10 Day Danube River Cruise with Bucharest 2011 (Bucharest to Budapest on MS Brilliant)

DAY 1: Depart the USA
Depart the USA for Romania. Your flight includes meals, drinks, and in-flight entertainment for your journey.

DAY 2: Arrive in Bucharest
Arrive and transfer independently to your hotel. Tonight, enjoy a welcome dinner at your hotel. (D)

DAY 3: Bucharest City Tour
Dubbed the colorful title "Paris of the East" in the 1930s, Bucharest suffered considerable damage during World War II. The city has since recovered to its pre-war glory, and has become one of Eastern Europe's most enticing destinations. Your tour will take you along the city's main boulevards, lined with many impressive buildings. Enjoy a visit to the Patriarchal Church before having lunch at a typical Romanian restaurant. Continue to the Village Museum where Romanian farmhouses are lovingly restored and then re-erected in their original setting. Transfer to your ship in Hirsova for embarkation. (B/L/D)

DAY 4: Danube Delta
Morning arrival in St. Gheorge. The Danube Delta is home to more than 1200 species of plants unique to Europe, and more than 100 species of freshwater fish, which inhabit its many lakes and marshes. Tonight, enjoy dinner on board. (B/L/D)

DAY 5: Daylight Sailing
Today you will continue sailing making a brief stop in Silistra. You will have the opportunity to enjoy the optional excursion to Varna & the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, or stay onboard and relax this afternoon. Passengers enjoying the optional tour will continue via coach to Rousse where they will re-join the guests on the ship at the end of the tour. (B/L/D)
Optional: Full Day Varna & the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast

DAY 6: Afternoon in Nikopol
This morning relax on board as you cruise the lower Danube River. At noon, arrive to Nikopol, Bulgaria which sits on one of the earliest and most successful trade routes of the Bulgarian Kingdom. Explore the town on your own, or join a city tour to Pleven, Bulgaria. Set sail just before dinner. (B/L/D)
Optional: Pleven City Tour (PM)

DAY 7: Sail the Iron Gate
After breakfast, relax on the sun deck and take in the picturesque panorama of the Danube. Enjoy daylight sailing as the ship approaches one of the true natural highlights of the cruise, the world-famous Cataract stretch or "Iron Gate," where the Danube rises through the Carpathian Mountains and the foothills of the Balkans. Enjoy dinner on board this evening. (B/L/D)

DAY 8: Belgrade City Tour
Morning arrival in the Serbian capital of Belgrade, situated at the confluence of the Danube and Save Rivers. Enjoy a tour of Belgrade that includes a visit to the Kalemegdan fortress, a true landmark of the city. Your tour of the fortress carries you inside where you will visit its military museum and a Turkish bath. The tour continues to view the National Museum, the Parliament, Prince Milo's Castle, the Holy Sava and the Castle of Princess Ljubica. Rejoin the ship in Novi Sad, where you will have free time to explore the city on your own this afternoon. (B/L/D)
Optional: Novi Sad City Tour (PM)

DAY 9: Daylight Sailing
Participate in the optional excursion to Puszta or enjoy the day at leisure on board as you continue to sail to Budapest. (B/L/D)
Optional: Puszta Tour & Hungarian Horse Show (PM) 

DAY 10: Depart for the USA
This morning, disembark and transfer independently to the airport for your departure flight. Disembarkation will end at 9 am. (B)

• Bucharest City Tour
• Belgrade City Tour

• Flights NYC-Bucharest, Budapest-NYC 
• 8 nights Deluxe & First Class accommodations
• Hotel to port transfer
• 23 meals: 8 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 8 dinners
• Unlimited wine with dinners
• Evening entertainment
• Shore excursions per itinerary
• Wireless audio system for excursions on cruise
• Port Taxes

Not Included: Airport taxes & fees, transfers, optional shore excursions, and gratuities.

Crusing: Category C cabin onboard Amadeus Brilliant 
Bucharest: Radisson Blu Hotel

• Other departure cities available.
• Passengers returning from Budapest on Day 10 should select flights that depart no earlier than 11:00 am. 
• Singles cannot be booked in a Suite. Unfortunately, the Amadeus Brilliant cannot accommodate triples.
• Due to physical constraints and space limitations, wheelchairs and walkers are not allowed on motor coaches and/or river cruises. There are no elevators or chair lifts on board. Kindly refer to our Terms for additional information.
• US citizens require a passport valid for six months beyond travel dates.
• Cabin upgrades are available.
• Please ask your Vacations To Go travel counselor for more information.

* The prices shown are U.S. dollars per person, based on double occupancy, and subject to availability. Prices quoted for land/cruise arrangements are subject to increase without notice. Once we have received your deposit, land/cruise prices are guaranteed. Whenever air-inclusive prices are displayed, these prices do not include government taxes and fees, which are additional. Air prices are subject to increase and are guaranteed only from the time that full payment is received. Air-inclusive prices include air from a major U.S. gateway; air from other U.S. airports is available at an additional cost. Sorry, we are unable to offer air from countries other than the U.S. However, for those international customers who are able to arrange their own transportation to the origination city, we are able to offer the land/cruise portion of the package, at the price quoted.