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Passage along the Danube River: Vienna to the Black Sea on Amadeus Silver II with Thomas Forrest Kelly October 4 to 16, 2020 Enjoy the perspective of Hungary’s Parliament Building from the Sun Deck of the Amadeus Silver II. Study Leaders The Danube River has ranked among the world’s Thomas Forrest Kelly most impressive waterways. Join us for an extraordinary journey received his B.A. from along nearly the entire length of this fabled river, from the Chapel Hill; spent two years on a Fulbright Habsburgs’ imperial capital of Vienna, a UNESCO World Heritage in France studying site, to the captivating Black Sea. musicology, chant, and This exceptional travel program features seven countries and the organ. He holds a Ph.D. from Harvard (1973) with a dissertation on office enchanting eastern Danube River Valley. Cruise for nine nights tropes. He has taught at Wellesley, aboard the exclusively chartered, deluxe Amadeus Silver II and Smith, Amherst, and at Oberlin, spend two nights in Romania’s elegant capital of Bucharest. where he directed the Historical Performance Program and served as Visit Bulgaria, Serbia, eastern Croatia, Hungary’s fabled acting Dean of the Conservatory. Puszta (plains), and the UNESCO World Heritage‑designated He was named a Harvard College castles, palaces, and squares of Budapest. Cruise through the Professor in 2000 and the dramatic Iron Gates and experience medieval Belgrade. Morton B. Knafel Professor of Music in 2001. Deepen your knowledge of the Danube with our Imperial Professor Kelly’s main fields of Vienna Pre‑Program Option and the Castles of Transylvania interest are chant and performance Post‑Program Option. This program sells out each year, so book practice. He won the Otto Kinkeldey now while space is still available. Award of the American Musicological Society for The Beneventan Chant (Cambridge University Press, 1989). Other books include First Nights: Five Activity Level 2: Musical Premieres, (Yale University Press, 2000) and First Nights at the Low Key Opera (Yale, 2004). He is a member Many of the cities and towns being visited were founded centuries ago, of the American Academy of Arts and and the terrain is rugged. Therefore, a fair amount of walking along Sciences, an Honorary Citizen of the narrow cobblestone streets, stone floors or uneven and/or slippery city of Benevento, and a Chevalier de terrain and climbing several flights of stairs (some without railings) is l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres of the to be expected. Walking excursions often cover distances of at least one French Republic. mile and are approximately three hours in length.

TO BOOK A TRIP, CALL 800-422-1636 OR VISIT ALUMNI.HARVARD.EDU/TRAVEL BratislavaSLOVAKIA Budapest Vienna Puszta AUSTRIA HUNGARY Kalocsa Vukovar Sremski CROATIA Karlovci Adriatic Novi Sad D Belgrade a Sea Iron nube River Gates Lepenski Vir Nikopol SERBIAArbanasi

Visit Bucharest’s Palace of Parliament, which took seven hundred architects and 20,000 builders over five years to construct, and today houses three museums. Along Andrássy Avenue, see the the Stari Grad (Old Town) to see Schedule by Day Hungarian State Opera House. the Name of Mary Church and the Town Hall. On a panoramic SUNDAY AND MONDAY, Cross the Széchenyi Chain Bridge, the first stone tour of quaint Sremski Karlovci, OCTOBER 4 AND 5 bridge to link Pest to the hills see the Patriarchate Court and U.S. / Vienna, Austria of Buda. On Castle Hill, visit the Orthodox Cathedral of Saint the Fisherman’s Bastion and Nicholas with impressive twin Depart the U.S. on Sunday. Saint Matthias Church. (b,l,d) bell towers. Savor two regional Arrive in Vienna on Monday favorites, wine and honey, with and embark the deluxe THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8 tastings in a local wine cellar and Amadeus Silver II. Attend the Kalocsa and Puszta the Museum of Beekeeping. (b,l,d) Captain’s welcome reception and dinner this evening. (r,d) Enjoy views of Hungary’s scenic Puszta, one of Europe’s TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 largest rolling grassland plains. Bratislava, Slovakia Visit a working horse farm to see a performance of Hungarian Dock in Slovakia’s capital horsemanship and enjoy a lunch and enjoy a walking tour of regional specialties in the of Bratislava's Staré Mesto farm’s restaurant. (Old Town). Visit Saint Martin's Cathedral and In Kalocsa, visit the House of The Danube River inspired the famous the Primate’s Palace. Folk Art and Paprika Museum. melody of Johann Strauss II’s waltz An der See Michael’s Gate and the (b,l,d) Schönen Blauen Donau (The Blue Danube). eclectic Old Town Hall. (b,l,d) FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7 Vukovar, Croatia / Belgrade Budapest, Hungary Novi Sad, Serbia, and Enjoy a walking tour of Belgrade Swaths of historic Budapest have Sremski Karlovci featuring Terazije Square and been granted UNESCO World the domed Temple of Saint Sava. Visit Vukovar, “The Hero’s Town” Heritage status: the embankments Visit the strategic Kalemegdan and see restored landmarks and of the Danube, including Fortress, one of the world’s monuments including Eltz Manor, monuments of the centuries‑old oldest fortifications. Tour the the Grand Hotel, and the twin cities of Buda and Pest; the famous “House of Flowers” red-brick water tower. Visit medieval Buda Castle Quarter, site memorial dedicated to former the Baroque Church of Saints of the Roman city of Aquincum; Yugoslavia’s longstanding Philip and James and see its and the illustrious palaces, leader, Josip Broz Tito. (b,l,d) intricate stained-glass windows. mansions and squares of elegant SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11 Andrássy Avenue. “The Athens of Serbia,” Novi Sad will be the first In Pest, see the Gothic Revival, Donji Milanovac for non-European Union city to be limestone Hungarian Parliament Lepenski Vir / Cruising named a Capital of Culture in Building. At UNESCO-inscribed 2021. Crowning the city’s Old through the Iron Gates Heroes’ Square, admire Town, the Petrovaradin Fortress monuments honoring Magyar Tour Lepenski Vir, an is Europe’s second largest chiefs who established the exceptional Paleolithic site and fortress. Enjoy a walking tour of Kingdom of Hungary in A.D. 896. archaeological exhibition center.

