CRUISE DANUBE DESTINATIONS


Secessionist Egon Schiele, and other renowned artists. The city’s architecture holds its own too, covering every style imaginable, from Gothic and baroque to austere modernism and the whimsy of Hundertwasser (think quirky shapes, bright colours and no straight lines and you won’t be far wrong).


Art-themed cruises on the Danube are rare but it’s easy for clients with an eye for a good painting to plan a DIY tour, as I did, which also means they can stroll through galleries at their own pace and stop to admire their favourite works. Vienna is the highlight, but there are also excellent art galleries in Budapest and Bratislava. In Vienna, the MuseumsQuartier houses the Museum of Modern Art and Leopold Museum, which displays works by Schiele. Klimt’s famous works The Kiss and


Judith hang in the Belvedere Palace alongside paintings by other leading artists. In Linz, the Lentos art museum houses works by Klimt, Schiele and other modernist and expressionist painters. In all it contains some 1,500 paintings and sculptures, and handily is right on the river so it is also very easy to find.


As clients will be doing


their own thing and forking out entry fees to visit all these places, suggest river cruise lines including Titan, CroisiEurope and Amadeus River Cruises. They don’t include excursions in the price so clients will not be paying for tours they won’t be taking. Book it: From £1,599 per person for Titan Travel’s 10-day Beautiful Danube cruise departing June 21 including flights, UK and overseas transfers, and two nights’ bed and breakfast in Prague. titantravel.co.uk


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PICTURES: JULIA SPICKER; SHUTTERSTOCK


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