DISCOVERY EXCURSIONS PACKAGE 2
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Included in tour package
- Folklore evening in Budapest
- Budapest by bike
- The Hofburg
- Vienna by night
- The high art of Viennese living: music and Viennese cafes
- Viennese music concert (subject to availability)
- Dürnstein
- Melk Abbey
- Regensburg
- Nuremberg
- Rothenburg
- Würzburg
- Frankfurt and Main tower
- Strasbourg by night
- Hiking through the vineyards in Rüdesheim
- Amsterdam by night
- Amsterdam by bike
- Volendam and Zaanse-Schans
- Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum
- The Hague and its hidden courtyards
- The Meyer Werft Shipyard in Papenburg
- Bremen
- Hanover
- Madgeburg
- Potsdam and the gardens of the Sanssouci Palace
- Berlin
- Berlin by night
- Charlottenburg castle
Cruises
This shore excursion is available for one or several cruises
Cruise across Europe from Budapest to Berlin (port-to-port cruise)
BUDAPEST - VIENNA - MELK - PASSAU - FRANKFURT - MAINZ - STRASBOURG - RÜDESHEIM - COLOGNE - DÜSSELDORF - AMSTERDAM - GRONINGEN - PAPENBURG - OLDENBURG - BREMEN - NIENBURG - HANOVER - MAGDEBURG - POTSDAM - BERLIN
From Budapest, embark on a trans-European cruise to Berlin, an amazing 3-in-1 to discover 5 countries with diverse and fascinating traditions and cultures. While cruising the Danube, the Main, the Rhine and the Elbe, you will have the opportunity to visit exceptional cities and sites such as Vienna, Frankfurt, Amsterdam or Potsdam. We guarantee an unforgettable journey!
Shore Excursions
Traditional evening in Budapest
Transfer by coach in the company of your guides to a theater downtown for a traditional Hungarian show. This one-and-a-half-hour show will take you across all the regions of Hungary through its folklore and Gypsy dance and music. After this show, the...
Budapest by bike
From the ship, we'll set out to explore Budapest by bike. You'll see all the important sights of the city on an easy-paced ride, cycling through the historical center of Hungarian culture. We'll pass in front of the basilica, Liberty Squa...
Guided tour of the Hofburg, Residency of the Habsburgs and Sisi museum
Departure by coach with your local guide. You will discover the Hofburg, which is also known for having been during 600 years the "Winter Residency" of the Habsburgs. Over the course of their reign, they turned this small 13th century fortress into a...
Guided tour of Vienna by night
Discover Vienna by night with a panoramic coach tour. This two-thousand-year-old city is a true open-air museum. Vienna embodies Romanticism through its powerful architecture and numerous monuments. We'll take the famous Ring which encircles historic...
The high art of Viennese living: music and Viennese cafes
Our guide will meet us at the ship, where we'll set off on foot for the subway station to discover the high art of Viennese living. We'll stroll through the city and visit back stage in the Konzerthaus concert hall, which has the Vienna Symphony, Vie...
Viennese Music Concert
Departure by coach in the company of our host/hostess towards Vienna's Kursalon where the concert will take place. Famous waltz melodies will take you back to the era of Franz Joseph and Sisi. The first half of the concert will be devoted to Mozart c...
Transfer to Dürnstein and tour of the village
Departure by coach in the company of your hostess for the village of Dürnstein. You will drive through the Austrian Wachau dotted with charming villages and ruins of medieval castles all the way to Dürnstein. This town is well-known for its castle wh...
Guided tour of the Melk Abbey
Departure by coach in company of your host/hostess towards Melk Abbey. We will meet up with our guides in the inner courtyard to start our visit. The Abbey overlooking the Danube was first built as the Babenberg's fortified castle. It was founded in...
Guided tour of Regensburg
Regensburg saw its political and economic heyday in the 12th and 13th centuries when it was located at a crossroads between major trade routes and became a Free Imperial City in 1245 until other great Bavarian cities were preferred. This poorly indus...
Guided tour of Nuremberg
Join us for a guided tour of Nuremberg by coach. We'll enjoy a panoramic visit of the monuments found outside of the city's medieval walls, including the Nuremberg Palace of Justice, the Nazi Documentation Centre and Party Rally Grounds, the castle a...
Guided tour of Rothenburg
Departure by coach in the company of your hostess for the charming town of Rothenburg. Located along the "Romantic Road", this town has kept its Renaissance layout virtually intact as it has not undergone any changes since the Thirty Years' War, maki...
