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Cruise Trek 2018 ~
“Danube II – Bucharest to Budapest”
October 20 ~ 27, 2018
An 8-day, 7-night cruise on the Danube River
aboard AMA Waterway’s AmaCerto
with guests Dominic Keating and Eric Menyuk
Cruise Trek 2018 returned to the Danube with a riverboat cruise!
Optional pre-cruise hotel in Bucharest & Brasov and
tour to Transylvania & Dracula’s Castle
and/or post-cruise stay in Budapest or Vienna or even a
Trans-Atlantic cruise home with the CT family
Our Original Itinerary ~
Day |
Date |
Port |
Description |
Wednesday | October 17 |
Bucharest – pre option |
Arrive Bucharest Hotel, mix & mingle with CT family |
Thursday | October 18 |
Bucharest |
City Tour – enjoy buffet breakfast each morning |
Friday | October 19 |
Brasov |
Peles Castle Tour & Travel to Brasov, Tour & Overnight |
Saturday | October 20 |
Giurgiu (Boarding Port) |
Travel to and Tour Bran/Dracula’s Castle, transfer from
Bran to Giurgiu, board our beautiful river boat for a quick sail
to Rousse and overnight |
Sunday | October 21 |
Rousse, Bulgaria |
Veliko Tarnovo excursion or Rousse Walking Tour |
Monday | October 22 |
Vidin |
Belogradchik excursion and Baba Vida Fortress or Vidin
Bike tour or another possible option TBA |
Tuesday | October 23 |
Iron Gates |
Full day of cruising in what is considered one of the most majestic
parts of the Danube |
Wednesday | October 24 |
Belgrade |
City Tour, Tito’s Memorial tour, or Belgrade Bike tour or
Another tour TBA |
Thursday | October 25 |
Novi Sad |
Yugoslav Civil War tour or Croatian Wine Tasting |
Thursday | October 25 |
Ilok |
Walking Tour |
Thursday | October 25 |
Vukovar |
Visit Petrovaradin Fortress |
Friday | October 26 |
Mohacs |
Pécs excursion |
Saturday | October 27 |
Budapest – post option |
Disembark, City Tour and transfer to your
hotel or airport |
Sunday | October 28 |
Vienna or Budapest |
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Monday | October 29 |
Vienna or Budapest |
Transfer to airport or continue on your own |
However, a drought left the Danube River too low for that itinerary,
and so AMA Waterways re-routed us and we followed this schedule ~
Our Revised Itinerary ~
Day |
Date |
Port |
Description |
Wednesday | October 17 |
Bucharest – pre option |
Arrive Bucharest Hotel, mix & mingle with CT family |
Thursday | October 18 |
Bucharest |
City Tour – enjoy buffet breakfast each morning |
Friday | October 19 |
Brasov |
Peles Castle Tour & Travel to Brasov, Tour & Overnight |
Saturday | October 20 |
Vienna, Austria (Boarding Port) |
Travel to and Tour Bran/Dracula’s Castle, transfer from
Bran to Vienna, board our beautiful river boat |
Sunday | October 21 |
Melk and Grein, Austria |
Morning – Melk Abbey Visit or Guided Bike Ride in Melk
Evening – Castle Greinburg Guided Walking Tour |
Monday | October 22 |
Linz, Austria |
Morning – Linz Walking Tour or Guided Bike Ride in Linz
Afternoon – Ceský Krumlov Excursion or Salzburg Excursion |
Tuesday | October 23 |
Passau, Germany |
Morning – Passau Walking Tour or Bike Tour or Hike
Excursion |
Wednesday | October 24 |
Dürnstein |
Afternoon – Dürnstein Walking Tour, Wine
Tasting or Castle Hike or Bike |
Thursday | October 25 |
Vienna |
Morning – Vienna City Tour or Bike Tour |
Friday | October 26 |
Bratislava, Slovakia and Budapest, Hungary |
Bratislava Walking Tour |
Saturday | October 27 |
Vienna |
Disembark, transfer to your
hotel or airport |
Sunday | October 28 |
Vienna or Budapest |
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Monday | October 29 |
Vienna or Budapest |
Transfer to airport or continue on your own |
New Additional Option ~
Day |
Date |
Port |
Description |
Saturday | October 27 |
Budapest to Rome |
Fly & Overnight & Dinner & Transfers (other options
available – ask us) |
Sunday - Sunday | October 28 - November 11 |
Rome to Fort Lauderdale |
Trans-Atlantic Cruise Opt. w/3 Spanish ports & 1 Portugal |
To attend all Cruise Trek events,
passage must be booked through the Cruise Trek office.
