VOYAGE AT A GLANCE  7 CRUISE DAYS


Budapest to Bucharest Day Destination


1 Arrive Budapest Le Méridien Budapest


2 Budapest


 3 Embark Budapest  4 Pecs / Mohács  5 Vukovar / Novi Sad  6 Belgrade  7 Cruise Kazan Narrows & Iron Gate  8 Ruse  9 Cernavoda, Black Sea Coast


10 Disembark Cernavoda / Bucharest JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel


11 Bucharest 12 Depart Bucharest


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Bucharest to Budapest Day Destination 1


2 Bucharest


Bucharest / Constanta Embark Cernavoda


 4 Ruse  5 Vidin  6 Cruise Iron Gate & Kazan Narrows  7 Belgrade  8 Vukovar  9 Mohács / Pecs 10


Disembark Budapest Le Méridien Budapest


11 Budapest 12 Depart Budapest


royal family; HRH Crown Prince Alexander II of Serbia and his family reside there today. The day ends with entertainment by Serbian performers – and as a Tauck Exclusive, we invite you join us for dinner in the palace. Meals BLD


7.  THROUGH THE DANUBE’S IRON GATE Winding lazily for much of its length, the Danube suddenly narrows into a series of high cliffs to create four steep, spectacular gorges comprising the Kazan Narrows and the Iron Gate of the Danube. Pass through these dramatic landscapes


as you cruise along the Serbian-Romanian border. Look for a monument to the 2nd-century Dacian King Decebalus, a Romanian national hero, carved into the Danube’s rocky bank; it’s Europe’s tallest rock sculpture, completed in 2004 after a decade of work by a dozen sculptors. Savor views of the Transylvanian Alps as you cruise to Bulgaria. Meals BLD


8.  BULGARIAN ARCHITECTURE & ART A leisurely morning cruise takes you to Bulgaria, the oldest state in Europe. Enigmatic and off limits during four centuries of Ottoman Rule and decades behind the Iron Curtain, today the country is a treasure trove of natural beauty and history. Disembark after lunch in Ruse, referred to by many as


CROATIA Vukovar v AUSTRIA


Arrive Bucharest JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel


Budapest SLOVENIA Pecs


Maximum Elevation: 1,776 ft.


SLOVAKIA HUNGARY ROMANIA Mohács Novi Sad Belgrade SERBIA Iron Gate Targoviste i Bucharest v e Ruse BULGARIA r


Bran Castle Peles


Castle Mamaia Constanta Cernavoda


BLACK SEA


MOLDOVA


You’ll see castles of all shapes and sizes, all filled with stories. 14th-century Golubac Castle cascades down a rocky mountainside to the waters of the Danube in Serbia; Bran Castle in Transylvania holds the secrets of the real-life model for Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula


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