Elegant ship; elegant food; elegant staff; elegant Tauck Directors; elegant music. Nothing more needs to be said. This trip was ELEGANT from start to finish. – Musical Magic Along The Blue Danube Tauck Traveler Review
Comely Crossings. On Charles Bridge, a 14th-century pedestrian bridge linking Old Town Prague with the Castle District, thronged with street artists by day and jazz musicians by night. Upon Regensburg’s Steinerne Brücke, whose 16 stone arches stretch gracefully across the Danube, an 11th-century wonder and the city’s only Danube crossing for 800 years. Between Buda and Pest, the lovely Széchenyi Chain Bridge – hung by iron chains in 1849, a first permanent connection between divided cities.
Musical magic. At Tauck’s private recital in a 1924 villa in Budapest’s hills, where Béla Bartók wrote works of genius for piano and classical compositions. On an introduction to Vienna’s Bösendorfer Piano Salon, a paradise for piano lovers where these spectacular instruments have been crafted by hand since 1828. As a wedding “guest” at a Slovakian wedding where you’re invited to be a part of irresistible folk music fun. Dazzling Interiors. In Regensburg’s Thurn und Taxis family residence, converted in 1816 from an 11th-century abbey to a magnificent Bavarian palace. Beneath the chandeliers of 250-year-old Baden-Baden Casino, inspired by the Palace of Versailles – an 1800s’ gathering place for Europe’s socially elite. Inside Prague’s Strahov Monastery Library, where ceiling frescoes magnificently depict the life of a librarian and the history of mankind.
Cultured Tastes. In the full-bodied red Hungarian wines sampled at a Kalocsa pincék (wine cellar), following traditions honed since the 1300s. In Cologne’s Old Town, where brew pubs line a pedestrian-friendly Old Town, adding warmth and cheer. At a tasting of Belgium’s lambic wheat beers, as complex and distinctive as many fine wines. In the private wine cellar of Strasbourg’s City Hospital, where Gewürztraminer, Riesling, Pinot Gris and Muscat were the Alsatian currencies long accepted as payment in kind.
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