Passage to Eastern Europe
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Passage to Eastern Europe

10 nights · Budapest to Bucharest

Departure
17 September 2026
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$3,999 per person
Traveling solo
$7,124 per person
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10 nights8 portsBudapest to Bucharest

The Journey

Day by Day

10 nights · 8 ports

Day 1Budapest
Day 2Budapest
Day 3Budapest
Day 4Kalocsa
Day 5Osijek
Day 6Belgrade
Day 7Golubac
Day 7Scenic Sailing: The Iron Gates
Day 8Vidin
Day 9Ruse
Day 10Bucharest
Day 11Bucharest
Budapest
Day 1–3
Budapest
Buda on its hill, Pest on the flat, and the Chain Bridge lit between them. The finest arrival on any European river.
Embark
Kalocsa
Day 4
Kalocsa
A Hungarian town known for its paprika and its colourful folk embroidery.
Ashore
Osijek
Day 5
Osijek
A Croatian city on the Drava, with an eighteenth-century fortress quarter called Tvrda.
Ashore
Belgrade
Day 6
Belgrade
Serbia's capital at the meeting of the Sava and the Danube, watched over by the Kalemegdan fortress.
Ashore
Golubac
Day 7
Golubac
Where the Danube enters the Iron Gates, guarded by the towers of Golubac fortress on the Serbian bank.
Ashore
Vidin
Day 8
Vidin
A Bulgarian town on the Danube with Baba Vida, one of the best-preserved medieval fortresses in the region.
Ashore
Ruse
Day 9
Ruse
Bulgaria's Danube port, with neo-baroque buildings around its central square that earned it the name Little Vienna.
Ashore
Bucharest
Day 10–11
Bucharest
Romania's capital, with broad boulevards, Belle Epoque buildings and the vast Palace of the Parliament.
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 · Budapest to Bucharest

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