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The Legendary Danube Cruise

  • Departure DateWed 10th Dec 2025
  • Avalon Waterways Avalon Imagery II
  • 7 Night Cruise From Nuremberg
  • Cruise Only From £3,159 pp

Itinerary

  • Nuremberg
  • Regensburg
  • Passau (Munich)
  • Linz (Salzburg)
  • Melk
  • Wachau Valley
  • Vienna, Austria
  • Budapest

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Day 1 - Nuremberg

Arrive: Wed 10 December 2025

Nuremberg is the largest city of the German federal state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 inhabitants make it the 14th-largest city in Germany.

Day 2 - Nuremberg

Depart: Thu 11 December 2025

Nuremberg is the largest city of the German federal state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 inhabitants make it the 14th-largest city in Germany.

Day 3 - Regensburg

Arrive: Fri 12 December 2025 / Depart: Fri 12 December 2025

Regensburg, a Bavarian city on the Danube River in southeast Germany, is known for its well-preserved medieval core. The 12th-century Stone Bridge, a 310m-long icon with 16 arches, crosses the river to the old town. The 13th-century Regensburg Cathedral, a twin-spired Gothic landmark, is home to the Regensburger Domspatzen choir. Walhalla, a Parthenon replica just east of the city, honors illustrious Germans.

Day 4 - Passau (Munich)

Arrive: Sat 13 December 2025 / Depart: Sat 13 December 2025

Passau, a German city on the Austrian border, lies at the confluence of the Danube, Inn and Ilz rivers. Known as the Three Rivers City, it's overlooked by the Veste Oberhaus, a 13th-century hilltop fortress housing a city museum and observation tower. The old town below is known for its baroque architecture, including St. Stephen's Cathedral, featuring distinctive onion-domed towers and an organ with 17,974 pipes.

Day 4 - Linz (Salzburg)

Arrive: Sat 13 December 2025 / Depart: Sat 13 December 2025

Linz is a city in Upper Austria, straddling the Danube River midway between Salzburg and Vienna. Baroque buildings, including Old Town Hall (Altes Rathaus) and the old cathedral or Alter Dom, ring Hauptplatz, the old town’s main square. The riverside Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz has a major modern art collection. Across the river, the striking Ars Electronica Center focuses on society, technology and life in the future.

Day 5 - Melk

Arrive: Sun 14 December 2025 / Depart: Sun 14 December 2025

Melk is an Austrian town on the River Danube, west of Vienna. It’s known for the 11th-century Melk Abbey, a vast monastery built high above the town. Gold statuary adorns its domed Abbey Church, and the huge library houses medieval manuscripts. The Marmorsaal is a baroque hall with a ceiling fresco and red marble walls. South of Melk, gardens surround Renaissance Schallaburg Castle, which hosts cultural exhibitions.

Day 5 - Wachau Valley

Arrive: Sun 14 December 2025 / Depart: Sun 14 December 2025

The Wachau Valley is an Austrian region near the Danube River, west of Vienna. It’s known for its rolling hills, vineyards and fortresses. Richard the Lionheart was imprisoned in the castle above the town of Dürnstein. Highlights of nearby Gottweig Abbey include its lavish baroque church and views across the valley. Melk Abbey is a vast monastery also with an opulent baroque church.

Day 5 - Vienna, Austria

Arrive: Sun 14 December 2025

Day 6 - Vienna, Austria

Depart: Mon 15 December 2025

Day 7 - Budapest

Arrive: Tue 16 December 2025

Budapest, Hungary’s capital, is bisected by the River Danube. Its 19th-century Chain Bridge connects the hilly Buda district with flat Pest. A funicular runs up Castle Hill to Buda’s Old Town, where the Budapest History Museum traces city life from Roman times onward.

Day 8 - Budapest

Depart: Wed 17 December 2025

Budapest, Hungary’s capital, is bisected by the River Danube. Its 19th-century Chain Bridge connects the hilly Buda district with flat Pest. A funicular runs up Castle Hill to Buda’s Old Town, where the Budapest History Museum traces city life from Roman times onward.

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