Day 1–2
Bucharest
Romania's capital, with broad boulevards, Belle Epoque buildings and the vast Palace of the Parliament.
Embark
Day 3
Constanta
Romania's Black Sea port, an ancient Greek and Roman city with a Belle Epoque casino on the seafront.
Ashore
Day 4
Silistra
A Bulgarian town on the Danube at the Romanian border, with Roman remains and a riverside park.
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Day 5
Rousse
Bulgaria's Danube port, with neo-baroque buildings around its central square that earned it the name Little Vienna.
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Day 6
Vidin
A Bulgarian town on the Danube with Baba Vida, one of the best-preserved medieval fortresses in the region.
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Day 7
Iron Gates
The Danube gorge between Serbia and Romania, where the river narrows between steep limestone cliffs.
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Day 8
Belgrade
Serbia's capital at the meeting of the Sava and the Danube, watched over by the Kalemegdan fortress.
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Day 9
Novi Sad
Serbia's second city on the Danube, below the Petrovaradin fortress, with a lively pedestrian centre.
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Day 10
Vukovar
A Croatian town on the Danube, its water tower kept as a memorial to the 1991 siege.
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Day 11
Mohács
A Hungarian town on the Danube, known for its masked Busojaras carnival and the great 1526 battlefield nearby.
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Day 12
Ordas
A quiet stop on the Hungarian Danube, among the farmland of the Great Plain.
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Day 13
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 14
Bratislava
Slovakia's capital on the Danube, with a compact old town beneath its white castle on the hill.
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Day 15–17
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 18–19
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.
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Day 20
Krems
The eastern gate of the Wachau, with cobbled lanes running up into apricot orchards and Gruner Veltliner vines.
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Day 21
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 22
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 23
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 24
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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Day 25
Würzburg
A baroque city on the Main, home to the Residenz palace and the Marienberg fortress above the vineyards.
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Day 26
Wertheim
A small town at the meeting of the Main and the Tauber, below the ruins of its red sandstone castle.
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Day 27
Rüdesheim
A wine town on the Rhine, its narrow Drosselgasse lined with taverns and the vineyards rising steeply behind.
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Day 28
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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Day 29–30
Amsterdam
Seventeenth-century canal houses leaning over the water, the Rijksmuseum a short walk away, and more bicycles than residents.
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