Day 1 - Vilshofen

Arrive: Thu 06 November 2025 / Depart: Thu 06 November 2025

Day 2 - Linz (Salzburg)

Arrive: Fri 07 November 2025 / Depart: Fri 07 November 2025

Linz is a city in Upper Austria, straddling the Danube River midway between Salzburg and Vienna. Baroque buildings, including Old Town Hall (Altes Rathaus) and the old cathedral or Alter Dom, ring Hauptplatz, the old town’s main square. The riverside Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz has a major modern art collection. Across the river, the striking Ars Electronica Center focuses on society, technology and life in the future.

Day 3 - Ybbs

Day 3 - Wachau Valley

Arrive: Sat 08 November 2025 / Depart: Sat 08 November 2025

The Wachau Valley is an Austrian region near the Danube River, west of Vienna. It’s known for its rolling hills, vineyards and fortresses. Richard the Lionheart was imprisoned in the castle above the town of Dürnstein. Highlights of nearby Gottweig Abbey include its lavish baroque church and views across the valley. Melk Abbey is a vast monastery also with an opulent baroque church.

Day 3 - Krems

Arrive: Sat 08 November 2025 / Depart: Sat 08 November 2025

Krems an der Donau is a town of 23,992 inhabitants in Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria. It is the fifth-largest city of Lower Austria and is approximately 70 kilometres west of Vienna. Krems is a city with its own statute, and therefore it is both a municipality and a district.

Day 4 - Vienna, Austria

Arrive: Sun 09 November 2025 / Depart: Sun 09 November 2025

Day 5 - Bratislava

Arrive: Mon 10 November 2025 / Depart: Mon 10 November 2025

Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, is set along the Danube River by the border with Austria and Hungary. It’s surrounded by vineyards and the Little Carpathian mountains, crisscrossed with forested hiking and cycling trails. The pedestrian-only, 18th-century old town is known for its lively bars and cafes. Perched atop a hill, the reconstructed Bratislava Castle overlooks old town and the Danube.

Day 6 - Budapest

Arrive: Tue 11 November 2025 / Depart: Tue 11 November 2025

Budapest, Hungary’s capital, is bisected by the River Danube. Its 19th-century Chain Bridge connects the hilly Buda district with flat Pest. A funicular runs up Castle Hill to Buda’s Old Town, where the Budapest History Museum traces city life from Roman times onward.