Guided tour of Würzburg
Departure by coach in the company of your hostess to the center of Würzburg. Our tour will start with a visit to the Würzburg Residence (or Residenz), former palace of the Prince-Bishops of Würzburg. Construction was commissioned by Prince-Bishop Fr...
Frankfurt - "Mainhattan" and the Main Tower
Frankfurt is the largest financial center in continental Europe, earning it the nickname "Mainhatten." During a panoramic tour of the city, you'll be able to admire the huge skyscrapers housing the headquarters of many international banks which creat...
Strasbourg by night
Boarding a glass-covered boat, our tour will take us to the Petite France District. This is a famous quarter beloved by its citizens thanks to its canals, charming colorful half-timbered houses and its narrow alleyways. We will glide past the Tanners...
Hiking through the vineyards in Rudesheim
We'll go to the center of Rüdesheim to catch a gondola lift to the Niederwalddenkmal, a monument built in the 19th century to commemorate the first unification of Germany. From there, you'll have a great view of the small city, the viney...
Amsterdam by night
Departure on foot from the ship in the company of our hostess to reach the riverboat dockside where we'll start our guided tour with commentary. We will pass the Port of Amsterdam, made famous by the beloved Jacques Brel song. We'll glide fur...
Amsterdam by bike
You'll leave on foot to head to the bike rental office. This guided bike tour will last about 2.5 hours, and you'll be able to explore and learn about all the must-see and out-of-the-way sites in Amsterdam. Enjoy some free time at the Flower...
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam
We'll visit the Rijksmuseum, Holland's ultimate national museum retracing the country's history from the Middle-Ages to the present day. The collection contains more than 2,000 paintings from the Dutch Golden Age, among which you'll g...
The Hague and its hidden courtyards
We'll leave by coach for The Hague, the seat of the Dutch parliament and one of the most beautiful cities in the country. The Hague is also known as the "Royal City by the Sea,” since the Royal Family enjoys the location for many of th...
Guided tour of the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg
Departure by coach from the Papenburg lock towards Meyer Werft Shipyard. Founded in 1975, the shipyard has been owned and managed by the Meyer family for six generations. The first ships that were built there were small wooden vessels. Less than a hu...
Guided tour of Bremen
Departure with your guide to visit the historic center of this Hanseatic city. One of the oldest German maritime cities, Bremen was granted the right to hold market as early as 965 and joined the Hanseatic League in 1358. It became a Free Imperial Ci...
Transfer to downtown Nienburg
Departure by coach in the company of your hostess towards downtown Nienburg. You'll be free to discover this beautiful little Lower Saxony town at your own pace. Nienburg is famous for its asparagus. Charming little Nienburg was nicknamed "red town&#...
Guided tour of Hanover
Departure by coach from the northern port of Hanover in the company of local guides to discover the capital of the Land of Lower Saxony. From the 17th century onwards, Hanover played a major role in politics. In 1714, the son of Ernst-August of Hanov...
Guided tour of Magdeburg
Departure by coach for Magdeburg where we will meet up with local guides. Magdeburg was once the cradle of the German nation. The first Germanic Holy Roman Emperor, Otto the Great, had an imposing cathedral built here and made the town into an archb...
Panoramic tour of Potsdam and visit of the Sanssouci Gardens
We'll leave by coach with local guides who will help you discover the history of Former Prussia and its illustrious monarchs. In Potsdam, the visit will begin with a walk through the gardens at the Sanssouci Palace. You'll walk the flower-lined pathw...
Panoramic tour of Berlin
We'll leave by coach from Berlin-Spandau with a local guide who will help us discover the history, monuments and fascinating facets of this particularly historic city. We'll travel up the 17th of June Street to see the famous Victory Column, the Bism...
Berlin by night
Coach transfer and guided walk on the Potsdamer Platz. After dinner you will leave by coach to explore contemporary Berlin. A guided walk will enable you to discover the contemporary architectural prowess of Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, etc. A true n...
Tour of the Charlottenburg Castle
Departure by coach from Berlin Spandau in the company of your guides. We'll start off with a stroll in the gardens before a tour of Charlottenburg Palace with headset. A walk through the wonders enclosed in its various rooms will take you back to the...
Excursion to Volendam and Zaanse-Schans
We'll leave by coach with our guide for Volendam, a charming village that has preserved its character for over six centuries thanks to the tough vitality of its fishermen. We'll then visit a cheese factory in the area to discover how the famo...
Excursion to the Keukenhof Gardens
Departure by coach in the company of your hostess towards Keukenhof. Upon arrival, your hostess will give you an entry ticket that will allow you to stroll freely inside this beautiful flower garden extending on 32 hectares (79 acres). You'll be...