7 to 12 night Iconic Christmas Markets (Europe)
Overview
CRUISE FROM : BUDAPEST TO NUREMBERG
Travel back through centuries as you walk along cobblestone streets through grand cities and historic towns bedecked with twinkling Christmas trees and lined with wooden huts gleaming with handcrafted treasures. Iconic Christmas Markets are plentiful and are on full display for your pleasure. Budapest’s Vörösmarty Square, where all products sold in the market are guaranteed as traditionally handmade; Vienna with its impressive Christmas Markets that seem to majestically appear around every corner; Nuremberg’s festive Christkindlesmarkt, the largest and oldest Christmas Market in Germany; Regensburg’s Christmas Market at Thurn and Taxis Castle, considered one of Bavaria’s most beautiful and romantic; and Prague with its renowned Christmas Markets in the Old Town square; —along with many others throughout your journey—are yours to explore. Sparkling lights; the festive sounds of children dressed as angels singing carols; enticing smells of hot-mulled wine, roasted chestnuts, sausages and sweet treats of every kind; and timeless wonders are a feast for all your senses.
COUNTRIES:
AUSTRIA, GERMANY, HUNGARY
RIVERS:
DANUBE
Sample Itinerary
2-NIGHTS BUDAPEST PRE-CRUISE, 3 NIGHTS PRAGUE POST-CRUISE
DAY 1 - Budapest
Hotel check-in
DAY 3 - Budapest
EMBARKATION
DAY 5 - Vienna
“Imperial Vienna” tour with Town Hall Christmas Market
or Vienna bike tour
Schönbrunn and illuminated Christmas Markets
DAY 7 - Passau
“City of Three Rivers” walking tour and Christmas Market
or Danube bike tour
or Salzburg excursion including Hellbrunn Palace Christmas Market
DAY 9 - Nuremberg
Cruise Main-Danube Canal
Nuremberg city tour
or Tastes of Franconia
Nuremberg Christmas Market
DAY 11 - Prague
“Golden City of a Hundred Spires” tour
or Prague Castle hike
Christmas Markets
DAY 13 - Prague
Return flight home
DAY 2 - Budapest
“Hidden Budapest” tour
DAY 4 - Budapest
“Queen of the Danube” tour and Vörösmarty Square Christmas Market
DAY 6 - Melk
Benedictine Abbey visit
or Melk bike tour
DAY 8 - Regensburg
UNESCO city tour, Thurn and Taxis Christmas Market
or Tastes of Bavaria
or Walhalla bike tour
DAY 10 - Nuremberg, Pilzen, Prague
DISEMBARKATION
Nuremberg Christmas Market
Hotel check-in
DAY 12 - Prague
Free time
Pricing
Begins at $3,099 per person cruise only
Solo travelers welcome, single supplement waived on selected sailings
*Airfare not Included