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Lower Danube Discovery from Budapest Cruise

  • Departure DateMon 31st Mar 2025
  • Scenic River Cruises Scenic Opal
  • 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

What's Included

  • Save up to 30%
  • Ask About FREE Business Class Flights
  • Additional Savings of up to £400 per couple
  • Premium Beverages all day everyday
  • Enjoy a choice of five dining options
  • Exclusive Events and Excursions included each day
  • Transfers and gratuities included

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Day 1 - Budapest

Arrive: Mon 31 March 2025 / Depart: Mon 31 March 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. 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: Tue 01 April 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 3 - Bratislava

Depart: Wed 02 April 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 4 - Budapest

Arrive: Thu 03 April 2025 / Depart: Thu 03 April 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. 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: Fri 04 April 2025 / Depart: Fri 04 April 2025

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: Sat 05 April 2025 / Depart: Sat 05 April 2025

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

Day 7 - Osijek

Arrive: Sun 06 April 2025 / Depart: Sun 06 April 2025

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: Mon 07 April 2025 / Depart: Mon 07 April 2025

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: Tue 08 April 2025 / Depart: Tue 08 April 2025

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: Wed 09 April 2025 / Depart: Wed 09 April 2025

Iron Gate

Day 11 - Vidin

Arrive: Thu 10 April 2025 / Depart: Thu 10 April 2025

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: Fri 11 April 2025 / Depart: Fri 11 April 2025

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: Sat 12 April 2025 / Depart: Sat 12 April 2025

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: Sun 13 April 2025 / Depart: Sun 13 April 2025

Day 15 - Bucharest

Arrive: Mon 14 April 2025 / Depart: Mon 14 April 2025

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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