Christmas & New Year with Paris
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Christmas & New Year with Paris

18 nights · Budapest to Paris · Scenic Opal

Departure
22 December 2026
From
$11,630 per person
Traveling solo
$21,499 per person
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Cruises › Europe’s Rivers › Danube · Seine

18 nights12 portsBudapest to ParisScenic Opal

The Journey

Day by Day

18 nights · 12 ports

Day 1Budapest
Day 2Budapest
Day 3Cruising Day
Day 4Vienna
Day 5Dürnstein
Day 6Brandstatt
Day 7Regensburg
Day 8Nuremberg
Day 9Bamberg
Day 10Würzburg
Day 11Cruising Day
Day 12Rudesheim
Day 13Cologne
Day 14Amsterdam
Day 15Amsterdam
Day 16Paris
Day 17Paris
Day 18Paris
Budapest
Day 1–2
Budapest
Buda on its hill, Pest on the flat, and the Chain Bridge lit between them. The finest arrival on any European river.
Embark
Vienna
Day 4
Vienna
The Ringstrasse, the Hofburg and the old coffee houses, all within an easy walk of one another. A city that rewards an unhurried afternoon.
Ashore
Dürnstein
Day 5
Dürnstein
A small Wachau town with a blue and white baroque abbey tower and the ruined castle where Richard the Lionheart was held.
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Brandstatt
Day 6
Brandstatt
A quiet mooring on the Danube in Upper Austria, near the town of Eferding.
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Regensburg
Day 7
Regensburg
A medieval city that never lost its centre. The Stone Bridge is nine hundred years old and still the way you walk into town.
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Nuremberg
Day 8
Nuremberg
A walled medieval city of half-timbered houses below its imperial castle, and home to one of Germany's best-known Christmas markets.
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Bamberg
Day 9
Bamberg
A UNESCO-listed old town built across seven hills, with its town hall standing in the middle of the river.
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Würzburg
Day 10
Würzburg
A baroque city on the Main, home to the Residenz palace and the Marienberg fortress above the vineyards.
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Rudesheim
Day 12
Rudesheim
A wine town on the Rhine, its narrow Drosselgasse lined with taverns and the vineyards rising steeply behind.
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Cologne
Day 13
Cologne
The twin spires of the cathedral stand over the Rhine, as they have since the Middle Ages, beside a lively old town.
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Amsterdam
Day 14–15
Amsterdam
Seventeenth-century canal houses leaning over the water, the Rijksmuseum a short walk away, and more bicycles than residents.
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Paris
Day 16–18
Paris
The Seine runs through the heart of it, past Notre-Dame, the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower.
Disembark

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Suites

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The Route

Where You Sail

Danube · Seine · 13 calls · the line follows the river, not a straight hop between ports

Your Ship

Scenic Opal

Scenic Opal

Scenic Opal

Scenic · 18 nights · Budapest to Paris

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Sail Christmas & New Year with Paris.

From $11,630 per person, and our planning from first question to the flight home.

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