Tours to Europe from Uzhhorod: How It Works
Tours to Europe from Zakarpattia are 2-4 day itineraries that start early in the morning in Uzhhorod and end there too. Uzhhorod is Ukraine's westernmost regional capital, which is exactly why bus tours to Europe are best started here: Kosice is about 3 hours away, Budapest 5.5, Krakow 8, Vienna 9.5. Those are guides that include the border crossing: a queue at the checkpoint can add another hour or two, and the group leader confirms the timing before departure. From central Ukraine the same destinations cost an extra day just to reach the border.
Where the bus tours to Europe from Uzhhorod go. Hungary: Budapest for the weekend, Budapest and Vienna, thermal routes. Slovakia: Kosice and Tatranska Lomnica, Spis in a weekend, thermal Slovakia. Poland: Krakow and Wieliczka, Zakopane with thermal baths, Krakow and the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial. Austria: Vienna for the weekend, Vienna with the Parndorf outlet. Romania: Maramures, Transylvania, Oradea with the Baile Felix baths. Two routes pass through two countries in a single trip.
No overnight drives on the multi-day tours. This is the main difference between these European tours and cheaper bus programmes: every night is spent in a 3-4* hotel with breakfast, and transfers happen during the day. You do not spend a night sitting in a seat, and you do not lose the first day of the tour catching up on sleep.
What the tour price includes. Transport along the whole route, a Pro Karpaty group leader, a hotel with breakfast and €30,000 medical insurance. Entrance tickets and optional activities are paid separately - an estimated budget is listed on each tour page, so the full cost can be calculated in advance rather than on the spot.
Who the 2-4 day tours to Europe suit. Those with little annual leave who still want to go further than the next town: two days in Budapest, a weekend in Krakow, the thermal baths of Slovakia or Romania. Groups are up to 45 people; the group leader rides the whole route and handles matters at the border and in the hotel. Departure and return are within Uzhhorod and Mukachevo.
If you only have one day. From Uzhhorod there are 16 day trips to Europe - from 2 500 ₴, returning the same evening; the manager matches one to your date. And if you arrived in Uzhhorod early, we also run routes around Zakarpattia and the Carpathians.
Pro Karpaty has been organising tours since 2008, licence AE No. 185601 of 06.12.2012.