| 1st Day: LINZ (Austria) |
Boarding around 4:00 pm - time to settle into your cabin. Meeting of the crew during the welcome cocktail, dinner, evening on board. Over night, departure for Melk. |
| 2nd Day: MELK – VIENNA (Austria) |
Breakfast on board. Join the excursion (optional) to the Benedictine Abbey of Melk which is perched up high on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Danube. Return to the ship and sail on to Vienna, arriving there late afternoon. Dinner on board and a free evening in Vienna or the opportunity to enjoy a Viennese concert (optional & subjected to availability). |
| 3rd Day: VIENNA (Austria) – BRATISLAVA (Slovakia) |
After breakfast on board, take part in the guided visit (optional) to the Palace of Schoenbrunn with its magnificent park. Lunch on board before sailing on at 1.00pm towards Bratislava. Arrival in the afternoon. Guided tour of the city (optional). Return on board ship for dinner before sailing on to Budapest over night (departure 10.00pm). |
| 4th Day: BUDAPEST (Hungary) |
Breakfast on board before arriving in Budapest around 9.00am. The morning will be spent on a sightseeing tour (optional) of this fascinating city which is cut in two by the Danube. Return for lunch on board and free afternoon. Return to the ship for dinner then have a free evening or attend a traditional folk evening (optional) in Budapest. The ship cruises on overnight. |
| 5th Day: BUDAPEST (Hungary) – MOHACS (Hungary) – BEZDAN |
Morning spent cruising, breakfast on board, before arriving in Mohacs (and the customs post) around 10.00am. After lunch, join the coach excursion to Pecs (optional). Return to the ship before sailing on at 7.00pm to Bezdan on the Serbian border and cruise on to Novi Sad .Dinner on board followed by an entertaining evening. The ship cruises on overnight. |
| 6th Day: NOVI SAD (Serbia) – BELGRADE |
We reach Novi Sad around 7.00am. Breakfast on board before enjoying a free morning, or, leave on the excursion (optional) to the city and catch a glimpse of Petrovaradin fortress. Return to the ship for lunch before sailing on to Belgrad. Afternoon spent cruising, before arriving in the Serbian capital in the evening. Dinner on board followed by an optional traditional evening in Belgrad. |
| 7th Day: BELGRADE – DONJI MILANOVAC |
Breakfast on board and morning spent on a guided tour (optional) of Belgrad. Return on board late morning and enjoy lunch before spending the afternoon sailing on to reach Donji Milanovac around 9.00pm.. Overnight stop. |
| 8th Day: DONJI MILANOVAC (Serbia) |
Through the Iron gates (Bulgaria)
Early morning breakfast while cruising. The entire day will be spent sailing on the Danube before crossing the custom’s post and into Bulgaria. On through the Iron Gates, formed by the gorges on the Danube between the Little Carpathians and the Balkans, a truly amazing stretch of the river. Lunch and dinner will be served on board and dinner will be followed by a gala evening. |
| 9th Day: ROUSSE (Bulgaria) |
We reach Rousse, one of the great Bulgarian ports, around 8.00am. Enjoy some free time or leave on a sightseeing tour (optional) of the Roussenki-Lom valley, near the village of Ivanovo. Return to the boat for lunch, and time at leisure, or optional tour of the city followed by a folk evening. Overnight stop. |
| 10th Day: ROUSSE (Bulgaria) – GIURGIU (Romania) – OLTENITA (Romania) |
Early morning start and breakfast while cruising to reach Giurgiu, from where an excursion (optional) is organised to Bucharest. Enjoy a guided tour (optional) of the Romanian capital (lunch included). Return to the ship around 5:00pm in Oltenita before sailing on. Dinner and evening with dance on board. |
| 11th Day: TULCEA (Romania) |
Breakfast while cruising before reaching Tulcea late morning. Return to the ship late afternoon in Tulcea. Dinner on board followed by a folk evening. Overnight stop. |
| 12th Day: TULCEA (Romania) |
Breakfast on board before disembarking around 9.00am |
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