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Destinations
International Music Tours is pleased to offer the following destinations:
Budapest
Budapest is often described as the Queen of the Danube and possesses a rich and fascinating history as well as a vibrant cultural heritage. Throughout time it has managed to maintain its magic and charm and has been regarded as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Budapest has also been called the City of Spas as a dozen thermal baths complexes are served by over a hundred natural thermal springs.
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Budapest is the capital and largest city of Hungary. It is made up of two cities, Buda on the west bank of the river and Pest on the east bank. Budapest's music history includes the composers Franz Liszt, Erno Dohnanvi, Bela Bartok, Zoltan Kodaly and the opera composer Ferenc Erkel. In Budapest, there are beautiful music venues such as the Almassy Square Leisure Centre, Franz Liszt Academy of Music and Petofi Hall. Budapest is considered an important Central European city for business, culture and tourism. It attracts over 20 million visitors a year. World Heritage Sites include the banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter, the Millennium Underground railway, and Andrassy Avenue.
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Prague
Prague (Czech: Praha) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
This magical city of bridges, cathedrals, gold-tipped towers and church domes, has also been called “The Magical City”, “The Golden City”, “The City of a Hundred Towers”, and the “Paris of the East”. Undamaged by WWII, Prague's |
medieval centre remains a wonderful mixture of cobbled lanes, walled courtyards, cathedrals and countless church spires. At the same time, Prague boasts a modern and vibrant city full of energy, music, cultural art, fine dining and special events catering to a traveler’s thirst for adventure.
It is regarded by many as one of Europe's most charming and a beautiful city, Prague has become the most popular travel destination in Central Europe along with Budapest and Krakow. Millions of tourists visit the city every year.
The Smetana, Dvorak, and Mozart museums form the National Museum’s Independent Section of Musicology.
Salzburg
The city of Salzburg is nestled between the two mountains Kapuzinerberg and Mönchsberg and the River Salzach near the German/Bavarian border. If you've seen the movie The Sound of Music, you may think you know Salzburg. Admittedly, it's tough not to burst into song when you're walking along the Salzach River, or climbing up to the Hohensalzburg fortress. |
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Salzburg is most certainly a city of music. It is the home and birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and there is a memorial to him in the Salzburg Mozart Square. Salzburg has a long history of being a popular destination for musicians. Salzburg is known for its annual cultural Festival (Salzburger Festspiele), which offers a variety of operas, concerts and theatrical plays, ranging from classical to contemporary styles. The city is also a very popular place to study for a musical or theatrical education and therefore many students from around the world enroll at one of the many different schools in Salzburg every year.
Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria. The city has retained its charm and character through the centuries with small alleyways, quaint colorful town houses, rich castles and palaces, beautiful gardens and a large number of churches and monasteries. It's "Old Town" with its world famous baroque architecture is one of the best-preserved city centers in the German-speaking world, and is listed as a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site.
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Vienna
Vienna (Wien) is the capital and largest city of Austria, and the Historic City Centre is listed on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
In Vienna one senses the history and a touch of the past, much more intensely than in other cities. Perhaps this feeling is transmitted by the numerous architectural structures or the people themselves. Vienna has maintained its respected |
position among the leading cities of Europe as a modern, active metropolis with a thriving cultural life. Coffee houses, pastries, New Year’s Concert, the Opera Ball, art nouveau and baroque architecture, along with St. Stephen’s Cathedral , the Prater Amusement Park, the Vienna Boys Choir and the Spanish Riding School, the atmosphere of a “Heuriger” where new wine is served and Viennese melodies can be heard form an impression of Vienna like no other. Tourists are treated as if they were long-lost members of the royal family returning home. This luxurious treatment is one of the reasons that many people enjoy visiting Vienna.
In no other city in the world have so many world-renowned composers and musicians made their home. There are numerous occasions to walk in the footsteps of the masters and see how they lived. In Vienna, musician’s memorials, apartments of famous composers have been turned into museums. You can see the furniture and objects that were owned by the artists, as well as autographs, facsimiles of scores, paintings and photos. The house in which Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed “Le Nozze di Figaro” can be found behind St. Stephen’s Cathedral. A large amount of memorabilia is exhibited in the house where Johann Strauss wrote his famous “The Blue Danube” Waltz, his greatest success. You may also want to visit the house where Ludwig van Beethoven lived. Vienna holds a multitude of famous places and many treasures just waiting to be discovered.
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