Enjoy this scenic river cruise and sail along the scenic Danube for a 7-night cruise. Spend time exploring the picturesque ports-of-calls including Melk, Vienna and Budapest. Combine your relaxing cruise with a tour of the highlights of the Austrian Tyrol where you can enjoy an optional visit to the wonderful Krimml Falls and Kitzbühel on this fantastic tour.
14 days from $3998 pp
We offer flexible payment options
Once you have booked your tour either online, or by telephone ( 1300 811 500 ), you have the flexibility of how you pay off the remainder of your balance. You can:
Our contact and online banking payment details will be on your confirmation invoice to remind you of your choices.
For your convenience, you may choose to start this tour in the UK or at the first city in Europe.
Continue to Prague for a two-night stay.
The many historic buildings, grand squares and elegant landmarks such as Wenceslas Square, the famous astronomical clock and Charles Bridge make it a lovely place to explore on foot. The remainder of the afternoon is at leisure for you to explore on your own.
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Optional Excursions
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Passau is known as the Three River city and is overlooked by the Veste Oberhaus which is an 13th century hilltop fortress. The Veste Oberhaus is home to the city museum and observation tower.
Enjoy free time before we board our cruise ship, and begin our seven-night cruise on the Danube passing through Linz.
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Around lunchtime we sail eastwards through the wine-producing area of the Wachau past Durnstein and Krems.
We arrive in Vienna later this evening.
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Vienna has so much to offer from historical buildings and monuments to fine shops. Vienna is Austria's capital and has been shaped by many famous residents including Mozart, Beethoven and Sigmund Freud.
Vienna is known for its Imperial buildings like the Schönbrunn and Habsburgs summer home.
Set sail early evening and cruise overnight to Budapest.
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Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.| 2020 | 2021 | |
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$60 | $63 |
Our guide will explain the history of the city with its two independent communities of Buda and Pest as well as pointing out the attractions of this beautiful city.
Once you have finished the guided sightseeing tour and have an idea of what else you would like to see and do you can then spend the rest of the day enjoying the delights of the Budapest.
Spend the rest of the day enjoying the delights of the city.
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We leave Budapest around lunchtime and cruise westwards towards Bratislava.
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It is here that the Carpathian Mountains which begin at the Iron Gate of Romania, finally come to an end. This beautiful city has many monuments and attractions to see that can be found all over the city.
However, don't miss the Old Town which was once under Hungarian rule and still has examples to show you from its interesting past.
You can explore the city independently or join our optional, guided sightseeing tour by coach and on foot.
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Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.| 2020 | 2021 | |
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$52 | $55 |
After lunch on board, we set sail for our final overnight sailing.
Tonight, enjoy the Captain’s Farewell Dinner on board.
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This morning we arrive in Passau, where we will disembark our cruise ship. We will continue by coach into Austria to Niederau in the Tyrol for a two-night stay at the 4-star Hotel Sonnschein.
We continue to the internationally-renowned resort of Kitzbühel, where you will have some free time to explore this small medieval town.
The area around Kitzbühel offers outstanding natural beauty from the rolling hills in the broad valley basin where the Kitzbühel Ache River flows, to the ‘Wilder Kaiser’ mountain range.
Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.| 2020 | 2021 | |
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$60 | $63 |
Travel to Belgium for an overnight stay.
If you are leaving the tour in Europe, you will say farewell to the group after breakfast this morning. If you joined the tour in the UK, today you will return and continue to your original joining point.
For your convenience, you may choose to start this tour in the UK or at the first city in Europe.
Continue through Germany to the Regensburg area for an overnight stay.
To Passau, where we board our cruise ship, MS Arena, for our seven-night cruise on the Danube.
Around lunchtime we sail eastwards through the wine-producing area of the Wachau past Durnstein and Krems. We arrive in Vienna later this evening.
Included Highlights
Vienna has so much to offer from historical buildings and monuments to fine shops. Vienna is Austria's capital and has been shaped by many famous residents including Mozart, Beethoven and Sigmund Freud. Vienna is known for its Imperial buildings like the Schönbrunn and Habsburgs summer home.
Set sail early evening and cruise overnight to Budapest.
Included Highlights
Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.| 2020 | 2021 | |
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$60 | $63 |
Our guide will explain the history of the city with its two independent communities of Buda and Pest as well as pointing out the attractions of this beautiful city.
Once you have finished the guided sightseeing tour and have an idea of what else you would like to see and do you can then spend the rest of the day enjoying the delights of the Budapest.
