Day 1
Embarkation on the vessel in Budapest. Later our Tour Manager on board will welcome you with a cocktail before the official welcome dinner.

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Day 2
Budapest is a city made up of two parts: Buda and Pest, built on opposite banks of the Danube. Buda is the older and more graceful part, with its cobbled streets and medieval architecture, while Pest is the administrative and commercial centre, with wide avenues and impressive 19th-century public buildings. East meets West in this fascinating city, and this can be seen in the variety of shops and restaurants. This morning we offer an included tour of the city, while in the afternoon there is an optional drive from Budapest, along the banks of the Danube, to the charming artists’ village of Szentendre (€ 22). The vessel leaves in the evening, and a gypsy band and a Hungarian folklore group will entertain us as we say goodbye to Budapest’s impressive illuminations.

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Day 3
This afternoon we arrive at the city of Bratislava, capital of the Republic of Slovakia, which celebrated its 2000th anniversary in 1991. We will pass below the colossal new ‘SNP’ suspension bridge across the Danube, and then have an included sightseeing tour. During dinner let yourself be carried away by famous Viennese “Heurigen” music. In the later evening the vessel starts cruising towards Vienna.

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Day 4
The vessel arrives in Vienna, Austria’s capital and artistic centre, in the early morning. After breakfast we offer an included tour of this wonderful city - home to the waltz, coffee houses, the Prater Park and one of the world's finest opera houses. This is where Marie-Antoinette grew up and where Mozart died, and for 600 years it was the hub of the vast Hapsburg Empire. There is an optional excursion to the magnificent Schoenbrunn Palace (€ 32) in the afternoon. After dinner possibility to participate in the optional excursion “Sound of Vienna” (€ 40) to listen to the world famous music of Mozart and Strauss in one of the famous Viennese palais. Or you decide to enjoy “Vienna at night” (€ 40). Coaches take you to the Prater and a typical "Heurigen" wine tavern, where you can enjoy a glass of wine. Before midnight you leave Vienna and continue upstream overnight into the Wachau region of Austria.

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Day 5
In the morning we reach Melk/Emmersdorf. From here the excursion Beauties of the Wachau (€ 39) starts. In comfortable buses you will be taken through the picturesque landscape of the Wachau to the 900-year old Baroque Benedictine abbey of Melk, where you will go on a guided tour. Depending on the time of day, there may be an opportunity to hear a short organ recital in the abbey church. Following we take you to Duernstein, idyllically situated and probably the most famous wine-growing town of the entire Wachau region, for a stroll through the town. To end a splendid day, you will be invited to sample a fine selection of local wines in Emmersdorf, before you go onboard again. We leave Emmersdorf in the later evening.

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Day 6
The vessel ties up in the large riverside city of Linz in the morning. This is an interesting city, though visited by comparatively few river cruise ships, from which we offer an optional excursion to Mozart’s city, Salzburg (€ 60) during which our ship will continue upstream in the morning, and cross the border into Germany. In the afternoon the vessels reaches Passau, Bavaria’s most easterly city, where the excursion participants rejoin it. This city’s impressive Baroque cathedral houses the largest church organ in the world (with 17,388 pipes and 231 registers), and most of main sights are very close to the Danube. You can explore on your own, or join an included walking tour of the highlights with a local guide. The vessel will leave Passau in the evening and spend the night cruising through Bavaria towards Regensburg. On the second-last evening of your journey on the Danube, the captain will be delighted to welcome you to the Captain’s Gala Dinner.

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Day 7
We arrive in Regensburg in the morning, where there is an included walking tour. Regensburg is one of the best–preserved medieval cities in Germany and its many historic buildings are most impressive. After lunch the vessel sails on to Nuremberg.

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Day 8
In the morning the vessel moors in Nuremberg. After breakfast you say good-bye to the ship’s crew and board comfortable buses to Prague, the “Golden City”. Dinner will be at your centrally located 4/5* hotel where the dinner takes place.

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Day 9
There is an included comprehensive sightseeing tour in the morning, visiting the magnificent castle area with St. Vitus cathedral and the Golden Lane on foot before going on a panoramic tour of the city that Goethe called "the jewel in the world's crown". Spend the afternoon at leisure, perhaps visiting the fascinating Jewish quarter or browsing through some of Prague’s many excellent shops. In the evening, your tour manager will organise a visit to either the "Laterna Magica" or "La Fantastica" - Prague’s world-famous multi-media shows. Farewell dinner at the hotel.

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Day 10
Check-Out after breakfast. Bookable transfer to the airport.

 

• 7-night cruise accommodation in an outside stateroom
• Superb dining with all meals included during your cruise
• quality red & white wines from Europe’s great wine regions with every dinner onboard the ship
• cocktail Reception, Welcome Dinner & Captain’s Gala Dinner
• special highlights including folklore programs, lectures, theme dinners, onboard music performances and afternoon & evening music as outlined in the itinerary
• services of an experienced, multilingual cruisedirector and tour guide ashore
• all excursions which are not marked as “opt.” in the itinerary. The optional excursions can be booked in advance or during the program with the cruise director
• non-smoking environment (smoking permitted only on the Sun-Deck)
• port taxes and local taxes
• luggage transfer from shore to cabin and vice versa
• transfer by deluxe motor coaches
• 2 nights hotel accommodation in the 5* -hotel Le Palais in Prague with buffet breakfast

The luxury boutique Hotel Le Palais Prague, built as a residential palace in 1897, is one of the finest examples of Belle Époque architecture in Prague. The hotel is located in an exclusive residential area of Prague, only a 5-minutes drive from the famed Wenceslas Square and the National Museum.

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