Day 1–3
Istanbul
The city on two continents, with Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and the Bosphorus at its heart.
Embark
Day 4–5
Çanakkale
A Turkish town on the Dardanelles, close to the site of ancient Troy and the Gallipoli battlefields.
Ashore
Day 6–7
Istanbul
The city on two continents, with Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and the Bosphorus at its heart.
Ashore
Day 8
Bucharest
Romania's capital, with broad boulevards, Belle Epoque buildings and the vast Palace of the Parliament.
Ashore
Day 9
Silistra
A Bulgarian town on the Danube at the Romanian border, with Roman remains and a riverside park.
Ashore
Day 10
Rousse
Bulgaria's Danube port, with neo-baroque buildings around its central square that earned it the name Little Vienna.
Ashore
Day 12
Belgrade
Serbia's capital at the meeting of the Sava and the Danube, watched over by the Kalemegdan fortress.
Ashore
Day 13
Vukovar
A Croatian town on the Danube, its water tower kept as a memorial to the 1991 siege.
Ashore
Day 14
Mohács
A Hungarian town on the Danube, known for its masked Busojaras carnival and the great 1526 battlefield nearby.
Ashore
Day 15–16
Budapest
Buda on its hill, Pest on the flat, and the Chain Bridge lit between them. The finest arrival on any European river.
Ashore
Day 17–18
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 19
Krems
The eastern gate of the Wachau, with cobbled lanes running up into apricot orchards and Gruner Veltliner vines.
Ashore
Day 20
Passau
Where the Inn and the Ilz meet the Danube, under an Italianate baroque cathedral and the largest church organ in Europe.
Ashore
Day 21
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.
Ashore
Day 22
Nuremberg
A walled medieval city of half-timbered houses below its imperial castle, and home to one of Germany's best-known Christmas markets.
Ashore
Day 23
Bamberg
A UNESCO-listed old town built across seven hills, with its town hall standing in the middle of the river.
Ashore
Day 24
Würzburg
A baroque city on the Main, home to the Residenz palace and the Marienberg fortress above the vineyards.
Ashore
Day 25
Wertheim
A small town at the meeting of the Main and the Tauber, below the ruins of its red sandstone castle.
Ashore
Day 26
Rüdesheim
A wine town on the Rhine, its narrow Drosselgasse lined with taverns and the vineyards rising steeply behind.
Ashore
Day 27
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 28–29
Amsterdam
Seventeenth-century canal houses leaning over the water, the Rijksmuseum a short walk away, and more bicycles than residents.
Disembark