TO BOOK A TRIP CALL 800-422-1636. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT ALUMNI.HARVARD.EDU/TRAVEL UNESCO SLOVAKIA World Heritage Site Cruise Itinerary Air Routing Puszta ROMANIA Land Routing Transylvania Sremski Bucharest Karlovci Donji Fete¸sti Milanovac Adamclisi D Iron anube River Constant¸a Gates Ruse Nikopol Veliko Black Târnovo Sea Arbanasi BULGARIA

View the Patriarch’s Cathedral of the Ascension crowning the Admire Belgrade’s Temple of Saint Sava, the world’s medieval citadel of Veliko Târnovo. second largest Orthodox church and a beacon of culture. Enjoy views of the Danube Gorge TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13 campii (plains) to the diverse in its autumnal glory. Cruise Fetes¸ti, Romania, capital city of Bucharest. through southeastern Along the grand boulevard, Europe’s scenery, passing for Constant,a and visit the Palace of Parliament— the Golubac Fortress, guardian to Adamclisi valued as the world’s most the Iron Gates, naturally expensive administrative The principal Romanian carved by the Danube River building—and the open-air seaport of Constanta was in its passage through the , National Village Museum established as the Greek Carpathian Mountains. (b,l,d) featuring homesteads, churches trading settlement of Tomis in and windmills. MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 the sixth century B.C.; later ruled by Romans, Byzantines, and Check into the ideally Nikopol, Bulgaria, Ottoman Turks; and today located, five‑star Athénée Palace for Arbanasi and remains a magnificent Hilton Bucharest. (b,l) composite of these ancient Veliko Târnovo THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 civilizations. The Old Town Dock in Nikopol and continue walking tour features Roman Bucharest to the village of Arbanasi. poet Ovid’s famous statue in Visit the National Art Museum See distinctive stone houses, Ovidiu Square and concludes in the Royal Palace, housing and learn about the life of a with lunch and time at leisure. Romania’s finest collection of 17th‑century merchant in the artistic treasures. Konstantsaliev House. Admire Visit Adamclisi, where elaborate icons and frescoes the Tropaeum Traiani Your afternoon is at leisure; in the Church of the Nativity commemorates Roman Emperor enjoy the farewell reception in of Christ. Trajan’s victory over the Dacians the hotel this evening. (b,r) in A.D. 102. Attend the Captain’s In Veliko Târnovo, savor lunch farewell reception and dinner FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 in a local restaurant. Enjoy a this evening. (b,l,r,d) Bucharest / U.S. walking tour of the historical center, an open‑air museum of WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14 Following breakfast, continue on National Revival architectural Fetes¸ti / Bucharest the Castles of Transylvania splendor, and see the Post‑Program Option or transfer Disembark the ship and travel Tsarevets Fortress. (b,l,d) to the airport for your return through the rolling Romanian flight to the U.S. (b)

