Day 1: Depart Home Gateway City to Vienna
Day 2: Vienna (embark)
Arrive in Vienna where you�ll be greeted by a Uniworld representative and transferred to the ship. (D)
Day 3: Vienna
With your panoramic city overview, you�ll travel the stately Ringstrasse, where the surrounding buildings give off a distinctive imperial air. You�ll see St. Stephen�s Cathedral and you�ll also visit Vienna�s largest Christmas Market, sitting front and center of Vienna�s baroque City Hall. During the evening, enjoy a concert of Mozart and Strauss in a traditional Viennese concert house. (BB, L, Captain�s Welcome Dinner)
Featured Excursion: Vienna city tour and Christmas Market, Evening Mozart and Strauss Concert
Day 4: D�rnstein, Scenic Cruising Wachau Valley
We take a guided stroll through charming D�rnstein with its old burgher houses and the landmark church of the Augustinian convent. The lavish baroque church provides a wonderful ambience for our exclusively arranged organ recital. (BB, L, D)
Featured Excursion: D�rnstein walking tour and organ recital
Day 5: Linz, Passau
Linz offers a lively Christmas Market filled with everything from Christmas Cr�ches to the ever-popular Linzer Torte. Your walking tour will take you to Linz�s Alter Dom, or the Old Market and the impressive Main Square, one of Austria�s most attractive closed squares, with the baroque Trinity Column. (BB, L, D)
Featured Excursion: Linz walking tour and Christmas Market
Day 6: Passau
Passau, a quintessential German town with Italian baroque flair, is located at the confluence of three rivers. Our walking tour of the Old Town lanes takes us to the New Residence, the Town Hall, and the Christmas Market located by the magnificent cathedral. You�ll also have the opportunity to see firsthand how gingerbread is made and be inspired at a floral decoration demonstration. (BB, L, D)
Featured Excursion: Passau walking tour, Christmas Market, gingerbread making and floral decoration demonstration
Day 7: Regensburg
Lively Regensburg is home to 2,000 years of history and is a well-preserved medieval gem listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Our guided walking tour of Regensburg explores the Cathedral of St. Peter, with magnificent stained glass windows dating back to the 14th century, the Town Hall, where the first parliament of the Holy Roman Empire sat from 1663 to 1806, and the town�s famous 12th-century Stone Bridge, spanning the Danube. And what can be more satisfying as you wander the city�s romantic Christmas Markets than indulging in steamed dampfnudel, dumplings with vanilla sauce? (BB, L, D)
Featured Excursion: Regensburg walking tour and Christmas Market
Day 8: Nuremberg
Our panoramic city tour passes the mighty walls with 80 towers enclosing the historical center, with a stop at the medieval Kaiserburg Castle towering above the city. The lively old quarter, with its medieval timber-framed buildings, and the holiday bedecked central marketplace, with its beautiful fountain, are best explored on our walking tour. Share in the joy of the pre-Christmas season at Germany�s best known and oldest Christmas Market, Nuremberg�s Christkindlesmarkt, with over 200 wooden stalls filled with signature toys and glittering gifts. Enjoy the medieval atmosphere around the main market square with delicious aromas of gingerbread, Nuremberg sausages, roasted almonds and sweet and spicy hot mulled wine, called gl�hwein. (BB, L, Captain�s Farewell Dinner)
Featured Excursion: Nuremberg city tour and Christmas Market
Day 9: Nuremberg (disembark), transfer to airport
Disembark the ship in Nuremberg and transfer to Nuremberg Airport for your flight home.
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