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Danube River Cruises

Passau - Vienna - Budapest- Bratislava- Wachau - Melk - Passau
Danube Harmony cruises

M/S Danubia 2009
4 Countries in 7 Days

Danube cruises

Danube Harmony Cruise Itinerary:

Day 1 Embarkation on the DANUBIA in Passau, the city where three rivers meet. The ship leaves port at 4 p.m. and takes you through a lovely stretch of the Danube known as the Schlögener Schlinge. After these first scenic impressions of the Danube, our courier on board will welcome you with a cocktail before the official welcome dinner.

Day 2   At about 11.30 a.m., the DANUBIA puts into port at Vienna. The entire day is at your disposal to discover the metropolis on the Danube. The city of music and joie de vivre where Sachertorte and Heuriger are just as famous as St. Stephen's Cathedral and the Imperial Palace.See all the important sights on our Vienna sightseeing tour (opt.) or explore this city full of tradition on your own. You can also join our excursion to the magnificent Schönbrunn Palace (opt.). The ship leaves the port of Vienna at 6 p.m. and heads downstream for Budapest.

Day 3 You dock in Budapest, capital of Hungary, at 11.00, and enjoy lunch on board.Budapest is a city made up of two parts: Buda and Pest, built on opposite banks of the Danube. Buda is the older and more graceful part, with its cobbled streets and medieval architecture, while Pest is the administrative and commercial centre, with wide avenues and impressive 19th-century public buildings. East meets West in this fascinating city, and this can be seen in the variety of shops and restaurants. This afternoon you may join a city sightseeing tour (opt.), or look around Budapest at your leisure. This evening the ship will take you for a night-time cruise along the Danube, passing under the city’s numerous bridges.

Day 4 You spend the morning at leisure. After lunch, you have the option of leaving the ship and joining a coach excursion via Szentendre to Esztergom (opt.). The ship sails from Budapest at 13.00.Those of you choosing to remain on board can enjoy a relaxing cruise around the “Danube Bend”, passing the shipyards of Obuda and the abutments of a Roman bridge, which once formed part of a military road from Gaul to Asia Minor. You continue past the busy town of Vác, after which the course of the river turns north as you follow it past Visegrad castle to Esztergom.
Your ship moors at Esztergom at 19.00 and sails with all passengers at 20.00.

Day 5   This morning you arrive in the republic of Slovakia. Your ship docks at 07.30 in the city of Bratislava, which celebrated its 2000th anniversary in 1991. Now capital of Slovakia, it was also capital of Hungary for a while during the late Middle Ages, which is a good illustration of how the chequered histories of these central European countries are inter-related. A city sightseeing tour (opt.) shows you the sights of Bratislava, including the Castle, now the official residence of the President of Slovakia, and the cathedral, where the Kings and Queens of Hungary were crowned for over 250 years: its steeple is topped by a tiny gilded Hungarian crown. Sailing from Bratislava around 11.00, you reach Vienna at 19.00.After dinner on board, the Evening Excursion Vienna (opt.) takes you to the Prater and a typical "Heurigen" wine tavern, where you can enjoy a glass of wine. Around 23.00 you leave Vienna and continue upstream overnight into the Wachau region of Austria.

Day 6   You sail past the famous town of Dürnstein this morning, and dock in the wine growing town of Emmersdorf, at the western end of the Wachau, at 09.00. A coach excursion can show you more of the beautiful Wachau area (opt.) , of which the highlights are a drive through the region and a guided tour of the Benedictine Abbey at Melk. This excursion also includes a wine tasting.You leave Emmersdorf at 14.00 and continue upstream this afternoon, past the large Austrian city of Linz to reach the border with Germany. On the last evening of your journey on the Danube, the captain of the DANUBIA will be delighted to welcome you to the Captain’s Gala Dinner.

Day 7 The DANUBIA arrives at Passau, the town where the rivers meet, at about 8.00 a.m. Disembarkation by 9 a.m. End of the cruise.

Day	Country	Harbour	Arr	Dep	Excursions
1	D	Passau		16:00	Transfer from Munich airport to Passau (E 70 p.p) Check-in from 15.00 Welcome dinner
2	A	Vienna	11:30	18:00	City tour Vienna (opt./E 20p.p)
3	HU	Budapest	11:00		City tour Budapest (opt./ E 20 p.p.)
					Evening cruise Budapest by night with folkore program (inclusive)
4	HU	Budapest		13:00	Szentendre - Esztergom (by bus from Budapest) (opt./ E 33 p.p.)
		Esztergom	19:00	20:00
5	SK	Bratislava	07:30	11:00	City tour Bratislava (opt./ E 20 p.p.)
	A	Vienna	19:00	23:00	Evening excursion Vienna by night (opt./ E 40 p.p.) or Concert Sound of Vienna (E 27)- only in 2010 itinerary
6	A	Emmersdorf	09:00	13:00	Beauties of the Wachau (opt./ E 40 p.p) Captains Gala Dinner with crewshow (incl)
7	D	Passau	08:00		Check-out by 09.00 Transfer to Munich airport (E 70p.p)

Cruise Departure Dates on Ms Danubia in 2009

13Apr, 29Sep, 5Oct, 11Oct, 17 Oct , 23Oct 2009

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Services Included:

6 night cruise in the cabin category booked
Full Board (breakfast buffet, lunch, Five-O-Clock Tea, dinner, midnight snack)
Coffee and tea with all meals
Multilingual cruise director, Welcome Cocktail
Welcome dinner
Captain's Gala Evening with show by the crew and with wine
Entertainment program and Music program every day by the board orchestra
All excursions marked as inclusive in the itinerary. other excursions can be booked in advance or during the program with the cruise director
Harbor taxes

Not included:

Optional excursions (see price below for our special excursion packages)
Tips, Drinks
Insurance
Personal Expenses

Prices in Euro ($ rate varies depending the exchange) 2009 - MS Danubia
CATEGORY Prices in Euro	B-4*	B-1	A-1
Deck Location Type of bed Facilities	B-Deck outside Twin/Double Shower/Wc	B-Deck outside Twin/Double Shower/WC	A-Deck outside Twin/Double Shower/WC
Departures: 13Apr,29Sep,5Oct,11Oct, 17Oct 2009	E 690	E 790	E 955
Departures: 23Oct 2009	E 620	E 710	E 860

* Cabins 138, 139
US$ rate varies depending on the exchange rate

Single supplement: B - Deck : Euro 325
Single supplement: A-Deck: Euro 390

Children reduction on request

Excursion packages

EXCURSION PACKAGES 2009

EXCURSION	Individual tour Price	PACKAGE A tours	PACKAGE B tours
Beauties of the Wachau	E 39 pp		E 39 pp
City tour Vienna	E 20 pp	E 20 pp	E 20 pp
City tour Budapest	E 20 pp	E 20 pp	E 20 pp
Szentendre Esztergom	E 31 pp		E 31 pp
City tour Bratislava	E 20 pp	E 20 pp	E 20 pp
Package A and Package B price		E 54 pp	E 115 pp

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