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Lower Danube Discovery from Budapest Cruise

  • Departure DateSun 20th Sep 2026
  • Scenic River Cruises Scenic Crystal
  • 14 Night Cruise From Budapest
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Itinerary

  • Budapest
  • Bratislava
  • Budapest
  • Kalocsa
  • Mohacs
  • Osijek
  • Novi Sad
  • Belgrade
  • Iron Gates on Danube
  • Vidin
  • Rousse, Bulgaria
  • Silistra
  • Constanta
  • Bucharest

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Day 1 - Budapest

Arrive: Sun 20 September 2026 / Depart: Sun 20 September 2026

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. Trinity Square is home to 13th-century Matthias Church and the turrets of the Fishermen’s Bastion, which offer sweeping views.

Day 2 - Bratislava

Arrive: Mon 21 September 2026

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 3 - Bratislava

Depart: Tue 22 September 2026

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 4 - Budapest

Arrive: Wed 23 September 2026 / Depart: Wed 23 September 2026

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. Trinity Square is home to 13th-century Matthias Church and the turrets of the Fishermen’s Bastion, which offer sweeping views.

Day 5 - Kalocsa

Arrive: Thu 24 September 2026 / Depart: Thu 24 September 2026

Kalocsa is a town in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. It lies 142 km south of Budapest. It is situated in a marshy but highly productive district, near the left bank of the Danube River. Historically it had greater political and economic importance than at present.

Day 6 - Mohacs

Arrive: Fri 25 September 2026 / Depart: Fri 25 September 2026

Mohács is a town in Baranya county, Hungary on the right bank of the Danube.

Day 7 - Osijek

Arrive: Sat 26 September 2026 / Depart: Sat 26 September 2026

Osijek is the fourth largest city in Croatia with a population of 108,048 in 2011. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja County.

Day 8 - Novi Sad

Arrive: Sun 27 September 2026 / Depart: Sun 27 September 2026

Novi Sad is a city in northern Serbia on the banks of the Danube River. Standing atop a riverside bluff, much of Petrovaradin Fortress dates to the 17th and 18th centuries, with an iconic clock tower and a network of tunnels. Across the river is the old quarter, Stari Grad, site of the Gothic Revival Name of Mary Church and the neo-Renaissance City Hall.

Day 9 - Belgrade

Arrive: Mon 28 September 2026 / Depart: Mon 28 September 2026

Belgrade is the capital of the southeast European country of Serbia. Its most significant landmark is the Beogradska Tvr?ava, an imposing fortress at the confluence of the Danube and the Sava rivers. The fort is a testament to the city’s strategic importance to the Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman, Serbian and Austrian empires, and it's now the site of several museums as well as Kalemegdan, a vast

Day 10 - Iron Gates on Danube

Arrive: Tue 29 September 2026 / Depart: Tue 29 September 2026

Iron Gate

Day 11 - Vidin

Arrive: Wed 30 September 2026 / Depart: Wed 30 September 2026

Vidin is a port town on the southern bank of the Danube in north-western Bulgaria. It is close to the borders with Romania and Serbia, and is also the administrative centre of Vidin Province, as well as of the Metropolitan of Vidin.

Day 12 - Rousse, Bulgaria

Arrive: Thu 01 October 2026 / Depart: Thu 01 October 2026

Ruse, is the fifth largest city in Bulgaria. Ruse is in the northeastern part of the country, on the right bank of the Danube, opposite the Romanian city of Giurgiu, approximately 75 km south of Bucharest, Romania's capital, 200 km from the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and 300 km from the capital Sofia.

Day 13 - Silistra

Arrive: Fri 02 October 2026 / Depart: Fri 02 October 2026

Silistra is a town in Northeastern Bulgaria. The town lies on the southern bank of the lower Danube river, and is also the part of the Romanian border where it stops following the Danube.

Day 14 - Constanta

Arrive: Sat 03 October 2026 / Depart: Sat 03 October 2026

Day 15 - Bucharest

Arrive: Sun 04 October 2026 / Depart: Sun 04 October 2026

Bucharest, in southern Romania, is the country's capital and commercial center. Its iconic landmark is the massive, communist-era Palatul Parlamentului government building, which has 1,100 rooms. Nearby, the historic Lipscani district is home to an energetic nightlife scene as well as tiny Eastern Orthodox Stavropoleos Church and 15th-century Curtea Veche Palace, where Prince Vlad III (“The Impaler”) once ruled.

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