• Taxes and gratuities to ship personnel, What is Included: guides, and drivers • Nine-night cruise abord the deluxe Amadeus Silver II • Complimentary bottled water available in your • Complimentary wine and beer served with lunch suite or stateroom and during excursions and dinner aboard ship • Services of a tour manager throughout • Complimentary Wi-Fi aboard ship (conditions the program permitting) • Transfers and luggage handling abroad if • Expert insights from Thomas Forrest Kelly, your arrival(s)/departure(s) coincide with Professor of Music the scheduled group transfer(s) • All activities, excursions, entrance fees, and meals • $200,000 emergency medical per detailed itinerary evacuation insurance Admire Belgrade’s Temple of Saint Sava, the world’s Admire the elaborate interior frescoes of the neo-Byzantine Cathedral See Michael’s Gate and regard its elegant second largest Orthodox church and a beacon of culture. of Saints Peter and Paul in Constant,a. copper roof, a prominent symbol of Bratislava. Imperial Vienna Castles of Transylvania PRE-PROGRAM OPTION P0ST-PROGRAM OPTION $895 per person, double occupancy $995 per person, double occupancy $1,295 per person, single occupancy $1,295 per person, single occupancy The former seat of the Habsburg Empire and Enjoy mystical Transylvania, Latin for “the land one of Europe’s most vibrant cultural centers, beyond the forest,” and central Romania’s rich Vienna showcases an open‑air museum of splendid medieval heritage. Admire the auburn splendor of Baroque architecture in its historic center, a UNESCO the Transylvanian Alps, an evocative backdrop of World Heritage site. Along the famous Ringstrasse, see grand castles with soaring spires where the Gothic this remarkable city’s most important landmarks and narrative of Count Dracula lives on in local lore. visit the Hofburg Palace and see the Gothic‑style Tour the 19th‑century Peles Castle, one of the most Stephansdom (Saint Stephen’s Cathedral). Learn more beautiful castles in Europe; the imposing, 14th‑century about the Austrian Empire in Schönbrunn Palace, Bran Castle, known as “Dracula’s Castle”; and Romania’s a UNESCO World Heritage site and the Habsburgs’ beloved Queen Marie’s former summer residence. summer estate. Spend two nights in the historical, See the Gothic Black Church in Brasov; visit the UNESCO five‑starH otel Imperial Vienna. World Heritage-designated, 14th-century Sighisoara, the birthplace of VladȚTepes; and UNESCO-inscribed Prejmar, the largest fortified church in southeast Europe. Spend two nights in the ideally located, deluxe Aro Palace in Brasov and one night in the five‑star Athénée Palace Hilton Bucharest.

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Rates Per Person BASED ON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY Sun Deck Chess Board Lido Bar Shu e Board Amadeus Club CATEGORY/DECK Panorama Bar Beauty Salon CATEGORY 7 $4,860 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 JS JS JS JS JS JS Stateroom with panoramic window. Haydn Deck, aft. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 JS JS JS JS JS JS (limited availability) Mozart Deck Cafe Vienna River Terrace CATEGORY 6 $5,260 Shop Stateroom with panoramic window. Haydn Deck, 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 forward. (limited availability) 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 CATEGORY 5 $5,860 Strauss Deck Reception Restaurant Stateroom with panoramic window. Haydn Deck, midship. Single Pricing: $9,760 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 CATEGORY 4 $6,260 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 Stateroom with floor-to-ceiling panoramic window Haydn Deck Massage Fitness Studio that lowers to French-balcony height; minibar. Strauss Deck, aft. (limited availability) CATEGORY 3 $6,760 The elegant and meticulously crafted Amadeus Silver II features Stateroom with floor-to-ceiling panoramic window all the comforts of a refined and traditional hotel. that lowers to French‑balcony height; minibar. Strauss Deck, forward. (limited availability) The 84 upscale staterooms and suites are among the most spacious of any European river ship (172 to 284 square feet). CATEGORY 2 $7,260 Suites include a private balcony, and select staterooms feature Stateroom with floor-to-ceiling panoramic window that lowers to French‑balcony height; minibar. a unique floor‑to‑ceiling window that lowers to French-balcony Strauss Deck, midship. height at the touch of a button. Accommodations have two twin Single Pricing: $12,160 beds or one queen bed, individual climate control, sitting area, CATEGORY 1 $7,760 and private bathroom with shower. Most have a minibar. Stateroom with floor-to-ceiling panoramic window The stylish restaurant offers scenic views through that lowers to French‑balcony height; minibar. Mozart Deck midship and aft. panoramic windows. Continental cuisine is served featuring fresh, local ingredients. Daily meals include early‑risers’ coffee, JUNIOR SUITE $8,460 buffet breakfast and lunch, afternoon tea, four‑course dinner Suite with private balcony (sliding glass doors with railing), sofa, bath robes and minibar. with complimentary wine and beer, and late‑evening snack. Mozart Deck, forward. For your leisure time on board there are two bars, an open-air Taxes and gratuities to ship personnel are included. lounge, a beauty salon, a boutique, a massage room, a fitness studio, and the Sun Deck. Complimentary Wi-Fi access is available (conditions permitting) and an elevator serves all passenger decks except the Sun Deck. There is no doctor on board. The Amadeus fleet has earned the important “Green Globe Certification” of environmental sustainability. Terms & Conditions Registration Form

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