| DAY 1: |
Depart Home Gateway City to Bucharest |
| DAY 2: |
Bucharest |
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Arrive in Bucharest where you’ll be greeted by a Uniworld representative and transferred to the hotel. |
| DAY 3: |
Bucharest |
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Irresistible Optional Tour: Transylvania Tour with visit to Bran Castle and Snagov Island |
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Spend your first day at leisure exploring this fascinating city on your own, or go on an optional tour to Transylvania, the legendary “Dracula’s Castle,” and Snagov Island. (BB) |
| DAY 4: |
Bucharest, transfer to Oltenita (embark) |
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Featured Excursion: Bucharest city tour |
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Enjoy a Bucharest city tour with a visit to the Palace of Parliament, the second largest building in the world. Then travel to Oltenita via motorcoach and embark the ship to begin your river-cruising journey. (BB, L, D) |
| DAY 5: |
Silistra (Varna and Black Sea Cruise) |
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Featured Excursion: Balchik, Varna & Black Sea |
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Enjoy the Balchik Botanical Gardens. Visit Varna’s Archeological Museum, savor Bulgarian cuisine during lunch at a local restaurant, and enjoy an exclusive cruise on the Black Sea. (BB, L, D) Note: Navigation on the Black Sea may at times be closed by maritime authorities due to adverse weather conditions. |
| DAY 6: |
Rousse (Veliko Turnovo and Arbanassi) |
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Featured Excursion: Veliko Turnovo and Arbanassi |
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In Veliko Turnovo, see the Tzarevetz Fortress and enjoy a traditional Bulgarian lunch. After lunch, tour the Nativity Church in Arbanassi. (BB, L, Captain’s Welcome Dinner) |
| DAY 7: |
Vidin (Belogradchik) |
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Featured Excursion: Visit Baba Vida Fortress and the spectacular Belogradchik Rock Formations |
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We will visit the Baba Vida Fortress before driving to Belogradchik, a fairy tale world made of weathered red sandstone. (BB, L, D) |
| DAY 8: |
Scenic Cruising Iron Gates, Kostolac |
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Relax onboard as we cruise the Iron Gates, a spectacular 80-mile long Danube gorge. (BB, L, D) |
| DAY 9: |
Kostolac, Belgrade |
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Featured Excursion: Viminacium Archeological Site |
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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 10: |
Belgrade |
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Featured Excursion: Belgrade city tour |
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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 11: |
Vukovar (Osijek) |
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Featured Excursion: Osijek with home-hosted lunch |
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Tour the Croatian university town of Osijek. After your tour, we’ll have lunch hosted by local Croatians who will share their culture with the help of interpreters. (BB, L, D) |
| DAY 12: |
Budapest |
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Featured Excursion: Budapest by Night |
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Enjoy the day at leisure in Budapest and explore this fascinating city at your own pace. (BB, L, D) |
| DAY 13: |
Budapest |
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Featured Excursion: Budapest city tour |
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Irresistible Optional Tour: Visit to a horse farm in the Puszta with show |
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Your tour features the famous 19th-century Chain Bridge, the Great Synagogue, the Opera House, St. Stephen’s Basilica, the Parliament Building, the Castle Hill district, and the 19th-century Fisherman’s Bastion. (BB, L, D) |
| DAY 14: |
Bratislava |
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Featured Excursion: Bratislava city tour |
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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 15: |
Vienna |
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Featured Excursion: Vienna city tour |
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Irresistible Optional Tour: Visit Schönbrunn Palace and/or enjoy a classical music performance, Vienna Woods |
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Capture Vienna’s imperial history during your city tour. Travel the Ringstrasse, and visit St. Stephen’s Cathedral. You’ll then see the exterior of Figaro House where Mozart wrote The Marriage of Figaro. (BB, L, D) |
| DAY 16: |
Vienna |
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Enjoy the day at leisure, exploring this fascinating city at your own pace. (BB, L, D) |
| DAY 17: |
Vienna |
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Featured Excursion: Schönbrunn Palace |
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From former hunting lodge to stunning palace rivaling Versailles, Schönbrunn Palace is a must see on any visit to Austria. Our visit will concentrate on the Imperial rooms and the era of Franz Joseph and his beloved Empress Sissi, whose popularity throughout Europe through the Gilded Age was unmatched by any before her. Mozart, Austria’s most famous citizen was at the height of his creative powers when he lived here, writing perhaps his most famous works: The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. (BB, L, D) |
| DAY 18: |
Linz |
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Featured Excursion: Linz walking tour |
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Irresistible Optional Tour: Full-day excursion to Salzburg |
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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 19: |
Regensburg |
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Featured Excursion: Regensburg walking tour |
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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 20: |
Nuremberg |
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Featured Excursion: Nuremberg city tour |
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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. As we leave Nuremberg, you will cruise the Main-Danube Canal, an engineering marvel which connects the Main and Danube Rivers. (BB, L, D) |
| DAY 21: |
Bamberg |
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Featured Excursion: Bamberg walking tour |
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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) |
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Würzburg (Rothenburg) |
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Featured Excursion: Full-day tour of Rothenburg |
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Travel along parts of the famous Romantic Road 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. Taste the flavors of Germany during an included lunch at a local restaurant. (BB, L, D) |
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Miltenberg |
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Featured Excursion: Miltenberg walking tour |
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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 24: |
Mainz |
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Featured Excursion: Mainz walking tour and Gutenberg Museum |
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Mainz is famous for Johannes Gutenberg, the town’s native son who invented the printing press with movable type. Our walking tour of downtown Mainz includes a visit to the Gutenberg Museum. (BB, L, D) Note: Museum closed on Monday. |
| DAY 25: |
Rüdesheim and Cruising the Romantic Rhine, Boppard |
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Featured Excursion: Siegfried’s Museum |
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During the morning, you’ll visit Rüdesheim’s famous Siegfried’s Museum, showcasing one of the world’s best collections of mechanical musical instruments. 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, we will reach charming Boppard, where you’ll enjoy leisure time. (BB, L, D) |
| DAY 26: |
Cologne |
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Featured Excursion: Cologne walking tour and cathedral visit |
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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, Captain’s Farewell Dinner) Note: On Sundays and Catholic holidays, guided tours inside the Cathedral will not be possible. |
| DAY 27: |
Amsterdam |
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Featured Excursion: City tour including Rijksmuseum visit |
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Irresistible Optional Tour: Daily life in Amsterdam |
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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, D) |
| DAY 28: |
Depart Amsterdam |
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Disembark the ship and transfer to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport for your flight home. |
