By Margaret Green of Cremorne NSW

Recently I travelled on a luxury tour to Budapest, Prague, Bratislava, Vienna and Cesky Krumlov - organised by Eva's European Tours of St Ives, NSW.
I was so impressed with the tour, I thought I'd write to you as you may be interested in publishing this letter.
Although the tour was a luxury tour, the cost was under $10,000, a cost I found exceptionally reasonable considering all the extras I received.
As well as the high quality accommodation, what made the tour so perfect was that Eva Santo, who organised the tour and travelled with us, speaks several languages and has an excellent knowledge of the places we visited including hotels, tour guides, museums, and entertainment in each city.
This was of enormous help to us all. Eva was available 24 hours a day. She had limitless patience and took particular trouble to look after and accompany a 92-year-old lady who was on a tour with us. Eva was also very generous in arranging many little extras for all of the group.
The tour itself was fantastic - beyond our expectations. It was unhurried and the places we visited were superb. In each city we did something different. Seeing a performance at the Prague State Opera was magical. But my most enjoyable experience was a Mozart & Strauss concert and dinner at the stylish and historical Kursalon in Vienna.
We stayed four days in most locations with a 24-hour visit to Cesky Krumlov, a romantic medieval town and a showpiece of the Czech Republic.
In Budapest we stayed on the Margaret Island on the Danube River where we were completely spoilt with spas and massages, and the evening cruise on the Danube was just spectacular.
The tour was extremely well planned, reasonably priced and I would highly recommend it. Eva just seems to have an empathy with each of her customers, plus she is very flexible with her tours, and knows what one should see and do in each city.

For information about Eva's European Tours and her next 20-day luxury White Christmas and New Year Tour, which departs December 24 and visits Budapest, Prague, Bratislava, Vienna and Cesky Krumlov, phone Eva Santo on (02) 9449 1786 or visit www.europeanspatours.com.au