Vienna & Christmas Markets of the Danube

December 4, 2027 | 9 days | From $5,495
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Final payments/booking deadline: September 3, 2027

HIGHLIGHTS & EXCURSIONS

• 1 Night Hotel - Vienna
• 6 Night Cruise - Amadeus Imperial
• 6 Included Excursions
• Vienna Christmas Markets
• Vienna City Tour & Leisure time
• Nuremberg City Tour & Christmas Market
• Bratislava Walking Tour & Christmas Market
• Regensburg Walking Tour & Christmas Market
• Melk Abbey & Gluehwein Tasting
• Waltz Lesson & Performers Onboard

INCLUSIONS

• Roundtrip Airfare - GEG
• 1 Night Hotel - Vienna
• 6 Night Cruise - Outside Cabin
• 18 Meals (7-B, 5-L & 6-D)
• PWD Tour Director(s)
• Hand Selected Wines, Beer & So
• Drinks with Lunch & Dinners
• Welcome & Farewell Dinners
• Ship Staff
• Wi-Fi Onboard
• Baggage Handling at Hotel & Ship
• Int’l Air Taxes/Fuel/Port Charges
• Hotel & Ship Transfers

ITINERARY

DAY 1 - DEPART US - OVERNIGHT FLIGHT

DAY 2 - ARRIVE VIENNA - HOTEL OVERNIGHT IN VIENNA

Meet PWD Representative or Tour Director - Hotel Transfer/Check In Late afternoon/evening - Visit a Vienna Christmas Market

Overnight - Vienna Hotel

DAY 3 - VIENNA - BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA - BOARD SHIP

Motorcoach to Bratislava, Slovakia - Bratislava City Tour & Christmas Market

Travel back to Vienna & board the MS Amadeus Imperial for 6 Night Cruise Welcome Dinner Onboard - Waltz Lesson & Performers Onboard

Ship docked overnight in Vienna

(B,D) Overnight - Amadeus Imperial

DAY 4 - VIENNA

Morning Vienna City Tour & Christmas Market - Afternoon at leisure Evening - “Sound of Vienna” Concert Optional

(B,L,D) Overnight - Amadeus Imperial

DAY 5 - MELK

Morning visit to Melk Abbey - Gluehwein Tasting Onboard

Afternoon Cruising towards Passau

(B,L,S & D) Overnight - Amadeus Imperial

DAY 6 - PASSAU OR SALZBURG OPTIONAL

Morning Passau - Passau at Leisure or Salzburg Optional Tour* (full day)

(B,L,S & D) Overnight - Amadeus Imperial

*Lunch is not included if you join the Salzburg Optional.

DAY 7 - REGENSBURG

Morning Regensburg Walking Tour & Christmas Market

Gala Farewell Dinner Onboard - Ship docked into the evening in Regensburg

(B,L,S & D) Overnight - Amadeus Imperial

DAY 8 - NUREMBERG

Morning Cruising - Passage of the Continental Divide Afternoon Nuremberg City Tour & Christmas Market

Ship docked overnight in Nuremberg - Dinner onboard

(B,L,S & D) Overnight - Amadeus Imperial

DAY 9 - NUREMBERG - MUNICH FOR FLIGHTS HOME

Transfer to the Munich Airport for your flight home

(B)

B-Breakfast Hotel/Onboard • S-Snacks Onboard afternoon and/or evening

L-Lunch & D-Dinner Onboard w/ Hand Selected Wines, Beer & Soft Drinks

CITIES & PORTS

VIENNA

On your arrival day enjoy one of the famous Vienna Christmas Markets. Maybe start your experience with a grilled sausage and a “Gluehwein”. Two days later enjoy a Vienna City Tour. For over 600 years, Vienna was the magnificent baroque capital city and the seat of the mighty Hapsburg Emperors, a heritage that has bestowed it with many dazzling palaces and monuments: the lavish Hofburg Palace, the impressive Vienna Opera House and the majestic Ringstrasse. The capital is also known as the “City of Music” for having once been the home of composers such as Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart and Johann Strauss. Maybe visit the Schoenbrunn Palace dressed for the season on your own.

BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA

Enjoy a Bratislava City Tour and walk through the city, see the home of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, the old city walls, the summer residence of the archbishop and the current residence of the president of Slovakia. Traverse through the restored old town, from Michael’s Gate, and admire other impressive sights such as the Primatial Palace and St. Martin’s Cathedral, former coronation cathedral for Hungarian Kings. Bratislava is a little jewel along the Danube with a wonderful Christmas Market.

MELK ABBEY & GLUEHWEIN TASTING

Visit & tour the Melk Abbey, an Austrian Benedictine abbey and one of the world’s most famous monastic sites. The impressive Baroque abbey was built between 1702 and 1736. Later enjoy a mug of hot mulled wine onboard the ship.

REGENSBURG

Situated in Eastern Bavaria, Regensburg is one of Germany’s oldest towns, founded by the Romans in 179 A.D. Today it is a prosperous city with 3 universities and many landmarks dated to the Middle Ages. Enjoy a Regensburg Walking Tour through one of the most visited cities in Germany and its Medieval Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and spend time at the colorful Christmas Market.

PASSAU

Passau is one of Germany’s oldest cities and situated at the confluence of the Inn, Ilz & Danube Rivers. This beautiful and fascinating fairy-tale town features cobblestone streets and the famous Cathedral of St. Stephen.

NUREMBERG

After your Nuremberg City Tour experience the world’s best known Christmas Market visited by more than 2 million people every year. Located inside this medieval city’s walls on the Market Square around the St. Lorenz Church, the Christmas Market is filled with specialty stalls and booths. Nuremberg’s street lamp posts are decorated with Christmas symbols, garlands of natural fi r and colored lights. Try the famous Lebkuchen (gingerbread) and the original Wuerstle (small grilled pork sausages).

EUROPEAN CHRISTMAS MARKETS

Enjoy this magical time of year as Europe’s countries hold steadfastly onto Old World holiday tradition and transform into fairy-tale Christmas settings. The sights and sensations of the holiday season are everywhere with the tastes of chocolate covered Lebkuchen (gingerbread), sizzling grilled sausages and spiced hot “Gluehwein” (mulled wine). Shop for ornaments, crafts, candles, nutcrackers, winter hats, roasted nuts and other traditional items.

SALZBURG - OPTIONAL FULL DAY EXCURSION

Travel to Salzburg for a walking tour of the famous Old Town, Mirabel Gardens, Mozart Square, the Dom Cathedral and historic center made famous by the “Sound of Music.” See Mozart’s Birthplace located at No. 9 Getreidegasse, the home where the Mozart family lived from 1747-1773. Enjoy time at leisure to shop, visit a cafe, stroll the wonderful Getreidegasse & experience the famous Christmas Markets throughout this walkable city. Lunch is on your own if taking this Salzburg excursion.