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 | Grand European Serenade (Bucharest to Amsterdam)
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| | Operator | Uniworld | | Ship | River Countess | | Length | 28 Days | | Port Charges | Not Included | | Starting City | Bucharest, Romania | | Ending City | Amsterdam, Holland | | Regions | Germany, Croatia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Austria, Serbia, Romania, Hungary, Holland | | Rivers | Rhine, Main, Danube | | Departure Date | Jul 11, 2009 | | Return Date | Aug 07, 2009 |
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| Combine European Serenade and Eastern Europe Explorer into one grand journey where you will visit nine countries and experience the best of Western and Eastern Europe. Sail more than 2,200 miles through the heart of Europe, enjoying the natural beauty of pastoral landscapes, the vineyards of the romantic Rhine, and the Danube's famed Iron Gates. Witness the dramatic changes in Eastern European countries in recent years. And marvel at plenty of UNESCO World Heritage Sites such as the Cologne Cathedral, Bamberg's and Regensburg's Old Towns, Budapest's Castle Hill district, the upper middle Rhine Valley with its many castles, and the wonderfully scenic Wachau Valley. This perfectly paced trip truly is a voyage and value of a lifetime! | _2152.jpg) |
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DAY 1: Depart Home Gateway City to Bucharest
DAY 2: Bucharest
Irresistible Optional Tour: Transylvania Tour with visit to Bran Castle and Snagov Island
DAY 3: Rousse and Giurgiu - Transfer to Bucharest
Featured Excursion: Bucharest city tour and lunch.
DAY 4: Rousse
Featured Excursion: Full-day Black Sea Excursion to Varna. Archeological Museum & Lunch cruise on Black Sea (Bulgarian Black Sea Coast)
DAY 5: Rousse (Veliko Turnovo and Arbanassi)
Featured Excursion: Leisure time in Russe (BB, L, Captain's Dinner)
DAY 6: Vidin (Belogradchik)
Featured Excursion: Visit Baba Vida Fortress and the spectacular Belogradchik Rock Formations
We will visit the Baba Vida Fortress before driving to Belogradchik, a fairy tale world made of weathered red sandstone. (BB, L, D)
DAY 7: Scenic Cruising Iron Gates, Vidin
Relax onboard as we cruise the Iron Gates, a spectacular 80-mile long Danube gorge. (BB, L, D)
DAY 8: Belgrade, Kostolac
Featured Excursion: Viminacium Archeological Site
Explore the archeological site of Viminacium, a former Roman city with luxurious villas and an amphitheater. Over 32,000 unearthed artifacts and well-preserved structures show their former grandeur. (BB, L, D)
DAY 9: Belgrade
Featured Excursion: Belgrade city tour
We start our tour with a panoramic drive through Belgrade, which means 'White City' as it was destroyed 40 times and resurrected as many times. We will see Republic Square and the Belgrade Fortress in Kalemegdan Park. We'll cap things off with a visit to St. Sava Cathedral. (BB, L, D)
DAY 10: Batina and Vukovar (Osijek)
Featured Excursion: Full Day Vukovar and Osijek with home-hosted lunch
DAY 11: Budapest
Featured Excursion: Budapest city tour
Irresistible Optional Tour: Visit to a horse farm in the Puszta with show
Enjoy the day at leisure in Budapest or take an optional excursion to the countryside where you'll see the Hungarian horsemanship of the Puszta. (BB, L, D)
DAY 12: Budapest
Featured Excursion: Budapest city tour
Irresistible Optional Tour: Budapest by night
DAY 13: Bratislava
Featured Excursion: Bratislava city tour
During your tour through the 'Coronation City of Kings,' get acquainted with a sampling of the town's eclectic architecture. Pass the 17th-century palace, Old Town's Freedom Square, Peace Square, Bratislava Castle, Mirbach Palace and Primatial Palace. (BB, L, D)
DAY 14: Vienna
Featured Excursion: Visit Schönbrunn Palace and/or enjoy a classical music performance
DAY 15: Vienna
Leisure day
DAY 16: Scenic Cruising Wachau Valley, Vienna
Featured Excursion: Vienna city tour
Irresistible Optional Tour: Vienna concert
Today as we depart Linz, cruise through the heart of the picturesque, vineyard-rich Wachau Valley, a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site, with its abruptly rising hills, and nestling baroque villages. Vienna's compact historic city center is an exciting array of cafés and grand palaces, culminating at the magnificent gothic cathedral. Your city tour will take you along the stately Ringstrasse to the most beloved architectural wonder in all of Vienna, St. Stephen's Cathedral, where Mozart was married in 1782. (BB, L, Captain's Farewell Dinner)
DAY 17: Linz
Featured Excursion: Linz walking tour
Irresistible Optional Tour: Full-day excursion to Salzburg
