Along the Danube 

Itinerary

Day 1: Budapest.Arrive in Budapest, where you are met and transferred to your hotel. Tonight, join your fellow guests and Resident Tour Director for a welcome dinner.Accomodation Continental Hotel Budapest 
 
Day 2: Budapest.Visit a Baroque castle and its botanical gardens in Gödöllő, and then board your river ship in Budapest for priority embarkation. Enjoy a welcome cocktail prior to dinner. This evening, cruise through Budapest, passing under the illuminated Chain Bridge while a gypsy band performs on board
 
Day 3: Budapest.Visit Buda’s cobbled, medieval streets, and then Pest, with its wide avenues and 19th-century buildings. After lunch aboard, choose an optional excursion to Szentendre. 
 
Day 4: Bratislava, Slovakia & Vienna, Austria.Arrive in Bratislava, Slovakia, to visit its old quarter. View St. Martin’s Cathedral and Grassalkovich Palace. Back on board, enjoy a private pre-dinner cocktail party. Cruise to Vienna for an optional evening excursion.
 
Day 5: Vienna.Set out on a Connections-exclusive excursion to Schönbrunn Palace, where you join in a strudel-making demonstration. Enjoy time at leisure in Vienna with lunch on your own (or included aboard ship). Enjoy Category A seating at a “Sound of Vienna” concert in the opulent Kursalon.
 
Day 6: Dürnstein & Melk.Today, take a walking tour in pretty Dürnstein, where King Richard I was once imprisoned. Later, visit the Melk Abbey, set marvelously high above the valley.
 
Day 7: Linz.Your choice of optional excursions today include: walking tours in Linz and Passau or a full-day excursion to Salzburg that includes lovely Salzkammergut. Tonight, the captain hosts a gala dinner on board.
 
Day 8: Nuremberg & Regensburg.On a Connections-exclusive excursion to Nuremberg, Germany, privately tour a World War II art bunker. Visit the city’s altstadt (old town) and Imperial Castle, then see the Palace of Justice, site of the War Crimes Tribunal of 1946. Tour Regensburg before a Bavarian-style celebration on board.
 
Day 9: Munich.Disembark in Passau. Drive to Munich for a walking tour of the old town with a local guide, with time to explore Marienplatz and the Frauenkirche, the city’s landmark cathedral. Tonight, gather for a farewell dinner.
 
Day 10.MunichToday, transfer to Munich airport for your flight home.

VIP Experience

Continental Hotel Budapest .Our aim in developing Continental Hotel Budapest****Superior was to create a green oasis for guests where the stress and the noise of the big city can be totally left behind the minute they enter the hotel, completed with relaxation and entertainment possibilities. Our hotel, which blends art nouveau, art deco and modern design, is entirely unique, while reflecting the distinctive style of Hotel chain. The hotel is built on the site of the former legendaryHungária Spa and the historical Continental Hotel in Budapest’s city centre. The nearby Jewish Quarter with its atmospheric streets, market and cultural legacy including Europe’s largest synagogue and the Jewish Museum, together with the area’s restaurants and retro bars evoke a special mood that cannot be experienced anywhere else in the world.
 
Amadeus Brilliant'.An identical twin of the MS Amadeus Elegant, this relatively new ship launched in 2011, offering contemporary chic elegance with neutral tones and splashes of Cabernet reds. Hints of Austrian precision and attention to detail are evident in well-planned itineraries.A typical 10-day journey leads from the “Golden City” of Prague to Budapest, Hungary's lively capital, through five European countries (Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Germany, and the Czech Republic) and includes visits to four capitals (Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna, and Prague).

Package Details

Cruise the Danube through Budapest by night, attend a concert in Vienna at the Kursalon, enjoy a Connections-exclusive visit to Nuremberg and its Imperial Castle and walk the charming streets of Munich.
 
Overview:
  • 1 Night in Budapest
  • 7 nights in Cruise
  • 1 Night in Munich
  • Daily Breakfast.All meals included in the cruise.Jain/Vegetarian Options Available.

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