Beautiful Blue Danube & Danube Delta

Excitement fills the air as you step aboard the vessel. Spend a leisurely afternoon settling into your well-appointed cabin. The evening unfolds with glasses in hand and toasts while enjoying cocktail hour and a gourmet Welcome Dinner.

Departure 5:00 pm

Arrive in one of Europe’s most musical and artistic cities, Vienna. A visual feast, Vienna is home to the Imperial palaces and countless architectural beauties. Explore the same historic streets that Mozart and Beethovan once walked, learning about its rich history during a guided city tour.

End the day aboard the vessel where a specialty dinner awaits.

Optional Excursions:

City tour of Vienna

A day of choices arrives. Relax all day on board and enjoy the passing scenery of the blue Danube or join an excursion to the Basilica of Esztergom, Hungary’s largest and perhaps most beautiful church. Its splendor unfolds on the morning excursion, followed by a guided tour to artists’ village of Szentendre. Meanwhile, the vessel continued gliding towards Budapest, the “Queen of the Danube”.

Excursion guests reboard the vessel here, which departs further down the Danube.

Optional Excursions:

Excursion to Esztergom and Szentendre

Serbia’s capital comes knocking at your heart. On the city tour in the afternoon, you will conquer the Kalemegdan Fortress and see the Cathedral of St. Sava, the largest Orthodox church in the world.

Our alternative excursion to the village of Kovačica combines artistic traditions with rural romance. In the evening, discover Belgrade’s lively artists’ quarter of Skadarlija.

Optional Excursions:

Dynamic Belgrade & Kalemegdan Fortress

Bohemian quarter Skadarlija & Serbian folklore

The names are as imposing as the scenery. Golubac, a town located on the Danube which borders Romania and Serbia, is home to the Golubac Fortress. Wander the massive walls and towers, learning about its rich history.

Or step into ancient times and visit the 8,000-year-old archaeological site Lepenski Vir.

If nature pulls at your heart, spend the afternoon on a hiking tour of Djerdap National Park until rejoining the ship at Donji Milanovac by lunchtime.

Optional Excursions:

Visit of the fortress Golubac

OR Lepenski Vir archaeological site

OR AMADEUS Active: Djerdap National Park

“Dobro Utro!” A warm welcome and greeting awaits this afternoon in Svishtov, a quaint port in Bulgaria.

Take time to explore the medieval city of Veliko Tarnovo which commands sweeping views of the Jantra Gorge. Or, wander the massive rock monastery of Bassarbovo until boarding the ship at Rousse, Bulgaria’s largest river port.

Optional Excursion:

Veliko Tarnovo and the Tsarevets Fortress

OR Rousse with Basarbovo Monastery

Let your everyday thoughts drift away and join us on a journey to the Danube Delta. In Hârşova, you’ll board boats for your delta safari. Enjoy a unique safari experience and indulge in a traditional lunch! Alternatively, we invite you on a trip to Constanța & Murfatlar, where a Black Sea adventure awaits you—topped off with a delightful wine tasting.

Folklore program on board

Optional Excursion:

Danube Delta Discovery: Full-Day Safari with Traditional Lunch

OR Constanta & Murfatlar: A Black Sea Journey with Wine Tasting

AMADEUS Experience: Folklore program on board

Feeling a little French? That’s because of our excursion to the “Paris of the East.” Bucharest has earned this nickname for good reason. Its love for Parisian architecture blends with traces of socialism, creating a fascinating experience. A delicious lunch in the city will introduce you to Romanian specialties.

Optional Excursions:

Bucharest “Paris of the East” and lunch

From the port city of Vidin in northwestern Bulgaria, an excursion takes you to Belogradchik, famous for its unique and striking rock formations and the Byzantine Belogradchik Fortress, dating back to the 6th century. After dinner, another fortress awaits: the majestic Baba Vida Fortress, towering over the city of Vidin. During an exclusive concert, enchanting melodies will transport you to another era.

Optional Excursions:

Excursion Belogradchik

Concert in the Fortress Baba Vida

Today marks a day of natural wonder. Standing on the Sun Deck, view the steep gorges between the Carpathian and Balkan Mountains which form the natural border between Serbia and Romania. We pass through the river’s narrowest point known as the Iron Gates. As we cruise, be sure to look for the small monastery church of Mraconia and the enormous 40-meter rock sculpture of the Dacian King Decebalus near Dubova. Today, prepare to be amazed.

In Serbia’s second-largest city, Novi Sad, our morning tour will take you through Dunavska, one of the most beautiful streets in the Serbian city. The Petrovaradin Fortress is a historical beauty – one of the best-preserved Baroque masterpieces in Europe. Churches, synagogues and cathedrals also tell of the peaceful coexistence of religions.

Upstream, a tour brings you closer to the Croatian city of Vukovar in the evening light – with the Baroque style Eltz Palace, now an important museum and full of evidence of the city’s eventful history.

Optional Excursions:

Novi Sad walking tour

Vukovar evening walking tour

Step back in time with a visit to the tiny harbor town of Mohács. A cultural melting pot, the town offers a rare glimpse into life 700 years ago.

Watch a working stone water mill grind grains and tour the tool collection that tells the long history of grain processing. Sample a local oven pie during your visit.

Spend the afternoon back on board or venture out to the “Puszta” for traditional horse show. Step aboard in Kalocsa.

Optional Excursions:

Visit to a 700 years old mill with oven pie tasting

Traditions of the Hungarian Puszta

Early in the morning, the vessel arrives in the Hungarican capital of Budapest for a full day of wonders. The grand Matthias Church and Fisherman’s Bastion are just two of the architectural wonders of this city. If food is your passion, join “An Authentic Taste of Budapest” which starts at the vast market hall and continues to the famous geothermal baths.

In the evening, our illuminated cruise through Budapest will light up your heart, while your spirit comes alive with a spirited folklore show of local artists who dance, sing and enchant aboard.

Evening cruise with folklore show on board

Optional Excursions:

Budapest – Castle Hill & Historic Wonders

AMADEUS Taste: Flavors of Budapest

AMADEUS Experience: Evening cruise with folklore show on board

New day, new capital — this afternoon we arrive in the Slovakian capital, Bratislava. Located at the confluence of the Morava and Danube Rivers, Bratislava impresses with its Gothic and Baroque architecture.

During a guided city tour, learn the fascinating history of the city filled with local culinary delights and romance. From a nearby hilltop, the Bratislava Castle commands vast views of the landscape, taking you to new heights as you stand atop the world.

Optional Excursions:

Bratislava – Beauty on the Danube

The romantic Wachau Valley is one of the most beautiful landscapes of Austria, blanketed with vineyards and ornamented with small villages. In the morning your ship docks in Dürnstein, with its blue medieval abbey on the edge of the Danube river.

Join a tour to the eye-catching Baroque Benedictine abbey of Melk this morning. After lunch on board, enjoy great views from the sun deck as you cruise further upstream.

In the evening, the Captain’s Gala Dinner awaits you.

Optional Excursions:

Melk Abbey with garden visit & tasting

Enjoy breakfast before disembarking one last time. We bid you farewell, safe travels home, and hope to cruise with you on another adventure!

Arrive at 8.30am