Our beautiful riverboat for Cruise Trek 2018 included – from
left to right – Reception Area, Twin Balcony Staterooms, French
Balcony Staterooms, and the Main Restaurant.
View a video of our Cruise Trek 2018 riverboat!
By popular demand, Cruise Trek boldly went on another European
River Cruise in 2018!
~ Pre-Cruise – Optional ~
October 17 to 20, 2018
City tours in Bucharest and Brasov
CT Family Cocktail Party
Tour Peles Castle
Tour Dracula’s Castle
Our first adventure on this historic river was noted to be the most majestic
and popular. In the fall of 2018, we continued the adventure down
the Danube, but this time, the plan was to fly into Bucharest, Romania, sailing
from the city/port of Giurgiu to Budapest, Hungary, where we ended our last
Danube Adventure.
This time, we intended to start closer to the Black Sea. Plus, a 3-night
pre-cruise hotel/tour package was offered, including 2 nights in
Bucharest, and then we continued to Transylvania, where we stayed in the
town of Brasov, near to Bran Castle, more known as Dracula’s
Castle. En route we explored Peles Castle, considered to be one of the
most stunning castles in Europe.
To continue after our cruise adventure Cruise Trekkers could take in
either amazing Budapest or the absolute beauty of Vienna. For both pre
and post cruise packages, daily breakfast was included as were transfers
to each hotel.
~ Post-Cruise – Optional ~
October 27 to 29, 2018
Budapest and/or Vienna
City tours of Budapest and/or Vienna
And some members of the Cruise Trek family sailed a Trans-Atlantic
cruise back to Fort Lauderdale.
Additional to the amazing itinerary possibilities, special highlights and
advantages of this Cruise Trek adventure; all included a
professionally-trained tour guide to accompany us throughout, local
entertainment, music performances, lectures, cooking demonstrations, and
theme dinners.
Plus, on board a river cruise, and included in the cruise fare are pre
dinner “Sip & Sail” hours, wine, beer & soft
drinks with lunch and dinner, Wi-Fi service, bottled water (replenished
daily), bicycle use, and almost all shore excursions. Some excursions
were private for our Cruise Trek Family.
~ Trans-Atlantic Cruise – Optional ~
October 28 to November 11, 2018
Rome, Italy, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida
3 Spanish ports
1 Portuguese port
River cruises are inherently changeable due to weather, port or
other reasons, so tours and Itinerary are subject to change.
And that was certainly true in this case!
Drought conditions left the lower Danube River too low for the
AmaCerto to leave from Bucharest. AMA Waterways
re-routed the journey and flew Cruise Trek family members from
Bucharest to Vienna for a round-trip cruise leaving from Vienna,
Austria.
But with plenty of Cruise Trek Family members on-board, all
was good. And the adventure continued.
Among the highlights of the cruise ~
- Traveling through the locks on the Danube River
- Touring Salzburg and visiting Wolfgang Mozart’s birthplace
- A walking tour of Passau, including St. Stephen’s Cathedral
- Visiting the town of Dürnstein, Austria
- Visiting Madame Tussaud’s Waxworks and riding the famous
Ferris Wheel in Vienna
- Attending a Mozart / Strauss concert in Vienna
For more details on future Cruise Trek events,
please contact
Charlie
or give us a call at (310) 456-7544.
~ Need Travel Insurance? ~
One option is Trip Insurance. There are many other choices,
but we offer
TripAssure for informational purposes. We also
send their application with your booking confirmation.
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