The Danube from Romania to Budapest Cruise

Day 1 - Bucharest

Arrive: Thu 07 May 2026 / Depart: Thu 07 May 2026

Bucharest, in southern Romania, is the country's capital and commercial center. Its iconic landmark is the massive, communist-era Palatul Parlamentului government building, which has 1,100 rooms. Nearby, the historic Lipscani district is home to an energetic nightlife scene as well as tiny Eastern Orthodox Stavropoleos Church and 15th-century Curtea Veche Palace, where Prince Vlad III (“The Impaler”) once ruled.

Day 2 - Oltenita

Arrive: Fri 08 May 2026 / Depart: Fri 08 May 2026

Olteni?a is a city in Muntenia, Romania in the C?l?ra?i County on the left bank of the river Arge? where its waters flows into the Danube. Olteni?a stands across the Danube from the Bulgarian city of Tutrakan.

Day 3 - Ruse, Bulgaria

Arrive: Sat 09 May 2026 / Depart: Sat 09 May 2026

Ruse, is the fifth largest city in Bulgaria. Ruse is in the northeastern part of the country, on the right bank of the Danube, opposite the Romanian city of Giurgiu, approximately 75 km south of Bucharest, Romania's capital, 200 km from the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and 300 km from the capital Sofia.

Day 3 - Veliko Tarnovo

Arrive: Sat 09 May 2026 / Depart: Sat 09 May 2026

Veliko Tarnovo is a town in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province.

Day 3 - Arbanasi

Arrive: Sat 09 May 2026 / Depart: Sat 09 May 2026

Arbanasi is a village in Veliko Tarnovo Municipality, Veliko Tarnovo Province of central northern Bulgaria, set on a high plateau between the larger towns of Veliko Tarnovo and Gorna Oryahovitsa.

Day 4 - Vidin

Arrive: Sun 10 May 2026 / Depart: Sun 10 May 2026

Vidin is a port town on the southern bank of the Danube in north-western Bulgaria. It is close to the borders with Romania and Serbia, and is also the administrative centre of Vidin Province, as well as of the Metropolitan of Vidin.

Day 5 - Iron Gates on Danube

Arrive: Mon 11 May 2026 / Depart: Mon 11 May 2026

Day 6 - Belgrade

Arrive: Tue 12 May 2026 / Depart: Tue 12 May 2026

Belgrade is the capital of the southeast European country of Serbia. Its most significant landmark is the Beogradska Tvr?ava, an imposing fortress at the confluence of the Danube and the Sava rivers. The fort is a testament to the city’s strategic importance to the Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman, Serbian and Austrian empires, and it's now the site of several museums as well as Kalemegdan, a vast park.

Day 7 - Novi Sad

Arrive: Wed 13 May 2026 / Depart: Wed 13 May 2026

Novi Sad is a city in northern Serbia on the banks of the Danube River. Standing atop a riverside bluff, much of Petrovaradin Fortress dates to the 17th and 18th centuries, with an iconic clock tower and a network of tunnels. Across the river is the old quarter, Stari Grad, site of the Gothic Revival Name of Mary Church and the neo-Renaissance City Hall.

Day 8 - Vukovar

Arrive: Thu 14 May 2026 / Depart: Thu 14 May 2026

Vukovar is a city in eastern Croatia. It contains Croatia's largest river port, located at the confluence of the Vuka and the Danube. Vukovar is the seat of Vukovar-Syrmia County. The city's registered population was 26,468 in the 2011 census, with a total of 27,683 in the municipality.

Day 8 - Ilok, Croatia

Arrive: Thu 14 May 2026 / Depart: Thu 14 May 2026

Day 9 - Mohacs

Arrive: Fri 15 May 2026 / Depart: Fri 15 May 2026

Mohács is a town in Baranya county, Hungary on the right bank of the Danube.

Day 10 - Budapest

Arrive: Sat 16 May 2026 / Depart: Sat 16 May 2026

Budapest, Hungary’s capital, is bisected by the River Danube. Its 19th-century Chain Bridge connects the hilly Buda district with flat Pest. A funicular runs up Castle Hill to Buda’s Old Town, where the Budapest History Museum traces city life from Roman times onward.