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Amadeus Star, 1200 Miles On The Beautiful Blue Danube ex Vienna to Bucharest
Cruise Amadeus Star, 1200 Miles On The Beautiful Blue Danube ex Vienna to Bucharest
Cruise Line Luftner Cruises
Ship Amadeus Star
Destination EU Rivers
Brief Description 9 Night Cruise sailing from Vienna to Bucharest onboard Amadeus Star.
Type of Cruise River
Departure Date 22 Sep 2021
Cruise Description 9 Night Cruise sailing from Vienna to Bucharest onboard Amadeus Star.

This unforgettable journey combines the best of Europe’s countryside, cities and villages, as well as natural beauty. Travel through seven countries (Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania) and five world-famous capital cities (Vienna, Budapest, Bratislava, Belgrade and Bucharest). Be amazed as you pass through the “Iron Gates”, the imposing gorge where the Danube breaks through the Carpathian Mountains.

Follow the Danube to the estuary, where the Danube meets the Black Sea, culminating in a visit to the Danube Delta, a UNESCO protected site filled with over 300 species of birds and 45 species of freshwater fish, and beautiful flora. History, tradition and natural beauty make this an unforgettable trip.

Highlights of this cruise:

Vienna
Vienna is a unique blend of the historic and the modern with a wealth of architecture and artistic and musical heritage. Many of the world’s most important composers, including Beethoven and Mozart, have lived and performed behind Vienna’s Baroque façades. In addition to this Baroque splendor, there are excellent examples of Art Nouveau architecture. The heart of Vienna is the Innerestadt where some of Vienna’s most popular tourist attractions can be found, along with pedestrianized streets lined with countless shops, cafés, bars and restaurants. The center point is the Graben (literally ‘moat’), which is a wide square lined with shops and pavement cafés under large umbrellas. Following the demolition of the city walls in 1857, the Ringstrasse was laid out and some of Vienna’s most beautiful buildings were built along it, between 1858 and 1865. Among the most important are the Staatsoper (State Opera House), Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Fine Arts), Naturhistorisches Museum (Natural History Museum), Parlament (Parliament), Rathaus (City Hall) and Burgtheater.

Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. Cited as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, its extensive World Heritage Sites includes the banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter, Andrássy Avenue, Heroes' Square and the Millennium Underground Railway, the second oldest in the world. Other highlights include a total of 80 geothermal springs, the world's largest thermal water cave system, second largest synagogue, and third largest Parliament building. Most of Budapest's famous sights are concentrated on Castle Hill on the Buda side, in downtown Pest and along the riverside walkways. The main sights on Castle Hill are the Royal Palace, the National Gallery, the Fisherman’s Bastion and Matthias Church. In downtown Pest the main sights are the Parliament Building, St Stephen’s Basilica, the Great Synagogue and the Jewish Museum and the Eötvös Loránd University. Budapest is also known for its many hot and thermal springs. Budapest has 118 hot springs that supply the city’s many bathhouses and spas with warm therapeutic spring water. Such was the reputation of its springs that in 1934, the Budapest was declared the “City of Springs.”

Vukovar
Vukovar is a city in eastern Croatia, and the biggest river port in Croatia located at the confluence of the Vuka river and the Danube. the city has a long cultural history, today it is most noted for its fate during the war in the early 1990's in the former Yugoslavia and often called "The Hero Town". It has been last and the only town in the Europe completely devastated since WWII. Among a number of attractive buildings, severely damaged in the recent war, the most interesting are the Eltz Manor of the Eltz noble family from 18th century, Baroque buildings in the centre of the town, the Franciscan monastery, the parish church of St. James, the Serbian Orthodox church of St Nicholas, and the birth house of the Nobel prize winner Lavoslav Ružička.

Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital city, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River. The city boasts wide, tree-lined boulevards and a mix of historical (neo-classical), interbellum (Bauhaus and Art Deco), Communist-era and modern architecture. It also features a broad range of convention facilities, educational facilities, cultural venues, shopping arcades and recreational areas. Bucharest has a large number of landmark buildings and monuments. Perhaps the most prominent of these is the Palace of the Parliament. Others include the Arcul de Triumf, the Memorial of Rebirth, and the Romanian Anthenaeum. Other cultural venues include the National Museum of Art of Romania, Museum of Natural History "Grigore Antipa", Museum of the Romanian Peasant (Muzeul Ţăranului Român), National History Museum, and the Military Museum. The Old Center is worth a visit. It features an assortment of middle 19th century buildings, ruins of the Wallachian princes' medieval court, churches, bank headquarters, a few hotels, clubs, restaurants and shops. Narrow cobblestoned streets retain the names of the ancient guilds that resided on them.
Sailing Dates
22 Sep 2021
Pricing
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Cruise Itinerary
Date Port Arrive Depart
22 Sep 2021 Vienna, Austria
23 Sep 2021 Vienna, Austria
23 Sep 2021 Bratislava, Slovakia
24 Sep 2021 Esztergom, Hungary
24 Sep 2021 Budapest, Hungary
25 Sep 2021 Vukovar, Croatia
26 Sep 2021 Belgrade, Serbia
27 Sep 2021 Iron Gate, Romania, Serbia
28 Sep 2021 Svishtov, Bulgaria
28 Sep 2021 Giurgiu, Romania
29 Sep 2021 St George, Danube Delta
30 Sep 2021 Fetesti, Romania
30 Sep 2021 Bucharest, Romania
1 Oct 2021 Bucharest, Romania
All itineraries and ports of call at the discretion of the cruise line subject to local weather conditions and may change without notice.

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