Buddy Bombard's Europe (3 testimonials)

In business since 2008

Luxury vacations featuring daily sightseeing adventures by low-level balloon.

Since 1977, Buddy Bombard’s Europe has offered the world’s only experience of its kind, 5 to 11 day European vacations including daily sightseeing adventures by low-level balloon. Available to fewer than 500 guests per year, Buddy Bombard’s Europe is about privilege without pomp; an imaginative blend of grace, luxury, serendipity, culture and fun.

Long a personal friend to Europe’s local nobility, farmers, villagers and wine cellar masters, Buddy Bombard and his flowered balloons have opened doors through which his guests are privately ushered to incomparable "Insider’s Europe" experiences, such as dining with nobility in their ancestral estates and castles, or drifting just-above-the-rooftops of medieval villages and UNESCO-protected architectural treasures. Spirited landing celebrations often lead to invitations into country homes where guests are considered not tourists, but very interesting visitors.

With departures in six European countries, travelers have a choice of vacations in Italy, Austria, France, Turkey, Switzerland or the Czech Republic. Incurable romantics, families, and returning past travelers come for Buddy and his staff’s attentive 5-star service and the deluxe hotel chosen for each trip, for lavish winter picnics in the balloons, twilight dinner parties prepared by Bombard chefs in the vaulted, candlelit chambers of an 11th century castle, to enjoy the exotic cultures of Istanbul or the thrill and passion of Palio. They come to drift through Burgundy’s world famous vineyards or the Loire’s chateau country, to dip into the canyons of Cappadocia or glide gently through the Alp’s snow-covered, ’pinch-me’ scenery. And after each day’s private sightseeing, superb meals and balloon adventure, after each evening’s lavish dinner party, they pull the shade on the day believing what Bombard guests have exclaimed throughout the years, “It’s Never too Late to Have a Happy Childhood.”

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Italy, Tuscany – & the Medieval Splendor of Siena & its Palio with Buddy Bombard	Italy, Tuscany – & the Medieval Splendor of Siena & its Palio with Buddy Bombard Westin Excelsior Hotel, Florence for 8 Days • from $16,948* per person Provider: Buddy Bombard's Europe (3 testimonials) Seemingly frozen in time, Siena is one of Italy’s best preserved medieval cities. Set in the heart of a gloriously serene pastoral landscape it is much beloved for its medieval charm. It is home to a large collection of castles and aristocratic residences, that blend into the stunning countryside. Visually, it is very pleasing, and it is clearly one of the most lovely areas in Europe to explore by balloon. Tucked in the convergence of eleven valleys, there is no… more	Offered August Exertion level: 3 Boutique accommodations Max group size: 24 people Must form your own group? No
Highlights of the Swiss Winter Alps with Buddy Bombard	Highlights of the Swiss Winter Alps with Buddy Bombard Hotel le Richemond in Geneva for 6 Days • from $13,970* per person Provider: Buddy Bombard's Europe (3 testimonials) Imagine drifting through “pinch-me” scenery and snow-covered villagestucked deep in the valleys of the Swiss Winter Alps. Each day our ownchef prepares an elaborate picnic luncheon complete with fine wine foryou to enjoy in your balloon, while floating through some of the mostmagnificent scenery in the world.Our pilots, each with an average of 3?? years ofcommercial balloon pilot experience, are highly skilledin creating a steady flow of wonderful experiences toenjoy in our balloons, such as:Slowly drifting along the tops of… more	Offered February Exertion level: 3 Luxury accommodations Max group size: 24 people Must form your own group? No
Swiss Summer in the Emmental & Jungfrau Regions	Swiss Summer in the Emmental & Jungfrau Regions Zurich Airport, Zurich, Switzerland for 8 Days • from $14,304* per person Provider: Buddy Bombard's Europe (3 testimonials) Chalets, mountain trains, and helicopters to shimmering, crystal ice fields and wonderland scenery behind the Jungfrau mountain are daytime highlights. Our trademark balloon excursions late each afternoon are through the dramatic emerald valleys and quaint villages of Switzerland’s Emmental. The gentle breezes of these lower foothills are just what we need to entertain you, and the friendly Swiss farm families in their traditional dress wave from bright red farmhouses and chalet windows spilling over with summer flowers. Settings such as… more	Offered August Exertion level: 3 Luxury accommodations Max group size: 24 people Must form your own group? No

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