Grand European Tour
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Grand European Tour

14 nights · Amsterdam to Budapest

Departure
22 September 2026
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Cruises › Europe’s Rivers › Danube · Main

14 nights15 portsAmsterdam to Budapest

The Journey

Day by Day

14 nights · 15 ports

Day 1Amsterdam
Day 2Kinderdijk
Day 2Scenic Sailing Waal & Merwede
Day 3Cologne
Day 4Koblenz
Day 4Middle Rhine Scenic Sailing
Day 5Miltenberg
Day 5Scenic Sailing Main River Spessart
Day 6Wurzburg
Day 7Bamberg
Day 7Main-Danube Canal
Day 8Nuremberg
Day 9Regensburg
Day 10Passau
Day 11Melk
Day 11Scenic Sailing Wachau Valley
Day 11Krems
Day 12Vienna
Day 13Vienna
Day 14Budapest
Day 15Budapest
Amsterdam
Day 1
Amsterdam
Seventeenth-century canal houses leaning over the water, the Rijksmuseum a short walk away, and more bicycles than residents.
Embark
Kinderdijk
Day 2
Kinderdijk
Nineteen eighteenth-century windmills standing along the waterways of a UNESCO-listed polder.
Ashore
Cologne
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
Koblenz
Day 4
Koblenz
Where the Moselle meets the Rhine at the Deutsches Eck, with the Ehrenbreitstein fortress on the far bank.
Ashore
Miltenberg
Day 5
Miltenberg
A Main town known for its half-timbered market square, below the Mildenburg castle.
Ashore
Wurzburg
Day 6
Wurzburg
A baroque city on the Main, home to the Residenz palace and the Marienberg fortress above the vineyards.
Ashore
Bamberg
Day 7
Bamberg
A UNESCO-listed old town built across seven hills, with its town hall standing in the middle of the river.
Ashore
Main-Danube Canal
Day 7
Main-Danube Canal
The waterway that links the Main and the Danube across the Franconian hills, climbing through a series of locks.
Ashore
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.
Ashore
Regensburg
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.
Ashore
Passau
Day 10
Passau
Where the Inn and the Ilz meet the Danube, under an Italianate baroque cathedral and the largest church organ in Europe.
Ashore
Melk
Day 11
Melk
A golden baroque Benedictine abbey on a rock above the Danube, at the western gate of the Wachau.
Ashore
Krems
Day 11
Krems
The eastern gate of the Wachau, with cobbled lanes running up into apricot orchards and Gruner Veltliner vines.
Ashore
Vienna
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
Budapest
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.
Disembark

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The Route

Where You Sail

Danube · Main · 16 calls · the line follows the river, not a straight hop between ports

Your Ship

Viking Baldur

Viking Baldur

Viking Baldur

Viking River Cruises · 14 nights · Amsterdam to Budapest

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