Travelling across Europe by river offers an insight that cannot easily be had by more conventional forms of transport. The leisurely pace allows you to enjoy the subtle changes of scenery, the contrasting styles of architecture and allows time to read and digest each region’s history. There is something rather special about reading your guide book on deck as you approach the next port of call. Informed and armed for the day ahead, much of what you will want to see will only be a walk away from the landing point. You can join the guided excursion, the majority of which are included in the cost, or explore individually. For many this is the delight of a river journey.

Embarking in Amsterdam we will have two weeks ahead of us as we make our way along the Rhine, passing some of Germany’s most scenic places, including the dramatic Rhine Gorge. Leaving the Rhine, we begin our journey along the River Main through the lovely Franconia countryside to the Main-Danube Canal. It was the opening of this canal that made this journey possible. A great feat of engineering, it allows our vessel to connect through to the Danube River. From here we will sail along the Danube through Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Hungary to our final destination of Budapest. Join us on this river voyage through idyllic rolling landscapes of pastures and vines, past centuries old villages, towns and imperial cities which have witnessed the fascinating and turbulent history of Middle Europe.

Due to low level bridges on certain sections of the river, please note that on occasion Polka Deck cabin windows will be partially below water levels and the sun deck will be closed.