This fascinating journey takes you along one of the most beautiful stretchesof the Danube right in the heart of the once brilliant imperial and royal Austro-Hungarian monarchy. From the Bavarian city of Passau (where threerivers meet) the cruise goes downstream to Budapest, the city often describedas the ‘Queen of the Danube'. You pass through four European countries (Germany, Austria, Hungary and Slovakia) and three capitals (Vienna, Budapest and Bratislava) and varied scenery such as the Schlögener loops below Passau, the picturesque Wachau district of Austria (steeped in legends), and the ‘knee' of the Danube at Visegrad in Hungary; you also see the imposing cathedral of Esztergom in Hungary and the Benedictine abbey of Melk in Austria.
This cruise encompasses both art and culture in places that bear witness to thousands of years of European history.
| Day | Country | Harbour | Daily feature program |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DE | Passau | Embarkation from 15.00 Welcome cocktail (INCL) Welcome Dinner (INCL) |
| 2 | AT | Spitz | Weinerlebniswelt Krems and City walk (from/to Spitz) |
| 3 | HU | Budapest | City tour Budapest Evening cruise “Budapest at Night” with folklore program (INCL) |
| 4 | HU | Budapest | Excursion Castle Gödöllö and horse farm Excursion Szentendre-Esztergom (from Budapest / to Esztergom) |
| HU | Esztergom | ||
| 5 | SK | Bratislava | City tour Bratislava Excursion Little Carpathians or Visit Imperial Festival Palace – Castle Hof |
| 6 | AT | Vienna | City tour Vienna Visit Castle Schoenbrunn or Visit Hofburg Imperial Palace Concert Sound of Vienna or Excursion Vienna at night |
| 7 | AT | Melk/Emmersdorf | Melk Abbey and City walk Dürnstein Captain’s Galadinner with crewshow (INCl) |
| 8 | DE | Passau | Disembarkation until 09.30 |
