jewish cemetery, one of the largest Jewish burial places in the Czech Republic is a relic of the famous Mikulov ghetto.
The town of Valtice contains one of the most impressive Baroque residences of Central Europe. The palace is surrounded by an English park with the Temple of Diana (1812) and other neoclassical structures. The area Valtice is the famous of production wine as red wine as white wine. During the wine tasting an expert in wine production explain everything about secrets of this beverage.

Cancellations, Changes and Refunds

  • Please inform the Congress Organizers of any amendments or cancellations in writing by e-mail.
  • Telephone amendments will not be accepted.
  • The appropriate refunds will be made after the Conference.

The following cancellation conditions apply to the cancellation of tours:

  • Cancellation before & on July 30, 2012 full refund less a handling fee of 15 EUR
  • Cancellation from August 1, 2010 no refund

“To register for tours please use this on-line form HERE”.