GRAND EUROPEAN CRUISE
NINE COUNTRIES, 24 REMARKABLE DAYS...
For centuries, the ruling families of Europe preferred riverboating as the most comfortable and expedient way to hop around the continent –
but navigating clear across the heart of Europe by water was just an impossible dream... until the completion of the Main-Danube Canal in the early 1990s. Now, you can do something that all those august crowned heads could never do – cruise almost all the way from the North Sea to the Black Sea – on Tauck’s grand 24-day European adventure featuring a 21-day riverboat cruise aboard Tauck’s new-for-2011 ms Treasures... combining Amsterdam to Budapest by Riverboat and Budapest to the Black Sea in one extraordinary cruise! Visit nine European countries for in-depth cultural discoveries in historic cities along the Danube, Main and Rhine rivers – including Amsterdam, Köln, Nürnberg, Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, Belgrade and Bucharest – on Tauck’s all-included, privately guided shore excursions. Glide past Gothic cathedrals, fairy-tale castles and medieval monasteries, through the Iron Gate of the Danube, and transit the same Main-Danube Canal that makes this incredible cruise possible. Special experiences include Tauck’s private gala Imperial Evening in a traditional palace, featuring a sumptuous dinner and musical entertainment, and tours of Schönbrunn Palace or the Hofburg’s Imperial Apartments in Vienna... a stroll through the ancient cobblestone streets of Bratislava with a local guide... visits to Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, Melk Abbey, Kölner Dom, Würzburg’s Residenz, Budapest’s neo- Classical State Opera House, and Bucharest’s massive People’s Palace... a guided tour of Serbia’s capital, Belgrade... a discussion about contemporary Croatia at a private home... a traditional Romanian folk wedding performance in a Black Sea resort... wine tastings, museum tours, and much more... culminating with two nights in Bucharest at the JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel. Truly a Grand European Cruise... Go to
www.tauck.com for day-by-day itinerary.
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voyage At a Glance 21 Cruise Days
DAY DESTINATION 1
Embark Amsterdam
2 Amsterdam, Nijmegen 3 Köln 4 Koblenz, Rüdesheim 5 Aschaffenburg, Lohr, Worth 6 Rothenburg, Würzburg 7 Bamberg, Ebelsbach, Zeil am 8 Main-Danube Canal, Nürnberg, Roth 9 Regensburg 10 Passau, Grein 11 Melk, Dürnstein, Vienna 12 Vienna 13 Bratislava 14 Budapest 15 Budapest 16 Kalocsa, Mohács 17 Vukovar 18 Belgrade 19 Cruise Kazan Narrows & Iron Gate 20 Veliko Turnovo, Arbanassi, Ruse 21 Cernavoda, Black Sea Coast
22 Disembark Cernavoda / Bucharest JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel
23 Bucharest 24 Depart Bucharest
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