Danube River Cruise from Itinerary

DAY 1 - BUDAPEST banks of the . Sail to . The town is in the southern Arrival on board the ship in Budapest from 5pm and set sail for part of the Great Plain and is populated with a vast array of ethnic Mohács. Dinner is followed by an evening of entertainment on board cultures and is the second largest town in due to its popu- as you continue to sail through the night. lation. Head back to the boat for lunch on board and cruise to Ilok. Optional excursion to the medieval cities of Ilok and . Evening DAY 2 - MOHACS - OSIJEK - dinner and entertainment and sail during the night to Mohács. Arriving early morning in Mohács, pass through customs and continue to Osijek. Lunch on board and arrive about 3pm in Osijek. DAY 6 - MOHACS - KALOCSA Optional excursion of the Upper Town including the 18th century Arrive in Mohács and pass through customs. Breakfast on board fortress (magnificent panoramic views of the river) and the main followed by optional excursion to Pécs. Visiting the main square and square. Return back to the ship in time for dinner and set sail the cathedral, the town is set at the foot of the Mecsek Mountains and towards Belgrade. is over 2000 years old, with a Mediterranean climate and ambience. Then return on board and continue the cruise to Kalocsa. Arrive at DAY 3 - BELGRADE - ORSOVA about 4.30pm and optional excursion into the Puszta, also known Arrive at Belgrade at breakfast time. Optional excursion of the town; as the ‘great Hungarian plain’, immersing yourselves in tradition and located at the meeting of the Danube and rivers, the town has folklore as you watch the traditional horse show. Dinner on board and created its own cultural identity, built on a mix of Austro-Hungarian, set sail for Budapest, continuing the journey through the night. Ottoman and Slavic cultures. Returning on board for lunch, after which the evening is free for you to explore the Serbian capital. An DAY 7 - BUDAPEST optional coach transfer will be organised to take you to and from the Arrive into Budapest in the early hours and breakfast on board. town. After dinner entertainment is a Serbian folk evening on board. Optional excursion to discover Budapest. The Danube carves the city Set sail around 9pm to Turnu Severin. in two with Buda with its hills and valleys and Pest which lies on the flat terrain of the Great Plain; the panoramic views across the river DAY 4 - ORSOVA (ROMANIA) - THE IRON GATES - NOVI SAD (SERBIA) are just beautiful. After lunch on board, there is the option to have After the buffet breakfast on board you arrive around 8am at Turnu the afternoon free to yourself or there is the optional excursion to Severin. Optional excursion to visit the town, which was modernised Gödöllö Castle, the largest Baroque castle in Hungary. Back on board after the treaty of Andrinopoulos. Visit the ancient Roman town of for dinner. After dinner optional excursions to see the beautiful city of Drobeta as well as the bridges which take you high over the Danube Budapest at night. dating from the Roman era and finally head to the Iron gates hydroelectric power station. After some tasting of local wines return DAY 8 - BUDAPEST to the ship to carry on cruising through the narrow pass of the Iron After your breakfast on board, disembark at 9am and transfer to the gates between the Carpathians and the Balkans. An evening on board airport for your flight home. as you travel through the night to Novi Sad. Please note: for reasons of navigational safety, the captain and crew DAY 5 - NOVI SAD - ILOK - VUKOVAR - MOHACS of the boat may decide to modify the cruise itinerary, which is beyond Arrive into Novi Sad early morning, buffet breakfast is served Orbital Travel’s control. onboard. Optional excursion to the Orthodox Monastery at Krusedol. Sail to Sremi Karlovci, a quiet town of some 9000 people living on the continues... OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS There is a comprehensive programme of guided optional excursions which can either be pre-booked or can be booked on board the boat. There is a 5% discount when you pre-book the whole excursions package.

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