Lower Danube Discovery with Turkey
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Lower Danube Discovery with Turkey

22 nights · Budapest to Istanbul · Scenic Crystal

Departure
27 March 2027
From
$14,105 per person
Traveling solo
$25,490 per person
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22 nights17 portsBudapest to IstanbulScenic Crystal

The Journey

Day by Day

22 nights · 17 ports

Day 1Budapest
Day 2Bratislava
Day 3Bratislava
Day 4Budapest
Day 5Ordas
Day 6Mohács
Day 7Vukovar
Day 8Novi Sad
Day 9Belgrade
Day 10Golubac
Day 11Vidin
Day 12Rousse
Day 13Silistra
Day 14Constanta
Day 15Constanta
Day 16Bucharest
Day 17Istanbul
Day 18Istanbul
Day 19Çanakkale
Day 20Çanakkale
Day 21Istanbul
Day 22Istanbul
Budapest
Day 1
Budapest
Buda on its hill, Pest on the flat, and the Chain Bridge lit between them. The finest arrival on any European river.
Embark
Bratislava
Day 2–3
Bratislava
Slovakia's capital on the Danube, with a compact old town beneath its white castle on the hill.
Ashore
Budapest
Day 4
Budapest
Buda on its hill, Pest on the flat, and the Chain Bridge lit between them. The finest arrival on any European river.
Ashore
Ordas
Day 5
Ordas
A quiet stop on the Hungarian Danube, among the farmland of the Great Plain.
Ashore
Mohács
Day 6
Mohács
A Hungarian town on the Danube, known for its masked Busojaras carnival and the great 1526 battlefield nearby.
Ashore
Vukovar
Day 7
Vukovar
A Croatian town on the Danube, its water tower kept as a memorial to the 1991 siege.
Ashore
Novi Sad
Day 8
Novi Sad
Serbia's second city on the Danube, below the Petrovaradin fortress, with a lively pedestrian centre.
Ashore
Belgrade
Day 9
Belgrade
Serbia's capital at the meeting of the Sava and the Danube, watched over by the Kalemegdan fortress.
Ashore
Golubac
Day 10
Golubac
Where the Danube enters the Iron Gates, guarded by the towers of Golubac fortress on the Serbian bank.
Ashore
Vidin
Day 11
Vidin
A Bulgarian town on the Danube with Baba Vida, one of the best-preserved medieval fortresses in the region.
Ashore
Rousse
Day 12
Rousse
Bulgaria's Danube port, with neo-baroque buildings around its central square that earned it the name Little Vienna.
Ashore
Silistra
Day 13
Silistra
A Bulgarian town on the Danube at the Romanian border, with Roman remains and a riverside park.
Ashore
Constanta
Day 14–15
Constanta
Romania's Black Sea port, an ancient Greek and Roman city with a Belle Epoque casino on the seafront.
Ashore
Bucharest
Day 16
Bucharest
Romania's capital, with broad boulevards, Belle Epoque buildings and the vast Palace of the Parliament.
Ashore
Istanbul
Day 17–18
Istanbul
The city on two continents, with Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and the Bosphorus at its heart.
Ashore
Çanakkale
Day 19–20
Çanakkale
A Turkish town on the Dardanelles, close to the site of ancient Troy and the Gallipoli battlefields.
Ashore
Istanbul
Day 21–22
Istanbul
The city on two continents, with Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and the Bosphorus at its heart.
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The Route

Where You Sail

Danube · 15 calls · the line follows the river, not a straight hop between ports

Your Ship

Scenic Crystal

Scenic Crystal

Scenic Crystal

Scenic · 22 nights · Budapest to Istanbul

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Sail Lower Danube Discovery with Turkey.

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