Along the Danube

Arrive in Budapest, where you are met and transferred to your hotel. Tonight, join fellow guests and your Resident Tour Director for a welcome dinner.

Join your intimate group, visiting Baroque Gödöllő castle and its gardens. Meet your ship in Budapest for priority embarkation. After time to settle into your premium cabin or suite with an open-air French or walk-out balcony, enjoy a welcome cocktail prior to dinner. This evening, cruise through Budapest, passing under the illuminated Chain Bridge, while a gypsy band performs on board.

See Buda’s cobbled streets and Pest's 19th-century buildings. Enjoy a Connections-exclusive garden lunch at a Buda villa and an afternoon tour of Jewish heritage.

Arrive in Bratislava and visit its old quarter. In intimate company, view St. Martin’s Cathedral and Grassalkovich Palace. Back on board, enjoy a private cocktail party and an exclusive Chef's Highlights dinner. Cruise to Vienna.

Visit Schönbrunn Palace for a strudel-making demonstration. After leisure time, enjoy a Connections-exclusive dinner ashore, with Category A seating at a Sound of Vienna concert in the Kursalon.

Take a walking tour of Dürnstein, followed by a wine tasting. Sit down to a private lunch ashore a Wachau restaurant. Enjoy a Connections-exclusive guided tour of Schloss Artstetten. Later, visit Melk Abbey.

Discover Salzburg by small group. Pay a Connections-exclusive visit to the Eagle's Nest, Hitler's wartime getaway, where you pause for lunch. Rejoin your ship in Passau. This evening, the captain hosts a gala dinner on board.

In Nuremberg, privately tour a World War II art bunker, exclusive to Connections guests. Visit the city’s altstadt (old town). See the Imperial Castle and Palace of Justice. Tour Regensburg and enjoy a Bavarian-themed evening on board.

Disembark in Passau. Drive to Munich and take a walking tour of the old town, with time to explore Marienplatz and the Frauenkirche. Gather for a farewell dinner.

Today, transfer to Munich airport for your flight home.