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Cruise Trek 2018 ~
“Danube II – Bucharest to Budapest”
October 20 ~ 27, 2018

An 8-day, 7-night cruise on the Danube River aboard AMA Waterway’s AmaCerto
with guests Dominic Keating and Eric Menyuk


River boat cruise route

Cruise Trek 2018 returned to the Danube with a riverboat cruise!

Optional pre-cruise hotel in Bucharest & Brasov and
tour to Transylvania & Dracula’s Castle
and/or post-cruise stay in Budapest or Vienna or even a
Trans-Atlantic cruise home with the CT family


Our Original Itinerary ~

Day Date Port Description
WednesdayOctober 17 Bucharest – pre option Arrive Bucharest Hotel, mix & mingle with CT family
ThursdayOctober 18 Bucharest City Tour – enjoy buffet breakfast each morning
FridayOctober 19 Brasov Peles Castle Tour & Travel to Brasov, Tour & Overnight
SaturdayOctober 20 Giurgiu (Boarding Port) Travel to and Tour Bran/Dracula’s Castle, transfer from Bran to Giurgiu, board our beautiful river boat for a quick sail to Rousse and overnight
SundayOctober 21 Rousse, Bulgaria Veliko Tarnovo excursion or Rousse Walking Tour
MondayOctober 22 Vidin Belogradchik excursion and Baba Vida Fortress or Vidin
Bike tour or another possible option TBA
TuesdayOctober 23 Iron Gates Full day of cruising in what is considered one of the most majestic parts of the Danube
WednesdayOctober 24 Belgrade City Tour, Tito’s Memorial tour, or Belgrade Bike tour or Another tour TBA
ThursdayOctober 25 Novi Sad Yugoslav Civil War tour or Croatian Wine Tasting
ThursdayOctober 25 Ilok Walking Tour
ThursdayOctober 25 Vukovar Visit Petrovaradin Fortress
FridayOctober 26 Mohacs Pécs excursion
SaturdayOctober 27 Budapest – post option Disembark, City Tour and transfer to your hotel or airport
SundayOctober 28 Vienna or Budapest  
MondayOctober 29 Vienna or Budapest Transfer to airport or continue on your own

However, a drought left the Danube River too low for that itinerary, and so AMA Waterways re-routed us and we followed this schedule ~

Our Revised Itinerary ~

Day Date Port Description
WednesdayOctober 17 Bucharest – pre option Arrive Bucharest Hotel, mix & mingle with CT family
ThursdayOctober 18 Bucharest City Tour – enjoy buffet breakfast each morning
FridayOctober 19 Brasov Peles Castle Tour & Travel to Brasov, Tour & Overnight
SaturdayOctober 20 Vienna, Austria (Boarding Port) Travel to and Tour Bran/Dracula’s Castle, transfer from Bran to Vienna, board our beautiful river boat
SundayOctober 21 Melk and Grein, Austria Morning – Melk Abbey Visit or Guided Bike Ride in Melk
Evening – Castle Greinburg Guided Walking Tour
MondayOctober 22 Linz, Austria Morning – Linz Walking Tour or Guided Bike Ride in Linz
Afternoon – Ceský Krumlov Excursion or Salzburg Excursion
TuesdayOctober 23 Passau, Germany Morning – Passau Walking Tour or Bike Tour or Hike Excursion
WednesdayOctober 24 Dürnstein Afternoon – Dürnstein Walking Tour, Wine Tasting or Castle Hike or Bike
ThursdayOctober 25 Vienna Morning – Vienna City Tour or Bike Tour
FridayOctober 26 Bratislava, Slovakia and Budapest, Hungary Bratislava Walking Tour
SaturdayOctober 27 Vienna Disembark, transfer to your hotel or airport
SundayOctober 28 Vienna or Budapest  
MondayOctober 29 Vienna or Budapest Transfer to airport or continue on your own

New Additional Option ~

Day Date Port Description
SaturdayOctober 27 Budapest to Rome Fly & Overnight & Dinner & Transfers (other options available – ask us)
Sunday - SundayOctober 28 - November 11 Rome to Fort Lauderdale Trans-Atlantic Cruise Opt. w/3 Spanish ports & 1 Portugal


To attend all Cruise Trek events,
passage must be booked through the Cruise Trek office.


Riverboat rooms and cabins

Our beautiful riverboat for Cruise Trek 2018 included – from left to right – Reception Area, Twin Balcony Staterooms, French Balcony Staterooms, and the Main Restaurant.

View a video of our Cruise Trek 2018 riverboat!


By popular demand, Cruise Trek boldly went on another European River Cruise in 2018!

~ Pre-Cruise – Optional ~

October 17 to 20, 2018
City tours in Bucharest and Brasov
CT Family Cocktail Party
Tour Peles Castle
Tour Dracula’s Castle

Our first adventure on this historic river was noted to be the most majestic and popular. In the fall of 2018, we continued the adventure down the Danube, but this time, the plan was to fly into Bucharest, Romania, sailing from the city/port of Giurgiu to Budapest, Hungary, where we ended our last Danube Adventure.

This time, we intended to start closer to the Black Sea. Plus, a 3-night pre-cruise hotel/tour package was offered, including 2 nights in Bucharest, and then we continued to Transylvania, where we stayed in the town of Brasov, near to Bran Castle, more known as Dracula’s Castle. En route we explored Peles Castle, considered to be one of the most stunning castles in Europe.

To continue after our cruise adventure Cruise Trekkers could take in either amazing Budapest or the absolute beauty of Vienna. For both pre and post cruise packages, daily breakfast was included as were transfers to each hotel.

~ Post-Cruise – Optional ~

October 27 to 29, 2018
Budapest and/or Vienna
City tours of Budapest and/or Vienna

And some members of the Cruise Trek family sailed a Trans-Atlantic cruise back to Fort Lauderdale.

Additional to the amazing itinerary possibilities, special highlights and advantages of this Cruise Trek adventure; all included a professionally-trained tour guide to accompany us throughout, local entertainment, music performances, lectures, cooking demonstrations, and theme dinners.

Plus, on board a river cruise, and included in the cruise fare are pre dinner “Sip & Sail” hours, wine, beer & soft drinks with lunch and dinner, Wi-Fi service, bottled water (replenished daily), bicycle use, and almost all shore excursions. Some excursions were private for our Cruise Trek Family.

~ Trans-Atlantic Cruise – Optional ~

October 28 to November 11, 2018
Rome, Italy, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida
3 Spanish ports
1 Portuguese port

River cruises are inherently changeable due to weather, port or other reasons, so tours and Itinerary are subject to change.

And that was certainly true in this case!

Drought conditions left the lower Danube River too low for the AmaCerto to leave from Bucharest. AMA Waterways re-routed the journey and flew Cruise Trek family members from Bucharest to Vienna for a round-trip cruise leaving from Vienna, Austria.

But with plenty of Cruise Trek Family members on-board, all was good. And the adventure continued.

Among the highlights of the cruise ~

  • Traveling through the locks on the Danube River
  • Touring Salzburg and visiting Wolfgang Mozart’s birthplace
  • A walking tour of Passau, including St. Stephen’s Cathedral
  • Visiting the town of Dürnstein, Austria
  • Visiting Madame Tussaud’s Waxworks and riding the famous Ferris Wheel in Vienna
  • Attending a Mozart / Strauss concert in Vienna

For more details on future Cruise Trek events,
please contact Charlie or give us a call at (310) 456-7544.




         
         
         
           

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Please note:   Passage must be booked through the Cruise Trek office to attend all Cruise Trek events.