RIVER / SMALL SHIP CRUISING Traveling Well Includes…
• Gratuities to ship staff, drivers, local guides, Tauck Directors and Tauck Cruise Director
• All private Tauck shore excursions – $614 Value! • Two hotel nights in Bucharest and Budapest
• Tauck Exclusives: A VIP dinner in Bucharest’s Parliament Palace; private visit to Belgrade’s Royal Palace of Dedinje
• Airport transfers upon arrival and departure as noted
• 28 meals, beer & wine with lunch & dinner onboard, service charges, taxes, porterage and fuel surcharges
12 DAYS FROM $4,790 PLUS AIRFARE (11 Breakfasts, 8 Lunches & 9 Dinners)
8-DAY CRUISE-ONLY FROM $3,790 PLUS AIRFARE (7 Breakfasts, 6 Lunches & 7 Dinners)
BEGINS BUCHAREST
CRUISE PRICE PER PERSON MS TREASURES
7. SAMPLING SERBIAN CULTURE IN BELGRADE Awaken dockside in Serbia’s cosmopolitan capital, Belgrade; an onboard lecture precedes visits to Tito’s Memorial and Kalemegdan Fortress; see Slavija Square, Parliament and more. Enjoy a special visit to the Royal Palace of Dedinje. Meals BLD
8. LOOKING BACK & FORWARD IN CROATIA Croatia’s turbulent history takes center stage today with an onboard presentation by a local expert; a trip to the Baroque city of Vukovar, recovering from the 1990s war; and a visit to the home of a Vukovar family now rebuilding their lives. Meals BLD
9. PAPRIKA, PALACES & MORE IN HUNGARY At the Paprika Museum in Kalocsa, Hungary, learn all about this popular spice. Go inside the Rococo library of the Bishop’s Palace in Kalocsa, and enjoy a tasting at a local winery. Join us for the Captain’s farewell reception and dinner. Meals BLD
10. DISEMBARK RIVERBOAT & EXPLORE PEST Disembark in Budapest, divided by the Danube and once the independent cities of Buda and Pest. Join your local guide to visit St. Stephen’s Basilica, and view City Park, patriotic Heroes’ Square, the Parliament building and Andrassy Avenue. Stop to browse the offerings at Central Market Hall. Meals B
11. SPOTLIGHT ON HISTORIC BUDA Budapest is perfect for a morning spent as you please before touring the Buda section. Listen to melodies by Béla Bartók in a piano recital in his 1924 home, now a museum and memorial. Go back to the days of WWII and the Cold War at the “Hospital in the Rock,” recreating underground military medical and civil defense facilities beneath Buda Castle. Up on Castle Hill, visit Fishermen’s Bastion. Tonight, please join us for a farewell cocktail reception and dinner at the Akademia Club. Meals BD
12. JOURNEY HOME Tour ends: Budapest, Hungary. Fly home anytime. A transfer is included from Le Méridien Budapest to Budapest’s Ferihegy Airport. Allow 3 hours for flight check-in at the airport. Meals B
Call your travel agent or Tauck at 877-519-1035 8-Day Cruise-Only Date CAT 1 CAT 1 CAT 2 CAT 3 CAT 4 CAT 5 CAT 6
June 14 $4490 $5490 $5740 $6340 $6640 $7240 $7940 June 21* $4490 $5490 $5740 $6340 $6640 $7240 $7940 Aug 9 $3790 $4790 $5040 $5640 $5940 $6540 $7240 Aug 16* $3790 $4790 $5040 $5640 $5940 $6540 $7240 Sep 20 $4490 $5490 $5740 $6340 $6640 $7240 $7940 Sep 27* $4490 $5490 $5740 $6340 $6640 $7240 $7940
Special Solo Traveler Savings – No Single Supplement in Category 1: On all departures, the single price in Category 1 is the same as the double price – no single supplement, which means savings of up to 50% for solo travelers! Solo Travelers also enjoy Savings of $1000 per cabin in Category 3 on the August 9 and 16 departures. Certain restrictions apply; ask at time of booking.
Note: *Indicates Bucharest to Budapest westbound direction. Single prices Cat 2 and above start at 40% over the double price; please visit
www.tauck.com for complete pricing plus up-to-the-minute space availability; ask at time of booking about additional 8-Day Cruise-Only pricing.
Land / cruise price per person, based on double occupancy, includes cruise fare, most meals, port charges, beer and wine with lunch and dinner aboard ship, shore excursions, applicable fuel surcharges, and gratuities to Tauck Directors, Tauck Cruise Director, ship staff, local guides & drivers, as well as on all included meals.
International Airfare is additional. Call Tauck for special rates on international air, in coach or business, for travel originating in the United States (subject to availability).
Itinerary Changes – Although not expected, Tauck reserves the right to alter the sequence of ports or omit or substitute scheduled ports or attractions at any time without prior notice. For Budapest to Bucharest itinerary, go to
www.tauck.com for details – east and west itineraries are similar. Museums and attractions may be subject to closure due to state, local or religious holidays. Note: This cruise includes a fair amount of walking in each city.
Note: On Aug 9 & 16 departures, the welcome / farewell reception and dinner will be held at the Festetics Palace due to summer closure of the Academy of Sciences in Budapest. Please ask at time of booking about additional hotel nights before or after your cruise, or about our Cruise Protection Product.
See page 168 for riverboat deck plans and specifications.
FINE HOTELS / GREAT LOCATIONS Night 1,2 JW MARRIOTT BUCHAREST Bucharest, Romania GRAND HOTEL
Night 3-9 ABOARD MS TREASURES Cruising the Danube River Night 10,11 LE MÉRIDIEN BUDAPEST Budapest, Hungary
Go to
TAUCK.COM/VIDEOS to watch video highlights.
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