Passage to Eastern Europe
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Passage to Eastern Europe

10 nights · Bucharest to Budapest

Departure
3 November 2026
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$3,799 per person
Traveling solo
$10,598 per person
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10 nights8 portsBucharest to Budapest

The Journey

Day by Day

10 nights · 8 ports

Day 1Bucharest
Day 2Bucharest
Day 3Ruse
Day 4Vidin
Day 5Scenic Sailing: The Iron Gates
Day 5Golubac
Day 6Belgrade
Day 7Osijek
Day 8Kalocsa
Day 9Budapest
Day 10Budapest
Day 11Budapest
Bucharest
Day 1–2
Bucharest
Romania's capital, with broad boulevards, Belle Epoque buildings and the vast Palace of the Parliament.
Embark
Ruse
Day 3
Ruse
Bulgaria's Danube port, with neo-baroque buildings around its central square that earned it the name Little Vienna.
Ashore
Vidin
Day 4
Vidin
A Bulgarian town on the Danube with Baba Vida, one of the best-preserved medieval fortresses in the region.
Ashore
Golubac
Day 5
Golubac
Where the Danube enters the Iron Gates, guarded by the towers of Golubac fortress on the Serbian bank.
Ashore
Belgrade
Day 6
Belgrade
Serbia's capital at the meeting of the Sava and the Danube, watched over by the Kalemegdan fortress.
Ashore
Osijek
Day 7
Osijek
A Croatian city on the Drava, with an eighteenth-century fortress quarter called Tvrda.
Ashore
Kalocsa
Day 8
Kalocsa
A Hungarian town known for its paprika and its colourful folk embroidery.
Ashore
Budapest
Day 9–11
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 · 9 calls · the line follows the river, not a straight hop between ports

Your Ship

Viking Honir

Viking Honir

Viking Honir

Viking River Cruises · 10 nights · Bucharest to Budapest

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