Spend the rest of the day enjoying the delights of the city.
Included Highlights
We leave Budapest around lunchtime and cruise westwards towards Bratislava.
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Early morning arrival in the Slovakian capital. <br> It is here that the Carpathian Mountains which begin at the Iron Gate of Romania, finally come to an end. This beautiful city has many monuments and attractions to see that can be found all over the city. You can explore the city independently or join our optional, guided sightseeing tour by coach and on foot. We leave later this afternoon and cruise towards Durnstein.
Included Highlights
Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.| 2020 | 2021 | |
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$52 | $55 |
After lunch on board, we set sail for our final overnight sailing.
Tonight, enjoy the Captain’s Farewell Dinner on board.
Included Highlights
This morning we arrive in Passau, where we will disembark our cruise ship. We will continue by coach into Austria to Niederau in the Tyrol for a three-night stay at the 4-star Hotel Sonnschein.
The area around Kitzbühel offers outstanding natural beauty from the rolling hills in the broad valley basin where the Kitzbühel Ache River flows, to the ‘Wilder Kaiser’ mountain range.
Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.| 2020 | 2021 | |
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$60 | $63 |
Alternatively, if you purchase the optional excursion to Innsbruck combined with a trip on board the Nordkettenbahnen, you will be transported from the bustle of the city centre high into the mountain terrain. We travel up to the Hungerburg mountain station where you can enjoy a breathtaking view of the city of Innsbruck. The panorama is cloud free for an average of 350 days a year!
We then take the cable car further up the mountain to the Seegrube restaurant located at an altitude of 1905 metres above sea level. Here we have an included 2-course lunch at the restaurant whilst enjoying the fantastic views of the Middle Inn Valley, the Stubai and Zillertal Valley Alps and the Wipptal Valley over the Italian border. If you wish to venture even higher, you can join the cable car to the Hafelekar, the highest viewpoint at 2256 metres. A truly unforgettable excursion.
Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.| 2020 | 2021 | |
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Travel to Belgium for an overnight stay.
If you are leaving the tour in Europe, you will say farewell to the group after breakfast this morning. If you joined the tour in the UK, today you will return and continue to your original joining point.
Book online OR call our friendly travel advisers on:
1300 811 500
If you prefer, then you can join the tour at the hotel. To do this, we will require a copy of your passport for identification purposes and you must advise us at the time of booking.
No reduction will be given if you should choose to do this.
We are unable to guarantee that the hotel will be able to meet your dietary requirements. We find that the majority of European countries do not generally cater for vegetarians and that the meal supplied may well be what everyone else is having minus the meat.
We will of course endeavour to arrange for a vegetarian meal at the hotel. We do however suggest that you advise us of your dietary requests at the time of booking and recommend that you speak to the receptionist on arrival with regard to your request.
You will stay for two nights at a minimum 3-star hotel in Prague before spending seven nights aboard the MS Arena. You will also stay for two nights at the 4-star Hotel Sonnschein in Niederau. Overnight stays in Belgium will be in city-style hotels.
Front row seats can be reserved for $35pp (up to 6 days' duration), $55pp (7 & 8 days' duration) and $60pp (9 days' duration and over) on all European tours. This offer is only available for bookings of two or four persons on the front row and is subject to availability. In addition to this, seats on the second row can be reserved for $18pp (up to 6 days duration), $35pp (7 & 8 days duration) and $42pp (9, 10 and days duration) $50pp (12 days and over). Guaranteed front/second row seats cannot be reserved on transfer journeys to/from the interchange. Children under 15 years cannot occupy a front row seat due to French Law. Central view seats are free.
Please note: On some coaches the legroom on front seats may be slightly less than that available on other seats due to the presence of a modesty board in front.
If your tour is cancelled for any reason and front/second row seats are not available on your new tour, you will be refunded the supplement. No other compensation will be payable.
Alternatively, we can take seating requests on your booking. However, requests are not guaranteed. All seat numbers are confirmed on travel documents approximately 7-10 days prior to departure.
Transfer coaches are routed approximately 2-3 weeks before departure. The route taken depends on where passengers are booked to travel from on any particular date as to which route is taken. If you require further detailed information regarding the route to the port you can contact our Customer Service Department on 1300 811 500 two weeks before you are due to travel. With regard to the route taken by the main tour coach, this is determined by the driver.
With regard to the route taken by the main tour coach, this is determined by the driver.
When it comes to getting you to your destination, McLachlan European Holidays make it easy, with a selection of travel options for you to choose from.