The Danube serves as a dividing line between the modern city of Linz and its old 'soul.' You'll visit Linz's Old Church built in the 1670s by the Jesuits, and you'll be guided through the pedestrian zone, Alter Market, and the impressive Main Square. (BB, L, D)
DAY 18: Regensburg
Featured Excursion: Regensburg walking tour
An unspoiled gem and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Regensburg is a friendly town with quaint cobblestone streets, medieval alleys and historic Roman remains. On your walking tour, you'll see the Cathedral of St. Peter, with magnificent stained glass windows dating from the 14th century, and the town's famous 12th-century Stone Bridge. (BB, L, D)
DAY 19: Nuremberg
Featured Excursion: Nuremberg city tour
Today's tour takes you through Nuremberg, an archetypal German medieval city encircled by mighty defensive walls and red-roofed buildings. Discover the sights of Nuremberg and its World War II history during your panoramic tour and then explore the walled Old Town on foot. (BB, L, D)
DAY 20: Bamberg
Featured Excursion: Bamberg walking tour
Arrive in the historical Franconian city of Bamberg. Our guided walking tour of this UNESCO World Heritage Site showcases the imperial cathedral, the Old Town Hall, the old fisherman's houses of 'Little Venice' and the New Palace with its baroque garden. (BB, L, D)
DAY 21: Wurzburg (Rothenburg)
Featured Excursion: Full-day tour of Rothenburg
Travel to Rothenburg, the best preserved medieval town in Germany. With half-timbered houses and imposing fortifications, the townscape is still much as it was in the Middle Ages. (BB, D)
DAY 22: Miltenberg
Featured Excursion: Miltenberg walking tour
Your adventures along this breathtakingly beautiful section of the river begin with a visit to Miltenberg, a medieval town with crooked streets and leaning houses that are right out of the pages of a German fairy tale. Your walking tour takes you right into Old Town with its cobblestone streets and timber-frame houses. (BB, L, D)
DAY 23: Rudesheim, Frankfurt
Featured Excursion: Frankfurt city tour
DAY 24: Boppard, Cruising Romantic Rhine, Rudesheim
Featured Excursion: Siegfried's Museum
Irresistible Optional Tour: Rudesheim Dinner and entertainment
During the morning, you'll enjoy leisure time in charming Boppard. In the afternoon, you'll sail along one of the most beautiful sections of the Rhine with its vine-filled slopes, and its 40 castles strung like pearls on the river's ledges. This section of the river is so spectacular that it has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Later in the day you'll reach Rudesheim, where you'll visit famous Siegfried's Museum, showcasing one of the world's best collections of mechanical musical instruments. (BB, L, D)
DAY 25: Cologne
Featured Excursion: Cologne walking tour and cathedral visit
Today's tour takes you through the narrow streets of Old Town as you make your way to the magnificent Cologne Cathedral. Inside this UNESCO World Heritage Site, the earthly remains of the Biblical Three Kings of the Magi are believed to lay at rest. (BB, L, D)
DAY 26: Amsterdam
Featured Excursion: City tour including Rijksmuseum visit
Your panoramic tour takes you past Mint Tower, Dam Square, the Royal Palace, Museum Square, and across many canals. Visit the renowned Rijksmuseum, with priceless works of art by Vermeer, Rembrandt and other Dutch Masters of the Golden Age. (BB, L, Captain's Welcome Dinner)
DAY 27: Amsterdam
DAY 28: Amsterdam, transfer to airport. |
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WHATS INCLUDED
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24-night cruise in a riverview stateroom on the stunning River Boat
2 nights at the superior first class JW Marriott Bucharest (or similar) with breakfast
All meals onboard
Complimentary fine wine during dinner, bottled water in your stateroom, and 24- hour specialty coffee during your cruise
20 shore excursions fully hosted by English-speaking guides
State-of-the-art Quietvox portable audio headset system on all shore excursions
Complimentary use of bicycles during your cruise
Exciting onboard entertainment and insightful lectures
2 Captain's Welcome and 2 Captain's Farewell Dinners
An experienced Cruise Manager and attentive, all English-speaking staff
All transfers on arrival and departure days
Pricing Categories for Itinerary is as follows:
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Cabin upgrades are available upon request!
Prices exclude additional port charges of $336 and a cruise fuel surcharge of $00 and are per person, cruise-only, based on double occupancy. | | ^Top |
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