Day 1–2
Amsterdam
Seventeenth-century canal houses leaning over the water, the Rijksmuseum a short walk away, and more bicycles than residents.
Embark
Day 3
Cologne
The twin spires of the cathedral stand over the Rhine, as they have since the Middle Ages, beside a lively old town.
Ashore
Day 4
Rhine Gorge
The Middle Rhine between Rudesheim and Koblenz, with castles on every height and the Lorelei rock.
Ashore
Day 5
Miltenberg
A Main town known for its half-timbered market square, below the Mildenburg castle.
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Day 6
Würzburg
A baroque city on the Main, home to the Residenz palace and the Marienberg fortress above the vineyards.
Ashore
Day 7
Bamberg
A UNESCO-listed old town built across seven hills, with its town hall standing in the middle of the river.
Ashore
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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Day 9
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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Day 10
Passau
Where the Inn and the Ilz meet the Danube, under an Italianate baroque cathedral and the largest church organ in Europe.
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Day 11
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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Day 12–13
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
Day 14–15
Budapest
Buda on its hill, Pest on the flat, and the Chain Bridge lit between them. The finest arrival on any European river.
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Day 16
Mohács
A Hungarian town on the Danube, known for its masked Busojaras carnival and the great 1526 battlefield nearby.
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Day 17
Vukovar
A Croatian town on the Danube, its water tower kept as a memorial to the 1991 siege.
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Day 18
Belgrade
Serbia's capital at the meeting of the Sava and the Danube, watched over by the Kalemegdan fortress.
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Day 20
Svishtov
A Bulgarian Danube town, the southernmost point on the river.
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Day 21
Silistra
A Bulgarian town on the Danube at the Romanian border, with Roman remains and a riverside park.
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Day 22
Giurgiu
The Romanian Danube port facing Ruse across the Friendship Bridge, and the usual gateway to Bucharest.
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Day 23
Bucharest
Romania's capital, with broad boulevards, Belle Epoque buildings and the vast Palace of the Parliament.
Ashore
Day 24–25
Istanbul
The city on two continents, with Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and the Bosphorus at its heart.
Ashore
Day 26–27
Çanakkale
A Turkish town on the Dardanelles, close to the site of ancient Troy and the Gallipoli battlefields.
Ashore
Day 28–29
Istanbul
The city on two continents, with Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and the Bosphorus at its heart.
Disembark
